Looking down at Tenerife, a photo from Tenerife, Canarias

Photographer's Note

My previous photo was the last from Cape Verde but not the last for that trip. Here is a picture taken from the plane window while flying over Tenerife.
Cape Verde Islands are 2 hours by plane south from the Canary Islands. This is the first photo taken from a plane window which I present on TrekEarth. I am rarely happy with the sharpness and quality of plane photos in general. This was quite a nice and characteristic subject so I decided to make an exception.
The tallest conical peak in this picture is Pico del Teide (3,715 m) while the lower wider cone is of Pico Viejo (3,135 m).
While most Tenerife was largely under the thick layer of clouds (in this photo) Cape Verde had at the same time pretty much clear skies.

More info from wikipedia:
Pico del Teide is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its summit (at 3,715 m (12,188 ft)) is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. If measured from the ocean floor, its height of 7,500 m (24,600 ft) makes Teide the third-highest volcano in the world, and is described by UNESCO and NASA as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure. Teide is an active volcano: its most recent eruption occurred in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the northwestern Santiago rift.
Pico Viejo is the second highest peak of Tenerife and the Canary Islands (after the Teide), with a height of 3,135 m above sea level, and a huge crater approximately 720 metres in diameter. It last erupted in 1798.

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ikeharel, Fis2, jean113, COSTANTINO, jemaflor, aliabazari, PaulVDV, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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ikeharel (114605) 2022-06-02 0:42

A superb capture from aloft, Mariusz.
The sight of the summits rising above the clouds which enveloped the volcano creaters is a great "gift" to any photographer, you may say "how lucky I was..."
Great stuff.
My cong.s for this one, cheers,
Ike

Fis2 (171937) 2022-06-02 0:43

Czesc Mariusz!
Bardzo ciekawy widok z samolotu, kolorystyka robi wrazenie.
Ladny kadr i swiatlo.
Podoba sie.
Milego dnia.
Krzysztof

subimalphoto (98) 2022-06-02 3:39

Hi mkamionka,

Just a one word. Awesome... Cheers

Subimal Photo

Silvio1953 (222925) 2022-06-02 3:46

Ciao Mariusz, great aerial view of fantastic mountains, wonderful natural colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Tue (93436) 2022-06-02 9:47

Hello Mariusz,
Wow, that was a pretty impressive and clear view you got here of the mountains of Tenerife and the way the rise up from the clouds all around is wonderful as well. The shapes and different colours of the landscape look fantastic.
Lars

lousat (139990) 2022-06-02 11:41

Hi Mariusz,fantastic capture from the plane of Pico del Teide,it seems an island in a cloudy sea,great and unique view very well done and very sharp,a show not available in Boavista..ehhee..have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

jean113 (28281) 2022-06-02 12:18

Hello Mariusz, a great shot from the plane, especially as the higher land is surrounded by cloud.
The colours and pattern are quite beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards, Jean.

COSTANTINO (117792) 2022-06-02 21:35

Hello my dearest friend
have a pleasant new week end
and the question here is...
...how high these mountains are????
I like hw the clouds touch these high peaks...
...wow...superb capture...
welldone
regards
Costantino

pajaran (117063) 2022-06-02 22:44

Pozdrav.

Interesantan pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lepa planina i sloj oblaka, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama, kontrastom, perpsketivom i uhvacenim trenutkom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija.
Lepa priroda.
Tekst je vrlo interesantan.

Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja

jemaflor (148248) 2022-06-02 23:23

Hi Mariusz,
Impressive and beautiful viewfrom airplane, nice effect with the contrast with peaks and sea of clouds, well taken, tfs.

ifege (49431) 2022-06-03 0:17

Hi Mariusz
A good aerial photo with the clouds providing a sea like border to the photo.
cheers
Ian

aliabazari (23259) 2022-06-03 1:37

Hello Mariusz
Beautiful view of this peak. You are also successful in taking aerial photos. Clarity and exposure done well

ChrisJ (172436) 2022-06-03 6:11

Czesc Mariusz!

A tremendous aerial photo of this barren volcanic landscape. Good sharpness and the mist adds mood and atmosphere. Tfs!

jmdias (116477) 2022-06-03 9:32

mariusz

I saw one of these islands once (maybe hierro) by plane, but I didn't get photos. a nice detail of the big volcano, the top looks so closed, not open as usual. it is told this volcano (
i guess) will will fall in the water some day and then it will caused a terrible tsunami that will destroy part of brazilian seashore.

take care
jorge

vjmite (6698) 2022-06-04 4:49

Hi Mariusz,

The photo is excellent quality for one taken through a plane window. Great colour and sharpness. You were lucky to get a clear view of the volcano while the lower parts of the island were under cloud. Your photo also shows the huge elliptical caldera that surrounds the volcano, marked by the cliffs curving around the background. This caldera formed in a gigantic eruption thousands of years ago.

Vince

PaulVDV (63460) 2022-06-30 10:06

Hello Mariusz,
Great view of the Pico del Teide!
The photo also makes clear that the sunbathers in Tenerife had to spend that day under the clouds :)
Spectacular view from above the clouds. In Madeira I also saw such spectacular views during a trek (from Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo). Of course not from that high.
Best regards, Paul

mcmtanyel (69227) 2022-07-02 21:11

Hello Mariusz,
I can see that fog that contributed to the terrible 1977 airport crash of two B-747s. An almost surrealistic photo.
Regards,
MT