294 KM | Canigou – Mont Ventoux

Perfectly seen under the light of the rising sun, the silhouette of Mont Ventoux!

Lights of the cities of Montpelier and Sête. One can almost count the individual lights!

Distance	294 Kilometers
By	Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña
Camera	Nikon D5100 @ ISO200 – 2.5 s
Lens	ED80 APO Refractor Telescope (900 mm. equiv.)
Date	August 12th 2017 – 06:00

Mont Ventoux is a mountain clearly known for the Tour de France, when it provides everyone with a fantastic show.

Nevertheless, this is not the only show provided by Mont Ventoux, as it is an iconic landmark as seen from Canigou, at the other side of Golfe du Lyon.

The view of its shadow, together with the lights of the villages below is something remarkable.

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252 KM | Canigó, Pyrenees – Marseille

Small portion of a very wide panorama with more details and quality. The image was not observed with the naked eye or with a normal telephoto lens because the atmospheric transparency was not good enough, but it appeared thanks to infrared radiation and the photoshop process. Almost sure it’s the first image of the basilica obtained from the summit of the Canigó.

Distance	252 Kilometers
By	Antoine Mangiavacca
Camera	DSLR Camera – No IR Filter
Lens	500mm (manual)
Date	September 12th, 2019 – 19:15 h

For a couple of centuries many observers and photographers have observed the silhouette of the Canigó from Marseille on certain occasions, but never an image in the opposite direction had been obtained, showing Marseille.

Until now.

276 KM | Le Cengle, Marseille – Canigó

This image has been submitted via our page (Thank you Bruno!)

You can send us yours at beyondhorizons2@gmail.com

Distance	276 Kilometers
By	Bruno Carrias
Camera	Nikon D5200 @ ISO 100 – 1/320
Lens	300 mm.
Date	February 02nd 2012 – 17:58

If there is a Master when it comes to photograph Canigó peak, he is Bruno.

We are used to have from him several high quality pictures of Canigó taken from various locations around Marseille, and in this case it is no exception.

It comes with a great deal of planification and preparation to capture the sun setting just against the desired target, and in the picture above this is done with absolute mastery.

538 KM | Bourdeaux, FLIGHT – Mont Blanc

Overview of the panorama from the flight

Mont Blanc over the cloud tops just a few minutes before sunrise – The moment of best visibility

Distance	538 Kilometers
By	Ramon Ibarz
Camera	Nikon D90 @ ISO1000 – 1/250
Location	Over Bourdeaux
Date	August 22nd 2017 – 06:40

When we launched the In Flight picture category, we never thought to find something that impressive.

230 KM | Gran Ballon – Mont Blanc

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Distance	230 Kilometers
By	Ekki Plicht
Camera	Canon EOS 50D @ ISO200 – 1/25
Lens	EF 70-200 L IS @ 200mm. + 2x
Date	November 1st 2015 – 07:10

Regardless of whether you are travelling by plane, by car next to Chamonix or doing some trekking 200 kilometers away, it is always a shape to recognize in the horizon, and even more when the day is as clean as this one here.

Beautiful details around the peak we can see in this image: while the surroundings are still covered with shadows, the summit as already met the sun and its orange colors are starting to fill the picture.

I now wonder how amazing it would had been to see this scene from the very summit that day.

101 KM | Samatan – Pic de Soularac

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Distance	101 Kilometers
By	David Guenot
Camera	Nikon D5500 @ ISO400 – 1/250
Lens	Nikon 55 – 300 @ 300mm. f/10
Date	October 10th 2017 – 08:32

Here we have a very good picture from our recent contributor David Guenot, showing us the beautiful morning lights over the Pic the Soularac as seen from Samatan, France.

A calm morning on that day provided the very specific conditions that are needed for long distant sights, and the result is impressive.

We  look forward to more pictures from you David!

196 KM | Grignetta – Mont Blanc

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Distance	196 Kilometers
By	Adrian Sobczyszyn
Camera	Sony HX300
Lens	Built – In Lens
Date	September 5th 2017

Here we have a great idea to see the main chain of the Alps from the distance with great results!

And it is even next to the magnificient place of “Lago di Garda”, so double the reason to go there and have a look. It seems it will be impressive to see a clear sunset from there on a good day!

Thank you Adrian for sharing this with us.

260 KM | Paglia Orba – Mt. Toulonnais

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Distance	260 Kilometers
By	Antoine Mangiavacca
Camera	Nikon D600 – 1/60 ISO 50
Lens	500 mm. AI – P (+1.4x +2x)
Date	August 12th 2017

Antoine always impresses us with beautiful high quality pictures from the area around Corsica and this time is no exception.

Moreover, this is the first time that we publish an image taken during night time, yet another proof of the incredible visibility and clear air that we had during the last August 12^th

We can see below that the same mountains were phtographed during the sunset, at night and during sunrise of the following day (in IR)
Thank you Antoine for sharing with us this views!

412 KM | Canigó, Pyrenees – Barre des Écrins, Alps

Close up on Barre des Ecrins and surrounding peaks with the telescope in Nikon camera.

Wide Panoramic composition of the Gulf of Lion. Click to enlarge for to see better the words and details. Camera: Panasonic.

Distance	412 Kilometers
By	Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña & Marc Bret
Cameras	Panasonic Lumix FZ70. Nikon D5100 @ ISO200 – 2.5 s
Lens	Zoom integrated lends in Panasonic. ED80 APO Refractor Telescope (900 mm. equiv.) for the Nikon.
Date	August 12th 2017 – 06:00

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If there is a picture that we always wanted to get is the view from Canigó of the Alpes.

Left of Mount Ventoux, an small line of mountains shows up: Barre des Écrins, one of the greatest lines in Europe at 412 km.

No one could ever imagine that such a picture can be achieved in mid Summer, but August 12 is a day that we will remember forever.

Long before sunrise the brilliant horizon cutted the silhouettes above Golfe du Lion and the challenge was achieved.