Where eagles dare

Good idea, this gallery for celebrating 10 years of NPN!

Here's a picture I took last summer at the Verdon river gorges.

The canyon of the Verdon river is nothing but a must-visit place for anyone living in EU and for anyone planning to visit France from abroad. It's 60 kms long and 700-800 meters deep, with huge vertical sandstone and limestone walls and fantastic spots at every corner.

I took this picture at dawn at the end of August, from atop the highest cliff of the canyon, at about 1300 meters of altitude.
I was very lucky indeed with the light and the low clouds that morning. It had been rainy the afternoon and the night before, so I was hoping for some nice combination of light and clouds, but honestly what I found when I reached the location at 6AM was far beyond my sweetest anticipation. I stayed up there in awe for about 1,5 hour, attending one of the best nature show my eyes had ever witnessed.

This is a stitch of 7 vertical takes.

PS: click it larger for much better details