ʻO Chico Volcano


Uaʻikeʻia nā mokupuniʻo Galapagos ma mua aʻe o 5 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma muli o ka hopena mana. ʻO ka hapanui o lākou he poʻe nohoʻole. Aia i waena o lākou kekahi poʻe e hele nei nā huakaʻi. Aia 4 mau mokupuni i nohoʻia, akāʻekolu mau mea i kaulana i ka poʻe malihini. ʻO'Isebela kekahiʻo lākou. ʻO ka hele pololeiʻana i ka hoʻohālikelikeʻana me San Cristobal a me Santa Cruz he haʻahaʻa loa, no ka mea, he mau kikoo kēia aʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka a pau ke komo i ka lua pele o Chico - kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o ka mokupuni.

Aia ka lua pele?

ʻAʻoleʻo Chico kahiʻike kūʻokoʻa o nā mokupuniʻo Galapagos. Uaʻike pinepineʻia e pili ana iā ia i ka huakaʻi hele i kona "makua" - ka lua peleʻo Sierra Negra (aiʻole Santa Thomas). ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole heʻanoʻokoʻa ke ala no ka "keiki", koe wale nō ke emi o Chico i ka liʻiliʻi a me ka wahi a puniʻoiaiʻaʻole he ola, akā he nani loa.

He aha eʻike?

Ua laweʻia lākou maʻaneʻi no nā māhele maikaʻi, ka hilinaʻi o nā māhele lunarua. Ma ke ala e piʻi ai, kahe mai nā muliwai mai ke kau aniani mai, e moe ana i ka lā me nāʻale a me nāʻili āpau. ʻO kēia mau mea nani a pau i puka mai ma hope o ka hopena hope loa, i ka makahiki 2005. He pilikia loa ke alanui, akā, inā ua uhiʻia me ka pōhaku i'ōwiliʻia - nā pebble o nāʻano likeʻole a me nā lau.

ʻO Cico i ka'ōlelo Pelekānia he mea liʻiliʻi. Aʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua emi ikiʻo ia ma mua o kāna hōʻuluʻuluʻana -ʻo Wolf a me ka Sierra Negre a kiʻekiʻe, a ma ka nui o ka lua pele. Ua uhi paʻaʻia kaʻelemakule i nā'āpana o ka'āina momona, ma laila a ma lailaʻoe eʻike ai i ka cacti, i kekahi mau pua nani, kekahi mea e like me ka mauʻu. ʻO lākou wale nō ka mālamaʻana i kēia mau pōʻino. Ma kahi i hiki koke mai ai ka pele (kahi e ulu ai ka lua pele i kekahi manawa, me ka hanaʻinoʻole i nā noho kanaka),ʻaʻohe mea e ulu.

Ma waho aʻe o nā māhele maikaʻi a me ka panohana nani e hāmama ana mai luna o Chico, maʻaneʻi hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā manu - nā pale, nā mea uila melemele, a me nā mea pale.

ʻO ke ala e piʻi ai i luna o Chico ma kahi o 12 km. I kēia manawa a pau, ponoʻoe e hele ma kahi ākea ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka mahana. No laila, e hele ana i kēia huakaʻi, e lawe pū meʻoe:

A mai hoʻopoinaʻoe e kau pani i kou poʻo. ʻO ka lua peleʻo Chico kekahi o nā kiʻi nui loa o ka mokupuniʻo Isabela . No ka poʻe malihini mākaʻikaʻi, e piʻi aʻe he mea pono no ka heleʻana i nā mokupuniʻo Galapagos .