La Palma island, Canary islands. International Astrophysical Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos. - Fotografía de stock

The Roque de los Muchachos ("Rook of boys") is located in the highest point of the La Palma island in Canary islands, Spain. It is located at 2,426 meters above sea level. Here is the International Astrophysical Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos because La Palma island and specifically this point is one of the best point in the world for astronomical observation. From there you can see an impressive view of the Caldera de Taburiente National park. The Roque de los Muchachos closes the Caldera de Taburiente in the north. Caldera de Taburiente National Park is characterized by a huge circus of eight kilometers in diameter with a caldera aspect, where multiple volcanic eruptions, great landslides, the erosive force of water and time have been modeling its geomorphology, turning it into a steep landscape with almost 2,000 m of unevenness. The island of La Palma is an island of the Atlantic Ocean belonging to the archipelago of the Canary Islands (Spain). Since 2002, the entire island is a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco. This island have the nicknames of "La Isla Bonita" (The Beautiful island) and "La Isla Verde" (The green island) because La Palma presents a great variety of landscapes, due to the diversity of ecosystems that it presents, from the coastal arid to the very humid forest formation of laurisilva, in addition to forests of pine forests and a high mountain ecosystem.