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Helicopter rescue PGHM Briançon French Alps
Helicopter rescue PGHM Briançon French Alps

Air Rescue of the Gendarmerie (DAG) of Briançon (France), PGHM and CRS mountain

A few drops of blood pearled from his right ear. Straight leg as disarticulated, the axis of the pelvis more than 60 ° of the shoulders. One eye slightly open and the other closed, flickering lips. Irregular moans, like a protest. It's nice, very beautiful. The azure sky could suggest a beautiful summer day but an unbearable drama shoots the atmosphere ...

  • Aircraft / Aviation
  • Mountain
  • Hautes Alpes France
"Homo Deus", a brief history of future by Yuval Noah Harari
"Homo Deus", a brief history of future by Yuval Noah Harari

"Homo Deus", a brief history of future by Yuval Noah Harari

Following the exciting reading of "Sapiens", we were eager to read "Homo Deus". After describing in Sapiens "a brief history of humanity" the author begins to imagine at the time of robots and computing growing "a brief history of the future". Will Sapiens survive the incredible revolutions in progress?

  • Cultural
  • Book
Sun museum at Saint-Véran
Sun museum at Saint-Véran

Maison du Soleil in Saint-Véran

The House of the Sun in Saint Véran is worth the detour. The venue has several high-performance instruments allowing live solar observations. A short video presents the places in the depths of Queyras.

  • Travel tourism
  • Mountain
  • Museum
  • Hautes Alpes France
  • Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur France
Mountain helicopter aerial work
Mountain helicopter aerial work

Mountain helicopter aerial work

Two or three times a year, mountain refuges use the mechanical power of the helicopter to climb altitudes of food and materials of all kinds. In a few minutes of flight the helicopter routes which will accommodate tourists, mountaineers and mountain climbers in shelters perched in the mountains, real guardians of the peaks. A short video shows you aerial ballet in action.

  • Aircraft / Aviation
  • Mountain
  • Hautes Alpes France
  • Vallouise France
Sapiens book
Sapiens book

"Sapiens a brief history of humanity" by Yuval Noah Harari

An exciting book, "best seller" worldwide, which undertakes in 500 pages to trace the history of humanity, the first traces of life to the present day and even after. The particularly didactic and clear book allows to group, to condense the history of human evolution. A real happiness for those who were lost in the dates and key moments of evolution. We will try in this article to offer you a digest of the book. A sort of attempt at a "brief summary" of a "brief history of humanity"!

  • Cultural
  • Book
Resistance to the Maquis de Beassac and Célestin Freinet
Resistance to the Maquis de Beassac and Célestin Freinet

Resistance to the Maquis de Beassac and Célestin Freinet

Emmanuel Saint Fuscien (Doctor in Contemporary History and Lecturer at EHESS) devotes an interesting book to Freinet, under the title "A teatcher at war". Célestin Freinet, whose theses, in a few words, consist in putting the student at the center of learning, lived in Vallouise a few years at the end of the Second World War. His wife Elise Lagier Bruno being from the beautiful high alpine valley. He previously lived in the south of France, campaigned in the communist movement of the Alpes Maritimes and participated in the two world wars of the 20 th century.

  • Cultural
  • Hautes Alpes France
  • Book
  • Vallouise France
French Rivera from the sky
French Rivera from the sky

French Rivera from the sky

The French Riviera has attracted the world for over a century. A holiday resort for the European nobility, then the bourgeoisie and finally the largest number, it is a magnificent space, inevitably, heavily occupied by human constructions in its coastal zone. Aerial photos often allow a better understanding of what is happening between Cannes and Menton via Nice and Monaco ...

  • Travel tourism
  • Aircraft / Aviation
  • Alpes Maritimes France
  • Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur France
"Le monde retrouvé de Louis François Pinagot" d'Alain Corbin
"Le monde retrouvé de Louis François Pinagot" d'Alain Corbin

Pinagot : sensory perceptions in the service of history

"Le monde retrouvé de Louis François Pinagot" can be read as a detective novel. Alain Corbin, a historian, takes part in this work in search of the environment of a perfect and total unknown, sabot manufacturer by trade, in the nineteenth century, in the center of France.

  • Cultural
  • Book
Three books of crises
Three books of crises

Three books of crise

We were interested in three exciting books: "French Deconnection", "Le Quai de Ouistreham" and "Carnets de Homs" respectively written by Philippe Pujol, Florence Aubenas and Jonathan Littell. You will discover a small description of each book, then a small and modest comparative reflection.

  • Cultural
  • Book
Panorama HD of Corsica seen from the mainland

Panorama HD of Corsica seen from the mainland

Here is finally my (the?) First HD picture representing Corsica in all its length, especially the northern end of Cape Corsica. This photo, realized at the end of the night (at the dawn of a beautiful day in December) after a (small?) Night walk in the snow comes from an assemblage of 9 images ...

  • Wild Nature
  • Corsica
  • Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur France
Corsica seen from the continent

Corsica seen from the continent

A few days a year it is possible to see the Corsica from the Côte d'Azur (Nice, Eze, Monaco, Menton, Grasse, Gourdon, Vence, about 180 kilometers). This phenomenon, rare at dawn, is exceptional the day.

  • Wild Nature
  • Corsica
  • Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur France

EC145 French safety force

The Eurocoptère EC145 is a twin-engine used in France by both the Civil Security and the Gendarmerie Nationale. The real name of this helicopter is BK 117 C2 (turbine Turboméca Ariel 1E2 of 360 hp), it is manufactured by Eurocopter Germany.

  • Aircraft / Aviation

Super Puma

The helicopter is an indispensable tool for some work. It allows to lift heavy loads in areas often inaccessible (mountain, ravine, forests, sea etc ...) otherwise than by way of air.

  • Aircraft / Aviation
  • Hautes Alpes France

Golden Eagle

The wildlife care center allowed us to attend a unique moment, presented on the video below [video].

  • Wild Nature
  • Hautes Alpes France

Canadair

The Canadair CL 415, from the Canadian company Bombardier, is the only water bomber aircraft specifically designed for firefighting. This aircraft made its first flight in 1993.

  • Aircraft / Aviation
Continent depuis la Corse

Continent seen from Corsica

After the Corsica from de continent here is a picture of the continent from Corsica!

  • Wild Nature
  • Mountain
  • Corsica
  • Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur France

Red fruits

What a pleasure to eat berries. For example after exercise (light or supported). The mixture of sugar and acidity, high water content are the red fruits are real health benefits. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, black currants are bursting with vitamins and antioxidants.

  • Wild Nature

Viper bite

Vipers, source of fantasy and multiple belief. Risk, especially in the Alps, where it is not uncommon to come across, is it important? Where does this phobia that many seem achieved?

  • Wild Nature

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