Caribbean Factor

After more than 50 years of looking to the stars, #Arecibo Observatory, one of the world’s largest telescopes, is slated for demolition after sustaining massive damages to its radio dish and equipment platform.🇵🇷 📡 #puertorico #space #astronomy nationalgeographic.com/scien…

🇧🇶 🏞 Bonaire’s Washington Slagbaai National Park was first established in 1969 when the government purchased the Washington plantation. In 1977, the park was expanded with the acquisition of the Slagbaai plantation.

🇻🇨 🌳🌳🌳 The King's Hill Forest Reserve is the oldest protected area in St. Vincent and the Grenadines created to counter environmental degradation associated to deforestation in the 18th century. via @JSTOR #StVincentandtheGrenadines #forestreserve #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean

🇲🇶 👑 🇫🇷 Joséphine was born June 23, 1763 in Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique. She lived there for 15 years before moving to Paris, France and marrying Napoléon Bonaparte in 1796. #Martinique #Empress #CaribbeanFacts #Caribbean (via @US_FranceFR)

🇦🇼 🐍 The Aruba Island Rattlesnakes are classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. #Aruba #ABCIslands #Rattlesnakes #CaribbeanFacts #Caribbean (via @lincolnparkzoo)

🇳🇱 🏝 On October 10, 2010, the government of the Netherlands dissolved the Netherlands Antilles which resulted in Sint Maarten and Curaçao becoming countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. (via @Britannica)

🇻🇮 Happy Monday! via @tiphanieyanique #USVI #Caribbean #MondayQuotes

🇹🇨 🐚 The Caicos Conch Farm was started in 1984 by Chuck Hesse on the island of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. #TurksandCaicosIslands #QueenConch #ConchFarm #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean (via @VisitTCI)

🚨 We are EXCITED to share our NEW Logo. 🚨 Caribbean Factor is your resource for discovering interesting facts about the Caribbean - its people, places and truly amazing things. If you ❤️ or 🧐 about the places we call home, check us out. #Caribbean #CaribbeanFacts

🇳🇱 🛬 Hills on one side, the sea on both ends. 4 years after the first aircraft landing on the island of Saba, Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport began service on July 24, 1963. #Saba #Airport #CaribbeanFacts #Caribbean (via @BTUK)

🇰🇾 🔥 Hell is a unique landscape of blackened limestone spanning half a football field and estimated to be 10 to 15 million years old. The color of the limestone is a result of biological erosion. #GrandCayman #CaymanIslands #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean via @Cayman_Islands

#LeadingThroughChange Yes to expanding our pallets.

A Great Excerpt of Jason deCaires Taylor’s talk on the world’s first underwater sculpture park situated off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea. It was instrumental in the creation of a national marine protected area by the local government. #TedTalk #Caribbean #Grenada

🇱🇨 ⛰ At 770 m and 743 m high respectively, Gros and Petit Pitons are among the tallest mountains on St. Lucia. The Soufrière Foundation is dedicated to preserving the Pitons Management Area. #StLucia #Pitons #UNESCO #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean via @UNESCO 📷: @SandalsResorts

🇬🇩 🏞 The Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park was created by Jason deCaires Taylor in 2006 and consist of over 65 concrete sculptures in the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Grenada. #Grenada #UnderwaterSculpture #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean via @discovergrenada

🇻🇬 🏛 Dr. William Thornton was honored as the first Architect of the Capital, for his original design of the U.S. Capitol accepted by President George Washington in 1793. #USCapitol #WashingtonDC #DCHistory #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean via @uscapitol 📷: @Britannica

☀️ Always do your best TODAY for the future is uncertain. Happy Monday! #MondayQuotes #quotes #Caribbean

🇻🇮 💰 The Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands on Mar. 31, 1917 when the United States brought them for US$25M. March 31st (Transfer Day) commemorates the transfer from Denmark to the United States. #USVI #Denmark #UnitedStates #Caribbeanfacts via @Virgin_Islands

🇹🇹 🛣 Pitch Lake covers approximately 457,294.8 square meters and measures 250 ft deep at its center, holding around 10 million tons of asphalt. #TrinidadandTobago #asphalt #CaribbeanFacts #Caribbean via @businessinsider

🇦🇬 ⛵️ In 1493, Christopher Columbus arrived on the island of Antigua, whose name is derived from the Santa Maria la Antigua in Seville Cathedral, Spain. Barbuda was inspired by its bearded fig trees. #AntiguaandBarbuda #Spanish #caribbeanfacts #Caribbean via @antiguabarbuda