Photos by FrancisBy : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

What causes this formation? Does it occur from time to time, or was this it?

thank you very much can you send to me many picture from here esmflowers@yahoo.com

Hi, Milica, thanx a lot for both your visit and nice comments. It really was like in a fairy-tale, but in a stormy one...-:o((((. Nevertheless, best regards from Bosnia now, Zbynda

De foto toont de stranden iets ten NOORDEN van Hotel Caloura Resort. Afstand hotel - strand 300 m. This picture shows the beaches just NORTH of Hotel Caloura Resort. Distance hotel - beach 300 m. 37º42'54,6N 25º30'57,7W WGS84

I read your comments with interest. Not sure if you're aware, but Henderson is the island upon which the survivors from the shipwreck Essex (the ship attacked by a whale that inspired Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick') landed. 3 of the men survived on the island for several months, and also discovered the remains of 8 unknown persons stranded from another shipwreck, the 'Elizabeth'. An amazing account was written by the first mate, Owen Chase. When the three surviving whaling boats left the island (leaving the 3 men behind), most did not survive, with those that did having to resort to cannibalism. Seeing your photos, the events described are made much more vivid.

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Azores and Madeira Riviera climate compared to Ibiza, Spain and Paphos, Cyprus

Azores Riviera, just a little more south than the latitude of the island of Ibiza, which boasts the mildest climate (1) in the mediterranean. Yet mean air temperature in January is 16°C, or incredible 4°C (9°F) higher than in Ibiza or 3° higher than at Paphos, Cyprus, which boasts the mildest climate in the Eastern Mediterranean. Most amazing, it is only 1.5°C lower than the temperature at Funchal city, Madeira Island, (17.5°C), which is located 4° to the south also in the Atlantic and boasts the mildest climate in the world! All data are averages for January in the 8 years period of 2001 to 2008. (2) Azores Riviera: 0.5° C warmer then values recorded at Ponta Delgada Airport (15.5°C, values below), 25 km to the west in an exposed location: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [Year] 15.5 15.2 15.1 16.8 15.4 14.7 15.5 15.6 [°C]

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/klstatistic?STARTMONAT=JAN&ENDMONAT=DEZ&STARTJAHR=2001&ENDJAHR=2008&WMO=08512&ART=TEM&MOD=MOA&LANG=en

Coast of Ibiza is similar to temperatures recorded at Es Codola airport: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [Year] 13.5 12.7 12.4 13.1 10.6 11.0 12.4 13.0 [°C]

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/klstatistic?STARTMONAT=JAN&ENDMONAT=DEZ&STARTJAHR=2001&ENDJAHR=2008&WMO=08373&ART=TEM&MOD=MOA&LANG=en  Funchal city, Madeira Riviera: 0.7°C warmer than Funchal airport (16.8°C, values below), which is no more in an absolute protected location in the Riviera of Madeira Island: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [Year] 16.5 17.8 17.2 17.3 15.6 15.3 17.1 17.6 [°C]

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/klstatistic?STARTMONAT=JAN&ENDMONAT=DEZ&STARTJAHR=2001&ENDJAHR=2008&LAND=08512&WMO=08521&ART=TEM&MOD=MOA&LANG=en Paphos, Cyprus 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [Year] 13.3 11.5 14.9 13.0 13.6 13.2 13.5 12.0 [°C]

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/klstatistic?STARTMONAT=JAN&ENDMONAT=DEZ&STARTJAHR=2001&ENDJAHR=2008&LAND=08512&WMO=17600&ART=TEM&MOD=MOA&LANG=en Notes

(1) Mildest climates measured as minimal sum of heating and cooling degree days, i.e. lowest (HDD + CDD). The best page on the subject: http://blog.comunidades.net/natural/index.php?op=arquivo&idtopico=102620 (2) Source: http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/ Go to the station page, in this case http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Portugal/PontaDelg.htm http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Portugal/Funchal.htm http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Spain/Ibiza.htm http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Cyprus/Paphos.htm and for each station: -> click "Climate" -> cick "Climate Robot" -> enter parameters for period (years) and for climate element (you can choose: Maximum, Minimum or in this case Average Temperature).