I’ve swum in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas. I’ve trod the beaches of numerous American, Mexican, Brazilian, Hawaiian, Caribbean, South African, Balinese, and Persian Gulf beaches. Yet my favorite beach in the world, where I’ve lately been staying, is this one on my wife’s native island. It is superb, always sunny year-round, and free to use. See why in this six-minute video.
A camera drone’s short flight over the lighthouse of Maspalomas (‘el Faro de Maspalomas’) on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
The Island with the world’s best beaches. See for yourself in this three-and-a-half minute video.
to Gran Canaria’s Gondo Airport (LPA).
A two-minute video clip from the Canary Islands volcanic eruption.
In the south of La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Island of La Palma, a volcano has erupted between two village in Cumbre Vieja national park. Elsewhere in the Canary Islands is the sites of Spain’s highest point, the dormant volcano Teide (3,715-meter or12,188-foot), which is also the highest point along the Atlantic Ocean. Off El Hierro island, an undersea volcano has been erupting during recent years. And the island of Lanzarote is the site of more than 30 extinct or dormant volcanoes (as well as a restaurant that use a volcanic vent to grills meat).
Aerial drone panorama of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on a cloudy day.
When photographing a black volcanic rock in bright sunlight, it extremely difficult to get details in the shadowy areas. It’s when a state-of-the-art, handheld light meter is worth its weight in digital cameras. Good postcard shot.
