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IMG_1694 sky-pointing
IMG_0723 into Volcano Chico
We walk to Volcano Chico, a series of fissures and cinder cones near the summit caldera..
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Uploaded on Apr 3, 2011
IMG_1841 yellow-crowned night heron
The Yellow-Crowned Night Heron feeds in the daytime as well as at night in the Galapagos.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4507 young sally lightfoot
While they are small and vulnerable, their color matches the black lava.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4501 ground finch cleaning iguana
One of the ground finches is picking ticks off a marine iguana.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4628 Daphne Major
The adaptation of these finches to changing conditions - evolution in action - has been carefully...
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4434 scorpion
This scorpion is nocturnal and was found by turning over stones.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4491 sally lightfoot mating
IMG_4466 blue-foot dives
IMG_4478 blue-foot peeling off
IMG_4375 lava forms
IMG_4463 splashdown
IMG_4489 sally lightfoots and sea lion
Everyone who visits the Galapagos remembers the colorful Sally Lightfoot Crabs.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4366 lava forms
IMG_4323 grasshopper
There are relatively few species of insects, such as this grasshopper, in the Galapagos.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4371 lava figure
IMG_4362 lava forms
Strange figures appear, putting the imagination to work.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
IMG_4357 pahoehoe flow
Wonderful patterns mark the lava surface. This ropey appearance is typical of pahoehoe lava.
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2011
Galapagos Islands
Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Birds
Allison Caplin's HS Graduation
Pakistan 1956
Mountains
Maine 2004
Aruba 2006
