408 KM | Noufonts, Pyrenees – Tête de l’Estrop, Alps

Distance	408 Kilometers
By	Marc Bret
Camera	Nikon P900 @ ISO100 – 1/1600
Lens	F8 zoom 2000 mm eq.
Date	July 16th 2019 – 06:20 aprox

May be  the most distant sunrise photographied in the world.

Five years ago, we managed to portray for the first time the cornices of the Alps from the Pyrenees and it was precisely this mountain our goal from the Canigó. In this new occasion the objective has been to portray it better and from further away, from the top of the Noufonts and this is the result. The Estrop partially eclipsing the great solar disk.

Perhaps the astro-landscape photographed further away on our planet, thanks to the peculiar geography that extends between the Alps and the Pyrenees, the clean air and the sun.

 

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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.

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.

436 KM | Bastiments, Pyrenees – Doigt de Dieu, Alps

Winter Morning view of the Alps

Photograph achieved in a day of great transparency, from the Bastiments with little focal length to frame some silhouettes of the Alps and Ventoux behind of the Gulf of Lion, in complete daylight.

Distance	436 Kilometers
By	Marc Bret
Camera	Panasonic Lumix FZ72 @ ISO100 – 1/125
Lens	Nikkor AF-N 180 @ 187 mm – f./5.5
Date	February 21th 2016   11:06 am

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Getting to see the Alps from the Pyrenees seemed an extremely difficult goal a few years ago.  No photos existed, or at least were not published.

Achieving it in complete daylight without the help of the alignment of the sun or the dawn screen effect still seemed more difficult.

Alps sectors with more zoom, and a little over contrasted, to ease the view of the details.  One album with other pics of that day can be found here. The panoramic simulation of Ulrich is available here.

The Doigt de Dieu was the most distant summit and the World Record for distant pictures until July of the same year. Currently World Record is from  another summit of the Pyriness although in this case with a contemplation before the sunrise.

443 KM | Finestrelles, Pyrenees – Pic Gaspard, Alps

Current Guinness World Record

Longest Line of Sight

A thin line of Mountains rises over the Horizon: The Alps, with Barre des Écrins (4.102 m) in the middle left of the image.

Distance	443 Kilometers
By	Mark Bret
Camera	Panasonic Lumix FZ72 @ ISO100 – 1/250
Lens	Integrated Zoom @ 1200 mm (equiv.) – f./2.8
Date	July 16th 2016

Portraying the silhouette of the Barre des Ecrins from the most distant possible summit of the Pyrenees and get a new World Distance Record has been for us the last most recent target.

The result is counted in the image: a view from Pic de Finestrelles (2.820 m.) to the Alps.

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403 KM | Puy de la Seche, Alps – Pic de l’Infern, Pyrenees

Distance	403 Kilometers
By	Joseph Mordelet
Camera	Canon EOS 1100D – 1/200 – ISO 100
Lens	Sigma 70/300 @ 300mm – f/7.1
Date	January 6th 2015 – 17:30

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The farthest sunset ever captured!

The silhouette of the Canigó massif and Pic de Prats de Bacivers (Pyreness) in front of the sun with a superior mirage effect .

It’s probably currently the farthest sharp photo (*1) of a horizon made from another land point and and possibly also the most distant setting sun photographed. In this regard it’s a new world record.