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Names engraved by shepherds or soldiers in historical times. Regulated area of Les Merveilles, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Names engraved by shepherds or soldiers in historical times. Regulated area of Les Merveilles, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Farmer and his plough, famous petroglyph among thousands engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Farmer and his plough, famous petroglyph among thousands engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Engraving representing a figure in 18th century dress carrying a
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Engraving representing a figure in 18th century dress carrying a floral branch, representing an alchemist (?) carrying a fruit or a flower - Mercantour NP - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Top view of the carriage - Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Top view of the carriage - Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour NP - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Upside of holm oak (Quercus ilex) leaves affected by holm oak gall mite (Aceria ilicis), Alpes Maritimes, France
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
Upside of holm oak (Quercus ilex) leaves affected by holm oak gall mite (Aceria ilicis), Alpes Maritimes, France
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Sheep grazing impact study plot. Salse Morene valley in the Mercantour, Mercantour National Park, Alpes Maritimes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Sheep grazing impact study plot. Salse Morene valley in the Mercantour, Mercantour National Park, Alpes Maritimes, France
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The Salse Morene valley in the Mercantour. The Trois Eveques rock
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Salse Morene valley in the Mercantour. The Trois Eveques rock overhanging the Salse Morene hut - Woodruff (Gallium sp) in bloom in the foreground, Mercantour National Park, Alpes Maritimes, France
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Rock engravings of the Sacred Way, in the Fontana Valley. Farmer
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings of the Sacred Way, in the Fontana Valley. Farmer and his plough, a famous petroglyph among thousands engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rock engravings in the Vallon de Fontanalba. Petroglyphs engraved
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings in the Vallon de Fontanalba. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rock engravings in the Vallon de Fontanalba. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings in the Vallon de Fontanalba. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rock engravings in the Vallon de Fontanalba. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings in the Vallon de Fontanalba. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Neolithic rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. La roche de l'éclat - Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Neolithic rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. La roche de l'éclat - Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Musty domes of Permian pelites in the Vallée des Merveilles. In glaciology, a roche moutonnée is a rock formation altered by the passage of a
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Musty domes of Permian pelites in the Vallée des Merveilles. In glaciology, a roche moutonnée is a rock formation altered by the passage of a glacier. The glacial polish gives the rock a convex, truncated and sometimes striated shape. Les Merveilles restricted area, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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The lower Long Lake in the Mercantour National Park. Lake located under the Merveilles refuge. Regulated area of Les Merveilles, where thousands of
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The lower Long Lake in the Mercantour National Park. Lake located under the Merveilles refuge. Regulated area of Les Merveilles, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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The lower Long Lake in the Mercantour National Park. Lake located
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The lower Long Lake in the Mercantour National Park. Lake located under the Merveilles refuge. Regulated area of Les Merveilles, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Cottongrass waving in the wind in the Mercantour National Park.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Cottongrass waving in the wind in the Mercantour National Park. Landscape in the area of the Merveilles refuge. Les Merveilles restricted area, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Cottongrass waving in the wind in the Mercantour National Park. Landscape in the area of the Merveilles refuge. Les Merveilles restricted area, where
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Cottongrass waving in the wind in the Mercantour National Park. Landscape in the area of the Merveilles refuge. Les Merveilles restricted area, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Neolithic rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. La roche de l'éclat - Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Neolithic rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. La roche de l'éclat - Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. Petroglyphs
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engravings in the Vallon des Merveilles. Petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. We can see a big corniform, and above a reticulated (cultivated field ?) Regulated area of Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of neolithic engravings dating from the bronze age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour NP - Alpes Maritimes - France
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"Christ", a remarkable rock engraving from the Vallon des
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
"Christ", a remarkable rock engraving from the Vallon des Merveilles. This rare portrait is one of three examples of anthropomorphic figures among thousands of petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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"Christ", a remarkable rock engraving from the Vallon des Merveilles. This rare portrait is one of three examples of anthropomorphic figures among
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
"Christ", a remarkable rock engraving from the Vallon des Merveilles. This rare portrait is one of three examples of anthropomorphic figures among thousands of petroglyphs engraved by hammering in cupules in Permian pelites. Regulated area of Les Merveilles and Fontanalba, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Rosettes of Allioni's Joubarbes (Sempervivum globiferum allionii), endemic species of the southern Alps - Mercantour NP - Alpes Maritimes - France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rosettes of Allioni's Joubarbes (Sempervivum globiferum allionii), endemic species of the southern Alps - Mercantour NP - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Mont Bego from the Fontanalba valley, in the Mercantour National Park. The massif of Mont Bego (2872 m) is reflected at dawn in one of the Twin
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Mont Bego from the Fontanalba valley, in the Mercantour National Park. The massif of Mont Bego (2872 m) is reflected at dawn in one of the Twin Lakes, located above the Fontanalba refuge. This area is part of the regulated zone of the Merveilles, where thousands of neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Mont Bego from the Fontanalba valley, in the Mercantour National Park. The massif of Mont Bego (2872 m) is reflected at dawn in one of the Twin Lakes, located above the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Mont Bego from the Fontanalba valley, in the Mercantour National Park. The massif of Mont Bego (2872 m) is reflected at dawn in one of the Twin Lakes, located above the Fontanalba refuge. This area is part of the regulated zone of the Merveilles, where thousands of neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France
