July 3, 2020
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Diving, Fjord, Galway, Ireland, Mayo, Oceanic, Temperate Deciduous Forests
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March 6, 2020
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Diving, Glaciers, Iceland, IUCN Protected Category 2, National Parks, Southern Region, Subarctic, Taiga & Boreal Forests, UNESCO
Silfra Fissure
Silfra Fissure is known to scuba divers the world over for the incredible visibility of its glacial meltwater. The fissure, like Nesgjá in the north of Iceland, is located on the tectonic plate boundary of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Silfra is also a site that can be accessed throughout the year, as the temperature of the water does not fluctuate by much and remains between 2 to 4 °C. During winter, snow-cover in Iceland is Read more
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September 1, 2019
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Astronomy, Canary Islands, Class 4, Day Hike, Desert, Hiking, Islands, IUCN Protected Category 2, Looped Hike, National Parks, Sclerophyll & Mediterranean Forests, Spain, Sunrise & Sunset, UNESCO, Volcanoes
Caldera Blanca
Timanfaya National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional de Timanfaya) imposes strict regulations on visitors and does not allow them to wander around freely through the lava fields. This is done in order to reduce potential erosion from footfall to the vulnerable volcanic terrain. There is however, another protected area that surrounds Timanfaya National Park, which functions as a buffer zone of sorts, that is Read more
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August 26, 2019
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Canary Islands, Desert, Diving, Reefs, Sclerophyll & Mediterranean Forests, Spain, UNESCO
Diving Lanzarote
Volcanic oceanic islands emerge from the bottom of the ocean floor and grow until they break the surface of the water. Most often than not, only a small part of the volcanic structure is above sea level, and the vast majority of it remains submerged. This means that there are countless geological structures that are open to exploration to scuba divers--that is as long as they remain within recreational scuba depth Read more
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August 23, 2019
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Canary Islands, Desert, Islands, IUCN Protected Category 2, National Parks, Sclerophyll & Mediterranean Forests, Spain, UNESCO, Volcanoes
Volcanoes of Timanfaya
Lanzarote is an oceanic volcanic island of the Canary Islands archipelago, and is located only 125 kilometres off the coast of Africa. Despite this, the Canary Islands are an autonomous community of Spain, and along with the archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde, make up the region known as Macaronesia. Lanzarote stands out from the the other Canary Islands, however, as the combination of its arid Read more
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May 5, 2019
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Class 5, Day Hike, Hiking, Ireland, Looped Hike, Mountains, National Parks, Oceanic, Temperate Deciduous Forests, Wicklow