Galapagos Islands photos

Bartolome.
Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 05581  

Galapagos sea lion on sandy beach, sunset.
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16505  

Galapagos sea lion pup.
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16514  

Galapagos penguin, perched on volcanic rocks. Galapagos penguins are the northernmost species of penguin. Punta Albemarle.
Species: Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16523  

Nazca booby.
Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16532  

Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16610  

Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16611  

Seacliffs, home of many seabirds.
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16633  

An inflatable boat full of adventurous divers heads towards Roca Redonda (round rock), a lonely island formed from volcanic forces, in the western part of the Galapagos archipelago.
Location: Roca Redonda, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16644  

Boat Lammer Law lies at anchor near Isabella Island.
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16647  

Small plants have adapted to the arid condition in the Galapagos. Bartolome Island.
Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16651  

Blue-footed booby chick.
Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16660  

Blue-footed booby, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16661  

Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16265  

Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16268  

Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16293  

Yellowtail surgeonfish, motion blur.
Species: Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16365  

Schooling fish, black and white / grainy.
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16374  

Turtle.
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16380  

Urchins on rock, black and white / grainy.
Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16419  

Bubbles rise from the depths of the ocean. Black and white / grainy.
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16446  

Encrusting sponges cover the lava reef.
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16457  

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: 16484