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Date: 03/12/2020 | Place: Metz - France | Features
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The city of Muscat, the southern coast of Muscat, on the Arabian Sea, the medieval forts classified to Unesco, the villages and palm groves of the interior of the country, Djebel Shams, Jebel Akdar, Wahiba desert Sands, Wadi Bani Khalid, etc.
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Marseille at mid-height (from the four major religious sites of the city).
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The city of Marseille seen from the Notre Dame de la Garde (photo 1-45), the Cathedral of the Major (Photos 46-85), the Abbey of Saint Victor (Photos 86 to 120) and Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Photos 121-150).
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Date: 17/05/2013 | Place: Chartres - France | Features
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Portrait at mid-height of the second place of pilgrimage in France (after Lourdes), which includes the Basilica of St. Teresa (built in 1929 and consecrated in 1954), the Carmel, St. Peter's Cathedral and the house of Buissonnets, where St. Teresa lived as a child.
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On the occasion of the exhibition "May of Photography 2013," the town of Villeneuve sur Lot commissioned Stéphane Compoint to make a portrait of the city at mid-height. He has done it with his remote controlled tethered balloon.
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2013 is an opportunity to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of André Le Nôtre (born 12 March 1613 in Paris - died 15 September 1700 in Paris), who was gardener of King Louis XIV from 1645 to 1700 and was particularly responsible for designing the layout of the park and gardens of Versailles, but also those of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Chantilly.
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From 17 February 2012 to 2 February 2013, the entire process of manufacture of the nine new bells, then their arrival and baptism in Paris. With the exception of great bell Emmanuel, they dated from the nineteenth century and were of poor quality, the originals having been melted during the French Revolution. That is why, on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of...
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To mark the celebrations of the 850 years of Notre Dame de Paris in 2013 (taking place from 12 December 2012 to 24 November 2013), the world's most visited cathedral as you've never seen. Exclusive photo story by tethered balloon.
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Date: 16/11/2012 | Place: Paris - France | Features
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Date: 13/01/2012 | Place: Diverses - France | Features
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Exclusive images outside and inside of the cathedral of Bayonne, made at mid-height with thethered photo-balloon.
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The pyramids of Meroe (220 km northeast of Khartoum) and the ancient sites of Naga and Mussawarat were classified the 29 June 2011 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. A few months ago, we followed the visit of Menno Welling, a member of ICOMOS (agency which "notes" candidates) on all three sites of ancient kingdom of Kush, who ruled during seven centuries over an...
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Date: 11/10/2009 | Place: Saint Tropez - France | Features
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Date: 11/06/2011 | Place: France | Features
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The cathedral of Reims (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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In exclusive pictures of the exterior and interior of the Cathedral at mid-height.
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Date: 06/04/2011 | Place: Reims - France | Features
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Date: 20/04/2011 | Place: Saint Vulbas (01) et Cattenom (57) - France | Features
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Date: 05/03/2011 | Place: Paris - France | Features
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Date: 15/09/2010 | Place: Albi - France | Features
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Date: 14/10/2010 | Place: Troyes - France | Features
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Date: 02/06/2005 | Place: Versailles - France | Features
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Date: 12/01/2005 | Place: Versailles - France | Features
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Khalifa Burj Khalifa, tallest tower in the world with 828 meters, is part of an urbanistic, real estate and architectural unusual project covering an area of two km2. Called "Downtown Burj Khalifa", this district created ex nihilo includes, besides the skyscraper itself, a set of 30 000 homes and 20 residential towers, 9 hotels, the largest shopping mall in the wor...
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Date: 03/06/2010 | Place: Dubai - Emirats Arabes Unis | Features
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World’s highest tower, huge off-shore building sites, giant malls with indoor ski slopes, etc.: aerial photos and ground. In just a few years, the tiny emirate has become the object of a vertiginous economic, real-estate and tourism boom, probably without parallel in recent history. A selection of seven sites among the most interesting and spectacular.
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Date: 16/06/2006 | Place: Dubaï - Emirats Arabes Unis | Features
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Twenty years after planting wheat on the most beautiful avenue in the world during the Great Harvest, the street artist Gad Weil takes the path of the Champs Elysees. With Laurence Medioni and support the Young Farmers, he staged beds of forest trees, cereals and vegetable crops. A total of 150 species that make up a large puzzle of rural France. A huge project of ...
