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Mark H
@neonbubble@mstdn.social
3 settimane fa

Seven weeks today we'll be off on our last trip of the year, heading down to the Canary Islands and taking my in-laws along this time. That should prove interesting.

The first time we were in Tenerife we tried to visit a solar observatory near Mount Teide but a volcanic eruption on a nearby island meant the telescopes were in use. Hopefully, this time we'll make it.

We're at high altitude on a volcanic, rocky surface with stony, hilly slopes overlapping ahead of us. Cloud low enough to touch the mountainous height we're at is just dissipating, leaving a mostly blue sky overhead and ghostly sheets of mist clinging to some of the hard ground. On a hill ridge a few hundred metres ahead we can see some white buildings. Some are rectangular but there are domes on a few which shows this to be a cluster of observatories. On the highest part of the curved ridge to the left there's a tall radio antenna. There's a coolness in the air from the height and the vanishing cloud cover.

#photography #travel #cruise #astronomy #canaryislands #tenerife #observatory

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🇮🇨 Marcel Jacobs 🇳🇱
3 settimane fa

@neonbubble@mstdn.social yes that was here on our . Almost 5 years ago…. But the island of Tenerife is having a lot of earthquakes the last year 😉 but the do not think there will be an eruption there very soon….. by the way we have a lot of telescopes on the top of La Palma too… have a nice holiday! 🌋🦎🇮🇨

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