662 pictures found
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Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Lac de Trécolpas, Mercantour National Park, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Lac de Trécolpas, Mercantour National Park, France
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The organs of Valsenestre, in the Ecrins massif. A spectacular geological site, the Orgues de Valsenestre (or Grande Bibliothèque - Great Library)
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The organs of Valsenestre, in the Ecrins massif. A spectacular geological site, the Orgues de Valsenestre (or Grande Bibliothèque - Great Library) are formed of thin strata, dating from the Lias, of blue-grey limestone and softer, more eroded schistose marl, compressed and laminated and raised vertically by the Alpine orogeny - Valsenestre - Massif des Ecrins - Alpes
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The organs of Valsenestre, in the Ecrins massif. A spectacular geological site, the Orgues de Valsenestre (or Grande Bibliothèque - Great Library)
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The organs of Valsenestre, in the Ecrins massif. A spectacular geological site, the Orgues de Valsenestre (or Grande Bibliothèque - Great Library) are formed of thin strata, dating from the Lias, of blue-grey limestone and softer, more eroded schistose marl, compressed and laminated and raised vertically by the Alpine orogeny - Valsenestre - Massif des Ecrins - Alpes
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Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) newly born young, still with the umbilical cord, French Alps.
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) newly born young, still with the umbilical cord, French Alps.
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Alpine Ibex female and young - Alps Valais Switzerland ; Yearling
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Alpine Ibex female and young - Alps Valais Switzerland ; Yearling
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Ptarmigan moulting on rock - Swiss Alps Switzerland
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Parsley Fern (Cryptogramma crispa), a small mountain scree fern. Cryptogramma crispa is a species of fern in the Pteridaceae family. It is a
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Parsley Fern (Cryptogramma crispa), a small mountain scree fern. Cryptogramma crispa is a species of fern in the Pteridaceae family. It is a perennial plant found mainly in the mountainous regions of southern Europe, as here in the Aragonese Pyrenees. Spain
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Gave du Brousset in autumn. Pyrenees National Park, France
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Purple sandwort (Arenaria purpurascens). Habitat: scree, damp rock on limestone. Pyrenean-Cantabrian endemic. Aragonese Pyrenees. Spain
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Purple sandwort (Arenaria purpurascens). Habitat: scree, damp rock on limestone. Pyrenean-Cantabrian endemic. Aragonese Pyrenees. Spain
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Dwarf crepid (Crepis pygmea). Habitat: shifting scree on limestone or shale, subalpine. Aragonese Pyrenees. Spain
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Dwarf crepid (Crepis pygmea). Habitat: shifting scree on limestone or shale, subalpine. Aragonese Pyrenees. Spain
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Apulian Valeriana (Valeriana globulariifolia). Habitat: limestone, subalpine and mountain crags. Pyreneo-Iberian endemic. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Pyrenean willow (Salix pyrenaica). Habitat: rocky grasslands on limestone. Subalpine level. Endemic to the Pyrenees. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Pyrenean willow (Salix pyrenaica). Habitat: rocky grasslands on limestone. Subalpine level. Endemic to the Pyrenees. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Purplish sandwort (Arenaria purpurascens). Habitat: scree and damp rock on limestone. Alpine level. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Purplish sandwort (Arenaria purpurascens). Habitat: scree and damp rock on limestone. Alpine level. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Cushion pink (Silene acaulis). Habitat: lawns and rocky ridges on limestone. Alpine stage. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Cushion pink (Silene acaulis). Habitat: lawns and rocky ridges on limestone. Alpine stage. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Fringed sandwort (Arenaria ciliata). Habitat: rocky alpine and subalpine grasslands on limestone. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Fringed sandwort (Arenaria ciliata). Habitat: rocky alpine and subalpine grasslands on limestone. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Lac du Plaa de Ségouné dominated by Pic d'Amoulat (2594m ), Massif de Ger, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Lac du Plaa de Ségouné dominated by Pic d'Amoulat (2594m ), Massif de Ger, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France
