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PMR-D11949 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the caldera and craters of the dormant volcano Stefanos from the mountain-top village if Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, lava, sulphur
PMR-D11946 Greece, Island of Nisyros: in the main crater of the dormant volcano Stefanos. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, lava, sulphur
PMR-D11945 Greece, Island of Nisyros: walls of the main crater of the dormant volcano Stefanos. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, lava, sulphur
PMR-D11944 Greece, Island of Nisyros: the main crater of the dormant volcano Stefanos. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, lava, sulphur
PMR-D10407 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: steep-sided Lagoa Rasa in the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades from the Miradouro (look-out) Lagoa do Canario. Keywords: picturesque, geological, lakes, landscape
PMR-D10405 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: Lagoa Verde and Lagoa Azul in the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades, from Vista do Rei (KIng's View). Keywords: picturesque, lakes, geological, landscape
PMR-D10404 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Vista do Rei: Lagoa Verde and Lagoa Azul in Sete Cidades volcanic crater with hydrangea flowers in the foreground. Keywords: picturesque, geological, lakes, landscape
PMR-D9996 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Furnas: view of Lagoa das Furnas (Lake Furnas) from Pico do Ferro. Keywords: picturesque, panorama, volcanic, crater
PMR-D9995 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Furnas: view of the town from Pico do Ferro. Keywords: picturesque, crater, volcanic, panorama
PMR-D9994 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Furnas: view of the town from Pico do Ferro with part of Lake Furnas on the right. Keywords: picturesque, panorama, volcanic, crater
PMR-D9993 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Furnas: view of Lagoa das Furnas (Lake Furnas) from Pico do Ferro. Keywords: picturesque, panorama, volcanic, crater
PMR-D9970 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Furnas: view of the town and Terra Nostra Gardens on the crater floor, from the approach road. Keywords: panorama, picturesque, geology
PMR-D9947 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: Lagoa Verde and Lagoa Azul in the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades, from Vista do Rei (KIng's View). Keywords: picturesque, geological
PMR-D9946 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: the town of Sete Cidades on Lagoa Azul in its volcanic crater. Keywords: picturesque, panorama, geological
PMR-D9945 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: Lagoa Sao Tiago and Lagoa Verde in the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades. Keywords: picturesque, geological
PMR-D9944 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: Lagoa Azul in the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades. Keywords: picturesque, geological
PMR-D9943 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: green water in Lagoa de Sao Tiago in the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades. Keywords: picturesque, geological
PMR-D9942 Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: looking down into the volcanic crater of Sete Cidades from the east. Keywords: picturesque, geological, landscape
PMR-D5482 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the main crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, from the mountain-top village of Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, geology, vulcanology
PMR-D5481 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, from the mountain-top village of Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, geology, vulcanology
PMR-D5480 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, from the mountain-top village of Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, geology, vulcanology
PMR-D0445 Greece, Island of Nisyros: the caldera with three craters seen from the approach to Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, island hopping, moorings, pleasure boats, fishing boats, yachts, harbour, Hellas, Greek Islands
PMR-D0444 Greece, Island of Nisyros: the caldera with three craters seen from the approach to Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, island hopping, moorings, pleasure boats, fishing boats, yachts, harbour, Hellas, Greek Islands
PMR-D0442 Greece, Island of Nisyros: all three volcano craters seen from the path up to Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, harbour, yachts, fishing boats, pleasure boats, moorings, island hopping
PMR-D0441 Greece, Island of Nisyros: the volcano crater seen from the path up to Nikeia. Keywords: Dodecanese, island hopping, moorings, pleasure boats, fishing boats, yachts, harbour, Hellas, Greek Islands
PMR-D0437 Greece, Island of Nisyros: old fumaroles in the bed of the volcano crater. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, harbour, yachts, fishing boats, pleasure boats, moorings, island hopping
PMR-D0436 Greece, Island of Nisyros: descending into the crater of the volcano. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, harbour, yachts, fishing boats, pleasure boats, moorings, island hopping
