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Étretat, France Is Probably The Closest Thing To A Screensaver We've Ever Seen

Is This Place Real?!
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Ditch your desktop backgrounds, people. You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Étretat, France is a small coastal town with views so perfect, it's hard to believe they're real.

Étretat's population is just a little less than 2,000 people, which means you might be the only one on the roads and hiking paths above the ocean.

There, you'll find picture-perfect natural arches staggered along the coastline for your snapshot-ing pleasure. They've served as muses for legendary writers and artists, including Claude Monet.

Safe to say we've found our new favorite screensaver.

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St. Tropez(01 of20)
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"Winged Victory" at the Louvre(02 of20)
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Jardin du Luxemburg(03 of20)
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Bordeaux(04 of20)
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Bordeaux(05 of20)
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St Emilion(06 of20)
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St Emilion(07 of20)
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Chartres Cathedral(08 of20)
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I took this shot in October, when I visited Paris to celebrate my 40th birthday. Tara GeisenSaint Paul, MN
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L'Eventail, a waterfall in the Herisson Falls(17 of20)
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This is a series of breathtaking waterfalls that you can see on the course of a 3 hour hike. The falls are near Doucier, in the Jura department of France. This region is famous for wine, cheese and its beautiful nature. It's a favorite vacation spot for many from people from neighboring regions of France, as well as Europeans from Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.-Rozmin Daya-Ishmukhametova
Snowboarders at the Portes du Soleil resort. (18 of20)
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This is a large group of ski/snowboard resorts in the French and Swiss Alps. I love this because you can really see the beauty of the mountains and the winter sky with gathering snow storm clouds. This was taken at the top of one of the lifts, where snowboarders strap in and everyone looks at their map to determine which way they want to descend.-Rozmin Daya-Ishmukhametova
Mont Blanc and Saleve, taken not very far from my home in Prevessin! (19 of20)
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Not very good quality, but it gives you some idea of the beauty of the area of France neighboring Geneva. We have the Alps mountain range on one side, and the Jura on the other. So, everywhere you look there are these gorgeous mountains.-Rozmin Daya-Ishmukhametova
Aix-en-Provence(20 of20)
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