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Galapagos Lava Walk

The Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are volcanic in origin. Some of the lava flows are only a few years old. On a tour of the islands, you are taken on a walk over a lava field, where there are some colonising plants and insects, so the process from sharp bare lava to soil, plants and animals is visible. Also on this island there are tunnels between pools and the sea, and we saw a shark and turtles in the pool. Other depressions have flamingos.
Ship to shore
Ship to shore
Volcanic rock formation
Volcanic rock formation
Rope lava
Rope lava
Lava tunnel
Lava tunnel
Similar to saguaro cacti.
Similar to saguaro cacti.
Various lava formations
Various lava formations
g9/49/985549/3/155837177.5GgDMbiU.jpg Lagoon to the Sea
Lagoon to the Sea
Link to the sea.
Link to the sea.
Lagoon resident
Lagoon resident
Maya and one of our co-passengers.
Maya and one of our co-passengers.
Sea turtle
Sea turtle
Turtle in rock pool.
Turtle in rock pool.
Turtle in pool
Turtle in pool
Turtles in sea-linked pool.
Turtles in sea-linked pool.
Lava forms
Lava forms
Lava forms
Lava forms
One of the Lagoons
One of the Lagoons
Edge of the Lagoon
Edge of the Lagoon
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Lagoon with flamingo
Lagoon with flamingo
Lagoon with flamingo
Lagoon with flamingo
Lagoon with flamingo
Lagoon with flamingo
Bird nest, Side entrance
Bird nest, Side entrance
Protected!
Protected!
Cactus: sheltering a bird nest.
Cactus: sheltering a bird nest.
Cactus from above
Cactus from above
Lava flow cactus.
Lava flow cactus.
Lava cacti
Lava cacti
Lava rocks
Lava rocks
Lichen
Lichen
Lava forms
Lava forms
Yet more lava flow patterns
Yet more lava flow patterns
Rock Patterns
Rock Patterns
Patterns the lava has cooled in.
Patterns the lava has cooled in.
Lava flow
Lava flow
Rope lava
Rope lava
Seismic crack in the lava flow.
Seismic crack in the lava flow.
Rope lava
Rope lava
Colonising plants in the midst of lava.
Colonising plants in the midst of lava.
Lava flow, long view
Lava flow, long view
Glassy surface of lava flow, close-up.
Glassy surface of lava flow, close-up.
Colonising plant in the midst of lava.
Colonising plant in the midst of lava.
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Rope lava
Rope lava
First colonising plants
First colonising plants
Fern in lava crevice
Fern in lava crevice
Spider & web in lava crevice.
Spider & web in lava crevice.