Brandur and Álsey islands to the south of the lighthouse at Stórhöfði on Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar Islands, Iceland.
Fujifilm X-T2, Funinon XF23/1.4, 1/500th sec, f/9, ISO 200
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Risco Blanco (San Bartolomé de Tirajana).
Barranco de Las Goteras (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Telde y Santa Brigída).
Visualización del Barranco de Arguineguín (Mogán, San Bartolomé de Tirjana) visto desde Majada Alta (Mogán-Tejeda).
Punta de las Arenas (Artenara).
Los Azulejos (Barranco de los Palos, Mogán).
A closer look at Lanzarote's Fire Mountains in the afternoon light.
In this warm light you can best understand why the mountains are called that.
Ein näherer Blick auf die Feuerberge von Lanzarote im Nachmittagslicht.
Bei diesem warmen Licht versteht man am besten, weshalb die Berge so genannt werden.
Gorreana is the oldest and currently the only tea plantation in Europe and it has belonged to the same family for five generations. Tea has been cultivated here since 1883, always observing the original traditions of the Orient. Chá Gorreana, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
The sea-stack of Arnardrangur from the Dyrhólaey promontory, South Iceland.
The famous black sand beach of Reynisfjara stretches east to the sea-stacks of Reynisdrangar looming in the mist. The town of Vík is beyond the distant headland.
A new frame. I took quite a few frames on this day but this one has not been posted before. One of my previous postings has been taken down instead :-)
XT2, XF23/1.4, 8 secs at f/8, ISO 100.
At first glance the Bass Rock, an island just off North Berwick in East Lothian, resembles a white iceberg floating in the Firth of Forth. In fact this intriguing white lump of carboniferous rock is smothered in a vast quantity of bird droppings. Described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of the 12 wildlife wonders of the world’, Bass Rock is a sanctuary for gannets, hosting over 150,000 of them during peak breeding season. It is the largest ‘single rock’ colony of northern gannets on the planet.
Bass Rock is over a mile offshore and is a steep-sided volcanic plug, 351 feet above sea level at its highest point. The rock, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is currently uninhabited but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle. After the mid-1600s this was used as a prison. The lighthouse was constructed in 1902, and the remains of an ancient chapel also survive.
Mosquera, Galapagos
Can you find the sea lion?
The small islands of Elliðaey and Bjarnarey. These two volcanic remnants are within the archipelago of the Vestmannaeyjar Islands, off the south coast of Iceland and all spawned by the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
This shot is a re-up of a previous post, taken on the way back to the Icelandic mainland as a storm was rolling in off the North Atlantic, behind the ship. Was never happy with Version 1.0
I posted a similar shot taken on the way over to the islands only the day before this one. The difference in light and weather was quite dramatic.
Fuji XT2, XF23/1.4, 1/90th sec at f/9, ISO 640.
Looking west toward the Dyrhólaey promontory and attendant sea-stacks jutting out into the North Atlantic, South Iceland.
Another new frame from the archives - taken between all the showers that day.
Fuji XT2, XF14/2.8, 18 secs at f/7.1, ISO 200 Nisi 10 Stop ND
The sea-stack of Arnardrangur from the Dyrhólaey promontory, South Iceland.
The famous black sand beach of Reynisfjara stretches east to the sea-stacks of Reynisdrangar looming in the mist. The town of Vík is beyond the distant headland.
A new frame. I took quite a few frames on this day but this one has not been posted before. One of my previous postings has been taken down instead :-)
XT2, XF14/2.8, 10 secs at f/8, ISO 100.
Looking south into the North Atlantic from near the lighthouse at Stórhöfði on Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar Islands, Iceland. The rocks, islands and islets in the frame (L to R) Geldungur, Súnlnasker, Hellisey and Suðurey islands.
The magical Surtsey at right of Suðurey appeared in 1963 following a four year undersea eruption. Surtsey is now an internationally recognised site of scientific significance - botanists and zoologists have been studying the flora and fauna on Surtsey since it was cool enough to set a sterile foot on. The species that colonise Surtsey and the associated timeline give many insights into the evolution of life on Earth.
This frame is a completely new edit from one posted years ago - was never happy with it back then.
Fujifilm X-T2, Funinon XF23/1.4, 1/500th sec, f/9, ISO 200
Restricted to the Azores, Canary Islands, and Madeira. Slightly bigger than European Serin and yellow-green overall with a pale bill, and a dark forked tail. Has a streaky rump, but this can be hard to see. Males are greenish-yellow below while females are duller and greyer on the breast and neck. The song is very melodic and rich. Found in forests, plantations, gardens, and orchards, sometimes gathering in flocks. Introduced to the Midway Atoll, where coloration ranges from un-streaked bright yellow to almost white.
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Black and white landscape image ocean taken on the coastline of El Médano. El Médano is a town in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona, on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.
Photography Blogging in Tenerife
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Galápagos Islands – a volcanic archipelago situated some 1000 km west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean.
The archipelago consists of 13 major islands and a handful of smaller islands and islets scattered across approximately 60 000 sq km of ocean. Repeated volcanic eruptions and ongoing seismic activity have helped form the rugged mountain landscape of the islands. In this image, captured on 23 September 2020, several circular volcanic cones can be seen atop the islands.
The largest island of the archipelago, Isabela (Albemarle), is visible in the centre. Around 132 km in length, the island’s seahorse shape is the result of the merging of multiple large volcanoes into a single land mass. The five volcanoes seen on the island are (from north to south): Wolf Volcano, Darwin Volcano, Alcedo Volcano, Sierra Negra Volcano and Cerro Azul Volcano. Two of the island’s volcanoes, Ecuador and Wolf, lie directly on the Equator.
At the southern end of the island, hills covered with forests can be seen in bright green, separating the Sierra Negra, the most active of the Galapagos volcanoes, from the sandy coastline (partially visible here owing to cloud cover). Tortuga Island, named for its distinct shape, can be seen southeast from Isabela. The tiny island is actually a collapsed volcano that is a nesting location for a variety of seabirds.
The second largest island of the archipelago, Santa Cruz, can be seen to the right of Isabela. Its capital, Puerto Ayora (not visible), is the most populated urban centre in the islands.
The Galápagos Islands are best known for their diverse array of plant and animal species, many of which are endemic meaning they are not found anywhere else in the world. These include the giant Galapagos tortoise, the marine iguana, the flightless cormorant and the Galapagos penguin – the only species of penguin that lives north of the equator.
These species were observed by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the HMS Beagle in 1835 and inspired his theory of evolution by natural selection. To preserve the unique wildlife on the islands, the Ecuadorian government made the entire archipelago a national park in 1959.
Copernicus Sentinel-2 is a two-satellite mission. Each satellite carries a high-resolution camera that images Earth’s surface in 13 spectral bands. The mission is mostly used to track changes in the way land is being used and to monitor the health of our vegetation.
This image is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
The famous "Mirador del Rio" viewpoint is located at an altitude of 475 meters above sea level against a rock on the northern tip of the island of Lanzarote.
In the past this point served as an lookout post for the Spanish army and an artillery-garrison post was built next to it. Some ruins of the buildings are still visible.
During the day it is always extremely busy with tourists, but when you return late at night you are all alone with nature and you can hear the roar of surf far below.
The setting sun colors the rocks and the plateau in the most different and beautiful brown tones and from the far south fog banks enter the island.
A heavenly feeling..........
