WS of domed observatory (Haute-Provence) on top of green hill in picturesque landscape with ruins of stone house in foreground, ZOOM IN to LS (0:47). MLS of stone house, ZOOM IN past house to LS of observatory with clear blue-sky overhead (0:30). MS of old stone wall, TILT UP to LS through heat shimmers of observatory (0:23). LS of observatory on hill (0:32).