In Fall, the Pyrenean sky seems to be within one's grasp. The air is clear: the view from the Pic du Midi in France reaches far beyond the main chain of the Alps as far as Spain, each mountain top being even more beautiful than the next. Red deer are now rutting after the does, bears are roaming the colourful valleys searching for food before they seclude themselves in a cave for their hibernation..

In the winterly Pyrenees, the snow piles up meters high and covers just about everything. It is bitterly cold and food is rare for all animals. Those animals not hibernating have to fight for their survival. Chamois are searching the valleys for the last edible delicacies. Wolves roam huge areas in their forage for prey and even the bearded vulture has an increasingly hard time. The carcasses..

The locals claim that when God created the Pyrenees he shaped the rocks in a way which makes them absorb the daylight. After the sun has set, they give the light off again to the world and thus the mountains' walls and battlements silently glow beneath the stars. The sun and the clouds play with the mountains' light and create fascinating pictures. The Mediterranean's climate has a magical i..