A truly magnificent place. The name Santorini is actually the name of a volcano in the Aegean Sea that erupted in 1650 B.C. and was considered one of the largest in the last 10,000 years. The eruption blew off much of the volcanic cone and a large part of the island as well. Because of the removal of such large volume of magma, the volcano collapses into the sea forming a huge crater and tsunamis up to 100 metres high which historians believed were what caused the end of the Minoan civilization in the Mediterranean, and which may have led to the myth of Atlantis.
The photos you see here are taken from the island of Thira, more commonly known as Santorini Island to most people. The rim or edge of the crater can reach as high as 1200 feet above sea-level and plunges another thousand feet or so into the sea.
^ View from the town of Fira overlooking the deep blue Aegean Sea.
^ One of many white-washed, blue-domed chapels and churches on the island.
^ Kameni Island as seen from a 900 feet high cliff on Santorini Island.
^ Due to the high vantage point, it offers one of the most spectacular sunset scene you'll ever experience.
regards,
The photos you see here are taken from the island of Thira, more commonly known as Santorini Island to most people. The rim or edge of the crater can reach as high as 1200 feet above sea-level and plunges another thousand feet or so into the sea.
^ View from the town of Fira overlooking the deep blue Aegean Sea.
^ One of many white-washed, blue-domed chapels and churches on the island.
^ Kameni Island as seen from a 900 feet high cliff on Santorini Island.
^ Due to the high vantage point, it offers one of the most spectacular sunset scene you'll ever experience.
regards,