Photos from the Galapagos

[rcohn]

I was on a 12-day diving trip in the Galapagos Islands in August on the Aggressor II. The trip was fantastic, exceeding everyone’s expectations. With three days each at Wolf and Darwin we had more whale sharks than we bothered to count, hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks, sea lions, eagle rays, and swimming with a huge (+100) pod of dolphins. We spent two days at Punte Vicente Roca on Isabella Island, the dive masters thanked us because the Aggressor had not done the site in two years. There we saw mola-molas, turtles, penguins, marine iguanas, red-lipped batfish, and all the smaller stuff. We also had dives at Cousins Rock, Seymour Island, and Roca Redonda.

While I was the only non-photographer in the group, I did carry a Canon subcompact point and shoot camera on some of the dives. A few shots are included below. If you want to see a more of what diving in one of the best sites in the world looks like, I’ve been corrected and posted pictures on my webshots site,: See: http://community.webshots.com/user/rfcohn (http://community.webshots.com/user/rfcohn) for all the photos.

Ralph


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rfcohn's photos and albums on webshots (http://community.webshots.com/user/rfcohn)

[Nanoose]

Thanks for sharing. Nice shots for a compact point'n'shoot! well done!

[Abaco24]

Just don't try to tie in any Darwin theories, trust me:D

[rcohn]

Thank you.

If anyone would like to read more about this trip, a detailed trip report is found on this page Galapagos... Yippee! - Page 4 - Underwater Photo Chat (http://www.uwphotochat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=740&page=4) with many pro level photos following in the thread. The last page of the thread has a summary of Jukka's Hi-def videos Underwater Photo Chat - View Single Post - Galapagos... Yippee! (http://www.uwphotochat.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9062&postcount=309) which are well worth the download time.

Ralph

[CLEAR BLUE]

All I can say is WOW.......