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Date: 17/05/2010 | Place: Cannes - France | Features
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Burgundy: aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground from Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Auxerre, Cluny, Vezelay, Fontenay and other sites.
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Date: 04/01/2010 | Place: Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Auxerre, Cluny, Vezelay, Fontenay - France | Features
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The passive house (autonomous in energy) of Bessancourt and other french sites for sustainable development. At mid-height
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Bessencourt, Antibes, Dunkerque, Lons le Saunier, Mulhouse, Rennes: aerial photos, mid-height (with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground of six french cities and sites involved in the fight against the greenhouse effect, the global warming and sustainable development.
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Ref.: 20091201 (626) |
Date: 12/12/2009 | Place: Bessencourt, Antibes, Dunkerque, Lons le Saunier, Mulhouse, Rennes - France | Features
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The Ile Seguin of Boulogne-Billancourt : worksite at mid-height
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The construction site of Ile Seguin : aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground until completion, expected in 2013
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Ref.: 20091101 (623) |
Date: 17/11/2009 | Place: Boulogne Billancourt - France | Features
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Germany : The Berlin Wall remains and the city 20 years after the end of Iron Curtain. At mid-height
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The Berlin Wall has been the subject of extensive restoration campaign to mark the twentieth anniversary of his fall, November 9, 1989. Aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground. Scattered throughout the city, fragments, memorials and artworks evoking the wall are now protected and maintained in the midle of an urban enviro...
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Ref.: 20091001 (621) |
Date: 03/10/2009 | Place: Berlin - Allemagne | Features
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The painters climbers of the Eiffel Tower at mid-height
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The Eiffel Tower is getting a makeover to mark its 120 anniversary. For the makeup, an international team (France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Romania, Morocco and Greece) 26 painters climbers who began the 19th year restoration of the monument, planned from April 2009 to October 2010. Seven years after the previous season, rain, wind, heat, frost, bird droppings and...
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Ref.: 20090801 (620) |
Date: 10/08/2009 | Place: Paris - France | Features
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Hot air balloons : World record rally in Lorraine region. At mid-height
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The Lorraine Mondial Air Ballon (24 July to 2 August 2009) is the largest international gathering of hot air balloons (the one of Albuquerque, USA, is involving mainly americans). The event is located on the airfield Chambley-Bussières (former NATO military base near Metz) and held for 20 years by Philippe Buron Pilatre (descendant of Jean-François de Rozier Pila...
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Ref.: 20090701 (618) |
Date: 27/07/2009 | Place: Chambley-Bussières - France | Features
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The city of Marrakech (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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Marrakech : aerials and mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) photos of Djemma Efna square, the Koutoubia and main sites of Marrakesh.
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Ref.: 20090501 (607) |
Date: 07/05/2009 | Place: Marrakech - Maroc | Features
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The city of Colmar at mid-height
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The city of Colmar : aerial photos, half-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground
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Ref.: 20090401 (602) |
Date: 07/03/2009 | Place: Colmar - France | Features
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The city of Pau at mid-height
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The city of Pau : aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground
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Ref.: 20090301 (601) |
Date: 26/02/2009 | Place: Pau - France | Features
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The city of Rouen at mid-height
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The city of Rouen : aerial photos, half-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground
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Ref.: 20081201 (587) |
Date: 04/12/2008 | Place: Rouen - France | Features
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The city of Paris (with Unesco world heritage sites) at mid-height (part 2, right bank)
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Paris : aerial photos and mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) of the main sites of the capital (right bank). More pictures will be added over the months. Also, feel free to contact us if you have a specific request.
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Ref.: 20081102 (590) |
Date: 08/01/2009 | Place: Paris - France | Features
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The city of Paris (with Unesco world heritage sites) at mid-height (part 1, left bank and general view)
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Paris : aerial photos and mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) of the main sites of the capital (left bank). More pictures will be added over the months. Also, feel free to contact us if you have a specific request.
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Ref.: 20081101 (589) |
Date: 05/01/2009 | Place: Paris - France | Features
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The Bahamas islands
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The Bahamas, underwater photography, aerial, half-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground of the main points of the archipelago, which counts 700 islands and 200 rocks spread over 1200 km from north to south (only 5% are inhabited). Known for luxury tourism and its tax system, the archipelago is primarily a natural paradise with pristine be...
