| Heading westward around the northern cape of Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos Islands, we pass the Equator once more. We will first visit Fernandina, which, together with Isabela, are the two volcanically most active islands in the archipelago. |
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The scenery is impressive as are the sites that we visit. We go ashore in a mangrove-lined bay and explore small inlets, formed by black lava flows. Here we find some of the wonders of nature: the flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, penguins - the second smallest and most northern in the world - and of course the blue footed boobies may be observed in what seem to be very risky diving maneuvers."
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Marine
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Galápagos
Penguins
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Dinghy
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