It was 'something miraculous' that the boy was not more severely injured, said the director of the hospital when he was taken.
An 8-year-old boy suffered head injuries when he fell into a 328-foot-deep volcanic sinkhole crater in the Galápagos Islands.
One of the Los Gemelos craters is seen on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos. An 8-year-old French boy last week fell into one of the craters.Ecuador's Galápagos Islands receive over 200,000 visitors annually, according to park officials. Los Gemelos are two large craters in the upper region of Santa Cruz, separated only by a narrow highway.
Santa Cruz Island was formed from a dormant shield volcano. Scientists do not know for sure when this volcano last erupted, but evidence suggests it may have been a few thousand years ago, according to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program. This volcanic activity likely laid the groundwork, quite literally, for the formation of the twin craters.
Over time, the volcanic surface material erodes and can eventually collapse, creating large sinkholes like Los Gemelos.
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