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Ref.: 20081001 (588) |
Date: 17/12/2008 | Place: Bahamas | Features
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14 Vauban french citadels (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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14 Vauban citadels in aerial photos, at mid-height (with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground. They have been classified as World Heritage by Unesco in 2008, the tercentenary of the death of Sebastien Priest, Marshal Vauban (1633-1707). A choice that aims to protect and enhance these fortifications designed by this genius of defensive architecture, which ...
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Ref.: 20070701 (559) |
Date: 03/09/2007 | Place: France | Features
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North Pole : Expedition Pole Airship led by Jean Louis Etienne. April 2007
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On the Russian Barneo Ice Station (located at the north pole, more exactly at 89.6 ° N average), French and German scientists came up with four divers professionals calibrate their measuring instruments under the ice for the Pole Airship expedition, whose journey transpolar airship was planned for spring 2008. Weighted with a specific measuring instrument called E...
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Ref.: 20070401 (556) |
Date: 11/05/2007 | Place: Station polaire russe de Barnéo - Pôle Nord | Features
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The Tour de France (cycling) 2006 at mid-height
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Aerial photos and mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) on the roads of the Tour de France.
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Ref.: 20060801 (527) |
Date: 14/09/2006 | Place: France | Features
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The medieval city of Provins (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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The city of Provins : aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground of a medieval site listed in World Heritage by Unesco and among the best preserved in France
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Ref.: 20060602 (479) |
Date: 14/06/2006 | Place: Provins - France | Features
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Germany : Stadiums and cities of football world cup 2006 at mid-height
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Football Stadiums : aerial photographs, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground of sports fields and cities where the matches took place in the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany.
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Ref.: 20060501 (477) |
Date: 16/05/2006 | Place: Berlin, Munich, Dortmund, Francfort, Frankfort, Hambourg, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart, Cologne, Nuremberg, Leipzig, Hanovre, Kaise - Allemagne | Features
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Shanghai: The longest bridge and largest port in the world at mid-height
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Shanghai has become the first port in the world by creating the giant deepwater port of Yangshan islands. To connect it to the shore, the Chinese built the Donghai bridge (length: 32.5 km), which became the world's longest above sea. Aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground.
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Ref.: 20051101 (465) |
Date: 28/11/2005 | Place: Shanghai - Chine | Features
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The belfries of northern France (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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The belfries of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy were classified by World Heritage of UNESCO in 2005. Aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground. Built between the eleventh and the seventeenth century, these twenty-three belfries illustrate the architectural styles of Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque. Originally, a belfr...
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Ref.: 20050902 (463) |
Date: 14/09/2005 | Place: Abbeville, Aire sur la Lys, Amiens, Armentières, Arras, Bailleul, Bergues, Béthune, Boulogne, Calais, Cambrai, Comines, etc. - France | Features
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Carnac stones, Castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg, Villa Savoye Le Corbusier, Castle of Chaumont, Abbey of Saint Andre in Lavaudieu. At mid-height
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These remarkable sites of French heritage have been offered for sale by the state. Aerial photos, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground. Carnac stones : photos 1 to 10. Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg: Photos 11 to 30. Villa Savoye Le Corbusier: photos 31 50. Chateau de Chaumont: Photos 51 to 65. Abbey of Saint Andre in Lavaudieu: Photos 66...
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Ref.: 20050901 (448) |
Date: 14/09/2005 | Place: Orschwiller, Bas Rhin (67); Lavaudieu, Haute Loire (43); Chaumont sur Loire, Indre et Loire (37); Carnac, Morbihan (56); Poissy - France | Features
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A swiss glacier packed in Andermatt due to global warming
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The swiss resort of Andermatt has been packing the upper glacier Gemsstock to slow the decline, of about five meters per year. For twenty years, all of Alpine glaciers are victims of melting, probably due to global warming.
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Ref.: 20050501 (413) |
Date: 10/05/2005 | Place: Andermatt - Switzerland | Features
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The Brachiosaurus (largest land animal of all time) and other dinosaurs fossils of Mongolia
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"Dinosaurs" was an exhibition which first presentation was held in Vigo, Spain, in late 2004. It then toured Europe for over a year. It presented an exclusive collection of fossils from Mongolia, dated 80 million years. Among the skeletons exposed, a faithful replica of the largest land animal of all time : Brachiosaurus.
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Date: 05/12/2004 | Place: Vigo - Spain | Features
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The Millau viaduct (highest bridge in the world) at mid-height
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The Millau viaduct : aerial photographs, mid-height (made with remote controlled tethered balloon) and ground of the bridge with three world records : the road deck on which the car is moving at 270 meters height. It also has the record height of tower, 343 meters above the ground (the Eiffel Tower can pass below). Finally, it is the bridge with the longest cable-s...
