A few photos of our time on Floreana while visiting aboard Solaris…
Hiking with the group on Floreana
Female green sea turtle tracks on the beach where she hauled herself up the beach to lay her eggs in a nest she dug and and then covered with sand
A brackish pond and a cinder cone in Floreana’s interior
Blue footed booby
Check out those feet
Pieces of olivine were formed when the volcano on Floreana erupted and magnesium iron silicate crystallized to form these beautiful green crystals
Dropping off a few postcards at Post Office Bay, Floreana. This system of sending letters to family was originally started by whalers who left their mail for sailors on passing ships to deliver. We will see if our postcards ever get delivered…
