Lanzarote is island of volcanic origin. About 36 million years ago, repeated subsea volcanic   eruptions began to form the base of the island. These eruptions arose as manifestations of   intraplate volcanism through continantal drift and hotspot volcanism. 15.5 million years ago,   Lanzarote grew beyond the ocean surface. The geodynamic laboratory Lanzarote investigates   the associated terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric phenomena.   The surface of Lanzarote was formed by four major volcanic phases:  Phase 1: The Famara massif in the north, the second highest mountain range of Los Ajaches,   the eastern part of the Rubicon plain, as well as individual volcanoes near Tías in the southeast   were built here. This eruption phase took place between 15.5 and 3.8 million years ago,   interrupted by periods of erosion.  Phase 2: The western part of the Rubicón plain with the Montaña Roja, some volcanoes in the   interior of the island, as well as the Montaña de Guanapay near Teguise and the Atalaya near   Haría in the north. This eruptive phase took place about 1.3 to 2.7 million years.   Phase 3: There were up to 100 eruption centers scattered around the island between about   730,000 and 240,000 years ago. Phase 4: Here is a distinction: The first eruption phase was created some 3,000 years ago in   northeastern Lanzarote, the 30 square kilometer Malpaís de la Coronal and thus the Cueva de   los Verdes. The second eruption phase occured from 1730 to 1736 and 1824, with over 23   percent of Lanzarote's surface area covered by about three to five cubic kilometers of new lava   from about 30 new volcanic craters. This scale is one of the most important in historical time in   terms of duration, erupted lava deposits and composition of the lavas (including olivine basalt)   worldwide, after the eruptions of the Eldgjá (around 934) and the Laki Crater (1783-84) in   Iceland. Today, Timanfaya National Park  covers much of this area. (Wikipedia)  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  LANZAROTE - II Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Google Earth Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar HOME Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Photo: Rolf Cosar Lanzarote I Cueva de los Verdes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Video