Azores 2006 & 2007 Photo Gallery by Jan-Michael Breider at pbase.com

Azores 2006 & 2007

The Azores are an archipelago of Portugese islands in the middle of the northern Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.
The nine Azorean Islands extend for more than 600 km, and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. The mountain of Pico on Pico Island, at 2,351 m in altitude, is the highest in all of Portugal. The Azores are actually the tops of some of the tallest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean. The archipelago is one of two Portugese Autonomous Regions (the other is Madeira).

These pictures are from 2006 & 2007 visiting the two islands Sao Miguel and Terceira

Madelene in Caldeira Velha	The Azores - midatlantic islands	Sunrise at Roseo (??) South of Ponta Delgada	Early morning in Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada	Waves breaking Ponta Delgada	Ocean view near Ponta Delgada	Ponta Delgada harbour
Fishing in Ponta Delgada harbour	Fishing in Ponta Delgada harbour	Girl in Ponta Delgada	Ponta Delgada evening lights
With speedboat looking for dolphins	Girls on speedboat	Dolphins outside Ponta Delgada	Short-beaked Common Dolphins (Mother and baby!)
Common dolphin and shearwater	Cory´s shearwater	Cory`s Shearwater	Cory`s shearwater
Cory´s shearwaters - Azores	Cory`s shearwater	Terns at lavabeach outside Mosteiros	Terns in bad weather
Yellow-legged Gull ?? (Graellsii?)	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Thermal activity at Furnas	Furnas lichen
Geyser in Furnas	Edge of geyser with sulfur	Bad weather near lake Furnas	Thermal activity - the smell of Sulfur
Thermal activity in Furnas	Thermal activity in Furnas	Taking a sulfur bath (keeping you young forever?)	Our watch-dog? Azores
Building a roof (Langare!!)	Ponta Galera Sao Miguel	Seapool at Ponta Galera Sao Miguel	Old road to Nordeste
Fields outside Povoacao	Evening light at Povoacao	Playing football i Povoacao	Aqueduct at San Miguel
Lichen growing under Aqueduct	Driving safe !!!	Mobile milkstation - central Sao Miguel	Foggy weather on central Sao Miguel
Caldeiras - steep road down to Ribeira Grande	Tropical storm Gordon passing by	Cliffs at Mosteiros	Waves outside Mosteiros
Tropical Storm Gordon (36 m/s)	Bad weather at Mosteiros	Happy fisherman at Mosteiros harbour	Waves near Mosteiros
Tropical storm Gordon creating big waves	Breider children at Mosteiros	Martin discovering seaside life near Mosteiros	Moisteros coastline
Mosteiros western outpost on Sao Miguel	Mosteiros	Family transportation !	Lagoa Azul
Sete Cidades	Edge of crater near Sete Cidades	Sete Cidades	Lagoa Verde
Forrest near cete Cidades	Churchyard near Sete Cidades	Cows near Sete Cidades	Lagoa de Santiago
Lichen on trees near Cete Cidades	Lichen on tree near Cete Cidades	From small forrest near Cete Cidades	Sete Cidades after sunset
Landscape near Ribeira Grande	Madelene waiting for a clear view	Lagoa do Fogo	Near Lagoa do Fogo
Caldeira Velha	Martin in Caldeira Velha	Martin taking a shower in Caldeira Velha	Madelene in Caldeira Velha
Ribeira Grande	Waves outside Ribeira Grande	Waves outside Ribeira Grande	Waves outside Ribeira Grande
Ribeira Grande	Evening chat in Ribeira Grande	Prepairing fishing lines in Punta Delgada	Prepairing fishing lines in Punta Delgada
Growing Pineapple	Azor landscape	Inside Park Terra Nostra	Azor flower
Forrest flowers	Forrest flower	Leafs	Flowers at lake Furnas
Growing power	Lillys	The gate to vegetation	Blue flowers after rain
Hot spring - Caldeiras near Ribeira Grande	Flying Sata between islands	Sao Sebastiao - Terceira	Ponta das Condendas - Terceira
Madelene enjoying Terceira	Porto Judeo - Terceira	Porto Judeo - Terceira	Porto Judeo - Terceira
Porto Judeo - Terceira	Angra do Heroismo	Angra do Heroismo	Angra do Heroismo
Angra do Heroismo	City centre of Angra do Heroismo	Angra do Heroismo	Angra do Heroismo
Angra do Heroismo	Lonely beach - Angra do Heroismo	House in Angra do Heroismo	Colours in Angra do Heroismo
Schoolchildren in Angra do Heroismo	Pongo and girl	Walking the cows in Cabo da Praia	Ocean rainbow

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Nuno Costa		04-Apr-2008 15:09
Excelentes imagens! bom trabalho!

