dunas de Maspalomas

Die Dünen von Maspalomas

Natur pur. Große Sandberge direkt am Meer. Die Dünen von Maspalomas. Es könnte so schön sein. Hätte nicht jemand sein Hotel mitten in das Naturschutzgebiet gebaut. Ist ja leider oft so in Spanien. An sonsten sind die Dünen wirklich sehr schön. Allerdings sollte man die Dünen von Maspalomas an sonnigen Tagen nur mit passendem Schuhwerk besuchen, der Sand wird sehr heiß. Und man darf sich nicht wundern, die Dünen sind quasi FKK Gebiet und hinter jedem Sandhaufen könnte ein nackter „lauern“. Da es sich um Wanderdünen handelt sehen sie nach jedem Wind anders aus. Leider scheint der Sand abzunehmen oder der Transport nicht mehr zu funktionieren. In kanarischen Zeitungen konnte man von einem „auffüll“ Plan lesen, es soll also Sand aus der Sahara aufgeschüttet werden, damit die Dünen erhalten bleiben.

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The great Dunas de Maspalomas

The great Dunas de Maspalomas are sand dunes in the south of Gran Canaria. Its a well known place for tourists. The gread task the Dunas de maspalomas is not the sand or the winds. Its to get your picture free of people, specialy free of nude people. The dunas are popular by the nudity communinty and very popular by the gay community. And both are don t like people with huge cameras. They always expect a peeping tom or pervert behind. And not a nature photographer. I was on there with my D800 the Nikon 14-24 and my Nikon 70-200mm. So I attract much attension.

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Sand and Sky – The beautyfull Dunes of Maspalomas

The beautyfull dunes of Maspalomas. Impressions from my last journy to Gran Canaria. The dunes of Maspalomas are a 6×2 square meters areal in the south east of Gran Canaria. The best time to stay there is between the end of April and die beginning of june. Before April its very windy there, so you have some problems with sand, your towel or umbrella and after june the sand is (for me) to hot. The dunes are not so empty as they looks on my pictures. On some days they are full of members of the gay community or of full nudity people. Out there is a big full nutity area. But who cares, its a nice place for taking pictures, The Sand is very finely granulated and the wind makes nice patterns in the dunes. On one side there is a small lake, the left of a former laguna who was taken step by step by the sand. Its a breeding area for a lot of birds and a wildlife sanctuary. Net time I will come with a ND Filter doing some long time exposure.