we chugged past El Hierro early in the morning, where months before there was an ongoing submarine eruption. Its activity has since subsided and there was no floating pumice seen from the ship, but the nautical chart for the area had this added notification recently pasted in the lower-left (click images to enlarge):
La Palma is the northwestern-most island in the Canary archipelago, and its volcanic origin is easily seen on the east coast where a cinder cone is being eroded by wave action:
A large number of our group made the short hike along the rim of another cinder cone on the southern tip of the island, near the Teneguia vent that last erupted in 1971:
This volcanic bomb landed on the rim of the cone, and that's RP (a marine biologist and part of the Zegrahm staff) standing next to it for scale:
After our volcanic explorations, we headed to a local bodega and eagerly participated in a wine tasting and tour of the winery:
Finally, our day was rounded out with a tour of a local pottery artisan's shop:
No comments:
Post a Comment