A spectacular avalanche that left tons of rock and earth slipping down a mountain has been caught on camera in the French Alps.
A snow-slip triggered the landslide which was recorded by a visitor to Saint-Christophe-En-Oisans in the Isère department of south-eastern France.
It happened on April 16.
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Deadly: The video showing this avalanche was shot at Saint-Christophe-En-Oisans in the Isère department of south-eastern France
Avalanches are common at this time of year in the area as spring turns to summer and the snowcover above 3,000 metres transforms from cold and dry to warm and wet.
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But this year, with France's long winter, the avalanche risk has been higher than usual. In some areas of the Rhône-Alpes the natural phenomena take place every 10 minutes.
The avalanche starts as snow slips down the mountainside on a bright and sunny day
The wet snow that has begun to melt hits the dry, warm earth and rock lower down the mountain
A huge pile of rock ripped from the mountainside lands at the bottom of the mountainside