#galapagos
Experience is NOT what happens to you; it is what YOU DO with what happens to you.
-- Aldous Huxley
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In October I traveled to the #Galapagos and it was amazing. Anyway here's a photo of a couple of hummingbirds back on the mainland in #Ecuador, one of my favorite photos of the trip. #birds #birdphotography #photography
Scientists Locate New Hydrothermal Vent Field Using State-of-the-Art Mapping Technology - Schmidt Ocean Institute
https://schmidtocean.org/scientists-locate-new-hydrothermal-vent-field-using-state-of-the-art-mapping-technology/
Scientists utilize high-resolution mapping technologies to find new hydrothermal vents inside the #Galápagos Marine Reserve, as well as 15 species not previously known to live within the region.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Markets are a value-agnostic resource allocation & exploitation system. If society prefers not to treat humans as resources to be allocated & exploited, then it needs to impose constraints on how markets work. That's regulations. Value alignment, if you will.
-- Studs Terkel
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#SchiffsSamstag #SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday ⚓
Schiffe im Itabaca-Kanal zwischen Baltra und Santa Cruz, #Galapagos.
#Fotografie #Photography
#Ecuador | 🚨#FFAA y #Policia capturaron un semisumergible en la isla San Cristóbal, #Galápagos, con 5 toneladas de sustancias ilícitas, que iban rumbo a Centro y Norteamérica.
3 personas de nacionalidad colombiana fueron capturadas.
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; don't walk behind me, I may not lead; walk beside me, and just be my friend.
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#Scientists have discovered a new #hydrothermal vent field in the #Galápagos — with the help of #crabs.
While the team used an array of sensitive equipment to zero in on the possible location, the sight of increasingly dense populations of #GalatheidCrabs (genus #Munidoposis), also called #SquatLobsters, ultimately led them to the new field. It is located in the #GalápagosSpreadingCenter..
Bird of the Day - San Cristóbal Mockingbird, Galápagos 2015
Cucuve de San Cristóbal
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Ecuador #Galápagos
#SilentSunday 🤫
In Puerto Villamil.
#Fotografie #Photography #Reisen #Travel #AmazingWorld #Galapagos
Flashback to seeing this legend. #Galapagos #Turtle #Ecuador #Flashback #young #vacation
If a system has to be explained to people, that's a clue that its design is driven by what you "know" rather than by what people immediately recognize as useful.
-- Peter Coffee (eWeek (May 2005))
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Tartarugas-gigantes de Galápagos sofrem com lixo nas ilhas, mesmo com proibição
Bird of the Day — Red-billed Tropicbird, Galápagos 2019
Swift and streamlined
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Galapagos #Seabirds
Diving with sea turtles off Floreana Island. #scuba #diving #galapagos #turtles #seaturtles
#MeerMittwoch 🌊
Strandspaziergang auf San Cristóbal, #Galapagos.
#Fotografie #Photography #Reisen #Travel
The #galapagos flightless cormorant has lost the ability to fly but can dive like a torpedo, reaching an amazing 70m in depth and can stay submerged for 3min or more. This largest cormorant species is endangered but has no predators and is an example of the weird evolution found in Galapagos wildlife.
The marine iguana is the worlds only marine lizard. It can dive and stay submerged for longer than 30 mins but since it’s cold blooded it will spend most of the rest of its day laying in the sun with others. Its diet consists almost entirely of green algae and it has evolved a flat face so it can munch it off the rocks. It looks like Godzilla and The Creature from the Black Lagoon had a baby. #galapagos #iguana #travel
Mein Beileid geht raus an die beiden "unberührten #Korallenriffe" in der Nähe der #Galápagos-Inseln, die jetzt entdeckt wurden. Das tut mir leid.
Tja, tausende Jahre im Verborgenen und dann kommen einem die Zweibeiner doch noch auf die Schliche.
