MOLTEN LAVA flows into the sea from the slopes of rugged Narborough Island 

 in the Galapagos Archipelago, sending great white clouds of steam hissing 

 skyward from the water's edge. In the photograph above members of the 1927 

 expedition on the Oaxaca approach the sizzling cauldron as near as intense 

 heat will permit. The distant view below shows a long reach of the island shore 

 bathed in lava from volcanic eruption. Along the shore members of the expe- 

 dition found thousands of fish killed by the heat, steam, sulphurous sedimen- 

 tation or sub-sea disturbances. Although volcanoes on the major islands have 

 since lain dormant, vents continually pour forth fumes and steam. 



