Galapagos Islands photos

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Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown pelican.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02273  
Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, Floreana Island
Greater flamingo.
Species: Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
Location: Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02279  
Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, Darwin Island
Scalloped hammerhead shark.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16249  
Orange cup coral, Tubastrea coccinea, Isla Champion
Orange cup coral.
Species: Orange cup coral, Tubastrea coccinea
Location: Isla Champion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01858  
Flightless cormorant.  In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter.  Punta Albemarle, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi, Isabella Island
Flightless cormorant. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle.
Species: Flightless cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16552  
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy, Sphyrna lewini, Wolf Island
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16279  
Bigeye trevally jacks, schooling, Caranx sexfasciatus, Darwin Island
Bigeye trevally jacks, schooling.
Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16346  
Black coral.  The fan is five feet in diameter and the color of the live coral is more yellow-green than black, Antipathidae, Cousins
Black coral. The fan is five feet in diameter and the color of the live coral is more yellow-green than black.
Species: Black coral, Antipathidae
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16444  
Black coral, Antipathidae, Isla Champion
Black coral.
Species: Black coral, Antipathidae
Location: Isla Champion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01867  
Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, North Seymour Island
Brown pelican.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16542  
Darwin Island, with Darwins Arch on the right.  Darwin Island is the northernmost of the Galapagos Islands and is home to enormous numbers of seabirds
Darwin Island, with Darwins Arch on the right. Darwin Island is the northernmost of the Galapagos Islands and is home to enormous numbers of seabirds.
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16618  
Wolf Island, with a liveaboard tour boat below sheer seacliffs, is the largest of the islands in the distant northern island group of the Galapagos archipelago, is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds.  Vast schools of sharks and fish inhabit the waters surrounding Wolf Island
Wolf Island, with a liveaboard tour boat below sheer seacliffs, is the largest of the islands in the distant northern island group of the Galapagos archipelago, is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Vast schools of sharks and fish inhabit the waters surrounding Wolf Island.
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16629  
Booby in flight, motion blur, Darwin Island
Booby in flight, motion blur.
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16686  
Brown pelican, waves, rocks and cliffs, sunset, Pelecanus occidentalis, Wolf Island
Brown pelican, waves, rocks and cliffs, sunset.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16689  
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy, Sphyrna lewini, Wolf Island
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16252  
Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari, Wolf Island
Spotted eagle ray.
Species: Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16329  
Unidentified snapper, Lutjanus, Darwin Island
Unidentified snapper.
Species: Lutjanus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16356  
Sea Turtle, underwater, black and white, Wolf Island
Sea Turtle, underwater, black and white.
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16383  
Yellowtail surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius, Cousins
Yellowtail surgeonfish.
Species: Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16390  
Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Wolf Island
Bottlenose dolphin.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16411  
Striped sea chub, schooling, Kyphosus analogous, Wolf Island
Striped sea chub, schooling.
Species: Striped sea chub, Kyphosus analogous
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16412  
Pacific creolefish form immense schools and are a source of food for predatory fishes, Paranthias colonus, Darwin Island
Pacific creolefish form immense schools and are a source of food for predatory fishes.
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16434  
A SCUBA diver is immersed in an enormous school of Pacific creolefish, black and white / grainy, Paranthias colonus, Darwin Island
A SCUBA diver is immersed in an enormous school of Pacific creolefish, black and white / grainy.
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16442  
Galapagos tortoise, Santa Cruz Island species, highlands of Santa Cruz island, Geochelone nigra
Galapagos tortoise, Santa Cruz Island species, highlands of Santa Cruz island.
Species: Galapagos tortoise, Geochelone nigra
Location: Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16480  
Gordon Rocks, a spectacular dive site near South Plaza Island
Gordon Rocks, a spectacular dive site near South Plaza Island.
Location: Gordon Rocks, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16646  
Galapagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus, South Plaza Island
Galapagos land iguana.
Species: Galapagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus
Location: South Plaza Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02991  
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