Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) / Redsky

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: One of my favourite places on São Miguel island: Lombadas valley. It's absolutely quiet in there. No traffic, no rustling leaves, not even singing birds. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a narrow gorge with steep walls covered in moss, ferns and a few bushes. At the bottom of the gorge is a dry riverbed formed by large rocks, between which grasses grow.

8/9/2025, 6:58:06 PM | 49 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Lagoa do Canário / Sete Cidades. The name of the little lake derives from the fact, that its shape reminds a little bit of a canary bird #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks out onto a mirror-smooth surface of water reflecting the sky and clouds. Shrubs with green and red leaves grow from the sides of the water. Japanese cedars frame the small lake in the background.

7/9/2025, 2:27:40 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Don't drink and drive. Seen in Sete Cidades. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a freshly ploughed and harrowed field surrounded by pastures. The field bears the irregular serpentine tracks of a tractor.

6/9/2025, 6:28:31 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A wave. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a breaking wave from above, with the wind blowing the spray backwards. In front of the wave, the water appears greenish, behind it deep blue.

5/9/2025, 6:09:34 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Detail at Lagoa das Éguas sul (southern mares' lake), on the hiking trail Serra Devassa (indecent mountains). Elevation about 800 m above sea level. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows the inner flank of a small volcanic crater, in which a pool has formed at the bottom. The volcanic rock is completely covered with different coloured mosses and grasses.

4/9/2025, 6:22:22 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: It's #WaterfallWednesday again. This is the Salto do Cabrito (Kid goat's leap) near the town Ribeira Grande. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

3/9/2025, 7:27:25 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Volcanic rocks in the ocean at low tide. Mosteiros - west coast. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows volcanic rocks forming sheltered shallow basins in the blue-turquoise Atlantic Ocean. The sea is calm, and you can see from the discolouration of the rocks that it is low tide. At the top right of the image, a section of the western cliff coastline protrudes into the picture. In addition, the sun is shining brightly.

2/9/2025, 6:01:39 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: An old overgrown aqueduct in the parish of Sete Cidades. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a hilly grassy landscape with low-hanging clouds. In the centre is a long aqueduct with several round arches and openings, completely overgrown with moss and grass and, inside one round arch, with orange lichen. This building is situated about 600 m above sea level.

1/9/2025, 5:16:00 PM | 24 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Looking southward from the Ponta do Escalvado viewpoint. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down from a cliff on the left-hand side onto the turquoise to deep blue Atlantic Ocean. The cliffs are covered with grasses, tree heath, agaves and various flowers (including blue and white agapanthus, buttercups and poppies). At the top of the picture, you can see some rocks of the westernmost tip of the island, Ponta da Ferraria.

31/8/2025, 6:13:49 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Interessant, dass auch auf dem Bild keine Kohlrouladen zu sehen sind.😂

31/8/2025, 12:58:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Green hills. The volcanic origin of São Miguel is beyond doubt. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks out over two hills shaped like flat pyramids. They are covered with grass. On the hill on the right, you can also see dirt roads separating pastures and a few bushes. In the middle, between the hills, and on the flank of the left hill, there is a large number of black and white dairy cows. In the foreground on the right is a grove of endemic tree heath (Erica azorica). In the sky, dense white clouds surround a blue hole.

30/8/2025, 5:52:34 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Here is a picture of an honest, courageous, down-to-earth, cosmopolitan, intelligent and, above all, decent president. This is Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, president of Portugal. Picture taken in June 2020. And, btw. everyone in the supermarket knew who was queuing up.

30/8/2025, 12:42:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A view from the waterfront promenade of São Miguel's Maia at Porto Formoso. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a rugged volcanic cliff coastline that transitions into steeply rising mountains covered in lush vegetation. On the right is the Atlantic Ocean in various shades of blue with a few waves breaking. In the foreground, you can see many narrow strips of white foaming water flowing down the rocks. In the background is the village of Porto Formoso with the bay leading to its harbour.

29/8/2025, 4:08:52 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

You still believe that US citizens will vote again?

29/8/2025, 11:27:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: View from the Miradouro da Boca do Inferno ('hell's mouth') down to Lagoa do Santiago, Lagoa Azul, the village of Sete Cidades and the Atlantic Ocean. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down from above into a smaller, almost round crater lake containing greenish water, as well as into a very large crater lake with blue water, on the shore of which there is a village. The crater walls are all lushly covered with Japanese cedar and endemic tree heath, while the flat areas are mostly pastures. All this is bathed in bright sunshine, with white clouds drifting into the picture from the left at the viewer's level, which is typical for this lookout point. In the back, behind the ridge, the deep blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

28/8/2025, 6:02:26 PM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A #WaterfallWednesday pic. Salto da Inglesa (the one further up), seen from Parque Grená. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks up into a rocky gorge, in the middle of which flows a narrow stream with a high and a smaller waterfall. Many trees grow within the gorge, mainly Pittosporum undulatum (according to Wikipedia: sweet pittosporum, native daphne, Australian cheesewood, Victorian box, mock orange).