School of hammerheads in the #galapagos. Saw them while snorkeling, not scuba, but it was still a spectacular first for me. #sharks #travel
#Scientists discover additional healthy #DeepSea #CoralReefs and new #seamounts in the #Galápagos https://phys.org/news/2023-11-scientists-additional-healthy-deep-sea-coral.html
"The larger of the #reefs spans over 800 meters in length. The second measures 250 meters in length. They exhibit a rich diversity of stony #coral species, suggesting that they have likely been forming and. supporting marine biodiversity for thousands of years. This discovery follows the April 2023 finding of the first deep coral reefs in the #GalápagosMarineReserve"
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An der Nordküste der Isla Santa Cruz, #Galapagos.
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#Snorkeling with #sealions in the #galapagos. Crazy fun. They are so curious about their human visitors.
Galápagos giant tortoises are ecosystem engineers.
Smithsonian Magazine reports: "A decades-long project shows how the reptiles are changing the island of Española."
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Tauchfahrt liefert unbekannte Tiefseeriffe und Unterwasserberge
Scientists Discover Healthy #DeepSea #Coral Reef and New #Seamounts in the Galápagos https://schmidtocean.org/healthy-deep-sea-coral-reef-and-new-seamounts-in-the-galapagos/
"#Scientists examining underwater cliff ecosystems onboard #ResearchVessel #Falkor (too) using #ROV #SuBastian, have discovered 2 pristine #CoralReefs in the waters surrounding the #Galápagos. These newly identified #ColdWaterReefs are situated at depths ranging from 370 to 420 meters. The discovery expands our understanding of #DeepReefs within the #GalápagosIslandsMarineReserve"
A few images from #scuba off the coast of Floreana in the #galapagos. Shark with puffer, sea turtle, porgie and ray, and sea lions. #travel
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell
Now this is just lazy. Clearly he knows how to swim. #Galapagos #Travel #sealions.
"The secret to this success is that—much like beavers, brown bears, and elephants—giant #tortoises are ecological architects. As they browse, poop, and plod about, they alter the landscape."
#galapagos #biodiversity #rewilding #restoration #ecology #wildlife #tortoise #ecuador
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/galapagos-giant-tortoises-prove-their-worth-as-ecosystem-engineers/
The wildlife on the #Galapagos have evolved without significant land predators so many, like this #sealion, aren’t afraid of humans. She’s also lounging near a grilled chicken stand, perhaps hoping for some handouts. #travel
The #Galapagos giant domed tortoise can grow to as many as 900 lbs and 1.5 meters long. The saddleback evolved a long neck and shell notch to let them munch on higher cacti in arid lowlands. They had no major predators until man showed up, plus dropped in invasive species. The Charles Darwin Center is now raising and releasing into the wild many of the islands giant tortoise species. #Travel #turtle #tortise.
More dive bombers. Pelicans on the #Galapagos island of Santa Cruz caught mid dive as they drop in for a meal. #travel
Iguana crossing sign. Important since first one I saw was shading under a truck. #Galapagos Marine Iguanas are the planets only marine lizard.
Breakfast at the airport in #Quito. Guagua de marmelada. Marmalade baby. You must be able to handle pastry decapitation. #galapagos #ecuador #travel
There are no direct international flights to #Galapagos Most fly into Quito or Guayaquil. I flew into #Quito, the world’s 2nd highest capital. Time zone is EST here. No daylight savings on the equator. Every day is sunrise ~6:18am, sunset ~6:18pm. Flew from Boston EDT via Atlanta. Unlike flying to Europe or W. Coast US, there should be no jet lag. Staying at an airport hotel for flight to Galapagos, which is about 600mi/1000km off the pacific coast of #Ecuador. 🇪🇨 #travel
#SchiffsSamstag #ShipSaturday ⚓
Am Strand der Isla Seymour Norte.
