Galapagos Diary, Day One: Las Bachas, Santa Cruz

That afternoon, we landed at Las Bachas on the island of Santa Cruz. To the left are turtle nests. Below is an interesting intersection of tracks (iguana and I don't know what), and to the left, Josh Timonen films Richard, with Diego, one of the naturalists, in the foreground.

Here is a close-up of a portion of the organic beach, not yet pounded down into sand. Below we see the remains of the barges ("bachas") that give this harbor its name.

Basalt lava with seaweed.

Note: Many of my photos are now available at Flickr.