Martin: it's difficult to get any shadows support the impression of depth in this frontal light, in combination with the slopes leaning away. My thought was that the tree objects could help with that, but apparently that's not sufficient either :-)
I am not quite sure which parts seem lifted that have referred to, but I think it's a combination of strata layers and the slope constraint sand that could create such an impression.
Mohawk: You are right with the density of trees. There are places (parks) where the palms grow very dense, but they are artificially watered places. Unless there's a sweet water well somewere further up, and a little "river" would be flowing into the sea, the palms should not be so dense. Lastly, I don't know the reason why the canary islands, especially Fuerteventura, are so dry.
Frank
