Cute sealion blowing bubbles!

Galapagos Islands

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July 3rd 2008
Lots of photos for this one - hard to choose between them all! Exciting new technological developments too - underwater photography, and videos (though be warned, they're not exactly high action videos, especially the tortoise one.....). So.... I'd always assumed that the Galapagos islands must have once been joined to the mainland. Not the case. They are volcanic islands moving very slowly ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more