This is Gold Beach in Normandy, France. It was one of the British landing sites during the D-Day landing of World War II. When I shot this image, I did not realize that this was such an iconic photographic location. When we got back to our room, I saw this same shot in our travel brochure. This photograph provides a view of the famous beach with remnants of WWII vessels left stranded at the water’s edge. The town of Arromanches-les-Bains is also prominently featured. In the background is the infamous Pointe du Hoc promontory which American soldiers scaled to overtake Nazi forces and clear the way for a successful D-Day invasion.