Hiding in plain sight

That's what this lava lizard (spotted
on a trip to the Galapagos) was doing.
Since all of the creatures there seem to have 
no fear of humans—and no reason to—we
were warned to watch out for these little guys
while hiking on a 100-square-mile
lava field on the island of San Salvador.

[Today's prompt for the Thursday Photo Challenge
is "small animals." To see more, visit Dale's meme.]

And it's the 1st of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog. 

The Weekend in Black and White

To me, this looks like the folds of some
nubby cloth.  But it's lava!  It dried in 
beautiful patterns like this after an 
1865 volcanic eruption on the Island of
Santiago (aka San Salvador) in the Galapagos.
Darwin never got to see this, since it
happened 30 years after he visited the islands.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

In the Galapagos, I took a walk on a
100-square-mile lava field that was created
when a volcano erupted in 1865—just one
 of many, many firsts on this amazing trip.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]