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Aerial view of a paramotor flying above the Mediterranean on the Côte d'Azur in France. Vue aérienne.

Paramotor over the Blue Gulf of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of a paraglider soaring above the medieval village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the French Riviera. Vue aérienne.

Paraglider flying above the roofs of the medieval village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of two paramotorists flying above the Mediterranean Sea of the French Riviera. Vue aérienne.

Paramotors above the Mediterranean. French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of a kitesurfer on Lake Serre-Ponçon in the Durance Valley, France. Vue aérienne.

Hydrofoil kitesurfer on Lake Serre-Ponçon. Durance Valley, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of a kayaker on a narrow waterway in the rocky coast of the Estérel Massif, French Riviera. Vue aérienne.

Kayaker in the red porphyry rocks of Cap Dramont. Estérel massif, French Riviera, France.

Aerial view of a couple walking in the middle of a geologic curiosity in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. Vue aérienne.

Walkers in a landscape of razor-sharp limestone ridges. Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat, French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of two women hiking on a vertiginous trail and below a rock looking-like a man's face in the Alps. Vue aérienne.

Hiking on a trail "in the sky" under the watchful eye of the sandstone Guardian. The Guardian is so convincingly looking like a man's profile, no imagination required, that one may think it is man made. Well, it is not. It is mother nature's version of Mount Rushmore. Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of two women posing next to the #ilovenice sign with behind, the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice Côte d'Azur, France. Vue aérienne.

Two women pose next to the #ILoveNICE sign, with the famous Promenade des Anglais in the background. Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of the Tour de France bicycle race on the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice Côte d'Azur, France. Vue aérienne.

Tour de France. Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of the arrivals of celebrities on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera. Vue aérienne.

Arrivals of celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau overlooking Lake Sainte-Croix in Provence, France. Vue aérienne.

Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau overlooking Lake Sainte-Croix. Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of farmers harvesting lavender on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France. Vue aérienne.

Lavender harvest. Puimoisson, Valensole Plateau, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of a lemon festival in the Biovès Garden in Menton on the French Riviera. Vue aérienne.

Lemon Festival. Biovès Garden, Menton, French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of the transhumance passing on a narrow bridge, high above the Daluis Gorge's bottom in the Alps, France. Vue aérienne.

Every year in June, shepherds walk their sheeps to the high pastures of the southern Alps. Here the transhumance passes on a narrow bridge, 80 meters above the Var River in the Daluis Gorge. Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock was inscribed in 2023 on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of Castillon Dam between the Verdon River and Lake Castillon in the Alps, France. Vue aérienne.

Castillon Dam is a concrete dam built in the Verdon Valley. Its construction which started in 1928 was only completed 20 years later due to numerous setbacks: the construction company went bankrupt, a fire broke out, and World War II occurred. Standing 92 meters high, the dam created Lake Castillon, it has a capacity of 150 million cubic meters. Castellane (right bank) and Demandolx (left bank), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of a solar park in Les Mées on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France. Vue aérienne.

Solar park of La Colle des Mées. Created in 2009, the park has continued to expand since then, accommodating installations from various operators. As of 2025, it is the largest solar park in France covering a surface of about 2 km² and produces over 100 MW in a region benefiting from 2,800 hours of sunshine per year. France produces only 4.3% of its electricity from solar energy (in 2025). Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of the Interferometer on the Bure Plateau in the Dévoluy Massif in the French Alps. Vue aérienne.

The Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) is a radio telescope located in the Dévoluy Massif on the Bure Plateau at an elevation of 2550 meters. This large array of 15-meter antennas can spread over distances of up to 1.7 kilometers, and effectively working as a giant telescope with a technique called interferometry. Montmaur, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of Alteo Factory in Gardanne, Provence, France. Vue aérienne.

Alteo, a world leader in producing alumina (an aluminum oxide used in aluminum production), has its historic headquarters in Gardanne since 1894. Alteo is located a short distance form the Centrale de Provence as the production of aluminum is energy intensive. However, France having no bauxite reserves (a sedimentary rock with a high aluminium content), it is imported from Guinea. Gardanne, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of Centrale de Provence, a coal-fired power station in Gardanne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Vue aérienne.

The Centrale de Provence is a coal-fired power station. It has a capacity to produce 150 MW of electricity. Between the late 2010s to early 2020s, it was converted to burn biomass instead of coal. France had set a goal of closing all its coal-fired power plants by 2022 for environmental reasons. The chimney, with a height of 297 meters, is the tallest in France (as of 2019). Gardanne, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Aerial view of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) near Cadarache in Provence, France. Vue aérienne.

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is a international project involving many countries whose ultimate goal is to prove the feasibility of producing energy from nuclear fusion rather than nuclear fission. It is the second most expensive international collaboration after the International Space Station ($150B) with an estimated final cost that could reach up to $65B according to some sources. Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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