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Explore Garafia in Spain
Garafia in the region of Canary Islands with its 1,929 inhabitants is a town in Spain - some 1,136 mi or ( 1828 km ) South-West of Madrid , the country's capital city .
Current time in Garafia is now 07:23 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Canary " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Funchal, Tijarafe, Telde, Santiago del Teide, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Funchal . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Garafia ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Supertrail vom Roque de los Muchachos
Ein super Mountainbike-Downhill mit Ottes von der Bike-Station La Palma - 2800 Höhenmeter bergab. ..
Time Lapse Movie of moving clouds on La Palma
A HDR time lapse movie of the clouds in the caldera of the Canary Island of La Palma. ..
La Palma - Santa Cruz
PMMedia1: Den Besucher erwartet in Santa Cruz kein großstädtisches Flair. Doch oder gerade deswegen sollte man unbedingt einen Abstecher in die Inselmetropole einplanen. Santa Cruz ist eine der schöns ..
La magia del momento
Eindrücke von der Meisterklasse mit Daniel Grolle auf La Palma Februar 2011. Musik von Ziriab - Künstler aus Puntagorda/La Palma. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
HEGRA
Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The ancient rock carvings (Leirfald), as well as the small border fort Hegra Fortress (formerly known as Ingstadkleven Fort) are both located in Hegra.
Located at 28.76 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. The observatory site is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias which is based on nearby Tenerife, and it is part of European Northern Observatory. The seeing statistics make it the second best location for optical and infrared astronomy in the Northern Hemisphere, after Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.
Located at 28.77 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
MAGIC (telescope)
MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes) is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes situated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, at about 2200 m above sea level. MAGIC detects particle showers released by gamma rays, using the Cherenkov radiation, i.e. , faint light radiated by the charged particles in the showers.
Located at 28.76 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Gran Telescopio Canarias
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (meaning "Canaries Great Telescope"), also known as GranTeCan or GTC, is a 10.4 m reflecting telescope undertaking commissioning observations at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands of Spain, as of July 2009. Construction of the telescope, sited on a volcanic peak 2,267 metres above sea level, took seven years and cost €130 million (£112 million).
Located at 28.76 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Carlsberg Meridian Telescope
The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope (formerly the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle) is located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Canary Islands. It is a meridian circle that is dedicated to carrying out high-precision optical astrometry.
Located at 28.76 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
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