Today it was hard to leave those lava flows behind, they were specially colorful and magical. We stayed in the tidal pools until the sun set behind the mangroves. At the same time the moon was shining in the east, almost full. The sky was pink and white and light blue, and we could only watch in silence, because there are no words when one is communing with Planet Earth.
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 24 Aug 1999
From the Polaris in the Galapagos, 8/24/1999, National Geographic Polaris
- Aboard the National Geographic Polaris
- Galápagos
A hawk watching another hawk, a predator watching another predator. Both at the top of a black mangrove, and both at the top of the food chain in Galapagos. Searching for a marine iguana, or a lava lizard or a noisy mockingbird, such is the life of a bird of prey in Punta Espinoza, Fernandina Island.
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