Guest		07-Feb-2008 13:02
AZORES OPEN 12 UNDER 2008 PONTA DELGADA, Portugal

derek foreman		07-Jan-2008 15:49
the caption titled lilly's are actually called...little girls go to school .. due to the fact that they only come out in the fall time for a very short time..(my wife is from Sete Cidades (S. Miguel)) Now living in Canada ... its the best trip ive ever been on... the people are great and you should go to Sete Cidades if you make it there... beautifil. The town is located at the base of an inactive volcano

Alison		04-Jan-2008 02:18
Unreal Pictures.. Gorgeous... Absolutely Gorgeous...the ocean scenes and pink lilly's are what really struck me. Thank you so much... Alison

tolosan		04-Dec-2007 18:07
I enjoy a lot your work. Stunning pictures and a original vision.

MAGGIE FREITAS		23-Oct-2007 20:20
HELLO , VERY NICE PHOTOS OF SAO MIGUEL ,GOOD JOB AND THANK YOU PS . THE CITY IS PONTA DELGADA / HAVE A NICE DAY

Scott		04-Oct-2007 15:21
Tony, do you know the number of your grandmother's house in Lameirinho?

Tony DoMonte		05-Aug-2007 20:40
nice, my grams once lived in Angra do Heroísmo over 50 years ago, shes like 76 years old and im trying to get a picture of her house, or even her street, and her neighborhood. the name of her street, i think is spelt Lameiriho.

Guest		29-Apr-2007 11:43
Nice pictures! But a small correction, "The archipelago (together with Madeira) forms the Autonomous Region of Azores. " The above is not true. Madeira is another separate Autonomous Region, it doesn't belong to Azores Autonomous region!

Joyce H. Newton		22-Apr-2007 09:00
I visited Azoares last yr, May 2006, w/ my sister, brother and his wife and her family Her parents were born and raised in Nordeste, San Miguel, and went to America when they were young, met and married and lived in RI. We were able to find the church they were baptized in and several generations back that were also baptized. These islands are so beautiful, and the tour guides were wonderful. We were able to go when they had the festival to celebrate the miracles of Jesus Christ, and that was the most wonderful experience of all times. The people of the Azores are friendly, helpful and courteous, and wonderful to be around. If you go be sure and go to the Governors residence, the gardens are the most beautiful and unusual I have ever seen. I really want to return and see the other islands. It would be a place to return to every yr and never get tired of.

saulina		07-Apr-2007 02:09
i was born in the acorean island, sao miguel,i live in montreal canada for 42 years,this june 2007 i am returning there for the first time with both my grown daughters. thank you for these beautiful,luscious photos of these islands,now i am more excited then ever to see it in person.

murat		05-Mar-2007 13:22
perfect pictures.you are number one

Guest		02-Mar-2007 06:07
These pictures are out of this world... Well done.

Walter Nebiker		23-Jan-2007 18:26
pitures are exquisite-very beautiful. My companion and I would very much like to visit and travel around the islands. We live in Warren,Rhode Island, a former whaling center. Many of our whaling vesels vivited the Western Islands Very enjoyable. Walter Nebiker Dorothy O'Neil

Guest		16-Dec-2006 15:41
Nice see some photos from these beautifull islands were i live.Nice gallery tank you for sharing with the web world. regards João(Joof-TA)

David Claudius Moore		25-Nov-2006 15:27
The Azores truly are a unique geological feature in the Atlantic basin, much as Hawaii is to the Pacific. If sea-level were'nt used as an elevation mean, only Hawaii (the Big Island) would have mountains higher from top to bottom. Being away from the North Atlantic westerlies, it is a relatively hurricane free (a rare occasional post-tropical event might make land-fall every so often) island chain during the season. A little too far north (latitude 37 degrees) to be a tropical getaway like Bermuda or the Caribbean, the Azores none the less are a place that have found themselves on my must visit places on the planet! Thanks for sharing!!!

Guest		23-Nov-2006 10:57
great gallery, now on my my must visitlist too.v.

Ann Cleeves		18-Oct-2006 20:57
Great gallery. Looks a unique place...it's one on my 'must visit' list. Well done!

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