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25 images Created 5 Dec 2009

The Azores lie in the Mid Atlantic Ocean, and form an important stop over point for trans Atlantic yachtsmen. These images were taken on just one trip to Sao Miguel, Flores and Horta, all lush volcanic islands with amazing landscape features. The weather is often inclement as moist sea air hugs the mountains, which are just the visible peaks of an enormous range which sink to the deepest area of the Atlantic Ocean. I would visit these Portuguese owned archipelago any number of times as it is still relatively unaffected by main-scale tourism

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  • This vent is the opening for super hot gases from the volcanic magma just two miles below the surface. Mud faces appear through the sulphur smelling steam on the wall opposite.
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  • Over time, a buried building emerges from the ash of the 1957 Capelhinos Volcano, Azores, revealing everything from it's structure to it's decor. An explosion of lush succulent plants now pours out of the smashed interior.
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  • The basin of this huge crater used to contain a lake but after huge eruptions in a nearby volcano in1957, fissures appeared and the water was able to seep away.
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Transatlantic stopover port of Horta. Weary sailors can rest and refresh themselves here before the onward journey to Europe or America.
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  • Emerging History, 1957 Capelinhos Volcano, Faial
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  • A thousand + miles from anywhere, these volcanic islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean can create orographic rainclouds at any time of year. However, this plus the warmer climate gives rise to lush vegetaion and spectacular greenery and plant life. Flores means Flowers!
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  • Isles Apart, Caldeiras Negra & Comprida, Flores, Azores
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  • Lost Rivers of the Volcano, Cascata da Ribeira Grande, Flores
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  • In seas with diminishing fish stocks, these small Azorzian boats still probably find more than most, stuck in the mid Atlantic, but today, with the seas rough and bad weather moving in, the whole town had gone quiet and no fishermen were to be seen.
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  • Vila Franca do Campo off season, deserted and lonely, dark and windswept. The sound of an occasional dog bark was heard over the sound of the relentless waves and an old man shuffled along an otherwise empty street.
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  • A large tree lost near the top of a mountain in high fog.
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  • Red shutters and sunlight on deserted house alongside a volcanic lake near Furness on Sao Miguel, Azores. Carol and I discovered this tiny but gorgeous cottage up in the trees above a stunning volcanic lake, bathed in sunshine.
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