Bios Photo 10/2023

Canari asbestos mine, Cap Corse, Corsica. This is France's main asbestos deposit. *** Local Caption *** The mine operated at full capacity from 1949 t...

The cliffs of Bonifacio, South Corsica. A 60-metre-high cliff of white limestone of Miocene age - the citadel and upper town are threatened by its fra...

The famous Calanches de Piana, Corsica. A granite massif above Porto in southern Corsica.

Leucocratic granites sculpted by marine erosion in southern Corsica. Pointe de Campomoro - Gulf of Valinco - Corsica

Leucocratic granites sculpted by marine erosion in southern Corsica. Pointe de Campomoro - Gulf of Valinco - Corsica

Leucocratic granites sculpted by marine erosion in southern Corsica. Pointe de Campomoro - Gulf of Valinco - Corsica

The Pointe de Campomoro in a strong westerly wind (U Libeccio). Leucocratic granites and veins of softer diorite, hollowed out by taffonis and sculpte...

The Pointe de Campomoro in a strong westerly wind (U Libeccio). Leucocratic granites and veins of softer diorite, hollowed out by taffonis and sculpte...

The Pointe de Campomoro in a strong westerly wind (U Libeccio). Leucocratic granites and veins of softer diorite, hollowed out by taffonis and sculpte...

Dusk in Pina, Cap Corse. Italian stone pines (Pinus pinea) and the village of Pina at Cap Corse, Corsica

Dusk in Pina, Cap Corse. Italian stone pines (Pinus pinea) and the village of Pina at Cap Corse, Corsica

Genoese tower in the Sainte Marie harbor on Cap Corse. The famous Santa Maria tower (this circular tower was built on a rocky outcrop in 1549 and demo...

Cala Francese, on the Cap Corse coastline. The beach is covered with thick banks of dead Mediterranean Posidonia (Posidonia oceanica) leaves, which ar...

The Barcaggio dunes, north of Cap Corse. Oyats and Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias) - Fragile dunes protected by the Conservatoire du Littoral, Corsica

European beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria) blown by the wind. Barcaggio dunes, north of Cap Corse - Fragile dunes protected by the Conservatoire du Litt...

Elba under the moon. Seen from Cap Corse

Tree spurge (Euphorbia dendroides) in the Gulf of Porto, Corsica. *** Local Caption *** It is a shrub with a spherical shape (up to 2 m in diameter),...

Veins in the Spano granitoids. Dark dolerite and light microgranite, Punta Spano, Golfe de Calvi, Haute Corse, Corsica

Stone giant in southern Corsica. Granite chaos sculpted and taffonized by marine erosion, Pointe de Testa-Ventilegne near Figari, South Corsica.

Stone giant in southern Corsica. Granite chaos sculpted and taffonized by marine erosion, Pointe de Testa-Ventilegne near Figari, South Corsica.

Dead incens juniper and granite chaos on Mont San Petru in Corsica. Incens juniper (Juniperus thurifera)

The Scala di San Regina in Corsica's Golo Valley. An ancient transhumance path carved out of granite in Upper Corsica

The Golo to the Radulle waterfalls in Corsica. Valdu Niellu forest - Radulle waterfalls area - Upper Golo Valley - Upper Corsica

Fire-ravaged area in Corsica. Corte region - Haute Corse

Century-old Laricio pines in the Radulle waterfalls in Corsica. Corsican pine, Pinus nigra var. corsicana - Valdu Niellu forest - Radulle waterfalls a...

Laricio pine forest in Corsica. Corsican pine, Pinus nigra var. corsicana - Tavignano Territorial Forest - Upper Corsica

Laricio pine forest in Corsica. Laricio or Corsican pine, Pinus nigra var. corsicana - Corte Restonica Territorial Forest - Upper Corsica

Century-old Laricio pines and birch trees in Corsica. Corsican pine, Pinus nigra var. corsicana - Valdu Niellu forest - Radulle waterfalls area - Uppe...

Taffonized granite chaos on the Lavezzi islands in Corsica. Hercynian-age granodioriite, eroded into huge chaos and taffonized by marine erosion - Lav...

Gibbous moon and granite massif in Corsica. Tre Signore massif above Porto in southern Corsica

Gibbous moon and granite massif in Corsica. Tre Signore massif above Porto in southern Corsica

Nonza, perched village on Cap Corse. The historic village of Nonza, on the west coast of Cap Corse, is perched on the rock of U Monte and has a year-r...

Cap de Pertusato, South Corsica. Miocene marine limestone - Bonifacio region - Corsica

The Gulf of Porto in a strong westerly wind. Porto marina and Genoese tower - South Corsica

The Gulf of Porto at dusk. The Pointe de Scandola forms the horizon - South Corsica

Prasinites of the Marine de Scalo, Cap Corse. The rocks are green schists or prasinites, derived from the metamorphism of hydrated basalts under condi...

Prasinites of the Marine de Scalo, Cap Corse. The rocks are green schists or prasinites, derived from the metamorphism of hydrated basalts under condi...

Prasinite Genoese tower at Marine de Scalo, Cap Corse. These rocks are green schists or prasinites, derived from the metamorphism of hydrated basalts...

Taffonized prasinites at Cap Corse. Offshore, the island of Giraglia - The rocks are green schists or prasinites , derived from the metamorphism of hy...

The clear waters of Roccapina Bay. South Corsica

Hundred-year-old olive trees in front of the Trinité hermitage, near Bonifacio. A famous site, built on a remarkable granite chaos. South Corsica

The tip of Campomoro, South Corsica. Ancient wheat threshing area (aghja), testimony to the agricultural past of the Campomoro region, now covered in...

Alignment of statue-menhirs at I Stantari. Cauria megalithic site, located in the commune of Sartène in southern Corsica. The site was occupied from t...

Alignment of statue-menhirs at I Stantari. Cauria megalithic site, located in the commune of Sartène in southern Corsica. The site was occupied from t...

Alignment of statue-menhirs at I Stantari. Cauria megalithic site, located in the commune of Sartène in southern Corsica. The site was occupied from t...

Maquis of Montpellier cistus (Cistus monspeliensis). Sant' Antonino plateau, Corsica

Growing strawberry plants. Sartène region, Corsica

Crustose lichen on granite in Corsica. Saxicolous crustose lichen Lepra (leucosora ?) (=Pertusaria leucosora)

Rock shelter in Chera, Corsica. This apparently ancient "oriu" (shepherd's shelter) is built under a huge granite boulder in the commune of Chera, Sou...

Photovoltaic panels in South Corsica. Francolu photovoltaic power plant, north of Bonifacio