Déstinations Archive - Planet Odyssey

China – Gobi Desert

Train crossing of the Gobi Desert.

the Lofoten Islands

Lofoten fishing boat

Dynamic and dynamites women

Women with great will

Steadicam sequence with Johan

In pursuit of the Trolls

The opening day of the road

After two years of filming. Kersti the daughter is missing

Sometime we can imagine that we are alone in the world

Le village de Gunnar et sa famille.

My favorite boat

The forests of Guiana. A catalogued treasure: documenting new species

Mysterious forest of Guyana …

Olivier Brunaux is our guide

1300 species of trees are known in Guyana, and the inventory is not complete!

Olivier take care of the Guyana forests on behalf of the ONF

Small expedition into the forest with a team of botanists, in search of new species

Only way to get the leaves: the gun!

Olivier and Helen may have found a new species

Joseph can recognize near 800 tree species

In Guyana, botanists spend their time looking up at the sky …

The fires of La Réunion. A monitored treasure: the Piton de la Fournaise

Nedre Dalälven River Landscape Biosphere Reserve

The closest university to the North Pole

This image shows what we discover when we arrive above Svalbard, early February

It is exactly 11:30

Longyearbyen, the world’s most northerly city of the world, Svalbard’s “capital”, population: 2,000

In February, it is the blue hours period

UNIS, the world’s most northerly university of the world

We catch up with 17 students, on their way to the Kjell Henriksen observatory

Inside of the tracked machine

First course in the observatory for the study of northern lights

Lookouts are needed to warn of any approaching polar bears

The students set up the equipment on the observatory’s roofs that will enable them to study and determine

Aurora image realized with special equipment by Pål Ellingsen (KHO UNIS) Birkeland Center for Space

I return to the observatory with Mikko Syrjäsuo, during the blue hours

The KHO roof with the observation instruments

Near KHO, the EISCAT radar antennas, second part of the film

Nature around Longyearbyen...a weapon is necessary for walking

Ready to go on a polar exploration

The sign speaks for itself

Longyearbyen's main street

As spring approaches, the sun is once again peeking over the horizon: image of the first sunbeam, 16th of February.

A very rare sight during my preparation trip two years ago in January, the ice crystals lights.

Lake Geneva – Fjord of the Alps

I never use filters or photo-retouching software... the colours in this photo are natural.

Taking depth-sounding measurements in Lake Geneva for a new map of the lakebed.

Philippe and Michi have slowly plied the length and breadth of Lake Geneva, covering 4,000 to 5,000 km.

The unexpected fisherman.

A fisherman who never stops talking about his love for Lake Geneva.

Water-quality measurements in the deepest part of Lake Geneva.

The hoopoe, one of the more spectacular inhabitants of Lake Geneva’s shores.

The vineyards of Lake Geneva, home to the hoopoe.

The ibex, king of the Alps.

Pierrot and Alain, a botanist and a game warden, both lovers of the Chablais.

Pierrot is in this photo somewhere...

Pierrot on the look out for white-tailed ptarmigan.

The magic of autumn and its ephemeral snows.

The same pleasure for the eyes.

The Rhone, a few kilometres after it runs through Lake Geneva.

On the Rhone, taking samples for laboratory analysis.

Sunlight plays across the mountains of the Jura.

The clouds appear to respect Mont Blanc, to the joy of the airplane passengers.

Sunset... No, rise above Geneva.

Moonlight, just after a heavy snowfall.

The colours of the Canaries. An inspiring treasure: the artist of El Hierro

A black sand beach on the secret island of El Hierro

An isolated village

Many plants are endemic

At the end of the world …

Nature is an artist

Trees fallen by the wind

Ruben Arniche is working on his painting

When art blends with nature …

The painting just finished

An incredible tree found by accident during filming

The flora of Madeira. An endemic treasure: the botanist’s quest

Miguel Sequeira, botanist, on one of the most beautiful coastal paths of Madeira

Miguel and Aida

Sun trail built by man on a cliff …

One of the numerous endemic plants of Madeira

Muguel and Aida describe a plant that exists in the rest of Europe but much smaller

Inventory in a forest

Coring in order to determine the age of the tree

Miguel finished his inventory

There are many waterfalls in Madeira

Result of a coring

Winds of the Azores. A mysterious treasure: the migration of birds

The old volcano and its lake on the island of São Miguel

The first agricultural activity in the Azores, the production of milk

Carolina Ferraz, ornithologist

White is the main color of the houses

Birdwatching near a pond

Carolina wants to understand why some species of migratory birds make a huge detour via the Azores

These two islands are rocks inhabited by many species of birds

On the Azores, the "game" between the sun and the clouds is beautiful

Bird island