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The Galapagos Islands

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Thursday, 3rd August 2006

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Welcome to The Galapagos Islands - 13 main volcanic islands, 6 smaller islands, 107 rocks and islets, loads of high resolution images and tons and tons of incredible sights to see. Have fun :D

More on the Galapagos Islands at Wikipedia.

Thanks to Josh.

7 Responses to 'The Galapagos Islands'

  1. Lee says:

    Loving the cloud cover in the shipwreck pic.

  2. WRA says:

    The ship must be hauling the crew out to Jurassic Park. Cool stuff, guys!

  3. Tim says:

    There’s a blowhole on Isla Bartolome, the one the ship is off of, but it’s in the low-res half. :(

  4. koen says:

    There’s a pretty blue lagoon here.

    But when you zoom in turns green! Sometimes low-res looks nicer than hi-res if you ask me.

  5. Dan says:

    koen,

    That looks more like a lake inside a volcano - not that that would inherently change the color of the water..

  6. Rocketeer says:

    One week ago, my girlfriend was there for 3 weeks. She brought back awesome pictures.

  7. The last picture is extremely beautiful, what a contrast of colors!

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