Lava Flows on La Palma

La Palma is a Spanish island in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. In September 2021 the Cumbre Vieja volcano rumbled to life. The lava flows have destroyed thousands of manmade structures, swallowing roads, cars, farms, entire villages, banana plantations, power lines, water infrastructure.. any artifact of civilisation in its path. It is the most destructive eruption on La Palma since records began. This photogrammetry reconstruction spans 2.6 kilometres of the La Palma coastline, from near San Borondón to the beach of Los Guirres. At Los Guirres the lava has run into the sea, creating the newest land territory in the world! Above the cliffs, the green areas are banana plantations and the white structures are banana greenhouses. Can you see other lava flows which have almost made it to the sea, likewise destroying everything in their path? The raw drone images were sourced from Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, GutnTog, Cabildo de La Palma en directo. Mantente fuerte queridos amigos.