What survives on volcanoes changes with the type of volcano and its inhabitants. Rabida Island is the red beach made from the red cinder sand and small pebbles. Without the vegetation you would see the vastness of red. The island has small bush like trees and cactus. No land iguanas live here who prey on cactus and as a result the cactus have adapted their thorns to be quite fine.. The fine thornes don’t hurt the birds that are needed to pollinate the flowers.
December is the end of the dry season, and to conserve their energy, the trees drop their leaves. The tree survives by sucking moisture from the lichen that inhabits it’s branches. The cactus survives by performing photosynthesis during the night when it’s pores can be open to take in the carbon dioxide and reduce the amount of moisture loss.
The landscape is rugged and desolate and interesting and unlike anything I have previously seen.
The world around me 