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 - followed by a short tour to the telescopes - the control room of the 2 meter telescope, known as the Bernard Lyot Telescope was placed at the observatory in 1980 on top of a 28 meter column built off to the side to avoid wind turbulence

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