Puy de Dôme

2014-05-04

P1160804 Puy de Dôme is actually a double dome, 1465m tall, formed during two eruptions (a few centuries apart) around 11000 years ago. Blaise Pascal proved the...

Puy de Dôme is actually a double dome, 1465m tall, formed during two eruptions (a few centuries apart) around 11000 years ago.
Blaise Pascal proved the…

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IMG_5191 A train line was first built in 1907 but it was replaced with a road in 1926. In 2007, the summit road was converted back to a train line.

A train line was first built in 1907 but it was replaced with a road in 1926. In 2007, the summit road was converted back to a train line.

IMG_5341 The summit path starts at altitude 1100m and ends at the top of the volcano (altitude: 1465m).

The summit path starts at altitude 1100m and ends at the top of the volcano (altitude: 1465m).

IMG_5309 - IMG_5321 Summit.

Summit.

IMG_5219 Weather station and TV antenna.

Weather station and TV antenna.

IMG_5222 Pilot E. Renoux and his mechanics landed a plane here on 7 March 1911. It took them less than 6 hours to reach the summit from Paris, including a technical...

Pilot E. Renoux and his mechanics landed a plane here on 7 March 1911. It took them less than 6 hours to reach the summit from Paris, including a technical…

IMG_5237 Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

IMG_5241 Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

IMG_5235 Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

IMG_5225 Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

IMG_5243 Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

Gallo-roman temple of Mercury, 2nd century AD.

P1160812_stitch Clermont-Ferrand.

Clermont-Ferrand.

IMG_5196 - IMG_5197 Chain of the Puys (volcanoes), around 40km long. Puy de Dôme is the tallest of the more than 80 puys. The volcanoes erupted between 95000 and 8000 years...

Chain of the Puys (volcanoes), around 40km long. Puy de Dôme is the tallest of the more than 80 puys. The volcanoes erupted between 95000 and 8000 years…