SANTA CRUZ, DAPHNE MAJOR, SANTIAGO, SIERRA NEGRA
All photos taken by René Goad
The Santa Cruz shield volcano complex as seen from the Darwin Research Station.
The flank of Daphne Major, a partially eroded extinct tuff cone.
Looking up the flanks of Daphne Major.
Rock formations on Daphne Major.
An exposed section of Daphne Major.
Bartolome Island is in sight. It is an inactive offshore satellite cone of Santiago.
Santiago’s volcanic coastline.
Volcanic landscapes and the Santiago Volcano in the background.
Santiago’s southeast shoreline made up of pahoehoe lava flows.
Spatter cone field on Bartolome Island, an inactive offshore satellite cone of Santiago.
The texture of an exposed spatter cone on Bartolome Island, an offshore satellite cone of Santiago.
Santiago’s volcanic landscapes as viewed from Bartolome Island.
Santiago Volcano in the distance.
The pahoehoe lava field of Santiago plus other offshore islands of Bainbridge Rocks, Sombrero Chino, and Rabida.
The vast summit caldera on the Sierra Negra shield volcano, Isabela Island.
View of Sierra Negra’s east caldera rim with the 2005 lava flows parallel to the east caldera wall.
Close up of the solidified lava from the 2005 eruption of Sierra Negra.
Vegetation diminishes on the northeast flank of Sierra Negra.
Entering the barren zone on the northeast flank of Sierra Negra.
Small lava tube on the northeast flank of Sierra Negra.
Cactuses on the old lava landscape on Sierra Negra.
Lava on Sierra Negra.
More solidified lava flows on Sierra Negra and a scoria cone in the background.
Solidified pahoehoe lava on Sierra Negra.
A collapsed roof of a lava tube on Sierra Negra.
A fracture on the northeast flanks of Sierra Negra.
Sierra Negra’s barren volcanic landscape on the northeast flanks.
The crater of Volcan Chico, a vent on Sierra Negra.
Sulphur on the rocks inside the crater of Volcan Chico, Sierra Negra.
Volcan Chico crater interior, Sierra Negra.
Lava channels on Sierra Negra’s northeastern flanks.
Skylight of a lava tube on Sierra Negra.
Vast lava fields extending north of the Sierra Negra Volcano.
Silvery pahoehoe lava on Sierra Negra.
Santa Cruz volcanic complex as seen from South Plaza Island.
Interior of a lava tube located inside the Chato Reserve on Santa Cruz.
One of the twin collapse pit craters of Los Gemelos in the central highlands of Santa Cruz.
The tuff cone of Daphne Major.
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