First Day
This was taken on Baltra Island just after we landed. Frankly, I was a little...
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Caldara
A Caldera is like the opposite of a volcano. It's formed when an eruption...
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Endemic Plant Species
Didn't get the name of this plant. It's just one of the hundreds of...
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Snoopy the Turtle
The bird is called a Vermilion Flycatcher. The turtle is the size of a coffee...
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The Samba
Our boat that we'd island hop for the next seven days. Run by Angermeyer...
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Espanola Beach
The start of day two, or as I like to call it, "Chilling with the Sea...
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Sea Lions Fighting
The pups were always playing and fighting with each other.
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Sally Lightfoot
These crabs are nicknamed a Sally Lightfoot after a Buckaneer pointed...
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Sally Lightfoot
A pirate saw one of these crabs a century ago and thought that the way they...
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Sea Lions Nursing
I was raised in a grim part of suburbia and didn't have much contact with...
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Puppy Eyes
In Spanish, Sea Lions are called Sea Wolves. It's believed that...
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Galapagos Mockingbird
To survive, life here have to be very resourceful at finding water. The...
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Sea Iguanas
These were unusual creatures. They don't move much for one thing....
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Sea Iguanas
They spend all their time out at sea eating alge (which causes their strange...
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Penguins
I can't think of another animal that lives at both poles AND on...
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Sea Puppy
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Samba and other tour boats
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My Cabin
I was lucky and had this all to myself. This was the off-season and the Samba...
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Blue Footed Boobie
Cute birds that you see wandering around here, and yes that is...
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Blue Footed Booby Couple
The only way to tell the difference between a male and female Booby is...
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Blue Footed Booby Nest
It's almost creepy how close I could come to this nest without the mother...
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Florena Island
This was the Third Day of the cruise. Florena Island was one of my favoriate...
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Floreana
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Floreana Blowhole
There is a crevise in the cliff. When waves hit it the wather is...
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Masked Boobies
This is a Masked Boobie couple building a nest. The male would walk back and...
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Boobie Love
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Sally Lightfoot Lunch
I'm from Baltimore Maryland, and I have to say that these colorful crabs...
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Galapagos Hawk
And it was probably eaten by this guy. The top of the this...
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Albatros Kissing
The ritual includes staring at each other lovingly, matching each other's...
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Shipmates
The boat consisted of an Ecudorian crew and nature guide, two couples from...
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Heading back to the Mother Ship
At each island the Samba would put down its anchor and we'd visit it in a...
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Creepy Mountain
These trees look dead but they're alive and green on the inside....
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Flamingos
You can also find penguins on the same island.
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Flamingo Feeding
Flamingos feed off of the bottom of the lake and filter the excess...
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Iguanas Feeding on Alge
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Post Office Bay
This is a game that goes back to the pirate days. Pirates put a barrel...
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Flightless Cormorant
To me, this is the most fasinating creature in the Galapagos Islands. All...
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Sharks in pool
The sharks were supposed to be tame and our guide said that we could...
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Lava Field
This is a recent (150 year old) lava field. As the lava flows down...
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Frigate In Flight
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Looking for a mate
The frigate baloons its neck when it wants to attract a mate.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
They call this "Foot Massage Beach" for its fine sand that...
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Pelican fight
This was a disturbing moment. The mother had just come back to the...
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Pelican Fight
At one point, a Pellican was holding his wing like it was hurt....
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Pelican fight
Finally, one prevailed and dove his head down his mother's throat...
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Dead Pelican
Our guide said that there were more pellicans, and fewer carcases just a week...
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American Oyster Catchers
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Sealions, crabs, and iguanas
Not to complain, but after a while, it seemed like all we were seeing were...
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Galapagos Hawk
Our guide took this close-up for me.
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Sealions as twilight
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Sea Iguanas
These iguanas blend in pretty well with the rocky surroundings. Partly...
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Dead Coral
This part of the islands was underwater until the 1950s. Then (for reasons no...
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Land Iguana Mates
This is supposed to be a vary rare picture according to our guide. Male and...
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Wet Sealion Puppy
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Baltara Bay
From the top of an extinct volcano in Baltara Bay. The landscape up...
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Your Photographer
Well, I hope you liked this little tour of the Galapagos islands. For...
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South America
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