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Manuel Machado Bettencourt, age 79, was a vigia for nine years in his village of São Mateus on Pico. Back in the day he could spot whales who were 30 miles out to sea – today he says his eyesight is still strong, just not close-up. Photo by Gemina Garland-Lewis.