Galapagos Islands, 2005

These photos were taken during our cruise of the Galapagos Islands in September 2005.

The islands are reached by air from Quito, the capital of Ecuador. On arrival, we transferred to a small "motor yacht", MV Fragata.

The islands are volcanic and are moving slowly eastwards as the tectonic plates of the earth move. New volcanic eruptions are gradually creating new islands in the "hot spot" to the west of the islands, as the easternmost islands are being gradually eroded.

The wildlife of the islands includes many species which have evolved differently on different islands. So, for example, we have red footed boobies, blue footed boobies and masked boobies. Also, land and marine iguanas have evolved differently on different islands.

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1. Marine iguana on Isla Lobo	2. Mother and child sea lions on Isla Lobo	3. Baby sea lion on Isla Lobo	4. Baby frigate bird on Genovesa	5. Immature redfooted booby on Genovesa
6. Red footed boobies on Genovesa	7. Galapagos gulls on Genovesa	8. Short eared owl on Genovesa	9. Frigate birds on Genovesa	10. Frigate birds on Genovesa
11. Blue footed booby on North Seymour	12. Blue footed booby on North Seymour	13. Land iguana on North Seymour	14. Sea lion and pup on North Seymour	15. Land iguana on South Plaza
16. Land iguana on South Plaza	17. Red billed tropicbird on South Plaza	18. Sally Lightfoot crab on Santa Fe	19. Giant tortise at Charles Darwin Research Centre	20. Sea lion mother and child on Santa Fe
21. Flamingos on Floreana	22. Flamingo on Floreana	23. Baby sea lion and iguanas on Espanola	24. Marine iguana on Espanola	25. Marine iguana on Espanola

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