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The meteorological observatory of the Mountain Aigoual was built in 1887.
This imposing building built like a fortified castle inspires respect. It was in fact necessary to be built in this way to face the excessive storms in winter.
From here, you can catch clouds with hands. When the weather allows it, you can admire beautiful sunrises and sunsets. The panorama shows you rare and rarely revealed horizons.
About the quarter of France can be seen from this by this summit : from the Pic du Midi - Peak of Noon -(in the Pyrenees)... to the Mont Blanc (in the Alps), also from the chain of Puys (Central Massif) to the Mediterranean Sea...
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It shows you a great number of photos, ultramodern advanced material with computers that the public can use, direct broadcast satellite.
But there are also ancient reshaped equipments, a video room, plans, models. You will know also the life, day by day, of this station in which the whole year people are working there hardly...
The last room to visit is a shop in which you can buy cards, books, videos... even a small meteorological station to put in your garden... These sales allow to partially fund their museum, so, do as we do : buy something !...
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