
Always grateful for the chance to revisit Mont Saint-Michel (previously
here,
here and
here), we enjoyed this artistic observation from
Atlas Obscura of the abbey and the bay from the painterly perspective of a satellite (
see also) under the low angle of the winter sun, with the spires of the monastery casting a shadow on the quicksands and tidal waters. More about the history of the eleventh century religious retreat and place of pilgrimage and its environs at the links above.