Parque Nacional de Timanfaya

Parque Nacional de Timanfaya is a volcanic park on the island of Lanzarote. The island and the park were declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1993. This photo shows one of about a hundred volcanic cones in the National Park of Timanfaya. Timanfaya is used by scientists to examine how vegetation returns to new land.

View from an about 5 meters wide street which leads 13 km through the National Park. The park looks like an ocean of lava.

Wine producing part of Lanzarote near Timanfaya. The Lanzarotenos use the black ashes (lapilli) of the eruption for keeping the wine-plants wet.

Photos courtesy of Harald Oehler.

The National Park of Timanfaya has additional information.

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