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Chapel in a Moonscape

Chapel in a Moonscape

As we went around the entire Sal island in the Cape Verde archipelago, visiting all its sights, this little chapel, situated in the Pedra de Lume area, next to ...
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As we went around the entire Sal island in the Cape Verde archipelago, visiting all its sights, this little chapel, situated in the Pedra de Lume area, next to and within the abandoned salt extraction operation, caught our eyes with its whitewashed walls standing in a stark contrast with the blue skies above and the moonscape everywhere around it...
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Aperture f/8 ISO 200 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 12/1

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Feb, 2017

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