This island has recently (in geologic terms) been formed by a very active volcano. As with Santa Cruz, we had a rough landing. It was (barely) dry:
Because the island is so new, it has very little vegetation:
But we could see not only fields of frozen lava, but also "lava bombs," like this one:
This cactus is one of the pioneer plants, which are the first to establish themselves on newly cooled lava. Over a 100,000 years, it will break down the lava to become soil:
The lava moonscapes were fantastic:
I worried about dad on this hike more than any other, but he was fine:
From the summit there were great views.
1. Of the ithsmus where the sea turtles lived and the rocks beyond where there was a colony of penguins:
2. The underwater caldera by the landing point:
3. Nearby Santa Cruz island, which was nearly joined to Bartholomé in the last eruption, which left the field of lava in the distance:
Back on board the zodaic, we went in search of penguins. There are about eight penguin families on Bartholomé; we found three of them:
The first (the smallest is their child):
The second:
And the third:
We also examined the wild geology of the place:
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