Pic du Midi : Europe’s first "protected sky reserve"

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Pic du Midi, First skyline

Š Alain FELIX / hemis.fr

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Parrainée par Hubert Reeves, la réserve de ciel étoilé du Pic du Midi aura pour but de préserver la qualité du ciel étoilé autour du site, déjà connu pour son magnifique panorama sur les Pyrénées et son observatoire astronomique de renommée mondiale, construit il y a plus de 130 ans. Hubert Reeves, qui a sut le projet de la réserve du Mont-Mégantic au Canada créée par la québécoise Chloé Legris, seul site mondial labellisé jusqu’à présent par l’International Dark Sky Association (IDA), est intervenu le 11 juin 2009 lors d’une conférence sur les pollutions lumineuses pour défendre le projet. En n'oubliant pas que la constitution de telles réserves est aussi un des objectifs du Grenelle de l'Environnement. Text : Philippe Renault (text available)


HEMIS_175353 : France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunset on the Pyrennes view from the Pic du Midi terrace


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France, Hautes Pyrenees, Pic du Midi of Bigorre (2872M), view from the observatory

France, Hautes Pyrenees, PIC DU Midi of Bigorre (2872M), the telescope of the OBSERVATORY of the SUN, Coro.

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France, Hautes Pyrenees, PIC DU Midi of Bigorre (2872M), the OBSERVATORY of the SUN, Coro.

France, Hautes Pyrenees, Pic du Midi de Bigorre (9 422,57 ft), 2 M telescope in the Pic du Midi's observatory


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France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunset on the Bernard Lyot telescope

France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunrise on the lunette Jean Rosch

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France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), the coronographe

France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), visitor space, Maquette exposition room

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France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunset on the Pyrenees, view from the Pic du Midi

France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), moonlight over the dome


HEMIS_175364 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunup

HEMIS_175365 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), reception screen of the amateur telescope

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France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunset on the Pyrenees, view from the Pic du Midi

France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), sunset seen from the TDF Telescope terrace


HEMIS_175369 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), telescope

HEMIS_175375 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), evening

HEMIS_175373 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), a amateur astronomer and his refracting telescope

HEMIS_175380 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), View on the Pic du Midi under the snow from the Taoulet Mountain


HEMIS_315214 : France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, moonrise over the Pic du Midi (2877m) seen from the TDF Telescope


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France, Hautes Pyrenees, Pic du Midi-Bigorre (2872m), summit of the peak with Observatory and aerial telediffusion

France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, Pic du Midi (2877m), cupola of the TBL (Telescope Bernard Lyot)

HEMIS_315211 France, Hautes Pyrenees, Bagneres de Bigorre, moonrise over the Pic du Midi (2877m)

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Canada, Quebec Province, Quebec City, Old Town listed World Heritage by UNESCO

Canada, Quebec Province, Quebec City, Old Town listed World Heritage by UNESCO, Petit Champlain (Little Champlain) street in Wintertime

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Canada, Quebec, Montreal in Winter, sight of the downtown area from the Mount Royal

Canada, Quebec Province, Montreal, Vieux Montreal (Old Montreal District), ice rink in Vieux Port (Old Harbour) and Bon Secours Market


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Canada, Quebec Province, Montreal, downtown, sky-crappers at sunrise viewed from Canal Lachine

Canada, Quebec Province, Quebec City, Saint Roch District, Rue de la Couronne, Saint Roch Garden

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Canada, Quebec Province, Quebec Citys, Old Town listed World Heritage by UNESCO, panorama by night from Saint Lawrence River bank, Chateau Frontenac and Petit Champlain District

Canada, Québec, Montréal, la terrasse du resto bar Magnétic située au 20e étage de l'hôtel de la Montagne avec sa vue sur les gratte-ciel illuminés du centre-ville, la nuit


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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, the engineer and project manager of the Astrolabe Chloe Legris

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, the engineer and project manager of the Astrolabe Chloe Legris in front of the astronomical observatory

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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, the engineer and project manager of the Astrolabe Chloe Legris

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, the engineer and project manager of the Astrolabe Chloe Legris in front of the astronomical observatory


