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  • Unwanted natural gas is burnt at oil processing plant on the Napo River near Coca and the Yasuni National Park in Amazonian Ecuador. Virgin forest is being cleared for drilling and oil infrastructure. Napo River, Coca, Ecuador
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  • Brown Pelicans await their share in the fish market in Puerto Ayora. The Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) is seen as a subspecies, endemic to Galapagos, of the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) perches in papaya tree. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Suspension bridge over the Rio Napo located at Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana, the capital of Orellana province.  Coca and its infrastructure have expanded dramatically to service the oil industry. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • Morning mist rises over the Amazon rain forest viewed from a tree-top platform in the Napo Wildlife Centre. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Brown Pelicans wait politely in line for  their share in the fish market in Puerto Ayora. The Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) is seen as a subspecies, endemic to Galapagos, of the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A miserable looking  hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey sits out a rain storm. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A landing place on the mud banks of the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • Trimmed plants of Carludovica palmata in a canoe ready for transport and transplanting. These plants are used for the manufacture of Panama hats. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A vehicle ferry crosses the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • A miserable looking  hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey sits out a rain storm. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) at its woven nest in the Napo Wildlife Centre.  Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A pair of  hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey display. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Trimmed plants of Carludovica palmata in a canoe ready for transport and transplanting. These plants are used for the manufacture of Panama hats. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) appears to scowl at the camera Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Brown Pelicans await their share in the fish market in Puerto Ayora. The Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) is seen as a subspecies, endemic to Galapagos, of the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a Brown Pelican. The Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) is seen as a subspecies, endemic to Galapagos, of the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus cristatus). This subspecies is endemic to Isabela and Fernandina Islands. Las Tintoreras, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey amongst the leaves that form the main part of its diet. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) . Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A landing place on the mud banks of the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • A fast ferry or water bus called ‘Yasuni’ speeds past the Amzonian rain forest along the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • Male and female red-capped cardinals (Paroaria gularis). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A miserable looking red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A Greater Ani (Crotophaga major). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A Greater Ani (Crotophaga major). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey amongst the leaves that form the main part of its diet. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • An adult giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) with a fish resists a juvenile otter who wants a share.  The otters are leaving the Añangu Lagoon in a rain storm and heading up the Anangu Creek a tribituary of the Napo River. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Morning mist rises over the Amazon rain forest viewed from a tree-top platform in the Napo Wildlife Centre. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Solar panels generate electricity  outside a traditional palm leaf roofed house at the Kichwa Anangu Community on the banks of the Napo river. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A common squirrel monkey or South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) forages for food in the treetops. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) at its woven nest in the Napo Wildlife Centre.  Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) . Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A male Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) displays near a nesting site in the Napo Wildlife Centre while another bird flies past.  Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A fast ferry or water bus speeds along the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • An adult giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) with a fish resists a juvenile otter who wants a share.  The otters are leaving the Añangu Lagoon in a rain storm and heading up the Anangu Creek a tribituary of the Napo River. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus cristatus). This subspecies is endemic to Isabela and Fernandina Islands. Las Tintoreras, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A landing place and clearing on the mud banks of the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • A marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus cristatus). This subspecies is endemic to Isabela and Fernandina Islands. Las Tintoreras, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey eating the leaves that form the main part of its diet. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A miserable looking  hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey sits out a rain storm. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
    096077.jpg
  • A common squirrel monkey or South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) forages for food in the treetops. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A male Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) displays near a nesting site in the Napo Wildlife Centre.  Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A Greater Ani (Crotophaga major). Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey eating the leaves that form the main part of its diet. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
    096173.jpg
  • A miserable looking  hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), stinkbird, Canje pheasant, or stinking turkey sits out a rain storm. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
    096086.jpg
  • A smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) . Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A pair of  smooth-billed anis (Crotophaga ani) preening in the rain. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A fast ferry or water bus speeds along the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • A vehicle ferry crosses the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • A fast ferry or water bus speeds along the Napo River near Coca or Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • A many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) sits in the rain in the top of a fruiting tree. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A common squirrel monkey or South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) forages for food in the treetops. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • A ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) calls from a  papaya tree. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a marine iguana or Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus). This subspecies is endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a Brown Pelican. The Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) is seen as a subspecies, endemic to Galapagos, of the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaps into the air, showering water. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Morning mist rises over the Amazon rain forest viewed from a tree-top platform in the Napo Wildlife Centre. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Gargoyles on the Basílica del Voto Nacional are modelled on Ecuadorian fauna: iguanas, turtles and tortoises. The basilica was built in the twentieth century and is said to be the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas. Quito, Ecuador.
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  • The ornate stone filigree of the north tower of the Basílica del Voto Nacional. Newer parts of Quito extend in the background.  The basilica was built in the twentieth century and is said to be the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas. Quito, Ecuador.
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  • The ornate stone filigree of the north tower of the Basílica del Voto Nacional. Newer parts of Quito extend in the background.  The basilica was built in the twentieth century and is said to be the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas. Quito, Ecuador.
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  • Details of the main south doors of the  Basílica del Voto Nacional showing the baptism of native people by a priest attended by a soldier. Quito, Ecuador.
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  • A female Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) suckles its young pup.  Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) tends its egg  at its nest on sea cliffs on Isla Plaza Sur. As its large eyes suggest it is the world’s only nocturnal gull that feeds on squid that rise to the surface at night. Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A male Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus). Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) on the beach of Floreana. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • A San Cristóbal lava lizard (Microlophus bivittatus). This species of lava lizard endemic to San Cristóbal.   Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of a lava gull or dusky gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus), said to be the rarest gull in the world, is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Female medium ground finches (Geospiza fortis) investigate a camera bag. This species is endemic to Galapagos. San Cristóbal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of an immature yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Portrait of an immature yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Detail of the huge aluminium covered statue of the Virgin of Quito. The statue is sited on the top of the hill above Quito called El Panecillo. It was built in 1975 and is based on the on the Virgin of Legarda or Apocalyptic, an 18th century work by Bernardo de Legarda. El Panecillo, Quito, Ecuador.
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  • Huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Roots of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) plunge into white sand. Tortuga Bay. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Tree-like trunks of huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • The yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia, Dendroica petechia) foraging by a shallow lagoon. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • An American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding in a lagoon near Puerto Villamil. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Male, female and immature magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) and Galápagos brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) flock round a fishing boat expecting bits of fish waste. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Male, female and immature magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) and Galápagos brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) flock round a fishing boat expecting bits of fish waste. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia saxicola). This species is endemic to Isabela and is on the  IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules with hypocotyls hanging below the fruiting body. The propagules will soon drop off the parent tree and be dispersed by the surrounding water. Playa Isabela, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A female large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris). This bird has an enormous beak and associated musculature, evolved to deal with large seeds. This bird is endemic to Galapagos. Playa Isabela, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Sign on the rim of Sierra Negra Volcano describing the sulphur deposits, depositos de azufre. Below are active fumaroles and deposits of sulphur within the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A sedge plant grows in the lava and eroded sulphur minerals in the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Active fumaroles and deposits of sulphur within the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Clouds of sulphuric acid laden steam billow from active fumaroles and deposits of sulphur within the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Weathered crystals of sulphur minerals within the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Bracken growing  within the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Guava (Psidium guajava) is an introduced, invasive species that covers the damp highlands of Isabela. It is so successful because the pulp round the seeds is eaten by birds that spread the seeds. A fruit can be seen that has been pecked by birds. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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