27/8/2025, 6:46:08 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

The literal translation would be: 'Islands of Mist', which IMHO, sounds less poetic (and could imply that the Azores islands are made of mist😅).

26/8/2025, 5:07:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Viewpoint Ponta do Sossego, late September. Could be a cover image for the very popular Azorean song 'Ilhas da Bruma' (Islands in the Mist). #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a small part of the high, steep east coast from an elevated viewing platform. In the foreground is a landscaped park with hydrangeas that have already bloomed profusely, a false-cypress, other trees, bushes and neatly trimmed azalea hedges. Further back are two high rocky outcrops that are completely overgrown. The coast and the strip of ocean that is visible disappear into the haze after a few hundred metres.

26/8/2025, 4:53:06 PM | 25 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: An early endemic bat (Nyctalus azoreum). The only mammal that made it to the islands without human help. They usually come out shortly before sunset. But this one was out and about 3 hours before! #Açores #Azores #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a rock face on the right with a few tufts of grass growing on it. On the left is a sky covered with white clouds and a bit of the ocean. In the middle is a bat in flight. At the top, you can see part of the roof of a picnic pavilion, which can be found all over the island.

25/8/2025, 5:39:27 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A #Stunday picture taken at a place less than 2 km beeline from my house. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a view of the red and white striped beacon at Ponta da Ajuda, which stands on a striking rocky outcrop. Long grass in the foreground, as is more commonly seen on islands further north. The blue Atlantic Ocean appears calm, with a slight swell. A wave at least 5 metres high is breaking in a slight headwind, blowing the spray away from the viewer. The sky is blue, almost cloudless.

24/8/2025, 3:41:07 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Gibt es tatsächlich jemanden, dem ungefähr einen Monat nach Regierungsantritt nicht klar war, dass die CDU/CSU die Koalition noch dieses Jahr platzen lassen wird? Wenn die SPD auch nur einen Funken Verantwortungsbewusstsein hätte, würde sie JETZT einem Verbotsantrag gegen die AfD zustimmen.

24/8/2025, 11:35:26 AM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The raised bog 'Planalto dos Graminhais' on the ridge of the eastern mountain range at an altitude of almost 900 metres above sea level. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a raised bog with many small pools, grasses, mosses, flowers and small shrubs. Thousands of frogs and many butterflies live here, among other creatures. The whole area is like a giant sponge, providing sufficient water for the many small streams that flow into the sea on both sides. A narrow, paved path leads through the Planalto dos Graminhais, because the actual raised bog is not solid ground that can be walked on.

23/8/2025, 4:53:29 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A view from the hiking trail "Lomba d'El Rei" in Achadinha, which is about 5 km distance from my house. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down from a height of about 50 metres between some trees onto the ocean, its surf and a steep coastline that is obviously made of reddish volcanic rock.

22/8/2025, 4:05:10 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The 'Moinho do Felix' (Felix's mill). The watermill ruin which gave the name to the three-waterfall hiking trail which passes my house. See 'ALT' for more information. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows the ruin of a relatively small natural stone building, inside which lies a horizontal millstone. Around the building, in the foreground, there is a hiking trail with railings and an information board. To the left of the ruin, a path leads down to a small river and a wooden viewing platform located between the trunks of large plane trees. From there, you can get a good view of the “Cascata do Teófilo” waterfall (not visible in the picture). To the right of the mill, you can see the open water pipe made of natural stone, which ends a few metres above the millstone. The kinetic energy of this steep slope was formerly used to drive the stone. Almost exclusively corn was ground, as the climate of the Azores is too humid for e.g. wheat.

21/8/2025, 4:25:18 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, indeed. And less than a 10 minutes drive away😉

21/8/2025, 11:07:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, it definitely is.

21/8/2025, 7:55:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Does that count as a waterfall for #WaterfallWednesday? The place is called Janela do Inferno (Hell's Window) and is part of the presumably most frequented larger hiking trail in the Azores. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a wet rock face completely covered in moss, with a relatively small, dark opening from which a narrow stream flows out. Apart from the rock face, there are lots of trees, bushes, shrubs and other plants. In the lower part of the image, you can see the invasive Azores pest, also known as ginger lily, in full bloom.

20/8/2025, 3:10:50 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

WHY IS MY 'DISCOVER' FEED SUDDENLY FLOODED WITH POSTS ABOUT TV-SERIES? It's hard work to tell the bsky-algorithm almost 100 times to 'show less like that'.

I'm totally aware that Moe Szyslak is a character from a TV series.

20/8/2025, 2:25:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

You forgot Portugal.