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Spoon-leaved Candytuft (Iberis spathulata) in bloom. Habitat: limestone scree. Alpine stage, Pyrenean endemic. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Spoon-leaved Candytuft (Iberis spathulata) in bloom. Habitat: limestone scree. Alpine stage, Pyrenean endemic. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Spoon-leaved Candytuft (Iberis spathulata) in bloom. Habitat: limestone scree. Alpine stage, Pyrenean endemic. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Spoon-leaved Candytuft (Iberis spathulata) in bloom. Habitat: limestone scree. Alpine stage, Pyrenean endemic. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Hike to Pic Amoulat: 2594m. Ossau Valley, Pyrénées Atlantiques. France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Hike to Pic Amoulat: 2594m. Ossau Valley, Pyrénées Atlantiques. France
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From the Plaa Ségouné lakes, view of the eastern face of the Rognon de Ger: 2571m. The entirely limestone Ger massif is composed of rocks dating from
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
From the Plaa Ségouné lakes, view of the eastern face of the Rognon de Ger: 2571m. The entirely limestone Ger massif is composed of rocks dating from the secondary, Upper Cretaceous period (-100 to -66 Ma). Ossau Valley, Pyrénées Atlantiques. France
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Spoon-leaved Candytuft (Iberis spathulata) in bloom. Habitat:
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Spoon-leaved Candytuft (Iberis spathulata) in bloom. Habitat: limestone scree. Alpine stage, Pyrenean endemic. Atlantic Pyrenees. France
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Summits of the Lauziere massif in the Alps at dusk in Savoie at Saint Alban des Hurtieres, France
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Summits of the Lauziere massif in the Alps at dusk in Savoie at Saint Alban des Hurtieres, France
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Dryads in the Vanoise. Eight-petalled mountain avens (Dryas
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dryads in the Vanoise. Eight-petalled mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. Perennial, tap-rooted and hermaphroditic, it is a dwarf, creeping sub-shrub that spreads easily on stony substrates in the mountains and plains. Fruits are achenes with a long, feathery ridge, grouped in a tuft, Vanoise National Park, Savoy, France.
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Dryads in the Vanoise. Eight-petalled mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant in the Rosaceae family.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dryads in the Vanoise. Eight-petalled mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. Perennial, tap-rooted and hermaphroditic, it is a dwarf, creeping sub-shrub that spreads easily on stony substrates in the mountains and plains. Fruits are achenes with a long, feathery ridge, grouped in a tuft, Vanoise National Park, Savoy, France.
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Dryads in the Vanoise. Eight-petalled mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant in the Rosaceae family.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dryads in the Vanoise. Eight-petalled mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. Perennial, tap-rooted and hermaphroditic, it is a dwarf, creeping sub-shrub that spreads easily on stony substrates in the mountains and plains. Fruits are achenes with a long, feathery ridge, grouped in a tuft, Vanoise National Park, Savoy, France.
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Reticulated willow (Salix reticulata) in Vanoise, Savoie. The reticulated willow (Salix reticulata) is a species of flowering plant in the Salicaceae
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Reticulated willow (Salix reticulata) in Vanoise, Savoie. The reticulated willow (Salix reticulata) is a species of flowering plant in the Salicaceae family. It is a dwarf tree. It is a willow, found in the colder parts of northern Europe, Greenland, North America and northern Asia. It can also be found in the Alps and Pyrenees from around 1,500 m. Young leaves are covered with down. Vanoise National Park, France
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Ermine (Mustela erminea) with prey, vole, in summer coat on snow, Valais Alps, Switzerland
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Ermine (Mustela erminea) with prey, vole, in summer coat on snow, Valais Alps, Switzerland
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Female rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in summer moult, first snow on the rocks, Valais Alps, Switzerland
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Female rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in summer moult, first snow on the rocks, Valais Alps, Switzerland
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Variable hare (Lepus timidus) at its brown-coated roost in late summer, Alps, Switzerland.
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Variable hare (Lepus timidus) at its brown-coated roost in late summer, Alps, Switzerland.
© Olivier Born / Biosphoto
Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota). Valais Alps, Switzerland.
