Marine iguana relaxing in the sun, Galapagos Islands 28th December 2010

5 Responses to “Marine iguana relaxing in the sun, Galapagos Islands”

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galapagosexpert:

Fantastic photo! I love these guys, too….They always seem to look content and angry at the same time!

December 29th, 2010 at 18:15
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Kevin:

Great shot !Happy new year !

December 31st, 2010 at 12:42
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Russ:

Another great shot. So many fantastic shots on here.

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January 20th, 2011 at 19:22

Thanks for your comments Russ, much appreciated

January 13th, 2011 at 00:40
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CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Focal Length135 mm
Aperturef/7.1
Exposure1/1250 sec
ISO500
Date Taken10 Jul 2010, 14:22

The story behind "Marine iguana relaxing in the sun, Galapagos Islands"

After travelling around on 7 continents, I think I found one of the coolest animals around!

These creatures are normally only about a foot long (+ another foot for the tail), though big ones can be double the size and on some islands they are only half the size. But they always look great, often sitting on the rocks to soak in the solar energy before heading out to see to eat.

Often they just forage around the rocks and are famous fo their unexpected sneezing, complete with fluids squirting out their nostrils!

More to come later, these guys deserve some more pictures I think :)

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