Picture Of The Day: La Chaîne Des Puys

A glimpse of the famous Puy-de-Dôme volcano, which, at 1,464 m (4,803ft) dominates the Chaîne des Puys in the region of the  Massif Central, Auvergne.  As I mentioned before, the landscape here is quite spectacular.

We have been very lucky this summer.  The weather, until yesterday afternoon, has been glorious. The temperatures have hovered around 80 degrees and the nights are delightfully cool. (I sleep under two wool blankets and am not looking forward to the muggy weather in New York.)

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Picture Of The Day: Evening Sky Over the Puy-De-Dôme

Photo credit: Max Kelly



The nights have already gotten shorter here
in the Auvergne,
but as the sun settles,
it offers an amazing evening sky.

The Puy-de-Dôme is a 10,000 year old volcanic lava dome which towers over the landscape of our region of France. It is 1,464 meters (4,803 feet) high. It is the highest point of a 25 mile-long chain of volcanoes called the Chaîne des Puys.



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