 | A Victorian
bridge along the Seine in Paris, next to the Gare d'Lyon. Notre Dame cathedral
is barely visible in the background.
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 | The cafe in
the TGV 2 train I took to Lyon. I liked the design.
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 | The Arve
river, running through Chamonix.
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 | Clouds
encroaching on a hill on the way into the Alps
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 | Dawn over the
Massif du Mont Blanc, on my first morning in Les Houches.
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 | The Ecole de
Physique in Les Houches. This is the main building, housing classrooms,
library, and offices.
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 | A farm we hiked
through on the way to Col de Forclaz.
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 | Fields and
trees seen from the TGV
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 | Fog-shrouded
mountains seen as the sky cleared after a snowfall.
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 | A lake with
the Alps behind it. I'll look up the name of the lake someday, I promise.
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 | Clouds
below the mountaintops being highlit by the rising sun.
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 | Mountains, trees,
and moon seen during the afternoon from Col de Forclaz.
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 | The view
from the balcony of my room, after a snowfall.
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 | The Gare
d'Lyon station.
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 | Aiguille
Verte shrouded in fog.
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 | Me at
Col de la Forclaz
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 | The
view from Col de la Forclaz
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 | Another view from Col de Forclaz
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 | Some of the people I met at Les Houches,
seen atop Le Prairon, above the school. I'll put their names in later.
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 | The view from
the top of Le Prairon.
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 | Another
view from the top of Le Prairon.
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 | At a gondola
station on the Plan de l'Aiguille, halfway to the top of Aiguille du Midi.
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 | Rocky cliffs
seen from the gondola going up Aiguille du Midi.
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 | Skiers on the
shoulder of Aiguille du Midi, preparing to ski down the Valee Blanche.
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 | Mont
Blanc. Enough said.
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 | View
from the top of Aiguille du Midi, down into Chamonix. The dark
triangular shadow in the center of the frame is the shadow of the mountain I'm
standing on.
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