Solar observatory on Mount Teide

 The Mount Teide volcano National Park on Tenerife has an observatory as well. This time it's a solar observatory for looking at our nearest star.

You might wonder why they'd put a telescope there. But look at the view from above it looking down. The clouds that are blown in by the Trade Winds are well below the level of the telescope so there will always be good views of the Sun. You can tell from the arid landscape that it doesn't rain much - although there were small patches of snow on the top of Mount Teide itself. Also, being about half way to the Equator from Wigton, the differences in daylight hours between winter and summer are much less severe.