20/8/2025, 11:41:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A plane tree tailored for winter. Typical for Portugal and therefore also here. One of the few imported tree species that shed their leaves in winter. Endemic trees do not do this in the Azores. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a plane tree from which all the smaller branches have been removed. In the background is a gently sloping landscape of pastures and fields and a few houses. The tree is located in Fenais da Ajuda. The fields behind it belong to my home village of Lomba de São Pedro. The village on the right above is already the next parish, Salga. In the centre is the parish after that, Achadinha. In the background you can see a part of the massif of the island's highest mountain, Pico da Vara (1'103 m). A nice blue sky with a few white clouds. On the left the deep blue Atlantic Ocean.

19/8/2025, 5:55:45 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Both pictures were taken at the viewpoint Salto do Cavalo (horse leap). Looking down to Povoação valley and to Furnas valley. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks across a mountain ridge densely covered with endemic tree heath (Erica azorica) into a sunlit valley bordered by wooded mountains in the background and the Atlantic Ocean on the right. The valley consists almost exclusively of pastures and a few long, narrow villages, known as ‘lombas’. Further out on the open sea are dense white clouds reflected in the blue Atlantic.

The viewer looks down into a valley surrounded on all sides by wooded mountains, which contains the village of Furnas and the slightly higher Furnas Lake. On the left is an opening to a gorge that leads to Ribeira Quente (hot stream), where you can see a glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean. On the right are slightly darker clouds, typical of São Miguel at this location, which are facing the sun. In the foreground, at the bottom, you can see the endemic Azores laurel, which is one of the rare non-poisonous laurel species.

18/8/2025, 4:43:50 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The eastern central highlands of São Miguel. View from Lake São Brás to the highest peak on the island, Pico da Vara (1,103 m). #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a gently rolling landscape consisting of a patchwork of coniferous forests (Japanese Cedars) and pastures, at the end of which rises a low mountain range with a striking peak. In the foreground, a few dairy cows graze. The sky is blue with a few high, harmless white clouds. The scene is reminiscent of the Allgäu Alpine foothills (southern Germany, roughly halfway between Lake Constance and Oberammergau), even though the island is located amid the Atlantic Ocean.

17/8/2025, 3:50:37 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Porto Formoso beach. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a beach, the blue Atlantic Ocean with waves about 2-3 metres high breaking straight ahead. The wind blows the spray out to sea. On the right is a high, rocky headland covered with lush vegetation, mainly reeds.

16/8/2025, 7:34:56 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Lombadas valley. The former mineral water bottling plant. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a stream coloured turquoise by its high mineral content, with unnaturally brightly coloured algae. The surroundings are reminiscent of the wilderness of a high mountain valley, with Japanese cedars, grasses, shrubs and bushes. In the background are the ruins of a house, where carbon dioxide-rich mineral water still flows from a pipe today. The steep rock face behind it indicates that this picture was taken in a narrow valley.

15/8/2025, 5:46:30 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A cheerful goat #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a white goat standing on its hind legs with its front legs bent in front of its chest. Behind it are some trees, in front of it a meadow.

14/8/2025, 6:01:37 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home for #WaterfallWednesday : Salto do Prego in Faial da Terra #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

13/8/2025, 9:21:13 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home for #RockinTuesday : Looking down from the viewpoint Ponta do Escalvado. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down on a rocky cliff with several rock pillars. The rock is brownish with some orange veins. There is sparse vegetation on the areas that are not completely vertical. Below is the blue-green water of the Atlantic Ocean. The image also shows the upper sides of two flying yellow-legged gulls.

12/8/2025, 4:45:52 PM | 29 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home for #BlueSkyMonday : Looking from the village beach of Maia in eastern direction. It's high tide, so there are some waves. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows the blue Atlantic Ocean with a few waves and a north-westerly wind. The waves approaching the viewer are only about half a metre high because the bay is protected by a natural rocky breakwater, which is not visible at high tide. On the right are impressive, lushly vegetated cliffs, most of which are still in shadow. It is late morning. The waves breaking there are considerably higher. Above them is a bright blue sky with a few harmless veil clouds.

11/8/2025, 4:04:04 PM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, but only three, so far. Santa Maria, Flores and Terceira. Next will probably be Graciosa this spring.

11/8/2025, 11:20:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

It is impossible for me to choose just one place in São Miguel that I like best. There are so many different landscapes here, each with its own charm. Many impressions cannot be captured in a photo anyway (wind, scents, sounds). And then there are eight other islands...

11/8/2025, 10:44:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, but the Azores make it easy to capture emotional pictures😉. My favourite subjects are landscapes without people.

11/8/2025, 8:29:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A February scene from a forest. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer sees a bizarrely twisted, dead tree standing without a crown in a small clearing. It is covered all over with moss. On the ground is the ubiquitous ginger lily. Around it grow ‘Incenso’ (Pittosporum undulatum) trees. In the background are bamboo, a tree fern and a Japanese cedar. The sky is heavily overcast.

