Here is our group on top of a vent cone. Vent cones typically pop up around volcanos.
You can judge the age of each island by the amount and height of the vegetation. This is one of the older islands and was covered with large brush and small scraggly trees. The lake in the foreground is a collapsed creator. This angle is misleading. The lake is about eight hundred feet above sea level. Darwin discovered the lake but was disappointed to find it too saline to drink. Down in the cove there is a rock ledge with many carved names and dates including one from around the time of Darwin's visit in 1835.
These are the boats (Zodiacs?) that carried us to the landing sites. We also took several boat trips around the island shores. It was a good way to get right up to the cliffs to see blue footed boobies and penguins.
This is a rookery where the sea lion pups relentlessly pursued the mothers for a meal. The interaction between mother and pup was fun to watch and sometimes amusingly familiar.
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