Mat Hayward

Madeira

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If you're not going uphill or downhill in Madeira, you're probably in the sea. The landscape is full of lush green mountains, lit by some of the best sunsets I've seen.

Madeira

Portugal • 2023

Sunbeams showing the layers of mountains around Pico Ruivo.

First light on the hills below Bica da Cana

First light on the hills around Bica da Cana

Kerry takes a photo on her iPhone of the clouds rising from below Bica da Cana

A view of mountains at sunset from Pico do Arieiro

Sunbeams showing the layers of mountains around Pico Ruivo. A bird flying above them

Casa de Abrigo do Pico Ruivo after sunset

Miradouro do Ninho da Manta, high above the clouds

Miradouro do Ninho da Manta, high above the clouds

A view of mountains at sunset from Pico do Arieiro

Hotel Encumeada surrounded by greenery and mountains

Clouds below an orange sky between two mountains

Howard taking a photo in the pink light, from Miradouro do Ninho da Manta

Kerry taking a photo in the pink light, from Miradouro do Ninho da Manta

The observatory at the top of Pico do Arieiro, taken from Pico Ruivo at sunset

Kerry looking out at the sunset from the top of Pico Ruivo

A white dead tree with orange tinged mountains in the background

Clifftop views of red rocks from Pico das Pedras Brancas

Clifftop views of red rocks from Pico das Pedras Brancas

View from behind of Howard taking a photo on Bica da Cana, the background is blurred

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