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At the Saint-Véran observatory, a glimpse of infinity

2021-08-06T13:39:41.685Z


OPEN AT NIGHT (6/12) - Three hours' walk from the “highest village in Europe”, hikers who have walked the mountain paths during the day can abandon themselves at night to the contemplation of a starry sky.


Once the darkness has fallen, the monuments, the places empty of their visitors and calm down, returned to their silence and their mystery.

Even… The journalists of the “Figaro” stayed on site for a night like no other.

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The aviator who flies over the clouds sees a point of land, clear: it is the sky of Queyras, this country in the heart of the mountains where industrial dust and light pollution are absent.

Here is one of the purest skies in Europe, ideal for observing the stars.

At this time when thunderstorms are raging in France, at least in this region, it promises to be clear part of the night.

At least we can hope so.

In the evening, the last rays of the sun break through the clouds and flood the landscape with light before disappearing, giving way to the darkness of the night and the appearance of stars.

The wall of black cumulonimbus clouds melts into the night, revealing the vastness of the universe.

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Source: lefigaro

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