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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, La Patrie, light pollution of Sherbrooke City at 60 km

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, Astrolabe, observation of a visitor group

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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, Astrolabe, observation of a visitor group of the astronomical observatory

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, astronomical observatory


HEMIS_352111 : Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, the engineer and project manager of the Astrolabe Chloe Legris in front of the astronomical observatory


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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, astronomical observatory

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, watching the sunset from the top of Mont Megantic

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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, Astrolab evenings, stars observation in family with binoculars and telescope

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, evening open doors in the astronomical observatory


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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, stars observation in front of the astronomical observatory at the top of Mont Megantic

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, astronomical observatory at the top of Mont Megantic in Winter, snowshoe trekking

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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, map of the light pollution of North America

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, light pollution around the astronomical observatory, in the bakground Sherbrooke City in yellow and red at 60 km


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Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, map of the light pollution of the World

Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, Sherbrooke, garage, light pollution

HEMIS_352127 Canada, Quebec Province, Mont Megantic Dark Sky Reserve, Sherbrooke, the University, before of the reduction of the light pollution

HEMIS_158163 France, Paris, View from Montmartre


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France, Paris, picnic on the new Simone de Beauvoir pedestrian footbridge by the architect Dietmar Feichtinger (2006)

France, Rhone, Lyon, la Fete des Lumieres (Lights festival) of 2006, Saint Jean cathedral in foreground

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HEMIS_175114 France, Paris, Banks of the Seine River listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Invalides and the Alexander III Bridge illuminated

HEMIS_176673 France, Herault, Montpellier, Odysseum District

HEMIS_176339 France, Paris, Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine and Bastille Column

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HEMIS_221244 : Canada, Quebec Province, Estrie Region, Bromont, ski resort, road and illuminated track skiing


HEMIS_178113 France, Alpes Maritimes, Nice, NĂŠgresco Hotel

HEMIS_181629 France, Hauts de Seine, the Great Arch and La Defense District

HEMIS_180558 France, Bouches du Rhone, Marseille, Michelet boulevard

HEMIS_188548 France, Haute Savoie, Annecy, Quai de l'Eveche and Thiou river


HEMIS_189058 France, Alpes Maritimes, Nice, Old Town, Place Massena

HEMIS_201117 France, Bouches du Rhone, Marseille, Vieux Port (Old Harbour)

HEMIS_203902 France, Gironde, Bordeaux, area listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bordeaux (CIVB) (Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux Wines), Wine Bar

HEMIS_206093 France, Hautes Alpes, Briancon


HEMIS_207773 France, Isere, sunset on Grenoble with the Belledonne range in the background

HEMIS_235689 France, Corse du Sud, Ajaccio, the Tino Rossi and Charles Ornano Marinas, view from the Bonaparte avenue

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France, Haute Corse, Calvi citadel built in the 13th century by the Genoeses view from Notre Dame de la Serra chapel

France, Vaucluse, Avignon, the Palais des Papes listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, cafe terrace


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Maubert-Mutualite Metro station and cafe at dawn in the Latin Quarter (Quartier Latin) on the left bank, Paris, France. Š Ian Cumming / Axiom

France, Paris, banks of the Seine river listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, view over the city from Notre Dame Cathedral

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France, Paris, the business District at Gare de Lyon on the banks of the Seine River and Charles de Gaulle bridge

France, Aude, Carcassonne, medieval town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Pont Vieux (old bridge) going over the Aude River


HEMIS_291232 France, Loire Atlantique, Nantes, city planning on the Rue de la Boucherie, with the Brittany Tower

HEMIS_295649 France, Hauts de Seine, la Defense

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France, Paris, Place de la Concorde with the obelisk, the Grand Palais and the Eiffel Tower illuminated (Š SETE-Illuminations Pierre Bideau)

France, Paris, the Eiffel Tower illuminated (Š SETE-Illuminations Pierre Bideau) seen from the Montparnasse Tower


HEMIS_249287 : Looking up the Eiffel Tower illuminated (© SETE-Illuminations Pierre Bideau), Paris, France. © Ian Cumming / Axiom


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