Ten thousand people have gathered in Le Mont-Saint-Michel in France’s Brittany
region to see something unusual: an exceptionally high spring tide caused by the so-called super moon effect linked to Friday’s (March 20) solar eclipse.
“Mont Saint-Michel is completely surrounded by the sea,” explained one local man, adding, “I was born in this region and I’ve never seen this. This has been the biggest reason to visit .. to see the tide of the century.”
Thousands flock to #France’s Mont Saint-Michel for ‘supertide’ http://t.co/fNcyYBLc8k pic.twitter.com/4kiXgmz8bc— ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) March 21, 2015
Meanwhile in Brittany’s walled port city of Saint-Malo, thousands of tourists gathered to look at spectacular waves at high tide. They will also see so;e surprises at low tide.
Laurence Bozzuffi, director of Saint-Malo’s tourist office, explained: “...some areas of the coastline will appear for the first time in 15 to 18 years. It means it’s almost more spectacular at
