A church on Thera overlooks the lava island of Nea Kameni, in the center of the caldera. Only two Santorini islands are habitable: Thera, larger and busier, and Thirasia.
—From "Santorini: Greece's Sensuous Daughter of Cataclysm," September/Ocotober 1997, National Geographic Traveler
Get a taste of the Mediterranean with these images taken on assignment for the National Geographic magazine article "Santorini: Greece's Sensuous Daughter of Cataclysm."