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Galapagos Islands Ecuador

They have been called the Enchanted Isles and they are. We traveled on the National Geographic M/S Islander Lindblad expedition ship. Many thanks to the captain, crew, expedition leader and the naturalist for taking care of us and sharing their knowledge and love of the Galapagos. We visited the islands of North Seymour, Bartolome, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Isabela, Fernandina, Floreana and Espanola. Each island was different but as wonderous as the others. Though I have done my best to capture the wonders of these islands in photos, only by seeing them and walking on them can you really appreciate the magic of the Enchanted Isles. It is no wonder Charles Darwin was inspired by them and his reasearch here helped shape his works on evolution and natural selection.
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Land Iguana
Land Iguana		 Land Iguana
Land Iguana		 Land Iguana
Land Iguana		 Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana		 Male Frigatebird with red gular pouch in breeding season. A juvenile frigatebird looks on.
Male Frigatebird with red gular pouch in breeding season. A juvenile frigatebird looks on.
Male Frigatebird with red gular pouch in breeding season. A juvenile frigatebird looks on.
Male Frigatebird with red gular pouch in breeding season. A juvenile frigatebird looks on.		 Male Frigatbird with red gular pouch in breeding season. A juvenile frigatebird looks on.
Male Frigatbird with red gular pouch in breeding season. A juvenile frigatebird looks on.		 Frigatebird chick
Frigatebird chick		 Frigatebird chick and parent
Frigatebird chick and parent		 Bird's nest in cactus plant
Bird's nest in cactus plant
Pinnacle Rock
Pinnacle Rock		 Pinnacle Rock and bay
Pinnacle Rock and bay		 Lava flows
Lava flows		 View from the top of the island
View from the top of the island		 View from the top of the island
View from the top of the island
View from the top of the island
View from the top of the island		 Moon over Bartolome in the morning
Moon over Bartolome in the morning		 Moon over Bartolome in the morning
Moon over Bartolome in the morning		 Magnificent view
Magnificent view		 Underwater volcanic caldera
Underwater volcanic caldera
Magnificent view
Magnificent view		 National Geographic Islander - Our home for the week
National Geographic Islander - Our home for the week		 Volcanic cone
Volcanic cone		 Female Lava Lizard having lunch
Female Lava Lizard having lunch		 Female Lava Lizard having lunch
Female Lava Lizard having lunch
Male Lava Lizard
Male Lava Lizard		 Sea Turtle
Sea Turtle		 Sea Turtles mating
Sea Turtles mating		 Sea Turtles mating
Sea Turtles mating		 Female frigatebird in flight
Female frigatebird in flight
Male frigatebird in flight
Male frigatebird in flight		 Male frigatebird in flight
Male frigatebird in flight		 Female frigatebird in flight
Female frigatebird in flight		 Juvenile frigatebird in flight
Juvenile frigatebird in flight		 Sea Lion
Sea Lion
Sea Lion
Sea Lion		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Marine Iguanas settling in for the night - Any room for me?
Marine Iguanas settling in for the night - Any room for me?		 Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana		 American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher
Sea Lion rolling in the sand
Sea Lion rolling in the sand		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Sea Lions - Is that fish I smell?
Sea Lions - Is that fish I smell?
Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 New born Sea Lion pup
New born Sea Lion pup		 Sea Lion pup - Where's Mom? I'm hungry!
