It's a well for municipal water. There are several located in the alluvium along the Rhône/Vieux Rhône which is the route this person took (I rode the same path when I lived in Lyon).
If you want to see a WWII bunker head north. There are lots of them in Normandie and Hauts-de-France. One fallen:
If you want to see a WWII bunker head north. There are lots of them in Normandie and Hauts-de-France. One fallen:
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's a well for municipal water. There are several located in the alluvium along the Rhône/Vieux Rhône which is the route this person took (I rode the same path when I lived in Lyon).
If you want to see a WWII bunker head north. There are lots of them in Normandie and Hauts-de-France. One fallen:
If you want to see a WWII bunker head north. There are lots of them in Normandie and Hauts-de-France. One fallen:
And a close up for scale. The circle is a one euro coin (I know Northern Ireland uses pounds, but a euro was what I had in my pocket).
Diameter 23.25 mm.
Diameter 23.25 mm.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And a close up for scale. The circle is a one euro coin (I know Northern Ireland uses pounds, but a euro was what I had in my pocket).
Diameter 23.25 mm.
Diameter 23.25 mm.
A couple of photos from a visit to the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. I'd long wanted to visit having spent many years living and working around columnar basalt in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A couple of photos from a visit to the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. I'd long wanted to visit having spent many years living and working around columnar basalt in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Nice walk with views of the Norman bocage and a bend in the Vire River, with low-grade metamorphosed mudstone (pelite) visible in the foreground.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Nice walk with views of the Norman bocage and a bend in the Vire River, with low-grade metamorphosed mudstone (pelite) visible in the foreground.
Creepiest store window ever.
2nd arrondisement, Lyon France.
2nd arrondisement, Lyon France.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Creepiest store window ever.
2nd arrondisement, Lyon France.
2nd arrondisement, Lyon France.
Tracteur pour la conchyliculture à marée basse
Agon-Coutainville, Manche, Normandie.
Agon-Coutainville, Manche, Normandie.
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tracteur pour la conchyliculture à marée basse
Agon-Coutainville, Manche, Normandie.
Agon-Coutainville, Manche, Normandie.
Things had been going pretty well until those bastards threw that ring into the volcano. I guess a guy's gotta find work somewhere.
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Things had been going pretty well until those bastards threw that ring into the volcano. I guess a guy's gotta find work somewhere.
A nun on a foggy morning in Bourgogne walks past a large romanesque church dating from the 12th century.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A nun on a foggy morning in Bourgogne walks past a large romanesque church dating from the 12th century.
View of the ground floor of the Granville, Normandie, France indoor market showing the colors of autumn; taken looking down from the first floor.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
View of the ground floor of the Granville, Normandie, France indoor market showing the colors of autumn; taken looking down from the first floor.
My favorite spooky photo for Halloween, even though I took it in the early Spring.
Taken on an after-dinner walk in Monticchiello, Pienza, Italy.
Taken on an after-dinner walk in Monticchiello, Pienza, Italy.
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My favorite spooky photo for Halloween, even though I took it in the early Spring.
Taken on an after-dinner walk in Monticchiello, Pienza, Italy.
Taken on an after-dinner walk in Monticchiello, Pienza, Italy.
Lots of salamanders in North Dakota when I was growing up.
This is a slightly fuzzy photo of a fire salamander (salamander tachetée en Français) observed on the forest floor in Normandie while on a mushroom hunt.
The green arrow points to the parotid glands on the side of the head.
This is a slightly fuzzy photo of a fire salamander (salamander tachetée en Français) observed on the forest floor in Normandie while on a mushroom hunt.
The green arrow points to the parotid glands on the side of the head.
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Lots of salamanders in North Dakota when I was growing up.
This is a slightly fuzzy photo of a fire salamander (salamander tachetée en Français) observed on the forest floor in Normandie while on a mushroom hunt.
The green arrow points to the parotid glands on the side of the head.
This is a slightly fuzzy photo of a fire salamander (salamander tachetée en Français) observed on the forest floor in Normandie while on a mushroom hunt.
The green arrow points to the parotid glands on the side of the head.
I'm shocked, shocked to find that lying is going on at this Republican press event.
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I'm shocked, shocked to find that lying is going on at this Republican press event.
