Polaris

I tried as much as I could to center the North Star in this picture.

This mountain is called the "Mont Aiguille". In the medieval period, Mont

Aiguille was traditionally called "Mount Inaccessible".

The mountain is most noted for its first ascent in 1492. Charles VIII

ordered that the peak be climbed, so one of his servants, Antoine de Ville,

made the ascent using a combination of ladders, ropes and other artificial

aids.

This was the first recorded climb of any technical difficulty, and has been

said to mark the beginning of mountaineering.[6] The mountain was not

climbed again until 1834, nearly 350 years later!!!!

I particularly like in this picture the superposition of the clouds moving

through all the stars circling around the North Star.

The Milky Way was visible so it was so dark that I couldn't even see

through my ViewFinder. Therefore I needed 752 sec of exposure in the middle

of nowhere by a harsh cold to achieve this single RAW, from which I got

this picture!

 

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