Last Friday was the national holiday, Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone has off work to gather with their families, eat moon cakes and pomelos, and look at the full moon. Some Taiwanese friends invited me to join them yachting around Turtle Island in Yilan County. Around the island, which is also an active volcano, a special hydrothermal ecosystem is created by the mixing of seawater with saltwater hot springs. It is called the Milk Sea, because as you approach the island you can see a distinction where the water suddenly becomes much whiter. It is more acidic and smells like sulfur.
 |
| The turtle |
No comments:
Post a Comment