Pic du Midi in France
Pic du Midi is a project about reserving the first starry sky observation zone in Europe. It was officially launched on 11th of June and supported by PIRENE. La Clef des Etoiles, The Imaging Source’ distributor in Toulouse, France, has been actively involved in the event.
Sébastien Vauclair, the owner of La Clef des Etoiles, sent us an email (in French) about that evening:
A dozen signers were present at the summit, including the high ranked local administrator. About fifty journalists attended to cover this event, with 15 of them staying for the night. The rest of the guests are local inhabitants of Pic.
The evening ended after sunset with the music of Deep Forest (Eric Mouquet) live on the terrace. That’s quite something!
Thanks for the briefing Sébastien! Have fun!
Charles Parks said,
September 24, 2009 @ 13:43
What a nice picture! at the Pic!
I almost got a job many years ago at the Pic-du-Midi, when Professer Koppal and Mr Rackham were analising the Luna photographs at the Manchester University working with NASA for the first Luna landing.
But because I was married and had children I did not get the job, as I would have been away at the Pic, three months at a time and then three months back at the Manchester University.
I am retired now and living in North Wales. BRIAN PARKS.
Astronomy Pictures taken at the top of Pic du Midi / Astronomy Cameras Blog said,
September 30, 2009 @ 06:22
[...] in this July, we reported the commencing ceremony of project Pic du Midi which took place on the top of Pic du Midi, southern France. Many astronomy amateurs joined that [...]