Timanfaya National Park (September 2018)

Something a bit more touristy in this selection with a trip to the Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote. The park is a volcanic landscape formed in the 18th century by almost six years continuous eruptions (1).

Visitors can only view the volcanoes from a coach ride on a narrow road, Ruta de los Volcanes, that winds around the park. As a result, the photography opportunities were restricted to the car parking area (or through the coach windows). Fortunately, we went to the National Park on one of the few cloudy days during our holiday which added some extra drama to the landscape. I could have stayed for hours watching the cloud shadows move across the landscape. As it was I took way too many photographs and these are just an small selection:

These final images were taken through the coach window, the first showing rock formed from  magma flow and then two shots which give the impression of a Moon or perhaps Mars-like landscape:

I came away from the park thinking it would be fantastic to have better access for photography but I also see the benefit of keeping things natural and unspoilt - although I did see that it was possible to book a camel ride into the park - perhaps that it an idea for future visits to Lanzarote! 

(1) https://www.lanzaroteguide.com/timanfaya/

Unfinished Villas - Part 3

These are the last photographs in the unfinished villas series of posts. In this selection I include a few wider angle views of the unfinished development plus some shots of a nearby road that seems to go nowhere. Presumably, it was part of the infrastructure for an additional development that never progressed.

Unfinished Villas - Part 2

More from the unfinished villas in Lanzarote with the same caveat as I outlined in my previous post - these images are not indicative of the resort. I came across this development whilst out walking and it is the type of photographic subject matter that I find visually interesting and challenging both at the capture stage and then in the final presentation.