This summer holiday brought me to Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. It's a popular destination because of the climate, but it's also the ho

Space travelling from El Teide

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2024-11-01 08:30:03

This summer holiday brought me to Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. It's a popular destination because of the climate, but it's also the home of Teide, the world's second highest volcano (7500 m, measured from the sea floor). The incredible views reach way beyond earth, into outer space, the Milky Way and other distant galaxies.

The Canary Island of Tenerife is known internationally as the "Island of Eternal Spring" (Isla de la Eterna Primavera). At about the same latitude as the Sahara Desert, it enjoys a warm tropical climate with an average around 24 °C. The climate is controlled by tradewinds on the Atlantic Ocean, whose humidity condenses over the northern part of the island, creating clouds. The weather on the island is different on the North and South because of the enormous volcano in the centre.

The radar image shows the Teide volcano on the island of Tenerife in the Canary islands. The image was created using the Spaceborn Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) onboard the space shuttle Endavour in 1994. The colour indicates differences in terrain, where shades of green and brown indicate lava flows of various ages and roughnesses.