domingo, 7 de junho de 2015

Midnight sun

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that happens in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Around the summer solstice, approximate June 21 in the north, the sun is visible for the full 24 hours, given fair weather.

domingo, 24 de maio de 2015

segunda-feira, 4 de maio de 2015

25 de Abril Bridge

The 25th April Bridge (portuguese name Ponte 25 de Abril) is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon to the city of Almada. It was inaugurated on August 6, 1966. Because it's a suspension bridge and has similar coloring, it's often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It was built by the American Bridge Company which constructed the San Francisco, Oakland Bay Bridge, but not the Golden Gate. With a total length of 2.277m, it's the 27th largest suspension bridge in the world. 

segunda-feira, 27 de abril de 2015

domingo, 5 de abril de 2015

domingo, 29 de março de 2015

Lagoa das Sete Cidades

The Lagoon of Seven Cities (portuguese name Lagoa das Sete Cidades) is the largest fresh-water lake of Azores. The north-south maximum length of the lake is 4,2km with a width of 2km and has a maximum depth of 33m. The lake has a length of 4,35 square km and consists in two lagoons, the Green Lagoon and the Blue Lagoon. The legend says the blue and green colours of those waters were formed by the tears shed by a couple in a misunderstood love…

terça-feira, 17 de março de 2015

Azorean Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs moreletti (portuguese name Tentilhão dos Açores) it's accustomed to human presence in viewpoints, picnic parks and public gardens. Although it can be heard for most of the year, it's characteristic song begins to hear more intensely from February until the end of June.