#Fotografie #Photography #Reisen #Travel #Galapagos
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
-- Charles Dickens
Our Geography-themed Quiz has just been posted on our website!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/10-geography-trivia-questions/
#geography #flags #vexillology #waterfall #mountains #galapagos #maps #map #landscape #pubquiz #pubtrivia #quiz #trivia #triviaquestions #fact #facts #didyouknow #youknowwhat #blog #blogger #generalknowledge
Ecuador to reintroduce species on Galapagos island https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ecuador-reintroduce-species-galapagos-island.html
"#Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic #bird and #turtle species that have disappeared from an island in the #Galapagos archipelago... The project will also seek to weed out invasive #rodents and #cats on the island of #Floreana"
Venturing to the Western Galápagos Spreading Center https://schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-post/venturing-to-the-western-galapagos-spreading-center/ #HydrothermalVents #Hydrothermal #DeepSea
"Previous expeditions to Iguanas, Pingüinos, and Navidad vent fields found lush #symbiotic animal communities dominated by giant #tubeworms, #clams, and #mussels that are similar to those along the Eastern #Galápagos Spreading Center, as well as unique #biology, such as abundant yellow skate eggs incubating in warm venting fluid."
“You need 2-3 tortoises per hectare and can completely change the ecosystem and all the other species within it by shifting it from forest to savannah.”
Here's a Galapagos warbler in the yellow warbler complex
#galapagos #yellowwarbler
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I'll happily lie around half the day when it's my choice, but now I'm on two days of bed rest so I want to go hiking or play kickball.
(Realistically: I'm recovering from 5 days of extreme foot #pain after a week of walking around in #Galapagos, on osteoporotic feet that were already trashed from #rheumatoid disease and a fracture. I can't realistically play kickball, and the bedrest is to recover from TEN steroid injections into my foot joints after destroying them further there.)
I returned from #StudyAbroad in #Ecuador and #Galápagos today.
I have a ton to share. It was truly the trip of a lifetime, and I'm still processing everything. I'll always remember this trip. I'll likely be telling my grandchildren about it someday. But for this post, I'll talk a little about the #PoliticalEcology of the place.
#Quito is in a difficult location for a city: the second-highest national capital in the world after Kathmandu, Nepal, and surrounded on both sides by volcanoes in the Avenida de los Volcanes. Compounded with extreme poverty and political instability, quiteños are constantly at risk. But I still saw almost no homelessness, and I even saw people dancing, playing, and making music and art in the streets. Usually together, almost always for others. Don't ever tell me that people are inherently selfish again. And, unlike American cities which flatten and mow down the existing geological and ecological space for new development, Quito was the most vegetated city I've ever seen (even deep in the core of the city), and is built around and amongst natural features of the Andean cloud forest landscape.
The Galápagos is a remote volcanic archipelago, a special region of Ecuador but 1000 km away from the nearest land, with almost no fresh water, and had no permanent human population until a few centuries ago. In order to preserve the unique ecosystems of the Galápagos, highly restrictive measures must be taken. Not many people get to go, so I made a conscious effort to keep in mind the people who don't have the same incredible #privilege that I had. Fishing and agriculture are highly regulated, hunting is forbidden, you can't move there unless you marry someone who lives there, cats and dogs must be sterilized (and if there's one thing that stuck out to me right away, it's how much Ecuadorians love their pets). But by and large, galapagueños take those measures. The small cities of the Galápagos rely on non-destructive relationships with the local ecology in order to continue their existence, and do so proudly while providing very safe, relatively comfortable (though far from easy or wealthy) lives for the people. Because the wild animals of the Galápagos is not used to humans being dangerous, they tend to let you approach very closely (although 6 feet is the minimum legal distance for most animals). I don't ever want to hear that humans are inherently destructive to nature again. Nor do I ever want to hear that the much smaller changes we must make to our own economy and society to have reciprocity with the #UpstateNY ecosystem are too hard.
If I'd been born in Quito or the Galápagos, my life would have been very different. But it would have still been a valuable life, rich with experiences. There are countless possible lives I might have had, although I'm grateful for this one. Thousands of real people are currently living such lives. They seemed to me like mostly regular--but authentic and interesting--people with very different #perspectives and #experiences from my own. I wish them all the best.
