Patchwork agricultural fields, volcanic cones, ocean, Terceira Island

A Terceira aerial

This sweeping shot highlights a patchwork of farmland stitched among small volcanic cones: a quintessential view of Terceira, one of nine major islands in the Azores archipelago. Dormant calderas and craters provide fertile soil throughout the Portuguese island chain, making agriculture a central part of Azorean life. That even includes the twin Cabras Islets in the distance, once home to goatherds who tended livestock there ('cabras' means 'goats' in Portuguese).