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Brittany photos:
Pink Granite Coast
The Pink Granite Coast, granite blocks (one just balanced, one looking like a bear) in Ploumanac’h, the Saint Guirec beach, the harbour channel, the shore footpath and the Men ruz lighthouse.
Perros–Guirec harbour at sunrise (1 - 2 - 3), under the clouds and with a white sun ray, fish in the harbour.
A mauve sunrise (1 - 2), another one changing as time passes (1 - 2 - 3 - 4).
The harbour before sunrise, and coloured pink afterwards.
Clear water through foliage, a moored ship, a drownedstaircase, the Trestraou beach, rocky points (1 - 2), a granite block, a hazy horizon.
A panorama of the Sept îles, the two main islands, a pine tree in the foreground.
In Trébeurden, the Milliau island, pink clouds and the Bihit cape at dusk. The beach and holes of clear water, colourful buoy flags.
Emerald Coast
The Emerald Coast, emerald blue water around St Malo, a walled city, seen from the sea.
The mouth of the river Rance, shaped by tides.
St Malo by day, a panorama of the walled city, the two Bés under the clouds or a blue sky, the fort National (1 - 2), a sailboat meeting a freighter. The harbour beacon.
The Rochebonne beach on a winter day: (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5).
St Malo by night (1 - 2), its harbour and an old sailboat (1 - 2).
The Renard corsair ship, without then with its sails (1 - 2 - 3).
A night shot of the Cutty Sark ships, a ship bow, another at sunset, a figurehead, a gleaming deck and wooden pulleys.
Fort La Latte, a 14th century castle, its courts, its walls, the blue-green water and Cape Fréhel.
Belle-Île-en-Mer
Belle-Île-en-Mer, the ferry leaving Le Palais harbour by night. The Sauzon harbour, its lighthouse and clear water reflections.
The coastline: rocks and waves, a sheltered creek, cliffs, transparent water carving the rock, the blue-green sea and a beach behind rocks.
Inland: the Vauban gate, the Goulphar lighthouse, panoramas taken from the lighthouse (1 - 2 - 3), the cylindrical hollow inside the lighthouse.
A shady path with a view of the countryside, and a glimpse of the sea.
Brest
Brest, La Recouvrance sailing in the harbour, Brest town hall, the blue-green water of the harbour, the sun rays coming through clouds. The northern part of the harbour and the Iroise bridge.
Crossing the harbour on a misty morning: from the trade harbour, meeting the barquentine Pogoria, going along le Goulet, looking back towards Brest.
The trade harbour, the hull of a sailboat next to the cranes, the Abeille Flandre tugboat (1 - 2 - 3 - 4), the Abeille Bourbon tugboat, cranes in the harbour, a foreign boat.
La Recouvrance: rigging, sails, ropes, pulleys, the view from the ship, and water along its rail. On another trip: its figurehead, Notre-Dame de Rumengol, the Pointe Saint-Mathieu.
Saint-Guénolé: the ship and its sails.
Brest 2008: La Recouvrance, various ships, the Corentin, various ships including the Tara. The Kruzenshtern, Mircea, Cisne Branco, Le Renard, Earl of Pembroke, Kaskelot, Anna Rogde, Lotos, Tecla, Freedom, Abel Tasman, Catherina, Étoile Molène, Pen Duick, various small ships, Jacob Meindert - Pedro Doncke, La Cancalaise, Viola, Vietnamese boats, ensemble views, Saint-Guénolé & Ibis, Regina Maris, La Recouvrance (1 - 2), Britair, Foncia & Groupama2, lateen, Petrine & Jantje, Takeru, Swaensborgh, Zuiderzee & Sigandor, Moonbeam III (1 - 2), Lindheim Sunds, Matthew, various ships, Cala Milló, Belle Étoile & Charles Marie, jangadas & junks, Constantia, Iris, Hendrika Bartelds, Wytske Eelkje & Zephyr, ensemble views, big boats, Baltic Beauty, yawls, O’abandonado & Tina Husted, Vietnamese boats, fishing boats, various boats (1 - 2 - 3 - 4), last images.
