Galapagos – Evolution – Travelogue 2
The strong surf forms strange and wondrous formations from the lava…..which are always impressive in their diversity.
On our boat trip through the Galapagos archipelago, we pass a completely flat lava island, in the middle of which stands a huge debris cone of extinct lava. A strangely strange sight. We drive up to the island with our small dinghy. In the immediate vicinity, the structures of the extinct lava can be seen as clearly as if it had just cooled down. The sea is smooth and calm. No sound of an animal or bird can be heard. A strange, almost unsettling silence surrounds us in this wasteland. We are kind of relieved when we are back on board our ship and leave this place. Elsewhere, huge rock needles emerge from the turquoise blue water as if they wanted to give a signal.
This coastal formation must have originated from a huge volcanic eruption. The lava structure has huge dimensions. The lava masses are continuously processed by the force of the ocean surf and finally ground into sand.
Huge lava flows have poured over already existing land masses, so that new layers are piling up again and again. Only sporadically does plant growth form in sparse form. We are presented with an impressive landscape with a variety of forms that can only be found here on the Galapagos Islands.
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