Fernadina and Isabela, Galapagos, February 1, 2006
Our third full day in the Galapagos begins with a long night run from the north eastern edge of the national park to a spot about mid-way along the west side. Our first stop is Fernadina, the newest island, only 700,000 years old, and home to La Cumbre which blows its stack on a regular basis. The last major stack blow being May of 2005. The area we land in was recently uptrust from the ocean floor and so sand beaches are found hundreds of feet inland. It all feels solid enough, but God is still at work here. Fernadina is the island least impacted by humans or foreign plant or animal species. Here we will see the flightless Cormorant. In the afternoon we climb up the slopes of Isabela Island to view Lake Darwin and then higher to see the sights from the top of a volcanic cone. Back down on the water we will see our first Galapagos penguins. Both are to be dry landings. The last 17 pictures in this gallery are by Penny with her Canon camera.