The sand dune of Pyla, carried by wind from the Atlantic Ocean, moves inexorably on the Pine Forest, and eventually, gradually adding layers.
A forest covered with sand of dune of Pyla, west of France (Atlantic coast)
Posts tagged littoral
A pine forest at the foot of the sand dune of Pyla
Gondolas in Venice
Venetian gondolas lined up along the Grand Canal, just steps from Piazza San Marco (Venice, Italy).
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Gondolas in Venice grand canal, Italy
Surfers in front of the Ocean
Surfers on the beach early morning. French littoral (Aquitaine), Atlantic ocean
Dawn on the dunes
The first rays of the Sun on the sand dunes of the Grand Travers, between the cities of Carnon and La Grande Motte (south of France).
Dawn on the dunes of the Grand Travers (south of France)
Etretat: the “upstream cliff” (Amont cliff)
Turquoise blue sea and white cliffs at Etretat, Haute-Normandie, France.
The Amont cliff, Etretat, Normandy
Photo of the day: beach access
These are trails like this that allow access from the road to the beaches between Carnon and La Grande Motte in the Hérault. These access bordered with canisses protect trampling vegetation which sets the dunes lidos of the Petit and Grand Travers. This littoral sand beach would have seen his back up to forty meters over the past two decades. Some put the decline on the backs of tourists trampling dune vegetation (this vegetation protects the sand dunes from erosion), but also global warming and rising sea levels. To protect these beaches their access (and also access to the road behind the dunes) may be limited in the future. Probably the price required to protect the beach and its dunes.
Dunes protected by fences that redirect access to the beaches of the Petit and Grand travers across from the nearby road.
Photo of the day: sunrise over the Grande Motte
The sun has just rose above the pyramids of the Grande Motte in the Hérault (south of France), and illuminates with its soft, warm light, slightly subdued by the morning fog, the beach of the Grand Travers occupied by the few anglers or joggers who had the courage to get up so early in the Easter Monday.
Sunrise over the Grande Motte, photographed yesterday morning from the beach of the Grand Travers
Photo of the day : littoral of Brittany (France)
The day just get up on the wild coast of the peninsula of Quiberon (Brittany, France). The traces left by tourists and walkers of last day were washed by the tide during the night. This deserted beach gives me the impression of being alone in the world, with as only companions sounds of waves and cries of gulls, while I observe some thin threads of rain escaping from the clouds behind the horizon… It’s tough to wait for my next vacation, to go back to this wonderful region of France and breathe this fresh and stimulating air !
A beach in Brittany…
Photo of the day : beautiful sandbeach in Normandy
The beach of Ouistreham in Calvados (Normandy), photographed during a nice and sunny sunday this spring.
A nice and sunny sand beach in Normandy…
Photo of the Day: A mediterranean sea as an emerald …
Creeks between Marseille and Cassis are not easily accessible, except by the sea, to reach the inlet d’En Vau must either make a long detour and take the path along the valley of En Vau (a continuation of the inlet) or down a trail pretty well steeped. But the reward is there when you arrive in the early morning on the beach, to swim in the clear waters of a mediterranean sea that play itself as an emerald …
Calanque d’En Vau (Cassis, south of France)
