When driving across the Teide mountain range on Tenerife, visitors will mostly see nature, beautiful views, and a tiny building here and there. This almost monotonous nature and beauty are interrupted about two-thirds along the way from the south to the north, where suddenly the horizon fills up with strange, futuristic-looking white structures. These buildings are part of Teide Observatory. Inaugurated in 1964, this was the place to study if you were an astronomer on the Canaries. However, the site became less and less useful for astronomers as time progressed,…
