The Flowing Gold - #10 on explore - a photo on Flickriver

Covão d’Ametade is a paradisiacal setting full of bucolic and poetic sentiment, one of the most symbolic and beautiful places in the mountain named Serra da Estrela. It is located at the beginning of the Zêzere Glacier Valley. It is in Covão d'Ametade that the Zêzere River takes shape, in the small plain originating in glacial sediments that was previously a lagoon with the same origin.

It is a very attractive area due to the surrounding vegetation mostly composed of birch trees, a plant that has the particularity of creating an ecosystem with a great biodiversity. Although the place is at a quota close to 1500 meters of altitude, it is just not accessible on the most severe winter days when the roads do not allow passage due to snowfall.

The Zêzere River begins to take shape in Covão d´Ametade, where it strolls with superb vanity, as if preparing to thicken the flow of its crystalline waters along the Zêzere Glacier valley, to later deposit them, with all its strength, on the Tagus River.

Further info on Serra da Estrela can be found on this other photo of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/rbaptista/50799315481/in/dateposted/

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This shot was taken early morning on a beautiful Winter day (February). Very cold weather but no snow.

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Covão d’Ametade, Serra da Estrela, Portugal

© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

Taken in: Portugal / Castelo Branco / Cortes do Meio / Penhas da Saúde (show map)

Taken on: February 18, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/11.0, 1/8 sec, 21mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture One 21 Windows
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