10/8/2025, 6:07:47 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social) reply parent

Die Milliardäre und deren bezahlte Lakaien, die sich Politiker nennen, bieten den Dumpfbacken doch jetzt schon an, dass u.a. der Klimawandel sofort verschwindet, sobald sie gewählt sind. "Ihr dürft immer Diesel fahren" reicht doch den meisten AfD-Wählern schon.

9/8/2025, 6:44:43 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Picture from my home: The descent near Praia da Viola with its ruins of watermills. Picture was taken 2016. Meanwhile, some of the ruins have been rebuilt. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down from a height of about 80 metres onto the surf of the Atlantic Ocean along a steep slope, on which several small, roofless ruins made of natural stone are located one after the other. On the left side of the picture, you can see the canal through which the water was fed to drive the mill. At the end of the canal, it fell vertically into a mill wheel.

9/8/2025, 4:57:35 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Picture from my home: The Farolim (beacon) das Fenais da Ajuda in action. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a purple-coloured, cloudy evening sky over the ocean shortly after sunset. In the middle of the clouds is a bright opening that is reflected in the water. On the right edge of the image is a red and white striped beacon with a red flashing light.

8/8/2025, 5:32:23 PM | 21 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Picture from my home: Approximately 40 km of São Miguel's north coast. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a coastline on the left that consists mainly of cliffs. Starting with the tall grass of Ponta da Ajuda, reminiscent of the more northerly Atlantic islands, via the rocky beach of Fenais da Ajuda, the towns of Maia and Porto Formoso, to the far-reaching Ponta do Cintrão. And behind it, shrouded in mist, the western part of the island. On the right is the deep blue Atlantic Ocean under a bright blue sky, which, as is almost always the case, has a few clouds forming over the island.

7/8/2025, 4:29:37 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A nice nameless waterfall for #WaterfallWednesday as seen in Grená Park, next to lake Furnas. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a small waterfall, only a few metres high, surrounded by a picturesque forest landscape of rocks, moss, ferns, lichens and a small pool that appears green due to the vegetation.

6/8/2025, 6:11:45 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Picture from my home: An iron ore seam, just a few hundred metres from my house. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a steeply rising slope that is mostly covered with vegetation. Grasses and the endemic tree heath, known as Urze, can be seen. In the centre are bare rocks and below them a horizontal channel, which, with its multiple layers ranging from rust red to orange, suggests the presence of iron.

5/8/2025, 7:13:16 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The mouth of the Ribeira da Salga after heavy rainfall. It's windy, too. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows the mouth of a shallow, rocky river flowing into the ocean. The water is coloured brown by sediment, as is typical after heavy rain. To the left and right are steeply rising rock faces. At the transition between the ocean and the small river you can see foaming, white breakers that are about 2-3 metres high and whose spray is blown leeward by the wind. Behind them is the seemingly calm ocean and a loosely clouded, predominantly blue sky.

4/8/2025, 7:37:45 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The (renovated) laundry place of Fenais da Ajuda with a view #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a room enclosed by natural stone walls on the left, which is open at the top. In this room there are several washing troughs standing next to each other, as they can still be purchased here today from building material and agricultural product dealers. The laundry is located on a slope of the cliff, which continues to the right of the picture. It is covered in lush green vegetation. The village of Maia can be seen in the background. On the right is the turquoise and deep blue Atlantic Ocean in bright sunlight. This spot is part of the hiking trail Fenais da Vera Cruz.

3/8/2025, 6:04:24 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Picture from my home: In the park Mata Jardim José do Canto, at lake Furnas. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a narrow, uphill road that is completely overgrown with light-coloured moss. To the left and right are palm trees and tree ferns. In the background is a dark, wooded hill.

2/8/2025, 5:55:51 PM | 27 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A contemplative scene behind our house. March, late afternoon. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a pasture on which some black and white young cows of the Friesian Holstein breed are grazing. The pasture is framed by giant reeds. In the background is a large white property with red roofs, a former farmhouse that has been renovated. Behind it, the Atlantic Ocean and a loose strip of cloud in the evening sunlight.

1/8/2025, 5:47:31 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Ruins of watermills above the beach Praia da Viola in Lomba da Maia at high tide. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down a slope to the Atlantic Ocean and a black beach, which is very narrow due to the high tide. The water is fairly calm for the time of year (April), just a little choppy. No high swell and no white whitecaps. In the foreground there are some ruins of small water mills built of natural stone and overgrown with grass. The entrance to the uppermost hut was walled up with concrete bricks years ago.

31/7/2025, 6:36:39 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wenn Mineralölkonzerne nicht völlig geschäftsunfähig wären, würden sie, anstatt Milliarden an Bestechungsgeldern zu verschenken ("Lobbyarbeit"), längst ihren eigenen Strom erzeugen und diesen an jeder ihrer Tankstellen verkaufen. Die Gebäude mit Verkehrsanbindung sind schließlich schon da.