PMR-D0435 Greece, Island of Nisyros: crater of the volcano from the edge of the caldera. Keywords: Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, harbour, yachts, fishing boats, pleasure boats, moorings, island hopping
PMR249-05 Italy, Campania, Island of Ischia: view of the harbour (an old volcanic crater, opened up to the sea) with numerous moored yachts. Keywords: picturesque, colourful, jetty, fishing boats, promenade, photogenic
PMR203-04 Israel, Negev Desert: Makhtesh Ramon, a 35-kilometre-long wall of a crater, 500 metres deep, caused by erosion, breached by a road at Mizpe Ramon. Now part of the Ramon National Park. Late afternoon view from the observatory and museum. Keywords: desert, sandstone, geological, rock formations, barren, waterless, colourful, picturesque
PMR203-03 Israel, Negev Desert: Makhtesh Ramon, a 35-kilometre-long wall of a crater, 500 metres deep, caused by erosion, breached by a road at Mizpe Ramon. Now part of the Ramon National Park. Keywords: desert, sandstone, geological, rock formations, barren, waterless, colourful, picturesque
PMR190-05 Italy, Campania: rocks composing the lip of the crater of Vesuvius are of various colours according to their mineral content. Keywords: steep, rocky, volcano, ash, lava, magma, cinders, volcanic, eruption, sulphur, colourful
PMR190-04 Italy, Campania: view across the the crater of Vesuvius. Keywords: steep, rocky, volcano, ash, lava, magma, cinders, volcanic, eruption, sulphur
PMR190-03 Italy, Campania: viewing the bottom of the crater of Vesuvius, which is substantially deeper since the last eruption in 1944. Keywords: steep, rocky, volcano, ash, lava, magma, cinders, volcanic, eruption, sulphur
PMR190-02 Italy, Campania: inspecting plumes of steam inside the crater of Vesuvius. Keywords: steep, rocky, volcano, ash, lava, magma, cinders, volcanic, eruption, sulphur
PMR-D2606 Iran, Takht-e Soleiman (Soloman's Throne): lying on an isolated plain at 2152 m. this was a centre of Zoroastrianism in the 3rd century AD which survives in a ruined state. Later additions were made by the Sassanids and Ilkhanids. The stream of water from the crater lake runs out in front of the fortifications. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, Zoroaster, Zarathustra, fire temple, UNESCO
PMR-D2599 Iran, Takht-e Soleiman (Soloman's Throne): lying on an isolated plain at 2152 m. this was a centre of Zoroastrianism in the 3rd century AD which survives in a ruined state. Later additions were made by the Sassanids and Ilkhanids. The volcanic crater lake has a spring producing 90 litres of water per second, which flows out here. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, Zoroaster, Zarathustra, fire temple, water-channel, UNESCO
PMR514-04 Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli, crater of the volcano "Solfatara": view of the west side of the crater; a campsite is hidden in the trees. Keywords: hot springs, ash, steam, picturesque, landscape, fumerole, volcanic, volcano, eruption
PMR514-03 Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli, crater of the volcano "Solfatara": view of the crater from the south lip, with "Bocca Grande" on the extreme right. Keywords: hot springs, picturesque, landscape, fumerole, volcanic, volcano, eruption
PMR514-02 Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli, crater of the volcano "Solfatara": the "Stufe", one known as "Purgatory" and the other as "Hell", were used as natural saunas for the inhalation of sulphurous vapours during much of the 19th century. Keywords: hot springs, ash, steam, landscape, fumerole, volcanic, volcano, eruption
PMR514-01 Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli, crater of the volcano "Solfatara": the plumes of steam mark the positions of the fumarole. Keywords: hot springs, ash, steam, landscape, fumerole, volcanic, volcano, eruption
PMR513-12 Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli, crater of the volcano "Solfatara": the largest fumarola, Bocca Grande, Orange colour is algae. Keywords: hot springs, ash, steam, landscape, fumerole, volcanic, volcano, eruption
PMR489-03 (2) Island of Santorini, Fira: the town of Fira clings to the steep lip of the ex-volcano crater. On the left is the rock "Skaros", on which an impregnable fortress provided refuge from pirates for the island inhabitants in the Middle Ages. Keywords: photogenic, colourful, picturesque, traditional houses
PMR517-07 Italy, Sicily, Mount Etna: black volcanic cinders from a recent eruption, about 100 metres below the lip of the crater. The ground is hot, and glows in places, but in others it overlies snow. The last eruption was about 18 months previously. Keywords: Sicilia, lifeless, barren, lava, volcano
PMR517-06 Italy, Sicily, Mount Etna: black volcanic cinders from a recent eruption, about 100 metres below the lip of the crater. The ground is hot, and glows in places, but in others it overlies snow. The last eruption was about 18 months previously. Keywords: Sicilia, lifeless, barren, lava, volcano
PMR516-02 Italy, Campania, Flegrean Fields (Campi Flegri): Lake Avernus, in a volcanic crater, was regarded by the ancients as the entrance to the underworld because it has no visible outlet. On the far shore stands the ruin of the "Temple of Apollo", built under the Emperor Hadrian. Keywords: landscape, myths, volcanic, picturesque
PMR046K-05 Costa Rica, Cartago: Principal crater in Irazu Volcano National Park, 3432 metres above sea level.
