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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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Santorini 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.
Source: Wikipedia
Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland.The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred some 3,600 years ago
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.
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