31/7/2025, 8:27:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A typical winter scene in São Miguel: camellias, cows & clouds. Photo was taken in early February. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture captures a pasture bordered by a wooded hill in the background. There are some black and white cows in the pasture. In the foreground are a few bushes and the ginger lily, which unfortunately spreads everywhere. The picture is framed on the left and right by red-flowering camellia trees.

30/7/2025, 2:08:34 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sollen die dann denen auf dem Foto erklären, was das ist?

29/7/2025, 10:13:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Reflections of clouds in the blue of the Atlantic Ocean. And the village of Mosteiros ('monasteries') on a promontory. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down from above onto a headland covered in green pastures and fields that juts out into the blue Atlantic. The houses that make up the village of Mosteiros are built on it. The coastline is black and rugged, and there are also some small islets. Just before the horizon, you can see the reflections of a band of white clouds in the ocean. The visible part of the sky is blue.

29/7/2025, 2:38:12 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The Caldeiras at Lake Furnas without(!) other people in the pic. See ALT for further information and some gossip. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a large area with several bubbling, boiling, brownish-cloudy pools from which steam is rising. The ground is coloured yellow by sulphur and some algae and lichen can be seen. A wooden footbridge for tourists runs through the centre of the area. Outside the area, however, you can already see the lush vegetation of the Azores again. It smells a bit musty here (and also in parts of the village of Furnas), like sulphur and iron. You soon get used to it and after a few minutes you no longer notice it. Fun fact: Not shown in the picture, but also at this location, are holes in the ground from which hot steam rises. This is where the traditional Portuguese stew ‘Cozido’ is prepared by placing a stuffed, well-sealed pot inside for about 8 hours and sealing the hole with a wooden lid and sand. A Furnas-style volcano-cooked Cozido dish is part of many

28/7/2025, 6:34:36 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Looking eastward at Povoação valley in January. Rainbows are a common sight in winter on São Miguel. See ALT for more information. #Stunday #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks into a wide high valley, which is open to the right towards the deep blue sea. Behind and to the left, it is lined with mountains covered in dark green Japanese cedars. The valley consists mainly of light green pastures. The sky is bright blue in many parts, with only a few loose, low-hanging clouds against the mountains. On the left you can see a small piece of a rainbow. Apparently very fine drizzle is falling from this cloud. Some narrow, elongated villages stretch out on elevations between several streams. These are named ‘Lomba’ in the Azores, which roughly translates as ridge or hill. ‘Lombas’ do not have an access to the sea that would be suitable for a boat.

27/7/2025, 1:55:06 PM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: On the trail Padrão das Alminhas - Salto da Farinha (in the neighbouring parish Salga): Looking through branches of the endemic "Urze" (Erica azorica - a tree heather) to the Ponta da Ajuda #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

Surrounded by the green branches of the endemic heather, you can catch a glimpse of a cliff covered in lush vegetation, a rocky promontory that represents the northernmost point of the island of São Miguel, the deep blue Atlantic and a stretch of blue sky.

26/7/2025, 4:49:42 PM | 16 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: It's #ForestFriday Picture from the footpath to the waterfall Salto do Rosal, near lake Furnas. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a jungle-like, humid landscape with tree ferns, ginger lilies, trees, mosses and a stream. There is also a footpath leading up some steps. The steps are cut into the loamy soil and fastened at the front with a piece of a branch (usually the invasive sweet pittosporum).

25/7/2025, 1:18:57 PM | 29 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A typical winter scene in the Azores. Viewpoint Ponta do Sossego, east coast. During the coldest months of February and March, the whole of São Miguel is pink with blooming azaleas. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer savours a view of a slightly hazy cliff and the ocean. The coast is covered in lush vegetation. In the foreground, pink flowering azalea bushes, which bloom everywhere on São Miguel from February to April, and an extremely rare shrub with yellow flowers.

24/7/2025, 4:34:19 PM | 26 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ich warte dann nur noch auf: "Kaffee trinken ist undeutsch!!!!! Ein Deutscher trinkt keinen ausländischen Dreck!!!!!" (besonders wichtig: Immer fünf Ausrufezeichen setzen. Laut Terry Pratchett ein sicheres Zeichen dafür, dass der Verfasser die Unterhose auf dem Kopf trägt)

24/7/2025, 10:02:32 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A picturesque #WaterfallWednesday picnic spot below the Salto da Farinha, in the neighbouring village Salga. If you looked in the opposite direction, you would see the ocean (see ALT). #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down into a small valley that ends at the probably highest waterfall in São Miguel, in which, however, very little water flows almost all the time. Only immediately after and during heavy rainfall does the stream have surprisingly large amounts of water. Above the waterfall, a narrow, tree-covered gorge leads further uphill. In the valley, which is laid out in terraces and overgrown with grass, there are some permanently installed concrete tables and benches covered by a kind of wooden pavilion. Anyone sitting in one of these pavilions is well protected from the sun and rain and can now see either the waterfall or the ocean.

