The image depicts a wide view of formal gardens within the Château de Versailles complex in Versailles, France, under an overcast sky

The image depicts a wide view of formal gardens within the Château de Versailles complex in Versailles, France, under an overcast sky. The foreground features a weathered light-colored stone terrace or balustrade, immediately succeeded by an extensive expanse of light brown gravel pathways. In the midground, a meticulously designed parterre garden dominates, characterized by intricate, curvilinear patterns of neatly trimmed dark green hedges. Within these hedge borders are dense beds of numerous small, white or pale-colored flowering plants. Small, conical and spherical topiary trees are interspersed throughout the parterre. In the background, additional gravel paths are visible, lined with more distant, smaller green trees or topiaries. Further back, a dense treeline with hints of muted autumnal foliage defines the horizon, with a solitary large, dark green tree prominent slightly right of center. Several small, indistinct human figures are observed walking on the distant gravel paths, appearing as dark silhouettes. The overall lighting is diffused, consistent with the dense gray cloud cover occupying the upper third of the frame.