Isla Santiago, Charles Darwin Station
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47 viewsPelicans in the shadow of Big Ben.
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50 viewsBartolome is made up mostly of ash and so life has made more progress here.
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44 viewsA good vantage point.
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50 viewsLeapin' lizards! If this had been in focus, wouldn't it have been awesome?
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50 viewsPretty much a screenshot from Master and Commander: we just need the boat in the left bay.
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51 viewsCool patterns in the sand.
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47 viewsProbably one of the more famous shots of the Galapagos, from the top of Bartolome island.
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51 viewsA female lava lizard.
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52 viewsWe took a short walk across the dunes from beach to beach.
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51 viewsMarble sands.
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47 viewsTurtle tracks back from the nest (that big hole will have some turtle eggs buried in it).
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51 viewsThe Swedish guy reminded me a lot of our captain crossing from Panama to Colombia.
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42 viewsTurtle beach.
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50 viewsBack across the sand dunes you can see our ship in the distance and the panga speeding to collect us for our snorkel around the peninsula.
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51 viewsTurtles being raised in the Charles Darwin Station to help their population recover.
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49 viewsA bunch of little turtles numbered and colour-coded for return home.
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52 viewsOne of Lonesome George's female companions.
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51 viewsLonesome George makes an appearance from out of the bushes.
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53 viewsThe only thing more impressive than seeing Lonesome George walk was climb. He's 150 kg heavy.
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51 viewsThis turtle was a bit more shy.
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