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Santorini Greece. Dinner time in the early evening overlooking the lower cliff edge. Aug 2018
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The light on the island of Santorini in the Greek Cyclades was awesome at sunrise and sunset. Pictured here is part of the town of Oia as the sun rises over the remnants of an ancient crater rim formed by a mighty volcanic explosion eons ago.
One of those photos that you know were already made a million times - but not yet by me!
Santorini, Greece.
Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera, located in the southern Aegean Sea, 120 kilometers north of Crete in Greece. Visible above water is the circular Santorini island group, consisting of Santorini (known as Thera in antiquity), the main island, Therasia and Aspronisi at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center. It has been designated a Decade Volcano.
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....
Santorini sunset, reprocessing 2012 photos in Capture One. I had previously done this one as an HDR using Photomatix.
Looking back on the beautiful Greek island of Santorini in the late afternoon. This is a cropped version of a larger panoramic photo of that part of the coastline. In april-may of 202, I was overseas for 6 weeks across numerous countries and this is the first edited photo from that trip in no particular order...
Oia (pronounced Eea) is at one end of the amazing island of Santorini. It is the most popular destinations on the island with absolutely thousands of tourists crammed into it's narrow streets and laneways. The classic view of the blue domes had a line which would have taken more than an hour to get through to the end if i had waited. Instead I went to one of the lookouts and took a couple of quick photos. It was hot and extremely frustrating watching all those selfies being taken by people who seemed not to understand the number of people also waiting. In other places the bars were full and the views over the caldera sparkling and beautiful.
The take-away message is get to Oia early ( 8am) and I have no idea what sunset was like.
Santorini has decided that 3 cruise ships a day is the limit ( though the ships are trying to buck that). But it is a most uncomfortable place due to numbers.
This is our fairwell view of Santorini when we left the port in the late afternoon. This Greek island is indeed something especially. I really hope the recent earthquake activities won't trigger any volcanic eruption. Afterall, the island is sitting in the middle of caldera. Most of the towns in the island are high up on the volanic tuff. You can see from this view that the port is really small. There is narrow road that zigzags to the top of the tuff where the settlementts are. The island only has a resident population of about 15000. Yet, 11000 of non-residents have already left. In my opinion, it 's probably good time to go now since most tourists have gone already. I would, if I don't have a family. The earthquakes for the past few days have only caused minor damages to the properties. Having in an earthquake zone, I am used any shake and rattle below me. I have also experienced the big earthquake in the Bay Area 36 years ago. The terrifying scene at the moment when the whole building shook was still imprinted in my brain.
In any case, Santorini is really beautiful. I will definitely go back. In fact, I might just go island hopping in the Mediterranean. These islands have so much history in them.