Pictures from our twelfth day on the Galápagos islands.
Turtles must have laid their eggs, here
But as always, we did not get up early enough
Hermit crab
Myiarchus magnirostris?
Not sure if this is the Galápagos flycatcher or not
Land iguana
Look at these dragon claws
Alex
“I'm hot.”
Cordia lutea
Turtle
We caught up to the lumbering giant
The turtles love a mud bath
Looks pretty similar to elephant feet
Gentle giant needs the entire trail
They truly are giant turtles!
Mimus parvulus
Galápagos mockingbird
Marine iguana with green algae growing on its face
Frigate birds flying with the ship
Juvenile frigatebird
They like to fly close to the ship
The wind flows around the ship, lifting them up, but only if they stay close
Frigate birds go nuts over garbage
When food is dumped, the frigate birds go crazy (and they can't swim or dive)
The landing on Fernandina is busy
We got off at Punta Espinosa and found a ton of marine iguanas sunbathing
It was hard to pick a path through the marine iguanas
Marine iguanas are up to 1m long
Sunbathing is important because the water is so cold
Marine iguana toes
Experimenting with black and white filter
In the old days, everything was black and white
Experimenting with black and white photography
This is without the stark filter
And this is what they look like in colour
Black, white, and a hue of rust. It's the colour of lava.
Marine iguanas enjoying the sunset
Lizards are always shedding their skin
The white stuff is salt
Marine iguanas excrete excess salt by sneezing it
Upright, looking at the sun
This means they're happy with their body temperature
When they press their bodies against the ground, they're cold
This is how they warm up quickly after a foray into the water
Brothers in arms
I'm most impressed with the size difference
Little lava lizard enjoying the sunset
Grapsus grapsus atop a marine iguana
Galápagos finch atop a marine iguana
Lightfoot crab climbing dragons
Crabs enjoying the sunset
Crab in a crevice, staring at a tourist
Punta Espinoza
Follow the arrows
Lava lizard climbing a dragon
Sea lion enjoying the sunset
And a lava lizard enjoying the sea lion
The dark marine iguanas are hard to spot
They're exactly the same colour as the lava
The sun ist starting to set
Sea lions are resting and the sun is going down
Black, white, and blue
Alex & Claudia
A small whale must have died here
Sunset
