Saturday, September 10, 2011

Sullivan Bay or, The Moon

After lunch we donned heavier hiking shoes and made a dry landing on a lava field on Santiago. The lava is primarily pahoehoe or ropy lava.


The lava created fascinating designs and covered hundreds of acres. We hiked across miles of the 100 year old flow trying to avoid the sharper, more shattered aa lava. These little hornitos reminded me of the mud volcanoes in Yellowstone.


The red in the background is an older, more weathered flow.

Even after 100 years, there is very little life. A few lava lizards close to the edge and a couple cacti farther inland.



Beautiful in its severity.




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Location:Santiago, Galapagos

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