The unmistakable volcanic soil…
European Robin
At Caldeira Velha
One more DSLR shot from Nikita
Those funky looking pipes
Found out that bulk of Sao Miguel’s power comes from geothermal energy. Those pipes – I assume – are carrying hot water. One thing I could not figure out is the weird shape of the pipe. At one time, I came close to the pipes and saw a dirt road run under one of those “gates”. But that cannot be the purpose. If you carefully look, there are those “gate” structures horizontally too.
Do you think this could be to allow for expansion due to temperature fluctuations?
The Roy girls with the Lagoa do Fogo in the backdrop
A cross sign in a strange place
While looking around the volcano walls, I spotted a cross sign up across from me. Curious, I asked Henrique what was the cross sign doing there. I assumed there was a monastery or something there.
Turns out there was a plane accident there. A small plane owned by a famous French person (a boxer??) crashed into the mountain there. I need to find out more details of this later.
But if you zoom into the spot, you can clearly see a big mark of impact on the ground.