Deception Island
On the trip back to South America, our ship stopped at Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. This island is actually a caldera that blew open so wide that the main crater flooded with sea water. The volcano remains active, creating new craters every so often, most recently in 1969. The landscape was a stark change from where we had been in Antarctica, with black igneous rock dominating the color spectrum and the ice pack occasionally peeking through the eroding dirt.
Approaching Deception Island
Entering the caldera through Neptune's Bellows
A different color palette greeted us
A view from one of many crater rims
A crater lake from a more recent eruption
Hiking the volcanic terrain (see the yellow parkas on the right?)
The ash and ice creates hypnotic patterns
These light brown rock formations looked like poo left by some earth monster
A tremendous view of ice, ash, and melting snow
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