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Îlot Nuami, île des Pins, Nouvelle-Calédonie ...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Savez-vous comment est surnommé cet archipel ? “L’île la plus proche du paradis”…                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Située au sud-est de la Grande-Terre, l’île des Pins est l’un des plus beaux endroits de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Elle doit sa réputation aux incroyables plages de sable blanc qu’elle possède.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Autre atout de taille, elle est encerclée par le fameux récif corallien de Nouvelle-Calédonie, le deuxième plus important au monde après la Grande barrière de corail en Australie.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Une véritable merveille foisonnant de vie qui a valu aux lagons de l’archipel d’être inscrits au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Cela ne sert presque à rien d’ajouter que les conditions de plongée ici sont optimales !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Vues Vues du parc national de Zion de la route panoramique et 4 des meilleures randonnées dans le parc...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Observation Point, West Rim Angels Landing, Virgin Narrows.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Zion est un des parcs nationaux les plus spectaculaires et les plus chéris des États-Unis, le Canyon profond de Zion en grès de Navajo a été gravé par la rivière Virgin sur des millions d’années.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ces 600 kilomètres carrés de topographie accidentée majestueuse sont jonchés de mesas, de gorges, de buttes et d’arches naturelles.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Originellement habitée il y a 8000 ans par les Anasazis et les Amérindiens Parowan Fremont, la région a finalement été peuplée par les mormons dans les années 1860.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Nommé monument national de Mukuntuweap en 1909, le nom a été changé en Zion et ré-établi en tant que monument national en 1919. La section du Kolob a été incorporée en 1956.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       La route du Canyon Zion est profonde de 9,7 km et se termine au Temple de Sinawava où un sentier de randonnée facile continu jusqu’à l’entrée des Narrows...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        C'est le fameux canyon étroit d'où les randonneurs remontent la rivière à travers une falaise rocheuse de 800 mètres.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Apprenez-en plus sur la géologie et l’histoire fascinantes de la région au Centre d’accueil de Canyon Zion (situé de l’autre côté du pont de l’arrêt de la navette / du parking Giant Screen Theatre de Canyon Zion) ou le musée d’histoire de l’homme de Zion.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Les enfants aiment particulièrement les programmes Ranger juniors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Les falaises de grès du Parc National de Zion dans l’Utah ... aux USA  ... 

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" VERS D’AMOUR " ...

Tu gardes dans tes yeux la volupté des nuits, 
Ô Joie inespérée au fond des solitudes ! 
Ton baiser est pareil à la saveur des fruits 
Et ta voix fait songer aux merveilleux préludes 
Murmurés par la mer à la beauté des nuits. 

Tu portes sur ton front la langueur et l’ivresse, 
Les serments éternels et les aveux d’amour, 
Tu sembles évoquer la craintive caresse 
Dont l’ardeur se dérobe à la clarté du jour 
Et qui te laisse au front la langueur et l’ivresse. 

(Renée Vivien) 

Mon rêve familier  ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Je fais souvent ce rêve étrange et pénétrant 
D'une femme inconnue, et que j'aime, et qui m'aime 
Et qui n'est, chaque fois, ni tout à fait la même 
Ni tout à fait une autre, et m'aime et me comprend. 

Car elle me comprend, et mon coeur, transparent 
Pour elle seule, hélas ! cesse d'être un problème 
Pour elle seule, et les moiteurs de mon front blême, 
Elle seule les sait rafraîchir, en pleurant. 

Est-elle brune, blonde ou rousse ? - Je l'ignore. 
Son nom ? Je me souviens qu'il est doux et sonore 
Comme ceux des aimés que la Vie exila. 

Son regard est pareil au regard des statues, 
Et, pour sa voix, lointaine, et calme, et grave, elle a 
L'inflexion des voix chères qui se sont tues. 

(Paul Verlaine).