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Date: 13/01/2005 | Place: Millau - France | Features
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The Spitzberg archipelago at mid-height
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Svalbard: With its special status, that territory on the borders of the Arctic is both a preserved natural area, a scientific laboratory of high technology and a mine site frozen in another era. Aerial photos and ground.
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Ref.: 20041201 (388) |
Date: 10/07/2003 | Place: Longyearbean - Norway | Features
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The Pyramids of Egypt (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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The pyramids of Egypt, 4000 years after their construction, still fascinate humankind. Aerial and ground monuments that tell the life and reign of thirty pharaohs of ancient Egyptian Empire.
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Date: 01/11/2003 | Place: Le Caire et environs - Egypte | Features
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Major remains of Olympic Games of ancient Greece (Unesco World Heritage) at mid-height and ground
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Aerial photos and ground on the trail of the ancient Olympics games. For twelve centuries, Greece was the victim of incessant rivalries between city-states. Nevertheless, every four years a miracle occurred : the Olympic Truce : union of body and spirit in honor of the gods, the celebration of the Games were respected by all. At the crossroads of mythology, physica...
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Ref.: 20040701 (382) |
Date: 01/06/2004 | Place: Olympie, Delphes, Athènes - Grèce | Features
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The Champions of Olympia (reconstitution of the ancient Olympic Games), part 3 (portraits)
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To mark the return of the Olympics games in their homeland, a team of producers, directors, historians, archaeologists, coaches and athletes from six european countries took up the challenge of a unique "historical -sport" experience : a reconstruction of the ancient Olympic Games. Back with pictures to the cradle of Olympism. Here, portraits of athletes, coaches a...
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Date: 17/01/2005 | Place: Olympie - Grèce | Features
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The Champions of Olympia (reconstitution of the ancient Olympic Games), part 2 (competition)
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To mark the return of the Olympics games in their homeland, a team of producers, directors, historians, archaeologists, coaches and athletes from six european countries took up the challenge of a unique "historical -sport" experience : a reconstruction of the ancient Olympic Games. Back with pictures (here, training of athletes) to the cradle of Olympism. Here, rec...
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Date: 03/06/2004 | Place: Olympie - Grèce | Features
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The Champions of Olympia (reconstitution of the ancient Olympic Games), part 1 (training)
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To mark the return of the Olympics games in their homeland, a team of producers, directors, historians, archaeologists, coaches and athletes from six european countries took up the challenge of a unique "historical -sport" experience : a reconstruction of the ancient Olympic Games. Back with pictures (here, training of athletes) to the cradle of Olympism. Here, rec...
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Date: 04/06/2004 | Place: Olympie - Grèce | Features
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Searching for Ouserkarê, the Lost Pharaoh. Archaeological digs at mid-height and ground
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The pharaoh Ouserkarê reigned very few years during the sixth dynasty of ancient egyptian empire. On the plateau of Saqqara, the team of the french egyptologist Vassil Dobrev has unearthed a necropolis dating back 4300 years which should solve the riddle of the mysterious king, whose historians and researchers know almost nothing.
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Date: 01/10/2003 | Place: Le Caire (environs) - Egypte | Features
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Our ancestors the Celts (Gauls) : Archaeological digs at mid-height and ground
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New aspects of life still unknown to our distant ancestors, the Celts (commonly called Gauls), have been discovered by french and italian archaeologists. Discoveries that are accelerated with the drilling of railway TGV East Paris-Metz-Nancy and the launching of an excavation site near Bologna.
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Date: 01/08/2003 | Place: Paris (environs), Metz (environs), Bologne (environs) - France - Italie | Features
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The city of Saint Petersbourg (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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St. Petersburg, former capital of Czarist Russia, is getting a makeover. Aerial photos and ground to mark the tercentenary of its founding by Czar Peter the Great.
