2026 NaPM 27 April

[rayheinrich]

< Corvo is the smallest island in the Azores >

Its population is just a few hundred.

An aerial photograph:

The Caldera rim forms an oval.
Some sections are less distinct
because of the thin clouds.
(The caldera is called the Caldeirão.)

Stone walls divide much of the open ground.
Pasture areas extend up the slopes.
Vegetation is mostly short grass with scattered shrubs.
The terrain rises steeply toward the rim.

Two lakes are visible inside the caldera
The upper one is irregular,
the lower one rounder and darker.

There are many dots near the lower lake.
(Corvo has lots of cows.)

In another photograph a woman is walking upslope.
Two metal milk buckets hung on each side
Of a wooden pole across her shoulders.

Kestrels and Cory’s shearwaters are the common birds here.
(Many other species pass through during migrations.)

Vila do Corvo is the only village on the island.
It curves around the banks of the harbor.
Its houses are set close together along narrow lanes.
They all have red roofs.

Corvo is beautiful.

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