Sunday 12 July 2015

Mauritius seen from Reunion and vice versa

Well-known local photographer Luc Perrot published a photo this week of Mauritius seen from Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island. He explained that winter brings clear night skies, which make this sort of photo possible.

Mauritius as seen from Piton de la Fournaise,
Reunion Island © Luc Perrot

cropped version of the above photo © Luc Perrot

Panoramic view, with the volcano clearly visible
to the right © Luc Perrot

As some people seemed to think it wasn't possible to see Mauritius from Reunion, Mauritian photographer Burty Makoona sent the photo below, which Perrot annotated.

Reunion, seen from Mauritius © Burty Makoona

Annotated version:

Reunion, seen from Mauritius (annotated) © Burty Makoona

Another photo by Perrot was recently Photo of the Day on the Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) website (EPOD is a service of the Universities Space Research Association).

Piton de la Fournaise © Luc Perrot


November 2020 update: some more photos of Reunion seen from Mauritius, apparently the particularly dry weather we're experiencing at the moment makes it easier for the two islands to see each other. They were all taken on Saturday 21st November 2020:

this photo by Rajiv D. was taken from Cascavelle near Flic-en-Flac, and 
clearly shows Piton des Neiges to the left and La Fournaise to the right
(source)

The following four photos by Noah Anacooa show sunset the same day (source).

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