We entered Darwin Channel early on the third day, for a scenic cruise. The skies were overcast, the overwhelming beauty of near vertical mountains rising from the sea and the lower-lying hills, spawned from ancient coral reefs from this former tropical setting, made good subject matter for pictures. At first light I stood on our veranda, camera in hand, hardly believing what wonders were there before me. All day, each scene dwarfed that which proceeded it. Nightfall may have shielded even greater mountains from our view.