Pic du midi de Bigorre Photo

Photographer’s Note

Panorama of the "Pic du midi de Bigorre" and La Mongie.

The Pic's had a history of meteorology even before it became involved in astronomy. We know that as early as 1774 MONGE and DARCET climbed the Pic to study atmospheric pressure and that in 1873, General DE NANSOUTY installed a temporary meteorological station here, where he measured pressure, temperature, humidity and various other values used in meteorology. The meteorological station is now part of the Météo France network. The first astronomy work only began to take place from 1884 onwards.
Gradually the Observatory became a real centre not only for astronomy but also for sciences such as botany or cosmology. Ever larger instruments giving increasing levels of performance were installed.

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Standring (595) 2005-02-14 6:48

Nice panorama, with good colours and sharpness. The cloud in the distance looks almost like it could be the sea.

I know La Mongie from cycling the Col du Tourmalet and watching the Tour de France, so nice to see a different view point on this beautiful area.

didcreole (962) 2005-02-14 16:34

Très joli panorama, la technique est parfaite et le rendu est grandiose. J'aime beaucoup aussi la perspective et l'échelle apportées par le téléphérique sur la droite. Bravo.

jiherka (4465) 2005-02-14 17:40

Splendide vue de cette splendide montagne que'javais vu de haut lors de mon vol Madrid-Paris, mais pas du tout reconnu. L'assemblage est bien réussi.
Bien vu David.

greg64g (11193) 2005-02-22 3:11

Salut David,

Jolie travail du Panorama, en plus le resultat est super, le ciel est superbe, bref une photo rafraichissante.

Je savais pas qu'on pouvait poster les photos en Large, tu peux m'expliquer la manip stp ?

Merci
Greg

pourre (543) 2005-03-09 7:07