Scenery and Sunsets

Highlands of Santa Cruz Island

This picture was taken near the Royal Palm Hotel in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

House on Academy Bay

This building is at the end of a peninsula jutting out into Academy Bay near the town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island

This is the side of Academy Bay on Santa Cruz Island. There is a public dock here where you can catch a boat taxi between this section of the island and the town of Puerto Ayora.

Sunset in Academy Bay

Sunset seen from our yacht anchored in Academy Bay, at Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

Sunrise over Española Island

Sunrise seen from our yacht, anchored in Gardner Bar at Española Island in the Galapagos.

Drift Wood on Española Island

Photographed on the beach at Gardner Bay on Española Island in the Galapagos,.

Beach at Punta Suárez

This small beach on Española Island in the Galapagos is known as Punta Suárez. It is the home to marine iguanas (seen in the lower left) as well as sea lions. The boat in the distance is the Reina Silvia, a companion yacht from the same tour company that followed us around in the Galapagos.

Coast of Española Island

This is a section of the northwestern coast of Española Island, south of Punta Suárez. A single marine iguana guards the small bay and some boobies are nesting in the distance.

Coast of Española Island

This is a section of the northwestern coast of Española Island, south of Punta Suárez. A blow hole can be seen spouting in the distance and a few male sea lions are hanging out on the rocks in the foreground.

Coast of Española Island

This is a section of the northwestern coast of Española Island, south of Punta Suárez.

Surf and Rocks at Punta Suárez

These rocks are just off of Punta Suárez on Española Island in the Galapagos. The red splotches are sally lightfoot crabs.

Sunset over Punta Suárez

Sunset from our yacht anchored at Española Island in the Galapagos. The point of land in the image is Punta Suárez on Española Island.

Sunset over Punta Suárez

Sunset from our yacht anchored at Española Island in the Galapagos. That is probably our sister ship in the foreground.

Yachts off of Punta Pitt

Our yacht, the Integrity, and its sister yacht, the Reina Silvia are ancored off of Punta Pitt on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Galapagos Carpet Weed on San Cristóbal Island

This landscape is part of northeastern San Cristóbal Island near Punta Pitt. The red plants are Galapagos carpet weed or sesuvium edmonstonei.

Olivine beach at Punta Pitt

This is a view of the beach at Punta Pitt on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos. The beach is seen from our hike up and over the peak of the island. The color of the beach is due to olivine (iron magnesium silicate), which adds a green tint to the sand. (Or maybe I got the color balance wrong.)

Kicker Rock

This is Kicker Rock, the remains of a lava cone, now split into two, off of the coast of San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Kicker Rock Close-Up

This is a close up of a small section of Kicker Rock off of the coast of San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos. That formation is probably around 30 meters high.

Kicker Rock Facade

This is a close up of a small section of Kicker Rock off of the coast of San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Beach near Cerro Brujo

This beach is near the Cerro Brujo hills of San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos, which you can see in the background. The sand is as soft as it looks, and we hiked barefoot along this beach.

Beach near Cerro Brujo

This beach is near the Cerro Brujo hills of San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos. The sand is as soft as it looks, and we hiked barefoot along this beach. That is Barbara in the white shirt.

Sunset through Kicker Rock

After our beach walk at Cerro Brujo, on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos, we asked the captain if he would relocate the yacht so we could see the sunset behind Kicker Rock. The captain delivered so we could watch the sunset behind the rock formation.

Sunset through Kicker Rock

After our beach walk at Cerro Brujo, on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos, we asked the captain if he would relocate the yacht so we could see the sunset behind Kicker Rock. The captain delivered so we could watch the sunset behind the rock formation.

Sunset through Kicker Rock

After our beach walk at Cerro Brujo, on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos, we asked the captain if he would relocate the yacht so we could see the sunset behind Kicker Rock. The captain delivered so we could watch the sunset behind the rock formation.

Sunset at Kicker Rock

After the sun set behind Kicker Rock (lower-left in the image), I took this picture of the clouds lit up by the sun below the horizon. Near San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Sunrise near Santa Fé Island

The sun behind clouds soon after rising, while the yacht was anchored at Santa Fé Island in the Galapagos.

Coast of Santa Fé Island

This is a small section of the northwest coast of Santa Fé Island in the Galapagos.

South Plaza Island

This picture was taken on our approach to South Plaza Island in the Galapagos.