Tag Archives: Sierra Negra

Postcard from The Galapagos…

Posted on Thursday, 10 June, 2010 by Rene

By Stephan Küffner Source : Time Hikers admire the view from the Caldera Rim of the Chico Volcano, Sierra Negra, Isabela Island January 2009. Juan Carlos Munoz / NPL If you roam Isabela, the largest of Ecuador’s fabled Galápagos Islands, … Continue reading →

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Galapagos – Hiking, Horses & Helicopters: Scientists Launch NSF Study of Sierra Negra

Posted on Monday, 31 August, 2009 by Rene

NSF funds interdisciplinary study of seismology, geodesy and volcanology on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos Islands Miami, Fla. — An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami (UM), University of Rochester, University of Idaho-Moscow and the Instituto Geofísico, … Continue reading →

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Go With The (Lava) Flow – Galapagos

Posted on Sunday, 8 March, 2009 by Rene

By Rebecca Newman (Go To Source) FT.com When Herman Melville arrived on the Galapagos, he thought it an “evilly enchanted ground… looking as the world might after a penal conflagration”. After a five-mile hike to the highest point of the … Continue reading →

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