Showing posts with label Canary Islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canary Islands. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Diving the Way Captain Nemo Used to do It

 Diving is a great sport, no question about it. A way to exercise as well as relax. Sometimes though, the sport of it can get a bit too… sporty. Exhausting. Sometimes you might want the beauty and the relaxation of underwater without of the carrying of gear, getting the wet suit on and then off again, ear squeeze. All the hassle that comes with this great activity of diving that we all love so much. Without even getting your hair wet. Or maybe I’m just getting old.

On Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, it is possible. I’ve dived on the neighboring island of Tenerife a couple of times before (read all about it here  and here), so this time I went for something different underwater. Do read all the way to the end, I’m saving the best part for last. So read on!
Lanzarote is a volcanic island. The landscape is very barren.

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Angel shark (Squatina squatina)


Spotting a Mediterranean angel shark was, for me, a case of seeing something spectacular and not even realizing it. It was only later that I found out that the thing is actually quite rare, critically endangered in fact. And I thought it was just kind-of-a-shark! Well, the latin name of the species, squatina, does actually mean "a kind of shark", so I guess I was half right.