Galapagos Islands

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Hello science major guppies and all – sharing some pictures I took on the Galapagos Islands.

Feel free to use these pics for any term papers – I have more of lizards eating scorpios :slight_smile:

Hoping to see some questions and discussion.

Entrance to the Charles Darwin Research Centre:
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A higher cactus – away from reach of herbivores – natural selection or what?
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View of the Bartolome Island – the scenes in Russell Crowe’s Master and Commander were actually shot there.
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This is the famous giant tortoise George – known to be a 100 years old.
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I included our guide as a scale reference.
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View of the airstrip:
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nice pics

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*Originally posted by World Citizen: *

I included our guide as a scale reference.
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thats a very poor scaling display....
shud have had them side by side....

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thats a very poor scaling display....
shud have had them side by side....
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You are right. How about these:
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:clap: BundarFul… o i mean..wonderful!

did you have fun? :hehe:

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thank you, yes, I would say every second of it was educational

I made plenty of new acquaintances, who put new ideas of peculiar travel destinations in my head

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Wow, what an interesting place! And the giant tortoises are huge! I mean yes I knew they were big, but seeing them next to a person -amazing. How long were you over there? And what rules/precations do they have for visitors?

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and yeah..did you notice the age?? :eek: wow..!!

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Very nice pictures :k:

It is unique island indeed. How you are able to travel this much. Last time you were in Antarctica. Those were splended pictures too :slight_smile:

Here is better scale..

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Thanks Code Red. The day my group went to the Darwin research station, it was raining and crowded with other groups. The picture you posted is indeed helpful in obtaining an idea.

How you are able to travel this much.
…by sometimes taking leave without pay :)

MQ, your thread on evolution is related to this. I was there for a five days on a small boat. There are strict rules about not getting close to animals. But as a result, they have lost fear of humans. The sea lions were not hesitant at all to approach, but we couldn’t approach them.

There was graffiti on rocks from the 60s, like XYZ was here, but now it is not allowed. Also we were strictly forbidden from taking pictures with flash of young animals. We saw a bird egg hatch.

I met some people who assisted the crew of Master and Commander.

Thanks ffaisal80, armughal, DHTN, MQ, CR.

A couple other pics:
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View from the zodiac boat – locally known as ‘panga’
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So...Mr World_Citizen..Was Darwin right about his theory?

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i will refrain from a yes or no answer

well, the flora and fauna of the archipelago does make you stop and wonder

wish muscles like yours could have been programmed on the y-chromosome

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Oh my, Awesome!! What islands did you visit? Have you been to Floreana? I've always wanted to visit the Wittmer home and see the Ritters farm. What other wildlife did you see? Did you see anything related to Thor Heyerdahl's visit to the Galapagos? From where, and how did you get there?