View from Salto up the S slopes of the island to the Bordeira, forming the steep escarpment of a caldera on the back side. The lush green of the fields and trees only persists for few months each year. After the short rainy season, colours quickly turn to yellowish and brownish in October or November, and remain so until the following August.

Keywords

crop, cultural landscape, mountainscape, plant, rural life, volcanism, Zonobiome II

Created

Thursday 8 September 2022 by Martin Mergili in Africa and Macaronesia / Cape Verde (811 visits)