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As we had a clear night on Friday, we decided to try and shoot the Milky Way from the balcony of the villa. Quite successful but not brilliant due to the orange street lights in our part of town.
We were up early on the Saturday to catch the sunrise from a vantage point in the lava field we had scouted the day before. Once the sun had risen Carole continued to shot road shots whist I did some landscapes of Punta Mujares and the mountains behind.
On the way back on the LZ1, we passed ‘Lobster Island’ (as marked on the map), which is a volcanic outcrop in the middle of the road with a Cesare Manrique sculpture of a lobster (it is the animal symbol of Lanzarote).
We then went down to the rocks in front of the villa and took pictures of the waves crashing against the rocks and playing with exposure length.
Back on the balcony of the villa, I noticed rainbow patterns in the clouds above the villa. This is caused by water droplets in the cloud refracting the sun light.
In the afternoon, we headed for the Cueva Los Verdes (green caves) again (it is always very busy) and still was, so we decided to go back to the Jameos del Agua caves. This is a series of lava caves and is also an art, culture and tourism centre, created by local artist and architect, César Manrique. Jameos del Agua consists of a subterranean salt lake, restaurant, gardens, emerald-green pool, museum and auditorium. The word Jameous refers to a large opening such as when the roof of a lava tube collapses. we found it fascinating, especially the tiny albino blind crabs that are only found in the lake in this cave.
We went back to the villa to pack and get ready to leave the next day.
JL Photos 