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Caption: Capelinhos
Faial, Azores Seismic destruction, or an act of creation?
Caption: Last eruption 1957 to 1958
The Capelinhos is a monogenetic volcano located on the western coast of Faial in the Azores. It it's part of the larger Volcanic Complex of Capelo, that includes 20 scoria cones and lava fields that are aligned west-northwest to east-southeast from the Cabeço Gordo caldera.
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Caption: A volcanic eruption lasted for 13 months, from September 27, 1957 until October 24, 1958. While enlarging the land by 2.4 km², it spawned 300 seismic events, hurled ash 1 km, destroyed 300 houses in the parishes of Capelo and Praia do Norte and caused the evacuation of 2,000 people (emigration to the US and Canada). On October 25, the volcano entered a period of dormancy.
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Caption: The Interpretative centre at Capelinhos
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Caption: The Capelinhos volcano
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Caption: The main building and lighthouse tower were buried by ash and rock to the point that today only the second-floor is visible above ground.
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Caption: Looking down from the top of the lighthouse. The landscape covered in black volcanic ash (tephra).
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Caption: Even though the view was amazing, I was very pleased to have scaled back down the top steps to head back down to the bottom. Lighthouse climbing
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Caption: Whaling Right up until the 1980's whaling took place in the Azores especially in Capelinhos. Many whaling stations have now been preserved and the emphasis has shifted to whale conservation.
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