Christopher Kimble
La Roche Amère looking south
The Roche Amère (The Bitter Rock) appears in the background of several of the photographs from Saint Michel L'Observatoire. It owes its distinctive shape to many years of quarrying.
This panorama, taken in early January, is the view from the top of the Roche Amère looking south down the Durance Valley. In terms of increasing distance you can see Volx, Manosque and, in the far distance, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance.
Saint-Paul-lez-Durance is home to Cadarache, a nuclear energy research center, and ITER, the international nuclear fusion research center. When completed, it will also be the site of the world's largest magnetic confinement of plasma (tokamak) fusion reactor.
La Roche Amère looking south
The Roche Amère (The Bitter Rock) appears in the background of several of the photographs from Saint Michel L'Observatoire. It owes its distinctive shape to many years of quarrying.
This panorama, taken in early January, is the view from the top of the Roche Amère looking south down the Durance Valley. In terms of increasing distance you can see Volx, Manosque and, in the far distance, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance.
Saint-Paul-lez-Durance is home to Cadarache, a nuclear energy research center, and ITER, the international nuclear fusion research center. When completed, it will also be the site of the world's largest magnetic confinement of plasma (tokamak) fusion reactor.