Mont Blanc, France Webcam
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Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union.
The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France and the location of the summit is on the watershed line between the valleys of Ferret and Veny in Italy and the Arve Valley in France. It rises 15,782 ft above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence.
The Mont Blanc massif is being put forward as a potential World Heritage Site because of its uniqueness and its cultural importance, considered the birthplace and symbol of modern mountaineering. In 2007, Europe’s highest outhouses (two) were helicoptered to the top of France’s Mont Blanc at a height of 13,976 feet. The dunny-cans are emptied by helicopter. The facilities will service 30,000 skiers and hikers annually; thus helping to alleviate the deposit of urine and feces that spread down the mountain face with the spring thaw, and turned it into ‘Mont Noir’.
On 8 June 2007, Danish artist Marco Evaristti draped the peak of Mont Blanc with red fabric, along with a 20-foot pole with a flag reading “Pink State”. He was arrested and detained earlier on June 6 for attempting to paint a pass leading up to the summit red. His aim was to raise awareness of environmental degradation.
