Sig Nordal

I think, this is my best picture of the azorean central group. It shows many facets from setting the sun on the right to the moon on the left side. The picture was captured from southern coast of São Jorge round about 140 m above sea level in the Bay of Arraia. The foreground shows the typical grazing areas of the Azores, separated by walls made of lava rocks. The background left boasts the island of Pico. The stratovolcano, which gave the name for the whole island, is with 2.351 m the highest mountain of Portugal. On the right hand side is situated Faial. The sea between São Jorge and Pico is approximately 20 km broad. This Panorama, stiched from 34 Images at 70mm with 167 degrees horizontal angle of view, was captured at sunset four days before full moon.

Wahrscheinlich mein bestes Bild von den Zentralgruppe der Azoren. Es zeigt viele Facetten von der untergehenden Sonne rechts und dem Mond auf der linken Seite. Das Bild wurde auf der Südseite von São Jorge, etwa 140 Höhenmeter oberhalb der Bucht von Arraia aufgenommen. Der Vordergrund zeigt die für die Azoren typischen Weideflächen, die durch Mauern aus Lavastein getrennt sind. Im Hintergrund auf der linken Seite liegt die Insel Pico mit dem 2.351 m hohem Stratovulkan, dem höchsten Berg Portugals, welcher der Insel den Namen gibt. Rechts davon ist die Insel Faial zu sehen. Das Meer ist zwischen São Jorge und Pico etwa 20 km breit. Das Panorama aus 34 Einzelbildern bei 70mm Brennweite mit einem horizontalen Bildwinkel von 167 Grad entstand bei Sonnenuntergang vier Tage vor Vollmond. Photograph by die-leuchtturms die-leuchtturms. NOTE FROM THIS WEBSITE: This photograph is from 500PX unless otherwise stated. The photograph/image is transmitted via IFTT and all mandatory fields have been completed and inserted, on best effort basis, including username and description of the photograph/image as per the information supplied when the photograph/image was downloaded through 500PX and as required by IFTT. This photograph/picture is used here for non-commercial purposes only. We respect the work of photographers and we are glad to promote their work on this site absolutely free. If you are a photographer or an artist or a writer, and if you like us to help you promote your work, please write to us at nordaminv@gmail.com and write “Photography/Art” in the subject line. We are happy to discuss how we can help you through our social media channels and marketing experience to get more exposure for your work. We reserve the right to reject any photographs or artwork which we feel it is inappropriate.