De feu et de glace: La Vallée de Chaudefour

            Tout débute dans ce cirque glaciaire formé il y a plusieurs centaines de milliers d'années par l'effondrement partiel du strato-volcan qu'est le Massif du Sancy , volcan complexe qui a lui même évolué  au cours d'une très longue histoire d'éruptions successives . La période glaciaire postérieure à l'activité volcanique a ensuite érodé les constructions volcaniques qui composent maintenant ce paysage déchiqueté,  et raboté le fond de la vallée en auge qui conduit au Lac Chambon. En ce mois de novembre ensoleillé , les prairies sont encore vertes et les hêtres du fond de la vallée , à environ 1150m, n'ont pas perdu leurs feuilles ....
What you see here is the result of the fabulous forces of Nature , first volcanoes , fire and lava , then ice which turned  the circus into this rugged landscape and flattened the bottom of the valley which leads to the Lake Chambon . In this early November month the meadows are still green and beech trees haven't shed all their leaves . The difference of altitude between the top of the Puy Ferrand (top left ) at 1854m and the bottom of the valley is around 700m 
   

Taken in: France / Auvergne / Moneaux (show map)

Taken on: November 13, 2014

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Vallée de Chaudefour

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