Gerhard Billig at Santa Maria

Gerhard Billig (right) in the Santa Maria operations room with the station team, from left, Ricardo Conde, Vanessa Esteves, Vera Carvalho and Hugo Braga. The Santa Maria S-band station, also known as 'Montes das Flores' (Hill of Flowers), is located 5 km from the town of Vila do Porto on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, in the Azores.