Added: May 17, 2008
From: Viriatus
Duration: 7:14
I'm a big fan of the Austrian band Summoning, whose lyrics draw inspiration from the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. I had the idea of gathering the best pictures i could find about the place i live, Madeira Island, and make a video using Summoning's music because the scenery fits perfectly the music. This island is special because it is where there are some of the oldest forests in the world. The laurisilva forests of Macaronesia are relicts of a vegetation type which originally covered much of the Mediterranean Basin when the climate of the region was more humid. With the drying of the Mediterranean Basin during the Pliocene, the laurel forests gradually retreated, replaced by more drought-tolerant sclerophyll plant communities. Most of the last remaining laurisilva forests around the Mediterranean are believed to have disappeared approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene, when the Mediterranean basin became warmer and drier, although some remnants of the laurel forest flora still persist in the mountains of southern Spain, north-center of Portugal and northern Morocco, and two constituent species (Laurus nobilis and Ilex aquifolium) remain widespread. The location of the Macaronesian Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean moderated these climatic fluctuations, and maintained the relatively humid and mild climate which has allowed these forests to persist to the present day. more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurisilva http://www.madeira-island.com/features/1999/laurissilva/ Summoning homepage: http://www.summoning.info/
Channel: Music
Tags: black forest madeira metal nature portugal summoning tolkien
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