May 2005 Photos from Santorini, Greece

Some photos taken during the May 2005 excursion on Santorini:

Large old barrels full of Santorinian wine

Out captain

Christian and Tom with the caldera in the background

A cistern at a church

Caper flower

Coffee break on the beach...

Small church built as a cave into the volcanic rock

Old red ignimbrites

Minoan artefacts (painted pttery and obsidian tools) found on the modern ground...

Ancient, 5000+ years old remnants of houses

Tom in action

Ouzo bottle...

Sunset from the hotel

Scists from the pre-volcanic basement of Santorini

Hydrothermal minerals in the scists

Copper mineral deposits

Christos bay

Footpath through the Minoan ash deposits

Seismographs monitoring the seismic activity of the Kameni Islands

Swimming pool at night

Fira, Santorini's capital

Christian

Tom and Christian on Nea Kameni

Wine-tasting

My hotel room from inside...

Boat trip (Christian)

Stromatolite in a wall and Tom explaining its origins...

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