In Isigny-sur-Mer to pick up some produce at the Saturday market today. Drove over to the WWII German cemetery near La Cambe, west of Isigny. It was peaceful.
A total of 21,000 dead, with unidentified bodies buried in the tumulus. This is a reminder of where fascism ultimately leads.
No Kings.
A total of 21,000 dead, with unidentified bodies buried in the tumulus. This is a reminder of where fascism ultimately leads.
No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In Isigny-sur-Mer to pick up some produce at the Saturday market today. Drove over to the WWII German cemetery near La Cambe, west of Isigny. It was peaceful.
A total of 21,000 dead, with unidentified bodies buried in the tumulus. This is a reminder of where fascism ultimately leads.
No Kings.
A total of 21,000 dead, with unidentified bodies buried in the tumulus. This is a reminder of where fascism ultimately leads.
No Kings.
What a putz. You might say he's a putzmeister but he;s not that capable.
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What a putz. You might say he's a putzmeister but he;s not that capable.
Falaise d'Aval on a cloudy day, showing the needle, arch, and cave. Looking WSW from les Jardins d'Étretat
October 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Falaise d'Aval on a cloudy day, showing the needle, arch, and cave. Looking WSW from les Jardins d'Étretat
Not glaciology, but tonight’s wine is named Le Sang du Schiste (the blood of the schist). Comes from south-central France.
Works for me.
Works for me.
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Not glaciology, but tonight’s wine is named Le Sang du Schiste (the blood of the schist). Comes from south-central France.
Works for me.
Works for me.
Drove over there from France last year. Nice town. Much more interesting than Bruges.
Check behind the train station. I've never seen as many bicycles in one place at one time. The photo doesn't do it justice.
Check behind the train station. I've never seen as many bicycles in one place at one time. The photo doesn't do it justice.
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Drove over there from France last year. Nice town. Much more interesting than Bruges.
Check behind the train station. I've never seen as many bicycles in one place at one time. The photo doesn't do it justice.
Check behind the train station. I've never seen as many bicycles in one place at one time. The photo doesn't do it justice.
Beautiful day on the Cotentin Peninsula coastline near Barneville-Carteret, France.
Sentier Littoral (littoral trail). A couple walks along a deserted beach as the sea recedes toward low tide.
Sentier Littoral (littoral trail). A couple walks along a deserted beach as the sea recedes toward low tide.
October 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Beautiful day on the Cotentin Peninsula coastline near Barneville-Carteret, France.
Sentier Littoral (littoral trail). A couple walks along a deserted beach as the sea recedes toward low tide.
Sentier Littoral (littoral trail). A couple walks along a deserted beach as the sea recedes toward low tide.
A recent visit to the ruins of Hambye Abbaye, Normandie.
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A recent visit to the ruins of Hambye Abbaye, Normandie.
Bauxite sample on display, Les Baux, France.
September 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bauxite sample on display, Les Baux, France.
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Lisieux
September 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Lisieux
Un escalier, Paris.
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Un escalier, Paris.
I'm a geologist. Such water is common in glaciated areas -- the closest to me is the Alps, such as around Chamonix, France and further south in the Gorges du Verdon. Here, for example, is the eerie blue color of Lac de Saint-Croix, a reservoir in southern France on the Verdon River.
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm a geologist. Such water is common in glaciated areas -- the closest to me is the Alps, such as around Chamonix, France and further south in the Gorges du Verdon. Here, for example, is the eerie blue color of Lac de Saint-Croix, a reservoir in southern France on the Verdon River.
I’m Ben and I’m a hydrogeologist in France. My specialties include the hydrology of continental flood basalt, nearshore hydrology of volcanic islands in Polynesia, and working with dense, non-aqueous phase liquids in both fractured rock and unconsolidated alluvium.
August 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’m Ben and I’m a hydrogeologist in France. My specialties include the hydrology of continental flood basalt, nearshore hydrology of volcanic islands in Polynesia, and working with dense, non-aqueous phase liquids in both fractured rock and unconsolidated alluvium.
Tower at Château de Crosville-sur-Douve, Normandie, France.
August 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tower at Château de Crosville-sur-Douve, Normandie, France.