PMR075K-18 Spain, Lanzarote: view of the black larva fields from the crater of "Caldera Blanca" in the Montanas de Fuego, Timanfaya National Park. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR075K-17 Spain, Lanzarote: view of the crater of "Caldera Blanca" in the Montanas de Fuego, Timanfaya National Park. Keywords: Canary Islands, sunshine, holidays, leisure
PMR074K-21 Spain, Lanzarote: "Lago Verde" ("Green Lake") on the beach at El Golfo, with the landward volcano crater wall from the Pleistocene age. The seaward crater wall has been washed away by the sea. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR074K-20 Spain, Lanzarote: isolated remains of the seaward wall of the crater on the beach at El Golfo; the rest has been washed away by the sea. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR074K-13 Spain, Lanzarote: "Monumento al Campesino" ("Monument to the Farmers"), planned and designed by César Manrique. Here: a spiral stairway leads down into a volcanic crater which provides access to the domed restaurant. Above: the museum of farmers' and craftsmens' implements. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR073K-04 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, sunshine, holidays, leisure, volcanic
PMR073K-03 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Here: backlit view of a woolly Opuntia. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR073K-02 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Here: a bizarre volcanic column stands in a decorative pool, surrounded by cacti. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR073K-01 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Here: a bronze-leaved Crassula with large yellow flower. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR072K-36 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, sunshine, holidays, leisure, volcanic
PMR072K-35 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR072K-34 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Here: a profusely flowering Partridge-Breast Aloe (Aloe variegata). Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR072K-33 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR072K-32 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR072K-31 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, sunshine, holidays, leisure, volcanic
PMR072K-30 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR072K-28 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: "Jardin de Cactus", a cactus garden formed out of an extinct volcanic crater by César Manrique. It contains some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species, many flowering, as well as a restored windmill of the traditional local type. Here: masses of backlit Mammilaria cacti. Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR392-04 New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua, Waiotapu Thermal Area: "Emerald Pool", in the crater of a dormant (?) volcano, contains large clumps of spaghnum moss which grow in the cold water. Before the eruption of 10.06.1886 this whole area was normal countryside - rolling scrub-covered hills. Keywords: antipodes, hot springs, eruption, volcano, volcanic, fumerole, geyser, Maori, landscape, picturesque
PMR392-03 New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua, Waiotapu Thermal Area: "Suplhur Cave Crater", whose walls are coated with delicate sulphur crystals. Keywords: antipodes, hot springs, eruption, volcano, volcanic, fumerole, geyser, Maori, landscape, picturesque
PMR682-06 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the main crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, from the mountain-top village of Nikeia. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Greek Isles, volcanic, Greek Orthodox Church, yachts, colourful, picturesque, Ionian Islands, Dodecanese, Helenic, Hellas, island hopping, larva, geology
PMR682-03 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the main crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, and the two smaller craters (left), with the access road on the far side of the caldera. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Greek Isles, Greek Orthodox Church, yachts, colourful, picturesque, Ionian Islands, Dodecanese, Helenic, Hellas, island hopping, larva, geology
PMR682-02 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the main crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, and the two smaller craters (left), with the access road on the far side of the caldera. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Greek Isles, Greek Orthodox Church, yachts, colourful, picturesque, Ionian Islands, Dodecanese, Helenic, Hellas, island hopping, larva, geology
