We can see the islands gleaming white in the morning sun. This, however, is not rock and sand but guano ​ — seabird dung — ​ which covers the islands.
Priekšā vīd salas, kas mirdz gluži baltas rīta saulē, taču baltumu salām piešķir nevis klintis un smiltis, bet gvano — jūras putnu mēsli —, ar ko tās noklātas.