Yakushima 2012 - part 3

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The last set of images from Yakushima. Drove around the Island one afternoon, and happened to stumble upon a newly hatched sea turtle struggling to find its way to the ocean.

We had previously learned from our friend who studies them, that in the process of reaching the ocean, the sea turtle uses Earth's magnetic field to understand where it is. This information will be used many years later, when the turtle returns to the same beach to lay its eggs. So, picking up the turtle and placing it in the ocean is prohibited under any circumstances.

The following day, we then went hiking in Shiratani Unsuikyo, a nice trek though some of the most beautiful forests on the Island.


屋久島写真の続き、今週でラストです。新婚の友人夫妻と車で島を一周した日、永田浜で孵化したばかりのアオウミガメに遭遇し、迷いながらも海まで辿りつく姿を三人で見守りました。

翌日は仲間を増やして白谷雲水峡～太鼓岩までトレッキングしました。毎年必ず１回は歩くこのコース、今年で多分７回以上来ているはずなのですが何度行ってもその景色と空気には感動してしまいます。