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		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/1/98 Location: Mer Du Glace Description: Author in an ice cave in the Mer Du Glace Glacier. A new cave is carved every year.



		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/6/98 Location: Chamonix Valley. Description: Taken from about 10,000 feet above the city of Chamonix.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Near Aguille de Midi. Description: Climbers inching along a knife like ridge. The week before this photo was taken several climbers fell to their death in this vicinity.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Mer Du Glace Description: Small crevasse in the Mer Du Glace.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Looking down on man made ice caves left from past years. Description: Note the disfigurement of the ice caves as the glacier moves.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Man made Ice cave entrance Description: A close up of the above photo

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Above Chamonix. Description: Hiking in the French Alps.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: The Louvre Description: One of the world's largest treasure chests of art.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Inside the Louvre. Description: The Mona Lisa - the western world's most famous painting.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Inside the Orsee, Paris. Description: Impressionist art collection.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Catacombs - Paris. Description: Skulls of monks from the 16 century. This was taken in the catacombs under the streets of Paris.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Arc Du Triumphe - Paris Description: Another of Paris's great monuments. You can take an elevator to the top of this monument. There are great 360 degree views of the Paris skyline from the top.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: The Palace of Versailles. Description: This garden is outdoors in the summer and taken indoors in the winter. Admission is now charged to enter this garden.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Arc du Triumphe. Description: One of Paris's most famous monuments

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		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Chamonix, downtown. Description: One of the many colorful flower arrangements that are hung in the summertime.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Mt. Blanc. Description: The tallest mountain in Western Europe.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Trails in the Alps above Chamonix. Description: Hiking in the Alps.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Taken from Mer Du Glace. Description: A scenic mountain found in the French Alps.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Standing on the Mer Du Glace. Description: Crampons highly recommended!

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Chamonix Description: Looking towards Mt. Blanc at sunset.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Chamonix. Description: Looking towards the French Alps from downtown Chamonix.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Palace of Versailles. Description: The gardens. Note after the storm damage admission is now charged to enter these gardens.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Inside the Louvre. Description: One of the many famous oil paintings in this museum

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Notre Dame - Paris. Description: The side of this famous church.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Inside the Orsee - Paris. Description: A painting by one of the world's most famous painters - Vincent Van Gogh. There are several Van Gogh paintings in the Orsee.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Eiffel Tower. Description: Note the date on the tower - this was part of the countdown to the new millennium. This is a good way to identify photographs of the tower that were taken several years before year 2000.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: The Palace of Versailles. Description: Garden cabin.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Eiffel Tower Description: Standing almost directly underneath

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Sacre Coeur Description: One of Paris's most beautiful churches

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: In the Paris Pantheon Description: The crypt of Louis Braille and other famous people.

		Photographer: Dave Date Taken: 7/5/98 Location: Versailles Description: A water pond

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