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Santorini, Greece
After several days of rain and snow in the mainland of Greece, we were worried that rainy winter weather will follow us to the island. However, Island of Santorini gifted us with warm spring like weather during the day and in the evening, we received beautiful city and ocean view illuminated from the full moon.
Taken by my daughter on her cell phone. All I can say is that I was standing beside her with my camera in my hand and she got the shot. She is the fine art grad though and I am just a geologist....
Better on black...
Danke für euere Besuche , Einladungen und Sternchen!
Thanks for your visits, invites and faves !
The island of Santorini, with its whitewashed cave houses and with spectacular turquoise sea views. This is how lights of Oia village looks at the sunset, impressive natural beauty.
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© by Jean Claude Castor l 030mm - Photography
Greece, Santorini, Cosmopolitan Suites Santorini, Thira, 2014
Cheesus Fudging Cries ! What a sunset...seen from our hotel pool
Desde una gradería de oro -entre los cordones
de seda, las gasas grises, los terciopelos verdes y los discos
de cristal que se oscurecen como el bronce
bajo el sol- veo abrirse la digital sobre un tapiz
de filigranas de plata, de ojos y cabelleras.
Monedas de oro amarillo sembradas sobre el ágata,
pilares de caoba que soportan una cúpula de esmeraldas,
manojos de rasos blancos y finas varas de rubí
rodean la rosa del agua.
Semejantes a un dios con enormes ojos azules
y con formas de nieve, el mar y el cielo atraen a las terrazas
de mármol la multitud de jóvenes y fuertes rosas.
A. Rimbaud
Even though Santorini is famous for the amazing sun and the blue ocean views. But, there is a lot to look for at night as well.
- at Fira, Santorini, Greece.
Explore #246, June 8, 2014. Oia (Ia), Santorini (Note the couple in the lower left corner.)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
©2014 Patrick J Bayens
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Blue Oia, Santorini, Greece. Before sunrise, Oia village in blue tone is a different beauty than the way it usually looks. This series was from my freelance travel project in Greece 2016.
Santorini's iconic white churches feature distinctive domes and minimalistic designs, creating a striking contrast against the blue sky . The whitewashed exteriors reflect the island's traditional architecture and blend harmoniously with the picturesque surroundings, offering a timeless charm.
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Sunset Panorama, Santorini, Greece. This series was from my freelance travel project in Greece 2016.
Santorini, classically Thera, is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago, which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 15,550. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana. The total land area is 90.623 km2 (34.990 sq mi). Santorini is part of the Thira regional unit.
The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred about 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of metres deep. It may have led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.
It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is chiefly a water-filled caldera. The volcanic arc is approximately 500 km (310 mi) long and 20 to 40 km (12 to 25 mi) wide. The region first became volcanically active around 3–4 million years ago[citation needed], though volcanism on Thera began around 2 million years ago with the extrusion of dacitic lavas from vents around the Akrotiri.
Santorini es, en esencia, lo que queda de una enorme explosión volcánica que destruyó los primeros asentamientos existentes, haciendo desaparecer gran parte del territorio de la antigua isla y provocando la creación de la caldera geológica actual.
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Blue tone Santorini, Greece. Santorini turns into a different look after sunset. This series was from my freelance travel project in Greece 2016.
This is probably my favourite shot from santorini, walking up some stairs early one morning with no one else around, and found this blue done and bell tower. this was jut around the corner from where we were staying.
Firá (Greek: Φηρά, pronounced [fiˈra], official name Φηρά - Thira) is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island of Santorini (Thera). A traditional settlement, "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island itself.
Fira is a city of whitewashed houses built on the edge of the 400 metres (1,312 feet) high caldera on the western edge of the semi-circular island of Thera. The two main museums of interest are the Archaeological Museum of Thera, 30 metres (98 feet) east of the cable car entrance, and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera at the southeast corner of the White Orthodox Cathedral of Ypapanti ([it]), built on the site of an earlier church destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake. The town also hosts a number of churches, including the Cathedral of Ypapanti and the Three Bells of Fira.