Quest for top subtropical mile Photo

Photographer’s Note

We continue the quest for the most exclusive mile in the subtropics, first in the northern hemisphere.

One of the conditions that the first one, facing east, did not meet, was the exposure.

This seashore heralds the smallest sum of heating and cooling degree days in the world (1).
But it's too windy to be considered as the mildest climate in the world, since the peninsula is exposed to the trade winds.

The view towards west, revealing the differences to the north coast, shows why the place we looking for has to be along a south shore.

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Notes:
1 -
Heating Degree Days (HDD)
A unit, based upon temperature difference and time, used in estimating fuel consumption and specifying nominal heating load of a building in winter. For any one day, when the mean temperature is less than 65 degrees F (18 degrees C), there exists as many degree days as there are Fahrenheit degrees difference in temperature between the mean temperature for the day and 65 degrees F.

Cooling Degree Days (CDD) - replace "winter" with "summer", "heating" with "cooling" and "less" with "more" in HDD definition.

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garbus (204) 2006-01-20 16:24

Very beautiful panorama. Pic has addictionally the heart, because of clouds. Colors and sharpens are amazing too. I like it. Regards from Poland.
Michael

amstel (2298) 2006-01-20 18:34

Hi Francis,
Perfect picture of this rocky area. Nice colours and composition.
Cheers!

geniesser (0) 2006-01-22 17:24

Nice pic, showing a very different face of Madeira. Some years ago I spent a full day walking through the peninsula and in fact the
strong cold wind let me forget this is a subtropic island. However, the sea looks calm
on this photo.

serenadanesi (926) 2006-02-03 6:04

Hello Francis,
this is a great picture, with very good sharpness.
I like also the green colours, whe I have been there it was very dry and red/yellow.
Thanks for sharing!
Serena