Ecuadorian legislature.
Quito
Archbishop's residence.
Quito
Main plaza.
Quito
President's residence.
Quito
Jesuit cathedral.
Quito
Jesuit cathedral.
Quito
Jesuit cathedral.
Quito
Franciscan cathedral.
Quito
Supporting the globe, one of us on each side of the equator.
La Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, north of Quito
On the equator.
La Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, north of Quito
Quito at night.
Quito
Afternoon over Daphne Minor.
Near North Seymour Island
Holiday at the beach.
Gardner Bay, Espanola Island
Inside the Van Straelen visitor center at the Charles Darwin Research Station.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
A part of Puerto Ayora, population 15,000.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Another look at a small part of Puerto Ayora. Note the statue just left of center, and the Cyber Cafe in the background.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.
Walkway to Jacqueline de Roy's house.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Inside Jacqueline de Roy's house.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Life aboard the Sagitta.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Volcanic landscape.
Floreana Island
The Post Office Barrel, a mail drop dating back to the early whaling days. Also used as an espionage device by the Americans against the British. We left a postcard, which was picked up and mailed to us from Wisconsin. Thanks, Judith A. Boeck!
Post Office Bay, Floreana Island
Cloudscape.
Isabela Island
"1836", the oldest of many inscriptions by visitors to Tagus Cove.
Tagus Cove, Isabela Island
Iguana with a view. (Brown pelican flying by on the right.)
Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island
Sunset on the equator. It's just a little too dark to see the equator line on the ocean at the bottom of the picture. :-) Too many clouds to see the green flash on this trip, unfortunately.
Off Isabela Island
Red scoria cliff and beach.
Rabida Island
Cactus and rolling hills in the afternoon.
Rabida Island
Volcanic landscape on Bartolome and Santiago.
Bartolome Island
Lava flows, cinder cones, and spatter cones, with Pinnacle Rock on the right.
Bartolome Island
Stark, but photogenic.
Bartolome Island
Pinnacle Rock, with the Sagitta at anchor.
Bartolome Island
The setting for "The Beak of the Finch".
Daphne Major Island
The "welcome mat" -- the easiest landing spot.
Daphne Major Island
The cave at center served as the dining room. It's quite a ways from the only place on the island level enough for tents, but it's close to the "welcome mat," so the food and water doesn't have to be hauled as far.
Daphne Major Island
A look at some cacti. Each plant, and each finch living in and around it, became individually familiar to the researchers.
Daphne Major Island
Sleeping quarters. The only place on the island level enough to support a few decent-sized tents.
Daphne Major Island