(foto’s from the Facebooksite of Haritopoulos Stathis, also see post 1281)Chalkidiki with Kassandra, Sithonia and Athos

Mount Athos covered in clouds

Mount Athos: South East corner

Mount Athos: with Prodromou and Lavra

Mount Athos from the island Amouliani

Athos seen from Sithonia

Athos seen from the mainland, with Amouliani Ouranopoli and the Mountain

Also seen from the mainlandfrom Amouliani

In the winter

from Sithonia

and at sunrise

By the way: Google maps improved their picture quality: all images are without clouds nowadays (although they missed a part of Athos in the North: when you zoom in clouds still cover the area between Chilandariou and Koutloumousiou)!

Example of the old situation with the clouds

Wim, 29/6

Thanks our reader from the blog Anagnostikon I can show you a picture of the mountain seen from Lemnos (thanks for sharing!):

And I found one more picture in my archive: Athos from space: