Voh
Encyclopedia
Voh is a commune in the North Province
of New Caledonia
, an overseas territory of France
in the Pacific Ocean
.
It has become famous for the aerial photography known as The Heart of Voh, a large formation of vegetation that resembles a heart
seen from above. Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand
contributed to its popularity by using a photograph of the 'heart' as the cover to his books The Earth from the Air and Earth from Above.
North Province, New Caledonia
The North Province is one of three administrative subdivisions in New Caledonia. It corresponds to the northern and northeastern portion of the New Caledonian mainland.The provincial government seat is at Koné....
of New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, an overseas territory of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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It has become famous for the aerial photography known as The Heart of Voh, a large formation of vegetation that resembles a heart
Heart (symbol)
The heart has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and in the past, also intellectual core of a human being...
seen from above. Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist.- Early life :Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born in Paris on March 13, 1946 in a renowned jewellers' family founded in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand and Michel-Ange Marion. His sister Catherine is one of his...
contributed to its popularity by using a photograph of the 'heart' as the cover to his books The Earth from the Air and Earth from Above.
External links
- yannarthusbertrand.com - main page featuring Arthus-Bertrand's photograph of The Heart of Voh.