The arsenal, its portal crane, a sunset outlining silhouettes of ships and cranes, behind the marina, the access forbidden signs, a crane and the sun.
Maison Blanche: a panorama.
Le Goulet: a panorama, the cliffs, the forts, seen from a german bunker, from the Belvédère (1 - 2) or seen from the harbour. The Cormorandière rock. The Sainte-Anne lighthouse & the Queen Mary 2. The coastal track leading to the Sainte-Anne duPortzic cove. The view towards the Toulinguet head, a pilot boat guiding a freighter. The entrance of the Goulet on the sea side, with the Petit Minou lighthouse (1 - 2 - 3) and beach. A linear cloud above the Goulet.
The Bertheaume cove: the Dalbosc cove, a cruise ship seen from the beach. Trégana beach, its waves, unfurling, splashing on rocks and glistening in the sun. The Amerigo Vespucci sailship, a veil of fog, the Bertheaume fort.
The pointe Saint-Mathieu, its lighthouse and ruined abbey. The Corsen cape: its sand cove, granite rocks, the coast towards the north, a sunset.
The Kerloas menhir.
Crozon peninsula
Roscanvel peninsula: the cranes of the harbour of Brest, the quarantine islands, the misty harbour.
The Espagnols head, the Cormorandière rock, the Espagnols head fort, the view from the Espagnols head (1 - 2).
The Cornouailles head, the creased cliffs, the bunkers and the constructions.
The Cornouailles fort seen from the land and from the sea.
The Capucins fort, its bridge above clear water, its crumbling buildings, rusty metal, a tunnel, the rock and its bunkers seen from the sea, a neighbouring rock and its view on the Camaret bay.
The creased cliffs, the Fraternité fort seen from the land and from the sea. The old sailboat Belle-Étoile. The Pen Hir head and the Tas de Pois.
South of the Crozon peninsula: the Dinan castle, its rock bridge going over water, its swirling waves and its views. The Lostmarc’h head (1 - 2 - 3), its oppidum and its megalithic alignment (1 - 2 - 3). The St Hernot head and its clear water (1 - 2). On the Postolonnec beach, creased rock, a smooth stone, a beached object, in fact a huge engine and a rudder from a wrecked trawler.
Southern Finistère
Kerity harbour, the Eckmühl lighthouse (1 - 2 - 3) and the view from the top of the lighthouse (1 - 2 - 3 - 4).
In Saint–Guénolé, granite blocks beaten by waves (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6), a calvary.
The pointe de la Torche, its kites and waves.
A lone fisherman, the reflection of a trawler and a rusty trawler door.
A sand beach, shallow water and an island.
The old stones of a fountain in Locronan.
Pont-Aven, the picturesque city of the impressionists, crossed by a river.
Northern Finistère
L’Aber Wrac’h
Two panoramas of l’Aber Wrac’h, one during the day, the other at sunset. A mooring at sunset, an abandoned passenger boat and two abandoned fishing boats, the Île Vierge lighthouse, the islands of the Aber, a sail in front of the sun, then overtaking it. Another sunset with pink fog. Still another sunset, with orange masts, the reflection of the setting sunlight, and boats coming back to the harbour. Other boats moored inland at sunset. A vintage sailboat. A patch of fog at sunset.
Plouguerneau
Smooth stones in a cove, and piles of rocks splashed by the waves.
Guissény
The Curnic pond, its reed beds and plumes shining in the sun.
In the Tressény bay, a breakwater, its worn out wood, and shellfish.
Batz island
Batz island, its coves and horses by the sea.
Close to Batz, the Santec state forest and Dossen beach & dunes.
Great cairn of Barnenez
The great cairn of Barnenez, a pile of stones, a megalithic burial place, with funerary chambers inside.
Dinan
Dinan harbour, seen from the city walls, its old stone bridge and its viaduct. The very steep rue du port and the Jerzual gate. The sculpted wood elements of the facades. Two buildings lit by the setting sun, light from stained glasses on the floor of the church.
Morbihan
A sunset.
Saltworks
The saltworks around Guérande, tended or left fallow.