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Shepherd and flock of brigasque sheep in the Vallon des Merveilles. The brigasque is a large, bony, horned ewe with a very rounded muzzle. Excellent
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Shepherd and flock of brigasque sheep in the Vallon des Merveilles. The brigasque is a large, bony, horned ewe with a very rounded muzzle. Excellent walker, it is very well adapted to dry mountain areas, Mercantour NP, Alpes Maritimes, France
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Jeunes Bouquetins des Alpes (Capra ibex) mâles dans la vallée de Fontanalba, PN du Mercantour, Alpes Maritimes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Jeunes Bouquetins des Alpes (Capra ibex) mâles dans la vallée de Fontanalba, PN du Mercantour, Alpes Maritimes, France
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Foliose lichens (Xanthoparmelia stenophylla) on red pelites, Gorges de Daluis, Southern Alps, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Foliose lichens (Xanthoparmelia stenophylla) on red pelites, Gorges de Daluis, Southern Alps, France
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Full moonrise behind Mount Ponset (2828 m) in autumn, Mercantour National Park, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Full moonrise behind Mount Ponset (2828 m) in autumn, Mercantour National Park, France
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Haute Tinée in autumn, the Lauzarouotte pond (2123 m) and the Bonette peak (2860 m) Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Haute Tinée in autumn, the Lauzarouotte pond (2123 m) and the Bonette peak (2860 m) Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
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Haute Tinée in autumn, the hamlet of Bouseyas and the border ridges, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Haute Tinée in autumn, the hamlet of Bouseyas and the border ridges, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
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Haute Tinée in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Haute Tinée in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
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Haute Tinée in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Haute Tinée in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
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Haute Tinée in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Haute Tinée in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
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Patou and ewes at the Col de Turini in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, Alpes Maritimes, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Patou and ewes at the Col de Turini in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, Alpes Maritimes, France
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Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) young male in autumn in the Gordolasque
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) young male in autumn in the Gordolasque valley, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France
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La Cougourde and the small lake of Sagnes, Mercantour National Park, Haut Vallon du Boréon. La Cougourde (squash), made of gneiss, is one of the most
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
La Cougourde and the small lake of Sagnes, Mercantour National Park, Haut Vallon du Boréon. La Cougourde (squash), made of gneiss, is one of the most famous summits of the Alpes-Maritimes, and a major climbing spot in the Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Permian pelites in the Daluis Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Permian pelites in the Daluis Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under a tropical climate and slowly transformed into rocks, over a thickness of 1000 metres. Daluis Gorges, Dôme du Barrot
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Permian pelites in the Daluis Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Permian pelites in the Daluis Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under a tropical climate and slowly transformed into rocks, over a thickness of 1000 metres. Daluis Gorges, Dôme du Barrot
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Crêtes de Maleterre et Rocamaire, rocks of Cretaceous and Eocene age, Le haut Val Daluis, Alpes Maritimes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crêtes de Maleterre et Rocamaire, rocks of Cretaceous and Eocene age, Le haut Val Daluis, Alpes Maritimes, France
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Snails (Solatopupa cianensis) on Permian pelites of the Gorges du Cians, Alpes Maritimes, France. Endemic species of the Gorges du Cians and Daluis,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Snails (Solatopupa cianensis) on Permian pelites of the Gorges du Cians, Alpes Maritimes, France. Endemic species of the Gorges du Cians and Daluis, Dôme du Barrot
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Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under a tropical climate and slowly transformed into rocks, over a thickness of 1000 metres. Gorges du Cians, Dôme du Barrot
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Mudcracks in the Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Mudcracks in the Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under a tropical climate and slowly transformed into rocks, over a thickness of 1000 metres. Mudcracks were formed on the surface of sedimentation lagoons during dry periods in a tropical climate. Gorges du Cians, Dôme du Barrot
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Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under a tropical climate and slowly transformed into rocks, over a thickness of 1000 metres. Gorges du Cians, Dôme du Barrot
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Mudcracks in the Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Mudcracks in the Permian pelites of the Cians Gorges, Alpes Maritimes, France. Permian pelites aged 250 Ma: clays of volcanic and detrital origin were oxidised under a tropical climate and slowly transformed into rocks, over a thickness of 1000 metres. Mudcracks were formed on the surface of sedimentation lagoons during dry periods in a tropical climate. Gorges du Cians, Dôme du Barrot
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Slopes in marl and limestone, Dôme du Barrot, Alpes Maritimes, France. Collet Pointu, above Lieuche, Gorges du Cians
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Slopes in marl and limestone, Dôme du Barrot, Alpes Maritimes, France. Collet Pointu, above Lieuche, Gorges du Cians
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Slopes in marl and limestone, Dôme du Barrot, Alpes Maritimes, France. Collet Pointu, above Lieuche, Gorges du Cians
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Slopes in marl and limestone, Dôme du Barrot, Alpes Maritimes, France. Collet Pointu, above Lieuche, Gorges du Cians
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View of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, tourist town located in the Alpes-Maritimes
© Laurent Lhoté / Biosphoto
© Laurent Lhoté / Biosphoto
View of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, tourist town located in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France
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Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans), adult male feeding his chicks, Cipières, Alpes-Maritimes, France
© Jean-Claude Malausa / Biosphoto
© Jean-Claude Malausa / Biosphoto
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans), adult male feeding his chicks, Cipières, Alpes-Maritimes, France