The earth pyramids of Euseigne are one of the most important geological sights in the Alps and are protected monuments.
The earth cones are 10 to 15 meters high and most of them are protected by a rock lodged on the top.
The cones were created in the end phase of the last Ice Age, about 80,000 to 10,000 years ago.
When the ice retreated, glacier tongues left enormous piles of debris behind, which contained boulders.
Rain and meltwater gradually freed these boulders.
While the water continued to erode and carve out the area surrounding the boulders, these rocks served as protective caps for the soil underneath them, enabling the formation of the well-known natural monuments.

Great job!  Really amazing .

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing it here.


I love that structure. And did you know, that they exist on every continent, in nearly every country.

Ours in the city, are pyramid greenhouses.

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Very nice video.
Amazing place
We should put it on the 'to go' list

Nice footage. Thank you for sharing this video with us. Have a safe flight always.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-8 11:37
Very nice video.
Amazing place
We should put it on the 'to go' list

I thought you were visiting “Oh Canada” first.. haha

You sure get around.


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RedHotPoker Posted at 12-8 12:51
I thought you were visiting “Oh Canada” first.. haha

You sure get around.

The list is long.......

Montfrooij Posted at 12-8 12:54
The list is long.......

Longer than the flight here? hahaha


Bring extra SD cards. Grin

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RedHotPoker Posted at 12-8 12:59
Longer than the flight here? hahaha

Longer than a lifetime.
Unless there is some magical bank transfer that adds a couple of zero's to my balance on the right (left) side of the decimal separator

You’d need the big winning lottery ticket...

I’m in the same bus. Haha

Too many of  life’s goals and not enough pesos, to play...

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brilliant, thanks for posting

RedHotPoker Posted at 12-8 10:16
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing it here.

Thank you and thanks for the information I was not aware of it.

Well done.

Awesome area to fly.
Thanks for sharing.

Wjm Posted at 12-9 01:47
Thank you and thanks for the information I was not aware of it.

Pharaoh Khufu must be rolling in his monumental grave. Since its construction in 2560 BC, the Great Pyramid of Giza stood as the largest man-made pyramid ever built*. For 3800 years, it held the title of the tallest man-made structure of any kind. It wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that our buildings began dwarfing this wonder of the ancient world. Even still, the Great Pyramid is massive, with a volume of 2,580,000 cubic meters. But there is another pyramid, more massive than Giza, and it wasn’t built to entomb a mighty king. It’s not a monument of any kind. The largest (by volume) pyramid in the world resides in Alberta, Canada and it’s made entirely of sulfur.

Wait, what?

Alberta is home to two major oil companies, Syncrude and Suncor, who rule the Alberta oil sands from Fort McMurray. Oil sands are petroleum deposits rich in bitumin, a tar like substance, that can be processed into bituminous oil. Alberta is the world’s leading producer of bituminous oil. Among the byproducts of bitumin mining is sulfur. Unfortunately, sulfur is produced in such massive quantities that the refining process has completely tanked the market for it. With nowhere for the sulfur to go, at least one company, Syncrude, has developed a truly novel solution–build pyramids.

Technically, they’re ziggurats, for now. These structure are built from blocks of liquid elemental sulfur that are poured and solidified. The image below shows three of the great pyramids of Alberta–and yes the Google satellite images are washed out around the tar sands facilities (see for yourself).

So how do they stack up against other legendary pyramids? According to the recently published Visit Sunny Chernobyl, an excellent book about pollution tourism, the largest of these pyramids has a quarter-mile long base and stands almost 60 feet tall. Here, for scale, is the largest sulfur pyramid compared against Khufu’s tomb:

So the sulfur pyramid is shorter, with a much bigger base. How does its volume compare to that of the Great Pyramid? The Great Pyramid is 2,580,000 cubic meters. The Sulfur Pyramid of Alberta? 2,840,000** cubic meters and still growing! One expert suggests that at the current rate, the total area needed for sulfur storage in Alberta in the next hundred years will be 150 square kilometers of 50 foot stacks. That’s 405,000,000,000*** cubic meters, which means, if built as a single structure, the sulfur stacks are on track to become the most massive man-made structure, ever.

The Sulfur Pyramids of Alberta are quite possibly the greatest wonder of the industrial world.

*A reasonable argument could be made for The Great Pyramid of Cholula as largest. Cholula is a massive complex of successive structure, built by several groups over 600 years. When accounting for the base of the main pyramid structure, rather than the entire complex, Cholula tops out at a very respectable 1,800,000 cubic meters. The total volume of the complex is approximately 4,450,000 cubic meters, making Cholula the largest monument in the world.

**Based on photographs of these mounds (see here, here, and here), the sides range from shear to slightly sloped, so I am using an estimated angle of 15 degrees for the side. If anyone has more accurate measurements (perhaps a Syncrude rep would like to chime in), I would greatly appreciate that information.

***Assuming the walls are all shear.


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ALABAMA Posted at 12-8 08:33
Great job!  Really amazing .

Thank you

Montfrooij Posted at 12-8 11:37
Very nice video.
Amazing place
We should put it on the 'to go' list

Thank you

Wjm Posted at 12-12 10:26
Thank you

You're welcome

Spacetrakker Posted at 12-8 15:21
brilliant, thanks for posting

Thank you very much !

Woe Posted at 12-9 05:13
Well done.

Awesome area to fly.

Thank you !

Montfrooij Posted at 12-12 23:12
You're welcome

Always that added little “point” of respect.

I appreciate you...



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Wjm Posted at 12-16 13:06
Thank you !

I suppose you have no interest in the Alberta dilemma.  Wide grin

Which is understandable... ;-)


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RedHotPoker Posted at 12-16 13:19
Always that added little “point” of respect.

I appreciate you...

That's just me

RedHotPoker Posted at 12-16 13:19
Always that added little “point” of respect.

I appreciate you...

But I believe more have followed that example

Montfrooij Posted at 12-16 13:30
But I believe more have followed that example

Keep it rolling. Haha


Have a nice day.


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Montfrooij Posted at 12-16 13:30
That's just me

I like that about you. Hehe

Rock on!!



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RedHotPoker Posted at 12-16 15:05
I like that about you. Hehe

Rock on!!

Thanks
I will

Montfrooij Posted at 12-16 23:14
Thanks
I will

I have an idea, you will. Haha

Likewise, I’m sure. Giggle


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Wjm Posted at 12-16 13:06
Thank you !

You're welcome.

DJI Natalia Posted at 12-8 11:49
Nice footage. Thank you for sharing this video with us. Have a safe flight always.

Thank you very much, I will !

Wjm Posted at 12-18 09:37
Thank you very much, I will !

You're most welcome.

Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Deepelnok Posted at 12-19 00:48
Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you very much !

Excellent work!

A CW Posted at 12-20 09:43
Excellent work!

Thank you very much !

Very nice video bravo !!!

Wjm Posted at 12-22 05:55
Thank you very much !

You're welcome

DroneLeg Posted at 12-22 07:31
Very nice video bravo !!!

thank you very much !

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing!