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Showing posts with label cape. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 October 2022

Capo Testa


I headed further west to the promontory of Capo Testa which is joined to the main island by a narrow isthmus.

The lighthouse complex is about 10 minutes walk from the gate.
I liked how the rocks contrasted with the flat water.


Wind erosion has helped form these strange shapes of the plutonic rocks.
Lighthouses these days are automated and controlled remotely so nobody lives there.
More gnarly rocks.




Together a pleasing scene. Some panoramas:

On the way back I stopped at the isthmus to take some photos of the beaches there.
That's how clear the water was.



The beach on the opposite of the road, facing south, was somewhat more attractive. A couple of panoramas:


Last scenes

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