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Basalt organs atop Stewart Island, east coast of Greenland
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Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in the scree of Stewart Island, east coast of Greenland in summer
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in the scree of Stewart Island, east coast of Greenland in summer
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Soussouéou Valley: Carnau Lake, Pyrenees National Park, Ossau Valley, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Soussouéou Valley: Carnau Lake, Pyrenees National Park, Ossau Valley, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France
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Globe daisy (Globularia repens). Habitat: rocky outcrops, sunny scree: here on Permian red sandstone. Subalpine stage. Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Globe daisy (Globularia repens). Habitat: rocky outcrops, sunny scree: here on Permian red sandstone. Subalpine stage. Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
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Irat Saxifrage (Saxifraga iratiana). Habitat: siliceous rocks.
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Irat Saxifrage (Saxifraga iratiana). Habitat: siliceous rocks. Endemic to the Pyrenees. Alpine stage. Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
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From the Col d'Anayet, view of the south face of the Ossau volcano: composed of volcanic rocks such as rhyolites, dacites and andesites, Aragonese
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
From the Col d'Anayet, view of the south face of the Ossau volcano: composed of volcanic rocks such as rhyolites, dacites and andesites, Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
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Fairy floxglove (Erinus alpinus), Habitat: limestone scree and
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Fairy floxglove (Erinus alpinus), Habitat: limestone scree and rock. Water erosion in karst. Atlantic Pyrenees, France
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Old sign covered by moss installed along the path leading to the Fouge waterfall specifying the ban on climbing and swimming in the river, in the
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Old sign covered by moss installed along the path leading to the Fouge waterfall specifying the ban on climbing and swimming in the river, in the Bugey in Cerdon, France on July 31, 2024. Ban on access as a precautionary measure by municipalities to natural sites used as outdoor nature leisure sites. Ancien panneau recouvert de mousse installe le long du chemin menant a la cascade de la fouge specifiant l'interdiction de l'escalade et de la baignade, dans le Bugey a Cerdon, France le 31 juillet 2024. Interdiction d'acces par mesure de precaution par les municipalites a des sites naturels utilises comme site de loisir nature outdoor.
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Sign indicating zone dangereuse eboulements permanents acces
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Sign indicating zone dangereuse eboulements permanents acces interdit (Permanent landslide hazard zone access prohibited) installed by the municipality, municipal decree specifying that access to the Charabotte tunnels, a popular hiking spot, is strictly prohibited in Plateau d'hauteville, France. Prohibition of access as a precautionary measure by municipalities to natural sites used as outdoor nature leisure sites.
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Panorama of the northern slopes of the Lure mountain from its summit ridges, Provence, France
© David Tatin / Biosphoto
© David Tatin / Biosphoto
Panorama of the northern slopes of the Lure mountain from its summit ridges, Provence, France
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Sign warning tourists "Danger risque de chute de pierres" (Danger of falling rocks), the cliff collapses at the Mine d'Or, Pénestin, Morbihan, South
© Michel Gile / Biosphoto
© Michel Gile / Biosphoto
Sign warning tourists "Danger risque de chute de pierres" (Danger of falling rocks), the cliff collapses at the Mine d'Or, Pénestin, Morbihan, South Brittany, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Mont Ventoux Radar (1910m), Mont Ventoux, Provence, France
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Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Lac de Trécolpas, Mercantour National Park, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Lac de Trécolpas, Mercantour National Park, France
© Robert Valarcher / Biosphoto
Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Lac de Trécolpas, Mercantour National Park, France
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The chain of Vens lakes, the large lower lake, Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes, France
© Michel Cavalier / Biosphoto
© Michel Cavalier / Biosphoto
The chain of Vens lakes, the large lower lake, Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Lake Faravel (2386 m), in the foreground the yellow flower heads of Large-flowered Leopard's Bane (Doronicum grandiflorum), Freissinières, Ecrins
© Michel Cavalier / Biosphoto
© Michel Cavalier / Biosphoto
Lake Faravel (2386 m), in the foreground the yellow flower heads of Large-flowered Leopard's Bane (Doronicum grandiflorum), Freissinières, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France
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Yellow flower heads of Large-flowered Leopard's Bane (Doronicum grandiflorum), Lake Faravel (2386 m), Freissinières, Ecrins National Park,
© Michel Cavalier / Biosphoto
© Michel Cavalier / Biosphoto
Yellow flower heads of Large-flowered Leopard's Bane (Doronicum grandiflorum), Lake Faravel (2386 m), Freissinières, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France