We went to check out some of the volcanoes about 4km from the Nuclear Power Plant site. It was absolutely roasting. It's a desert with temperatures of around 30-35°C, and in stead of cooling down in the afternoon, it heats up so that by 5 o'clock, it's unbearable. Right when we ran out of water! Nice one! Note for the future, 2 litres of water each isn't enough!
We walked along the tops of 6 volcanic cones which form a semi-circle with lava flows and pyroclastic flow deposits in the middle. Ivan pointed out loads of textures and rock types and was showing me how to read the landscape and talking about different types of eruptions etc to "brush up on my volcanology" which is excellent considering I've never been taught it!
We found an amazing outcrop of a "frozen" lava lake! There were these swirling patterns where magma was mixing, and at the top there were waves of lava trying to erupt through the country rock - very cool!
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