Monte Brasil, Terceira
by Kelly Hazel
Title
Monte Brasil, Terceira
Artist
Kelly Hazel
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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This photograph was taken on the Western side of Angra do Heroismo, looking Eastward across Cais da Silveira toward Monte Brasil on Terceira Island.
Terceira is the 3rd largest, and 3rd discovered of the 9 islands that make up the Azores of Portugal, thus it's name, Terceira, from the word Terce or Three in Portuguese.
Monte Brasil is a small peninsula that juts off the southern coast of Terceira, just beside Angra do Heroismo, forming Angra bay. It looks like two small mountains, but it is actually the product of a volcanic offshoot from one of the stratovolcano that formed Terceira. The peaks are actually the remnants of the rim of a large volcanic caldera.
Today, Monte Brasil is encircled by the walls of the Forte of Monte Brasil, which were built throughout the 1500's and 1600's, and it remains an active Portuguese military base protecting the island today. Even though it is still in use by the military, there is a road civilians can take to the top of the rim where there are beautiful historic monuments, incredible scenic views, and a bird park along the way.
Terceira was created by the volcanic activity of four overlapping stratovolcano along the Terceira Rift in the Atlantic ocean. In this photograph, you can see the tall, rocky coastline formed from the eruptions. All around Terceira, there are only 3 "beach" areas, where the coast is close enough to the ocean sea level for swimming (and those are all man made beaches). For the most part, Terceira sits high above the ocean, and deep sapphire blue waters pound against the rocks far below.
Most of my Terceira photographs are in color, because Terceira has magnificent colors all of the year, but I chose to make this one in black and white because the oblique lighting from the sun created a beautiful silhouette of Monet Brasil, and highlighted the rippled texture of the ocean that day.
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March 3rd, 2017
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