Lanzarote, located 70 miles from the Moroccan coast is both the most eastern and northern of the seven major islands of the Canary Island Archipelago. The island is extremely dry and has little natural vegetation hence the lack of rain. They came up with different solutions for this but most of the islands’ residents need to travel miles for clean water. In the 1700s the island was hit by a series of volcanic eruptions. Lava covered half of the island and destroyed everything in its way but these eruptions also created a beautiful unique lunar landscape. This aggressive but beautiful natural phenomenon is one of the main elements of it’s (tourist)-economy.

Lanzarote is a truly visually dramatic island, it feels like walking on a planet that was just born before life conquered every square inch of it.

Author: Balint Marjai

Thanks a lot to Balint for his piece, check out his Instagram so you can pick up a copy of his photo book ‘Lava Grey’.

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