2012-02-07 The Volcano !

 

This was a day Dave I had out in the National Park of Timanfaya, there are pictures of the camels which can take you into the park for 20mins (but not this day for us as it was TOOOO cold!)

There is a picture of the BBQ over a volcanic vent, and blow holes which water is poured down to create a huge geyser …

The other  pictures are of the huge, incredible landscape of the park, which you must go around in a coach, you are not allowed to drive around or walk in the park (so therefore some pictures have reflections from the coach windows)

 

 

 

2012-02-06 the Isle of Graciosa and other views on this day !

 

2012-02-06 In the Lanzarote Volcano ‘bubbles’

 

There is a tunnel, left by a lava stream over 3000 years ago……it is 7km long, but in places the gas in the tunnels escaped as bubbles and left huge craters, people on Lanzarote ( mainly an artist) have turned some of them into wonderful gardens  ( the cactus garden is one) or auditoriums………in one there is a pool which has sea water in which a blind white crab lives….this is how I understand it (the lava stream bit!)

 

In this first picture, I am looking under a rock of lava flow, on the next picture, you can see what is growing ON top of the rock.

unfortunately a bit of light, possibly reflection from the flash got in this one, but the crab is very clear……..

Another ‘oasis’ in a volcanic bubble.

I think I already said YES Dave !!