Now, I'd like to share a one of my favorite photos from the Galápagos. It's a land iguana from the small, uninhabited island of Seymour Norte, off the northern coast of Santa Cruz. For an unknown reason, these iguanas would sell their souls for a yellow flower, or really anything yellow. Sometimes they'll follow you around if you wear a yellow shirt (although I tried it and they seemed too tired). I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the land iguanas themselves are bright yellow.
Happy #Sunday everyone! It’s once more time for another episode of #WildlifeWins
Today’s hopeful story comes from the #Galapagos Islands where there is a positive story about the endemic Darwin’s #Flycatcher.
While the fascinating #bird is still on the international red list, this year, 12 #chicks have been born raising the hopes for this species which population had dropped to just 15 pairs.
Let’s all hope that the chicks remain healthy and have a good start to their life so the future of this species is more hopeful for the future!
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-galapagos-islands-darwin-flycatcher-tiny.html
@wonderofscience I wish we could put a giant climate dome over and around the #Galapagos Islands.
Die #Galapagos-Inseln sind eines der wertvollsten Ökosysteme der Welt. Die Credit Suisse eher nicht... Doch die Bank hat den Inseln jetzt geholfen: mit dem weltweit größten Tausch von #Schulden gegen #Naturschutz
Mehr dazu in unserer neuen Ausgabe 👇
Happy Friday! In today's issue: a $1.6 billion debt-for-nature swap is helping conserve the #Galapagos Islands, #Japan reforms #sex crime laws to ban 'upskirting' & filming sexual acts w/o consent & porch gatherings help fight loneliness in #Washington DC.
Ein Paar Tier-Bilder zum #EarthDay.
#Tiere #Animals #Fotografie #Photography #Galapagos
Scientists Aboard #RVAtlantis Discover Pristine #DeepSea #CoralReefs in the #Galápagos Marine Reserve https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/scientists-aboard-r-v-atlantis-discover-pristine-deep-sea-coral-reefs-in-the-galapagos-marine-reserve/
Observations using the newly upgraded human-occupied vehicle #Alvin are the first of a deep-sea #CoralReef in the #GalápagosMarineReserve. The reefs are located at depths between 400-600 m, atop previously unmapped #seamounts.
The #GalápagosNationalPark Directorate, in collaboration with the organization #GalápagosConservancy, released the 86 #hatchlings, aged between 5 & 6 years, of the #Chelonoidis #hoodensis #species that is #endemic to #EspañolaIsland in the #Galápagos .
The #animals come from the #CaptiveBreeding center of #SantaCruzIsland - located in the center of the #archipelago
https://www.laprensalatina.com/86-captive-bred-galapagos-tortoises-released-into-native-habitat/amp/
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A marine iguana venting electrolytes secreted by its cranial salt glands. Fernandina Island, Galápagos. #iguana #reptile #salt #sneezing #ocean #nature #physiology #osmoregulation #homeostasis #biology #Galapagos #Ecuador #Amblyrhynchus
I have so many amazing memories and photos from a February 2019 trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos. Sharing a few for #PhotoMonday
Ok it's not the best quality owl picture today, but it is a Galapagos short-eared Owl. Endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
#wildlife #SuperbOwl #travel #hiking #Nature #ecuador #photo #owl #birds #galapagos #silentsunday
What oh what to submit for a photo, just for photos sake.
Today I give your baby Galapagos tortoises.
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I've booked an expedition to the #GalapagosIslands for later this year. I'm super pumped! I need to find a good Pelican case to store my #Canon R6 and telephoto #birding lens in for water landings.
Also going to steal the #GoPro Hero10 Black from my boyfriend's racecar for underwater video.
#galapagos #vacation #photography
Frigatebird Flaunting It
Description: Puffing up his large, red neck pouch, hoping to attract a mate, this frigatebird scans the skies for a likely companion.
Location: Galapagos, Ecuador, South America
https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/frigatebird-flaunting-it/
#Birding #Ecuador #Featured #PhotooftheDay #SouthAmerica #bird #birding #Ecuador #frigatebird #galapagos
Really strongly debating booking a #Galapagos #vacation next year. It's something I've always wanted to do, and I'm not getting any younger. The expedition I'm looking at involves camping there.