Reao

                                                                     Reao
1. Population: 567
2. Population density: 32 per sq km
3. Area: 18 sq km
Reao is in French Polynesia in the Pacific ocean and it is associated with Pukaruha.

Wallis and Futuna

                                                        Wallis and Futuna
                                                                 

1. Population: 15500
2. Area: 142 sq km                           
   
   
3. Capital: Mata Utu
4. Official languages: French 
5. Internet TLD: .wf
6. Sovereing state: France   

This is an island in the Pacific but it is French.

Orkney

            


                                                              Orkney

The remotest place I have ever been in is Orkney, in the island of Shapinsay. But not that remote.

                                                           About  to get on the plane.

                                             On the ferry.

                                                On the beach.                                          

                                      mmmmmmmmmmmuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

                               In the castle

Guest post: the not so remote island of La Palma

Our guest post of today is by Almudena Alonso-Herrero, an astronomer. She travels a lot to the Canary Islands (Spain) and especially to the island of La Palma because of the beautiful clear skies and the awesome telescopes!

This is Los Cancajos beach on the island of La Palma. Note all the clouds at sea level but...

 

... when you go up to a 2500m elevation you find blue clear skies and a beautiful collection of telescopes at El Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory

This is the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS with a huge primary mirror of 10.4m in diameter! Note the so-called "sea of clouds"

 

 And this is inside the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS dome

 And a beautiful sunset before we start our night of observations with the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (well it was service time but we were at the control room for a few hours!),

Street art in Malasaña

                                                                   Street art in Malasaña.


                                             Malasaña  is a neighbourhood in Madrid.
                                             It has super cool graffiti.
                                             And I took a few photos.