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Santo Antão's Volcanic Coast

Santo Antão's Volcanic Coast

Santo Antão's breathtaking ancient coast with steep bluffs and rugged cliffs facing the Atlantic. Our path clung onto the winding contours of age-old lava...
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Santo Antão's breathtaking ancient coast with steep bluffs and rugged cliffs facing the Atlantic. Our path clung onto the winding contours of age-old lava flows and ocean rock. Occasionally, we would chance upon an old stone house...
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Aperture f/8 ISO 200 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 12/1

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Jan, 2016

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