PMR682-01 Greece, Island of Nisyros: view of the main crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, and volcanic landscape, from the path to the village of Nikeia. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Greek Isles, Greek Orthodox Church, yachts, colourful, picturesque, Ionian Islands, Dodecanese, Helenic, Hellas, island hopping, larva, geology
PMR681-12 Greece, Island of Nisyros: the walls of the crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, showing the various mineral colourings. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Greek Isles, volcanic, geology, larva, island hopping, Hellas, Helenic, Dodecanese, Ionian Islands, picturesque, colourful, yachts, Greek Orthodox Church
PMR681-11 Greece, Island of Nisyros: old fumaroles in the bed of the crater of the dormant volcano, Stefanos, with active fumaroles steaming in the background. The last eruption was a steam explosion in 1888. Keywords: Greek Isles, volcanic, Greek Orthodox Church, yachts, colourful, picturesque, Ionian Islands, Dodecanese, Helenic, Hellas, island hopping, larva, geology
PMR628-03 Spain, Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Timanfaya National Park, Montanas de Fuego - looking into the crater of Caldera Blanca from the rim, other volcanoes in the distance. Keywords: volcano , volcanic, eruption, larva, magma
PMR628-02 Spain, Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Timanfaya National Park, Montanas de Fuego - looking into the crater of Caldera Blanca from the rim, other volcanoes in the distance. Keywords: volcano , volcanic, eruption, larva, magma
PMR627-03 Spain, Lanzarote, El Golfo: Lago Verde and the beach of black sand in the remaining half crater of an extinct volcano, the seaward half having been worn away by the sea. Keywords: volcanic, green algae, liquid rock, magma, larva, eruption, green lake, Canary Islands
PMR627-02 Spain, Lanzarote, El Golfo: Lago Verde and the beach of black sand in the remaining half crater of an extinct volcano, the seaward half having been worn away by the sea. View of the frozen waves of larva on the crater wall, deposited there in the Pleistocene age. Keywords: volcanic, Canary Islands, green lake, eruption, larva, magma, liquid rock, green algae
PMR626-12 Spain, Lanzarote: Monumento al Campesino: designed by Cesar Manrique, the dazzling white and green patio leads to a museum of traditional crafts and a huge, circular restaurant in an extinct volcano crater. Keywords: artistic design, Canary Islands, heritage, traditional architecture, monument to the peasant
PMR626-06 Spain, Lanzarote: Jameos del Agua: a creation of Cesar Manrique in a collapsed volcanic larva "tube": the dazzling white swimming pool with palm trees and well-tended gardens. Keywords: Canary Islands, crater, artistic, artistic creation
PMR626-05 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: the ornamental pool surrounding volcanic columns, with the wind turbines in Parque Eolico near Los Valles visible in the far distance. Keywords: Canary Islands, botany, botanical gardens, larva
PMR626-04 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: view of the garden with Euphorbias featuring prominently, and the historic windmill behind. Keywords: Canary Islands, botany, botanical gardens, larva
PMR626-03 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: the historic windmill overlooking terraces planted with divers cacti. Keywords: Canary Islands, botany, botanical gardens, larva
PMR626-02 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: surviving volcanic columns surrounded by cacti, with the historic windmill in the background. Keywords: Canary Islands, botany, botanical gardens, larva
PMR626-01 Spain, Lanzaraote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: view across the crater-garden, with back-lit cacti, and extinct volcano in the background. Keywords: Canary Islands, botany, botanical gardens, larva
PMR625-12 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: cacti imitate a volcanic column, overlooked by the historic windmill. Keywords: Canary Islands, larva, botanical gardens, botany
PMR582-12 Costa Rica, Cartago: Irazu Volcano National Park, 3432 metres high (highest in Costa Rica): view over the principal crater towards the Atlantic Ocean, obscured by a sea of cloud.
PMR582-11 Costa Rica, Cartago: Irazu Volcano National Park, 3432 metres high (highest in Costa Rica): Diego de la Haya crater, 100 metres deep and 600 metres in diameter.
PMR582-10 Costa Rica, Cartago: Irazu Volcano National Park, 3432 metres high (highest in Costa Rica): principal crater, 300 metres deep and 1050 metres in diameter.

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