The Pic du Midi de Bigorre

The Pic du Midi de Bigorre or simply Pic du Midi (altitude 2,877 m (9,439 ft)) is a mountain in the French Pyrenees famous for its astronomical observatory - so went round the exhibition - the model of the 2 meter telescope, known as the Bernard Lyot Telescope was placed at the observatory in 1980 on top of 28 meter column built off to the side to avoid wind turbulence

Région:	Midi-Pyrénées
Photographer:	Malcolm Reynard - personal website