23/7/2025, 5:23:24 PM | 47 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Ponte Centenária (centennial bridge) over the Ribeira dos Caldeirões in the parish of Achada. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a round arch bridge built from natural stone blocks over a shallow, stony stream in the middle of a deciduous forest. The bridge is completely overgrown with mosses, ferns and even small trees. In the foreground, on the flanks of the stream bed, you can see the ‘plague’ of the Azores, the extremely invasive and ubiquitous ginger lily (Hedychium gardnerianum).

22/7/2025, 4:20:11 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: It's #BlueSkyMonday Surfers at Santa Bárbara beach in Ribeira Grande. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a breaking wave on which three surfers are riding. Another one swims in the foaming water of the previous wave. Blue sky, blue water.

21/7/2025, 4:28:06 PM | 26 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Ponta da Ferraria. The westernmost point of the island. Thermal spa and a bay where you can bathe in the ocean during low tide at bathtub temperatures for free (always crowded, though). See ALT. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a small peninsula in the deep blue sea from above. It is obviously of volcanic origin and is not yet old. The rock is black and reddish in colour, so it probably contains iron. In contrast to the rest of São Miguel, there is hardly any vegetation and you can clearly recognise a volcanic crater. There is a white building on the peninsula that is a thermal bath centre and café. A long path leads to the left past changing rooms and ends, which you can't see in the picture, at the bay mentioned in the main text, which is fed on one side by a thermal spring that ensures water temperatures well above 30°C at low tide. In the foreground you can see the slope that leads down to the peninsula, which is mainly covered with the tree heath (Erica azorica) known here as Urze.

20/7/2025, 4:37:54 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Late autumn in São Miguel - only trees from a wrong climate zone planted by humans shed their leaves here. Endemic trees don't. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows some very large treetops from below. I guess there are plane trees (?) and Japanese cedars. The deciduos trees lost a good part of their leaves, but stilll bear discolored ones.

19/7/2025, 6:47:47 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A stone hut on the shore of Lagoa da Rasa (parish of Sete Cidades) containing valves for a drinking water pipeline. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a tiny, windowless hut made of natural stone blocks, with only one opening at the front instead of a door. It is completely overgrown with moss and grasses and stands in a plain that is also overgrown with mosses and grasses. Part of it has an autumnal brown color. In the background, Japanese cedars and a grassy embankment.

18/7/2025, 10:27:37 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Extraordinarily shaped lenticular cloud above the temporarily abandoned neighbour's house. Looks quite trekkish... See ALT for more information. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The image shows a very unusually shaped lenticular cloud hovering very low over an estate that looks a little neglected. The shape is strongly reminiscent of some designs of spaceships of extraterrestrial species from various Star Trek TV series. On the right, large plane trees without leaves, so this must have been taken in winter. Incidentally, plane trees are almost the only trees on São Miguel that shed their leaves in winter. They were planted in large numbers in the 1950s as avenue trees. Presumably to provide shade for the horse-drawn carts in summer. It is even more likely that they were planted because that was the way things had to be done in then-fascist Portugal.

17/7/2025, 4:35:19 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wann gibt's ENDLICH Großdemos gegen rechte Hetze, NIUS, Spahn & Co. in allen deutschen Großstädten? Schon was im Busch?

16/7/2025, 5:40:39 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: It's #WaterfallWednesday : Salto do Homem after heavy rainfall. About 700 m beeline from my house. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

In the picture you can see a rock overhang over which a total of three streams tumble thunderously into a small pond. At the lower edge of the picture you can see brown-colored water flowing out of a stream from the clayey soil. The waterfall is located at the end of a gorge open to the sea. Above the edge of the cliff you can see the wall of a ravine overgrown with giant reeds (yes, it's the very plant that gave reed instruments their name). On the right, in the foreground, a meadow that is regularly mowed. The left part of the picture is illuminated by the sun, the actual waterfall and the meadow are in the shade. Anyone familiar with the location will know that the picture must have been taken in the late afternoon.

16/7/2025, 2:42:06 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Rocks and water. Detail from Grená Park in Furnas #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #RockinTuesday

15/7/2025, 4:59:35 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Miradouro da Boca do Inferno (Viewpoint of the Hell's Mouth). A usually well attended place. Picture was taken in June 2020. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

1. left: A path on a ridge leads to the end of a cliff. Lush grass grows next to the path. In the background a lake in a small round volcanic crater. Dense white clouds in the sky. 2. center: Two more crater lakes, a smaller one (Lagoa do Santiago) and a larger one (Lagoa Azul). The village of Sete Cidades on the shore of the larger lake in bright sunshine. The lake is bright blue. Behind it forests (Japanese cedar) and pastures. Behind it, the edge of a large volcanic crater. The sky is almost cloudless. 3. right: The right part of the blue lake, forests, meadows, the edge of the volcanic crater, behind it the bright blue Atlantic Ocean and blue sky.