Sea Lion pup - Where's Mom? I'm hungry!		 Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana		 Galapapos Mockingbird
Galapapos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird		 Smooth Billed Ani
Smooth Billed Ani		 Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus		 Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus		 Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Sally Lightfoot crab
Sally Lightfoot crab		 Sally Lightfoot crab
Sally Lightfoot crab		 Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron		 Lava rock coastline
Lava rock coastline		 Fur Seal pup
Fur Seal pup
Fur Seal
Fur Seal		 Fur Seal
Fur Seal		 Fur Seal
Fur Seal		 Sun starts to set on Santiago
Sun starts to set on Santiago		 Galapagos National Park Entrance
Galapagos National Park Entrance
Charles Darwin Research Station
Charles Darwin Research Station		 Button Mangrove
Button Mangrove		 Giant Prickly Pear Cactus
Giant Prickly Pear Cactus		 Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos giant tortoise		 Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos giant tortoise		 Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos giant tortoise		 Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos giant tortoise		 Baby Galapagos giant tortoise breed in captivity destined for repatriation to the island of it's origin
Baby Galapagos giant tortoise breed in captivity destined for repatriation to the island of it's origin		 Giant tortoise
Giant tortoise
Giant tortoise
Giant tortoise		 Giant tortoise
Giant tortoise		 Giant tortoise pair
Giant tortoise pair		 Large Ground Finch
Large Ground Finch		 Large Ground Finch
Large Ground Finch
Galapagos Dove
Galapagos Dove		 Galapagos Dove
Galapagos Dove		 Town of Puerto Ayora
Town of Puerto Ayora		 Town of Puerto Ayora
Town of Puerto Ayora		 Town of Puerto Ayora
Town of Puerto Ayora
Fishing boats
Fishing boats		 Catch of the day
Catch of the day		 Going down to the Lava tube
Going down to the Lava tube		 A bananna tree grows at the enterance to the lava tube
A bananna tree grows at the enterance to the lava tube		 Inside a Lava Tube. Watch your head
Inside a Lava Tube. Watch your head
Inside a Lava Tube
Inside a Lava Tube		 More tight spaces
More tight spaces		 Lava Tube
Lava Tube		 Inside the lava tube
Inside the lava tube		 Low ceiling
Low ceiling
Lava tube floor
Lava tube floor		 Volcan Ecuador, a shield volcano
Volcan Ecuador, a shield volcano		 Disembarking our ship for a zodiac ride. All photos on Isabela were taken from the zodiac
Disembarking our ship for a zodiac ride. All photos on Isabela were taken from the zodiac		 See you later
See you later		 View of our ship from the back of the Zodiac
View of our ship from the back of the Zodiac
The Zodiac was our mode of transportation
The Zodiac was our mode of transportation		 Cave in the shoreline
Cave in the shoreline		 Inside the cave
Inside the cave		 Inside the cave
Inside the cave		 View of the cave
View of the cave
Shoreline view
Shoreline view		 Mola mola or Ocean Sun fish
Mola mola or Ocean Sun fish		 Cracks in the rocks
Cracks in the rocks		 Shoreline view
Shoreline view		 Shoreline view
Shoreline view
Wave action
Wave action		 Wave action
Wave action		 Sally Lightfoot crabs
Sally Lightfoot crabs		 Huge Marine Iguana
Huge Marine Iguana		 Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Boobies. The middle one is sky-pointing
Blue-footed Boobies. The middle one is sky-pointing		 Blue-footed Boobies
Blue-footed Boobies		 Blue-footed Boodies
Blue-footed Boodies		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Sea Lion doing the backstroke
Sea Lion doing the backstroke
Sea Lion doing the backstroke
Sea Lion doing the backstroke		 Male Iguanas fight over female
Male Iguanas fight over female		 Tide pool
Tide pool		 Tide pools
Tide pools		 Lava shoreline with volcano in distance
Lava shoreline with volcano in distance
Lava
Lava		 Lava shoreline
Lava shoreline		 Marine Iguanas
Marine Iguanas		 Lava
Lava		 Friends!
Friends!
Whale bones
Whale bones		 Lava cactus
Lava cactus		 Lava cactus
Lava cactus		 Lava cactus
Lava cactus		 Lava cactus
Lava cactus
Lava Field
Lava Field		 Candelabra Cactus
Candelabra Cactus		 Trail markings on the path over the lava field
Trail markings on the path over the lava field		 Baby Marine Iguana
Baby Marine Iguana		 Flightless Cormorants
Flightless Cormorants
Flightless Cormorant
Flightless Cormorant		 Flightless Cormorant nesting
Flightless Cormorant nesting		 Flightless Cormorant nesting
Flightless Cormorant nesting		 Sea Lion and pup
Sea Lion and pup		 Sea Lion and pup
Sea Lion and pup
Galapagos Penguin
Galapagos Penguin		 A piece of driftwood
A piece of driftwood		 Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird
Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird		 Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird
Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird		 Marbled Ray
Marbled Ray
Marbled Rays
Marbled Rays		 Eagle Ray
Eagle Ray		 Flamingos
Flamingos		 Sun starts to set on Fernandina
Sun starts to set on Fernandina		 Galapagos Cotton flower with bee
Galapagos Cotton flower with bee
Galapagos Cotton flower
Galapagos Cotton flower		 Poison Apple
Poison Apple		 Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird		 Female Small Ground Finch
Female Small Ground Finch		 Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Galapagos Cotton
Galapagos Cotton		 Galapagos Cotton
Galapagos Cotton		 Looks like a lava rock monster is going to have a camera for lunch!
Looks like a lava rock monster is going to have a camera for lunch!		 Coral uplifted in the 1954 event where 1.5 kilometers of marine reef was uplifted instantaneously by as much as 12 feet.
Coral uplifted in the 1954 event where 1.5 kilometers of marine reef was uplifted instantaneously by as much as 12 feet.		 This lave rock looks like a Galapagos Turtle to me. Can you see it?
