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Maciço Montanhoso Central with Curral das Freiras

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Panoramic view from Boca dos Namorados in N direction into the Ribeira dos Socorridos with the remote village of Curral das Freiras, now easily accessible through a road tunnel. Pico Ruivo (1862 m) can be seen in the upper right centre of the scene. The foehn clouds leaking in from the background indicate a typical meteorological situation in which the island is approached by humid air masses from roughly N direction.