Galapagos Landscape

Puerto Baquerizo Moreno from anchorage in the harbour, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Enclosure to protect young San Cristobal Giant Tortoises (Geochelone elephantopus chatamensis) from predation, Galapaguena de Cerro Colorado breeding station, San Cristobal

Tourist ship M/V La Pinta anchored off Punta Pitt, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands

Volcanic landform at Punta Pitt, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands

Tourist ship M/V La Pinta anchored off Punta Pitt, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands

The volcanic landscape at Punta Pitt, showing deciduous shrub vegetation above the beach, Punta Pitt, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Tourist ship M/V La Pinta anchored off Punta Pitt, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands

Cerro Brujo (Wizard Hill), San Cristobal, Galapagos

Looking through an arch in Cerro Brujo to a tourist Zodiac inflatable and Kicker Rock beyond, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Kicker Rock and tourist ship M/V La Pinta behind two tourist Zodiac inflatables, photographed contra jour, Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Cerro Brujo (Wizard Hill), San Cristobal, Galapagos

Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) sleeping on the beach at Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki or wollebaeki) sitting in the depression it has made for itself on the beach at Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Palo Santo Tree (Incense Tree) (Bursera graveolens), white during the dry season, Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal, Galapagos

The sun setting behind Kicker Rock, Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal, Galapagos

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) on rocks in front of its headland breeding colony, Punta Suarez, Espanola, Galapagos

Sunset over the sea near Espanola, Galapagos Islands

Puerto Ayora harbour, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, with tourist and fishing boats

Los Gemelos (The Twins) sinkhole, Santa Cruz Highlands, showing dense growth of Scalesia pedunculata forest, Galapagos

Los Gemelos (The Twins) sinkhole, Santa Cruz Highlands, showing dense growth of Scalesia pedunculata forest, Galapagos

Blue-Footed Booby (Sula nebouxii excisa) with tourist ship M/V La Pinta behind, Bahia Ballena, Santa Cruz, Galapagos

Sombrero Chino (Chinese Hat), Galapagos Islands

Coral and Lava, Sombrero Chino, Galapagos Islands

Coral beach of Sombrero Chino, Galapagos Islands

Coral beach of Sombrero Chino, Galapagos Islands

Fractured lava bubble surrounded by Galapagos Carpetweed (Sesuvium edmonstonei), Sombrero Chino, Galapagos

Bartolome Island and Pinnacle Rock, Galapagos Islands

Tourist Ship M/V La Pinta anchored in Sullivan Bay between Bartolome and Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, with Santiago behind, Galapagos Islands

Two tourist groups on the boarded walk to the viewpoint summit of Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands

Classic view from the summit viewpoint of Bartolome Island across Bartolome's south-facing beach to the lava flows, cinder cones and tuff cones of Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Classic view from the summit viewpoint of Bartolome Island across Bartolome's south-facing beach to the lava flows, cinder cones and tuff cones of Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Classic view from the summit viewpoint of Bartolome Island across Bartolome's south-facing beach to the lava flows, cinder cones and tuff cones of Santiago, Galapagos Islands

The classic view from the summit viewpoint of Bartolome Island across the western end of Bartolome and Sullivan Bay to the lava flows, cinder cones and tuff cones of Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Classic view from the summit viewpoint of Bartolome Island across the western tip of Bartolome and Sullivan Bay to the lava flows, cinder cones and tuff cones of Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Panoramic view of Bartolome and Pinnacle Rock, with Santiago beyond, from viewpoint on Bartolome, Galapagos Islands

Looking over the walkway and volcanic spatter cones of Bartolome Island to Santa Cruz in the distance (left) and the lava flows of Santiago (right), Galapagos Islands

Volcanic landscape of Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands

Tourist on the wooden steps to the summit viewpoint of Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands

Bartolome Island, with a small submerged volcanic crater in foreground and Pinnacle Rock beyond, looking to Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Bartolome Island, with a small submerged volcanic crater in foreground and Pinnacle Rock beyond, looking to Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Close-up of Pahoehoe Lava (Rope Lava), Santiago Island, Galapagos