14/7/2025, 5:33:47 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A view of the bizarre boulders at the eastern end of Porto Formoso beach. The one on the right in the foreground reminds me of a turtle skull. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows seemingly random rocks thrown at the end of a sandy beach. Ocean on the left, sand on the right, in the background, far away, some cliffs. The rocks are both wildly jagged and their surfaces smoothed by water, sand and wind. The shapes are associated with various things, such as the turtle skull mentioned in the post, but also the half-buried wreckage of a spaceship shuttle from the TV series Star Trek Voyager. Or, maybe even better, Space 1999...

13/7/2025, 3:16:24 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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"And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head." Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

13/7/2025, 2:39:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head." Terry Pratchett, Maskerade (dt.: Mummenschanz)

13/7/2025, 11:56:43 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A peaceful late afternoon in the mountains with cows grazing harmoniously on high pastures. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a hilly grassy landscape, blue sky with already slightly yellowish clouds. There are also grazing cows, lushly flowering hydrangeas (planted as natural fences and erosion protection), a few Japanese cedar groves and on the left, on the horizon, wind turbines standing on the summit ridge at an altitude of around 900 meters.

12/7/2025, 4:42:13 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Japanese cedars (Cryptomeria japonica - the all-purpose timber of the Azores) near the Lake of São Brás. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks up along the mossy trunk of a japanese cedar into the treetops of closely spaced trees.

11/7/2025, 5:23:24 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Meiner Ansicht nach bewirbt sich die CDU schon seit Regierungsantritt bei den Rechtsextremen als Juniorpartner für vorgezogene Neuwahlen in 2026. Wie es für mich aussieht, setzt sie alles daran, die Koalition bis spätestens Herbst/Winter 2025 platzen zu lassen.

11/7/2025, 5:16:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: View from Ponta do Escalvado towards Mosteiros (west coast) #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

In the picture you can see a steeply sloping rocky outcrop, over 100 m high, some rocky outcrops and small islets and the lower-lying village of Mosteiros surrounded by the deep blue Atlantic under an immaculate blue sky. All areas that do not drop vertically are covered in lush greenery.

10/7/2025, 6:07:36 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: It's #WaterfallWednesday : Salto do Rosal in the parish of Furnas #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

9/7/2025, 2:43:29 PM | 25 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And they will love Trump even better as soon as they will be conscripted to replace deported fruit pickers.

9/7/2025, 11:27:38 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A view from Lagoa do Congro (Conger lake). #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows an intensely green-colored small lake surrounded by steep, forest-covered walls. In the foreground is a massive, already slightly mossy trunk of a Japanese cedar, which ends in the water.

8/7/2025, 4:14:58 PM | 21 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: The inlet for sea water for the natural pool of Capelas during some wind. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a high splashing wave behind black volcanic rocks. In the foreground are the fortification rocks of a pier. The sky is very cloudy. On closer inspection you can see a seagull flying.

7/7/2025, 6:00:54 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Lake Furnas, seen from Pico do Ferro. The different colours of the lake are shadows of the clouds. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks down from a height of several hundred metres at a green lake within a landscape lush with trees and meadows. In the foreground, a freshly blossomed hydrangea and an azalea, which at this time of year is no longer in bloom.

6/7/2025, 10:23:55 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Portinho da Ribeirinha. The tiny fishing port of Ribeirinha. Picture taken in September 2016. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

You can see an old, dilapidated ramp made of concrete bricks leading gently into the Atlantic Ocean. On the ramp is a small, open wooden fishing boat. Next to and behind the ramp, a large rock protrudes from the sea, protecting the entrance to the ramp from high waves. In the background on the right is the steep, rugged north coast of the island. As is often the case in the Azores, clouds have formed over the island, while the ocean is almost cloudless.

5/7/2025, 6:42:01 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Inside Lombadas valley. Click ALT for further information. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The viewer looks into a wild ravine that is apparently of volcanic origin. A rocky river bed runs along the bottom, in which a small stream with rust-red mud runs. The water is obviously very rich in iron. Not visible in the picture is the fact that carbon dioxide bubbles are rising in some of the puddles. The rocky slopes are overgrown with ferns, mosses and small bushes.