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Date: 01/02/2003 | Place: St Petersbourg - Russie | Features
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On the Trail of the Blue Bear with the guide and author Lynn Schooler
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Date: 01/10/2002 | Place: Alaska, USA | Features
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The Chateaux of the Loire Valley (Unesco world heritage) at mid-height
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Date: 01/07/2002 | Place: Chambord, Chenonceaux, Chaumont, Brissac-Quincé - France | Features
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The Petronas Towers (former highest buildings in the world) at mid-height
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Date: 31/01/2005 | Place: Kuala Lumpur - Malaisie | Features
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The author Jean Auel visits the caves of Lascaux and the Fond de Gaume
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Date: 22/04/2002 | Place: Les Eyzies de Tayac - France | Features
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Abel and Toumaï : the oldest human ancestors discovered in west Africa. At mid-height and ground
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Date: 02/01/2007 | Place: Désert du Djourab - Tchad | Features
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The new library of Alexandria and the Cleopatra Papyrus
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Date: 01/10/2001 | Place: Alexandrie - Egypte | Features
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Easter Island (Unesco world heritage)- Archaeological mission led by Giuseppe Orefici
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After ten years of research, the team of archaeologist Giuseppe Orefici sets off on its final expedition, surrounded by international specialists in anthropology, botany, geology and of course archeology. Ceremonial architecture, petroglyphs, parietal paintings, colossal sculptures, wooden statuettes, tablets inscribed like hieroglyphs: so many sites and objects ph...
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Date: 11/10/2022 | Features
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Baluchiterium : the largest land mammal of all time found in the tribal territories of Pakistan
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After 6 years of research in a desert closed to foreigners for nearly a century, a French team of scientists unearthed and pieced together the largest land mammal of all time. It's name : Baluchitherium. Nearly 6 meters tall and weighing 20,000 kilos, the creature roamed a lush jungle over 30 million years ago. Interview with the expeditions leader, paleontologist ...
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Date: 10/01/2005 | Place: Dera Bugti - Pakistan | Features
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Zeugma : the last days of the ancient roman city facing the Birecik dam on Euphrate river
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Date: 01/06/1999 | Place: Zeugma - Turquie | Features
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The geoglyphs of Nazca (Unesco world heritage) and Atacama and the religious center of Cahuachi. At mid-height and ground
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Ref.: 19981201 (379) |
Date: 13/01/2005 | Place: Nasca et Atacama - Pérou et Chili | Features
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Pompeii (Unesco world heritage), part 2 : Sex in Roman culture and art
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The Pompeii Brothel reopened its doors. The erotic frescoes adorn the walls, which served as a catalog of sexual services offered by the institution, annually attract over three million visitors. In part two, numerous anthology of sexual representations disseminated in the ancient city.
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Date: 15/11/2006 | Place: Pompei - Italy | Features
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Pompeii (Unesco world heritage) and other ancient roman cities around Vesuvio (part 1). At mid-height and ground
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Ref.: 19980501 (362) |
Date: 10/01/2005 | Place: Pompeï - Italie | Features
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The Mummies of Kharga : Soldiers and peasants found intact after 2000 years in the Egyptian desert
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Four french scientists discovered in the mountains of the Libyan desert mummies people over the age of Christ. Their extraordinary state of preservation allows researchers to apply innovative techniques such as radiography to rediscover the daily lives of farmers and egyptian soldiers two thousand years ago.
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Ref.: 19971201 (361) |
Date: 01/12/1997 | Place: Kharga - Egypte | Features
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Alexandria : the ancient remains and the modern city. At mid-height and ground
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Date: 01/07/1997 | Place: Alexandrie - Egypte | Features
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Alexandria : The archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur on the dig sites of the city
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Date: 01/07/1998 | Place: Alexandrie - Egypte | Features
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Alexandria : The largest necropolis of the ancient world
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Date: 01/06/1997 | Place: Alexandrie - Egypte | Features
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Alexandria : Balah (6 years old), resident of Necropolis
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Ref.: 19970601 (375) |
Date: 01/08/1998 | Place: Alexandrie - Egypte | Features
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria, seventh wonder of the ancient world. At mid-height and ground
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Discovery of the remains of the seventh wonder of the ancient world with a french archaeological team led by Jean-Yves Empereur and thirty divers. Three months of underwater and land reporting of excavations in the port of Alexandria, the identification of two thousand blocks and the exit from the water of sphinxes, obelisks and fragments of the ancient lighthouse.
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Ref.: 19951001 (355) |
Date: 01/10/1995 | Place: Alexandrie - Egypte | Features
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Antarctica : the Expedition Erebus led by Jean Louis Etienne. At mid-height and ground
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Ref.: 19940301 (351) |
Date: 01/03/1997 | Place: Ile de Ross - Antarctique | Features
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Portraits of Stephane Compoint
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Date: 26/08/2011 | Features
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