ʻO nā Gemini Craters


Aia ma nā Galapagos , e like me kekahi mokupuni'ē aʻe, nui nāʻano. Ke hoʻokuʻi nei i ka piko o ka mokupuniʻo Santa Cruz , eʻikeʻoe iʻelua mau pōhaku nui kokoke i ke alaloa. ʻO kēia nā pali o Los Gemelos (ma ka'ōlelo Helene e like me "māhoe"), nā pūkoi nui i uhiʻia me nā mea kanu o nā mea ulu a me ka nānāʻana i ko lākouʻano kūlohelohe. Me nā pūnāwai pū kekahi kekahi o nā mea'eneʻe kūlohelohe o ka mokupuni.

Nāʻano o ka hopena o nā craters

Ināʻoe e nānā mai ka lihi o ka pali ma lalo,ʻike nā papa i nā wahi kahiko kahiko, kahi i hana ai nā kānaka i pōhaku no ka hanaʻana i ko lākou mau home. ʻO ka hohonu o nā pī'āi he 30 meters paha, akā, e like me nā kaʻao o ka home, hoʻokahi hohonu loa kekahi o nā papa i hikiʻole i kekahi keʻike i kona mauʻano maoli. Meteoritic, volcanoic, karstic -ʻo nā hua'ōlelo wale nō o ke kumu o nā mea hoʻokipa hilahilaʻaʻole i hoʻokumuʻia e kaʻepekema. ʻO nā lua "māhoe" e pili like i nā pupuhi lunarua, a, e like me kā mākouʻike, e loaʻa kahi huakai. Akāʻo ka hōʻailona kokoke i kaʻoiaʻiʻo e'ōlelo ana he mau papa hana kūpono ka hopena, aʻo ka hopena i hoʻopōʻinoʻia e ka palapili a ma muli o ka hopena o nā local kectonic i hāʻule. Aia a hiki i kēia manawa,ʻo nāʻaoʻao o nā māwae he mea loea loa a hiki ke hāʻule iho, no laila,ʻaʻole i manaʻoʻia e pili ana i ko lākou palena. I ka makahiki 1989, ua hanaʻia he kahua hoʻolālā no ka loli o ka poʻe malihini kipa ma kahi o nā "māhoe". He mea kupaianaha ka paona: i loko o kēlā me kēia o nā hoʻolele e hiki ke hoʻokomo i nā kahua pāʻani.

ʻO ka Fauna a me ka flora o Los Gemelos

Hiki i nā'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo ke uhi i nā paia a me ka lalo o nā papa, e puni ana i ka'āina, eʻokiʻia e kekahi mau ala. He kino kūikawā kona, hoʻomaha a mālie. I loko o ka nahele nui a me nā ulu lāʻau liʻiliʻi hiki iāʻoe ke lohe i ka hīmeniʻana o nā manu, ma kahi kokoke i nā pali heʻohe lūlū, Darwin finches, aʻo ka manuʻoi loa he meaʻulaʻula. ʻO kēia nā meaʻano maʻalahi a maikaʻi nā manu, i penaʻia i kaʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula. ʻO nā mea kanu, ua ulu nā kumu. Ma ka'āpana o nā māwae, aia kahi'āpana cirrhosis e ulu ana,ʻo ia ka uluʻana a hiki i 20 m ke kiʻekiʻe a nānā aku i ka lāʻau maoli.

Pehea e hiki ai i laila?

Aia nā lua o nā māhoe ma ka piko waena o Santa Cruz Island , kokoke i ke alaloa e pili ana i ka mokulele i Fr. ʻO Balta a me ke kūlanakauhale nui o ka pae mokuʻo Puerto Ayora . ʻO ka mamao mai ke alanui he 25 a me 125 m. Ma kahi o ka hola a me ka hapalua ke kaʻawaleʻana i nā craters.