4/7/2025, 7:47:09 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Summer sunset at the beacon of Fenais da Ajuda (the northernmost point of São Miguel). #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

In the picture you can see the sun sink into the Atlantic within a gap in an almost closed, thin cloud cover. The clouds are illuminated from below and appear purple. The sun's rays are reflected in the sea in a strip towards the viewer. On the left in the foreground is the red and white striped column of a beacon, which is additionally secured with wire ropes. On the horizon you can also see parts of the steep coast of São Miguel, which are barely visible in the weak light.

3/7/2025, 5:55:22 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: A nice little waterfall for #WaterfallWednesday of the Ribeira do Salto in Lomba da Maia, seen from above. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

In the picture you can see a small stream plunging from the right over a rocky plateau about 20 m deep into a small pond surrounded by crater-like walls covered with lush green vegetation.

2/7/2025, 6:31:33 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: November sunset at São Miguel's westernmost point: Ponta da Ferraria. Inside the glass cube are stained stainless steel tubes and valves to pipe geothermally heated water. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #Ferraria

The picture shows a cloudless evening sky and the setting sun, which is covered by a glass box containing some dark, unrecognizable objects. The land in the foreground is black and barely overgrown due to its volcanic nature and proximity to the sea. On the left edge of the picture you can see a house containing a thermal water spa and a café/restaurant.

1/7/2025, 6:24:55 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: "Are there also sand beaches in São Miguel?" Sure, approx. a dozen. This is Monte Verde beach in Ribeira Grande. Very low waves for that time of the year (end of October) #BlueSkyMonday #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a sandy beach, blue sky, the blue Atlantic and long waves about 2 metres high that are breaking. In the background, the western part of the island rises over 800 metres out of the water. Part of it is covered by a band of cloud, which is very typical in the Azores.

30/6/2025, 6:08:35 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Picture from my home: Tea harvesting in São Miguel - the only place in Europe where black and green tea is grown and processed commercially. More Info in "ALT". #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #teaplantation #tea #teaharvest

The picture shows hills covered by flat rectangular rows of green bushes. In the middle of these fields, 4 men hold a cutting machine designed by the tea manufacturer over the tops of a row of tea plants. The machine works on the lawnmower principle, throwing the cut leaves into a fabric bag attached to one end of the machine. You can also see the detached loading area of a small truck for transportation and another men watching the four mowers. In the background a freshly cut willow and Japanese cedars.

29/6/2025, 6:40:51 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: South coast, between Água d'Alto and Ribeira Chá, October, late afternoon. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #GetOutside

View of a calm Atlantic Ocean with the sun low in the sky. The beach consists of sand and bizarre lava formations. The sky is full of fleecy clouds, which are outshone by the sun on the right. In the background on the right you can see a cliff with the silhouette of three trees.

28/6/2025, 5:01:49 PM | 27 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: The Ribeira Grande (Large Little River) in Lombadas valley. The water has a high mineral content and is slightly carbonated, which causes the strong colouring of the algae and aquatic plants. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a narrow mountain stream in a rocky bed with extremely bright green coloured algae and other aquatic plants in it. You can also see yellow flowering gorse. The edges of the valley are lined with Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar).

27/6/2025, 8:15:42 PM | 23 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: Bathing spot of the neighbouring village Salga seen from the viewpoint Pedra dos Estorninhos (starling rock). At low tide around full moon and new moon there's even a small sandy beach down there. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows an incision in a rugged, lush green cliff. There, at the estuary of the Ribeira do Coelho (rabbit's creek), are a few changing rooms, a small pool and a shower. The small delta consists entirely of rocks against which the high waves of the Atlantic Ocean crash. It is currently high tide. Despite the clear sky, there is a strong wind from the land side, as you can see from the spray from the breakers and the whitecaps on the open sea.

26/6/2025, 9:41:44 PM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: Buttress roots of a Banyan tree (Ficus macrophylla) in the park / botanical garden José do Canto in Ponta Delgada #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows intertwined, plank-shaped roots that grow up to one meter high and converge on a common tree trunk.

25/6/2025, 8:59:23 PM | 27 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: The waterfall Cascata do Limbo in Praia do Porto Formoso. Picture was taken in November. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfallwednesday

The picture shows a narrow waterfall in a rock face, surrounded by a wild landscape formed by storms and heavy rainfall, full of plants, overgrown rocks and an uprooted tree stump in the foreground.

25/6/2025, 10:26:45 AM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Norbert, Açores (@nobbrt.bsky.social)

Pictures from my home: A view from the estuary of the stream Ribeira do Calhau (overall length 30 m) to the east side of Maia. #Açores #Azores #Azoren #SãoMiguel #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

The picture shows a little cascading area of water in the foreground, set oval in natural stone, with some aquatic plants growing in the middle. On the right is the Atlantic Ocean, which meets a coastline of boulders. In the background you can see the picturesque eastern side of the village of Maia, which is perched on rocky cliffs about 30 m high and where there is also a small, sheltered bay with a sandy beach.

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This is a picture of the president of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in May 2020. No fake! That's greatness.

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