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Google map of the crater under the button
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MONDAY 28TH |
We went to the Nemrut Crater - the ash covered slopes of Nemrut Daği an extinct volcano - which has a diameter of 7k, it looked magnificent from our viewpoint on the rim.
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 Rindera lanata |
 Alyssum sp. |
 Onosma bracteosum |
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We went down into the crater |
 Euphorbia macrocarpa a spectacular plant
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 Linum mucronatum |
 Iris caucasica |
 Globularia trichosantha |
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 Cruciferae |
Fritillaria minuta |
 Ranunculus kochii |
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 Fritillaria assyriaca |
 Ranunculus |
 Semi-double Fritillaria minuta |
 Puschkinia scilloides |
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 Puschkinia nemrut dagi |
 Fritillaria caucasica |
 Aspen thicket |
 Solenanthus stamineus |
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 Japanese writing? |
 Euphorbia seguieriana |
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 Iris caucasica |
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 Speedwell and puffball |
 Viola occulta |
 Corydalis oppositifolia |
 Multi-headed Fritillaria minuta |
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 Two more Iris caucasica  |
 Snow patterns |
 Buff coloured moth on valeriana |
 Valeriana leucophaea |
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 Lovely hairy Pulsatilla albana |
 Tortoise was not amused |
Pamela enjoying a slide - her trousers soon dried off! |
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 Location for merendera |
 Merendera trigyna in the snow melt |
 We went around the crater to a smaller lake where there could be snakes. We saw a nose amongst the rocks, but the snake was too shy to come out and pose. The snakes over-winter in the area protected by the rocks. |
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 Attractive rock |
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