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A place to share pictures taken from above, that reveal interesting views, fascinating places or different angles to places.

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Any guesses what could this be, in France? (lemmy.world)

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Coordinates: 50°27'07,38" N 1°38'34,17" E

Slightly east of Le Bout De Haut

Also this a bit further south

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I found an explanation on a French blog. These shapes are called "Platières à bécassines". Bécassine is the French for the wild bird "snipe". The idea is to cut the grass/vegetation on some patches of the swamp in June (when it's dry), so that when water comes back in the autumn it creates small ponds that snipes like. It's for bird/duck hunting purposes basically.

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