Les îles du Salut

The ESA MSG team was in excursion on Sunday 10/05 to the Salvation Islands. At lunch time, a nice encounter attracted a lot of attention!

A Scarlet macaw eating a chicken leg in the restaurant of the Royal island after a kind of robbery

After a tour of the Royale and Saint-Joseph Islands, less colourful postcards have been compiled from a place which is at first a memorial place…

View on the Devil Island (forbidden area). The Dreyfus' prison can be seen (white spot)

Dreyfus' prison (Ile du Diable/Devil Island)

Governor's House (Ile Royale/Royal island)

Church (Ile Royale/Royal island)

Children cemetery (Ile Royale/Royal island)

Hostpital and the CNES beacon behind (Ile Royale/Royal island)

Prisoners pool

Prison in ruins on the Saint Joseph Island (1) dated 1898/1899

Prison in ruins on the Saint Joseph Island (2) corridor along the cells

Prison in ruins on the Saint Joseph Island (3) grid covering the cell (no roof)

Prison in ruins on the Saint Joseph Island (4) Metallic structure to support the roof

Cemetery for the managing and administrative personnel of the Islands (Saint-Joseph island)

Cross in the cemetery (Saint-Joseph island)

View on the sea for the Saint-Joseph island shore

The same excursion was made during MSG-3 launch campaign. Click here to see it again.