View of Milky Way from Cave

"View of Milky Way from Cave"

A beautiful view of the Milky Way galaxy in the background from Pirates Cove, at La Palma in the Canary Islands. Local fisherman's houses in the foreground.

The Canary Islands are also known informally as the Canaries. It's a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in a region known as Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 62 miles west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain and economically and politically European and is part of the European Union.[1][2]

The eight main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets, including Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste, and Roque del Este. It also includes a number of rocks, including those of Salmor, Fasnia, Bonanza, Garachico, and Anaga. In ancient times, the island chain was often referred to as "the Fortunate Isles".[3] The Canary Islands are the southernmost region of Spain, and the largest and most populous archipelago of Macaronesia.[4] Because of their location, the Canary Islands have historically been considered a bridge between the four continents of Africa, North America, South America, and Europe.

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Color Changing Fine Art Print
Photographer: Evgeni Tcherkasski
Composition by: EFX Gallery
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Sources:
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands
[1]Utreta, Federico (1996). Canarias, secreto de estado: episodios inéditos de la transición política y militar en las islas. Madrid: Mateos López Editores. p. 291.
[2]Tamaimos. "Canarias está en África". tamaimos.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
[3]Benjamin, Thomas (2009). The Atlantic World: Europeans, Africans, Indians and Their Shared History, 1400–1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780521850995.
[4]"La Macaronesia. Consideraciones geológicas, biogeográficas y paleoecológicas". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2010.