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Gran Canaria, 3-10 November 2008
North West Road Mogan to St Nicholas
North-west coast - St Nicholas
and Agaete
Galdar area
Maspalomas- Dunes and Beach
Tasarte - valley study
Wind Farm at
Aringa
Volcanics -
Pico de Galdar and Montanon Negro area
Central caldera
- Santa Lucia
Mogan -
Ayacata Road
Fataga Rocque
Bentaya San Bartolome de Tirajana
The
Humid North
GC210 Acusa Artenara
Road
Chira - valley of
water and of fire
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The first stop of
the day and a chance to see typical Canarian hillsides and
flora. |
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Veneguera is a small
village occupying a narrow valley to the sea just off GC200, and the
first one on this road out of Mogan. The centre shot is from the
cafe at Los Canadas. |
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Los Canadas is a
cafe/restaurant on GC200 with a handful of palms and views
down-valley towards Veneguera. |
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A dry waterfall on the
approach to
Fuente de los
Azulejos |
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Fuente de los
Azulejos is marked by a cafe/restaurant and is the spot to stop
to view the discolouration of some volcanic strata by
oxidization into a pastel green rock, that is reasonably easily
crumbled. |
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Fuente de los
Azulejos as seen from the gully a hundred yards south of the
cafe. |
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The approach to La Aldea de San
Nicholas is long and quite steep, opening up vistas of
cloth-covered hillsides. |
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Cultivation depends upon the
combination of reasonably moderate slopes, fertile soil ... but
mostly I assume would be water. The centre shot is a
'ground-truth' photograph of a plot of potatoes seen in the shot
on the right, taken from high in the hills. |
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La Aldea de San Nicholas as seen
from the lower slopes of the hills leading to the north of the
town, showing a landscape of tented fields and a solitary
wind turbine! |
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Mirador el Balcon
is a spot where the road, GC200, meets the top of the cliffs. A
balcony has been constructed to fully appreciate the scale of
these cliffs. |
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The view north from Mirador
el Balcon gives a view to Agaete and its harbour, but emphasises the
vastness of the volcanic deposits and their rapid erosion by coastal
erosion. |
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A rugged rocky
coast of volcanic lava and its flora of succulents ... |
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... and a view towards
Agaete. |
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Transverse valleys being
assaulted from the seaward, and evidence of seasonal or fossil
waterfalls. |
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Gran Canaria Mogan Los
Canadas Veneguera Fuente de Los Azulejos La Aldea de San Nicholas
Mirador el Balcon coast road palms agriculture volcanism sea
cliffs vegetation cactus waterfalls landforms |
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