This lave rock looks like a Galapagos Turtle to me. Can you see it?
Coral and lava
Coral and lava		 Lava rock shoreline
Lava rock shoreline		 Lava rock shoreline
Lava rock shoreline		 Finally an easy walk
Finally an easy walk		 Fish in the tide pool
Fish in the tide pool
Fish in the tide pool
Fish in the tide pool		 Sally Lightfoot crab
Sally Lightfoot crab		 Sally Lightfoot crab
Sally Lightfoot crab		 Post Office Barrel, an old mail swap tradition first mentioned in 1793!
Post Office Barrel, an old mail swap tradition first mentioned in 1793!		 Post Office Barrel
Post Office Barrel
Post Office Barrel
Post Office Barrel		 Flamingo
Flamingo		 Flamingo
Flamingo		 Flamingos
Flamingos		 Flamingos
Flamingos
Palo Verde plant
Palo Verde plant		 Sanderlings
Sanderlings		 Ruddy Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone		 Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican		 Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican
Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Sea Lion pup nursing
Sea Lion pup nursing		 Sea Lion pups at play
Sea Lion pups at play		 Sea Lion pup
Sea Lion pup
Sea Lion pups
Sea Lion pups		 Sea Lion pup nursing
Sea Lion pup nursing		 Bull Sea Lion
Bull Sea Lion		 Bull Sea Lion
Bull Sea Lion		 Bull Sea Lion
Bull Sea Lion
Bull Sea Lion barking
Bull Sea Lion barking		 Bull Sea Lion barking and chasing others off the beach
Bull Sea Lion barking and chasing others off the beach		 Seal Lions and Espanola Mockingbird
Seal Lions and Espanola Mockingbird		 Espanolal Mockingbird
Espanolal Mockingbird		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions
Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 Sea Lion pup
Sea Lion pup		 Sea Lion playing in the waves
Sea Lion playing in the waves		 Sea Lions
Sea Lions		 View from the beach
View from the beach
Sun bathing Sea Lion
Sun bathing Sea Lion		 Sun Bathing Sea Lion
Sun Bathing Sea Lion		 Waved Albatross
Waved Albatross		 Waved Albatross
Waved Albatross		 Waved Albatross chick
Waved Albatross chick
Waved Albatross chick
Waved Albatross chick		 Swallow-tailed Gull
Swallow-tailed Gull		 Waved Albatross in flight
Waved Albatross in flight		 Waved Albatross in flight - check out those feet!
Waved Albatross in flight - check out those feet!		 Waved Albatross chick spreading it's wings
Waved Albatross chick spreading it's wings
Waved Albatross chick spreading it's wings
Waved Albatross chick spreading it's wings		 Nazca Booby
Nazca Booby		 Nazca Booby
Nazca Booby		 Nazaca Booby in flight
Nazaca Booby in flight		 The Blowhole
The Blowhole
The Blowhole
The Blowhole		 The Blowhole
The Blowhole		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Blue-footed Booby flapping it's wings
Blue-footed Booby flapping it's wings
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Nazca Booby checking on it's egg
Nazca Booby checking on it's egg		 Nazca Booby
Nazca Booby		 Nazca Booby
Nazca Booby		 Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby		 Nazca Boobies at sunset
Nazca Boobies at sunset		 The sun starts to set on Espanola
The sun starts to set on Espanola
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connie fried 21-Dec-2010 14:44
This was the best adventure i have ever taken. i have 6 hours ovf videowhich I was able toshare with students. Your pictures are a great addition
Bobbi Little 22-Feb-2009 03:23
Wow, National Geographic will want you for sure. Breath taking pictures, thank you for sharing them.
Bonnie and Wilda 16-Dec-2008 19:15
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your trip with everyone--we may have to put this on our list of places to visit!
Liz & VJ 14-Dec-2008 14:48
Grace,

Incredible. It brought us back to the awesome creations of Mother Nature. Your photos touched our senses completely - not only provided a vivid visual, but we could actually hear the sounds of Galapagos once again through your keen eye.

Many many huge thanks for sharing your talent!

Liz & VJ
Pam Rossman 12-Dec-2008 22:34
All I can say is: Plan on a LOT of time to savor each & every one--how could you possibly choose "favorites" when every one is truly worth (at least) a thousand words!!! What a wonderful adventure...when can I join you for the next one? [I expect to see you playing w/your watercolours on many of these...] See you in class...Pam
Suzanne Pierson 11-Dec-2008 18:02
Oh Grace!
These are wonderful!
I can't seem to get enough of them!
I'm still having dreams of our days in Galapagos!
Thanks for the beautiful and skillfully taken photographs - you've got the eye!
Suzanne
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