Owl Monkey

An Aotus lemurinus, known as an owl monkey, carries its one-month-old baby on its back after it was born in captivity at the zoo in Medellin, Colombia, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.(AP Photo/Luis Benavides)

Hubble Telescope Photos

Selection of some of the images taken over the years by the Hubble space telescope. Spacewalking astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis resume their ambitious overhaul of the Hubble telescope on Friday, replacing failing gyroscopes and aging batteries in the pointing and power systems.(AFP/NASA)

Pandas Tuan Tuan & Yuan Yuan

Pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, whose names together mean "reunion" in Chinese, sit together inside their enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo May 19, 2009. The pair of giant pandas were donated by political rival China.REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Komodo Dragon

The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, has a snake-like venom in its bite which sends victims into shock and stops their blood from clotting, according to Australian research.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)

Eastern Black Rhinoceros Baby

A newly born baby Eastern Black Rhinoceros calf sits with her mother in their enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England, May 18, 2009. The four day old calf is the second Eastern Black Rhino to be born at the zoo in eight months.REUTERS/Phil Noble (BRITAIN ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Giraffe Calf Shani

Giraffe calf Shani is seen with her father Naruk, left, and her mother Kibaya, right, at the Berlin Zoo, Friday, May 15, 2009. Shani was born May, 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Jaguar Triplets

Triplet Jaguar cubs, seen, at the Tierpark Zoo, in Berlin, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The three cubs were born on April 16 and named Atiero, Jumanes and Valdivia.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Eastern Black Rhinoceros Baby

A four-day-old Eastern Black Rhinoceros, yet to be named, left, is seen next to her mother Ema inside their enclosure at Chester Zoo, Chester, England, Monday, May 18, 2009. The zoo is home to over 7,000 animals and 400 different species, including some of the most endangered species on the planet.(AP Photo/Paul Thomas)

Flamingo

Feather shelter : A flamingo rests during a rain shower in its enclosure at the zoo in the northern German city of Osnabrueck.(AFP/DDP/David Hecker)

Peacocks

Luxury birds : Peacocks brought from India are displayed for sale on a street in Kabul. Rich Afghans buy the colorful birds as a pets with a pair costing about 12,500 afghanis or 250 dollars.(AFP/Shah Marai)

Sunflowers

A bird sits on a sunflower at a field at Chunni village, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, May 6, 2009. Many Indian farmers cultivate sunflower for its seeds to produce cooking oil.REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Cirque du Soleil Performer

Cirque preview : A Cirque du Soleil artist performs in front of the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California during a preview of the Kooza show that they will perform here next October, as a part of the celebration of the Santa Monica Pier Centennial and the 25th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)

Bengal Tiger Cubs

A zoo keeper holds up Bengal tiger cubs at Universal Animal Zoo near Amman May 13, 2009. The cubs were born two weeks ago to father Nahar and mother Shorook.REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Polar Bear

A first grader from St Jude School, in Bridgetown, Ohio, observes a polar bear at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale, Ohio, Thursday, May 7, 2009, during a school field trip.(AP Photo/Ernest Coleman, The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Sand Creations

A sculptor works on a sand sculpture of "The Thinker" during preparations for the FIESA 2009 International Sand Sculpture Festival in Pera May 14, 2009. An international team of 60 sculptors will turn 35,000 tons of sand into sculptures spread over 15,000 square metres (161,600 square feet) for the festival, which opens to the public on May 22.REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro (PORTUGAL TRAVEL SOCIETY)

Honey Bee

A honey bee approaches the blossom of a corn poppy flower in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Sunday, May 17, 2009.(AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

Wilbaer the Polar Bear

Wilbaer, a 16-months old polar bear, plays with a piece of wood in the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Wilbaer, who was born in this zoo, will leave this zoo in the next weeks and move to the bear park Orsa in Gorenklitt, Sweden.(AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

Polar Bears

Polar bears Bill, right, and Lara react, at their first meeting, at the Zoom Erlebniswelt zoo, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Friday, April 17, 2009. Polar bear Bill came from the zoo in Bruenn, Czech Republic, as a new partner for female polar bear Lara.(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Moxie & Sukari

In this photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society and taken on May 1, 2009 shows , Moxie, a young lion cub and her mother, Sukari, at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Born in November 2008, Moxie was the first lion born at the Bronx Zoo in 31 years.(AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)

Asian Small Claw Otters

SeaWorld animal trainers in Orlando have their hands full with four baby Asian small-clawed otters, seen March 30, 2009.(Photo and caption submitted by Jason Collier/SeaWorld Orlando)

Hubble Deep Field

Several hundred never before seen galaxies are visible in this "deepest-ever" view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in this image released by NASA May 4, 2009. Besides the classical spiral and elliptical shaped galaxies, there is a bewildering variety of other galaxy shapes and colors that are important clues to understanding the evolution of the universe. Some of the galaxies may have formed less that one billion years after the Big Bang. REUTERS/Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Bald_Eagle_Cam

An eagle seen in a frame grab from a webcam situated on B.C.'s Hornby Island.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO/ Infotec Business Systems
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Mercury

This NASA handout image released in October 2008 shows the planet Mercury. The US space probe MESSENGER's second fly-by of the planet Mercury in October 2008 revealed the solar system's smallest planet to be far more active than previously thought, four studies said Thursday.(AFP/NASA/File)

Asian Leopard

Great Grey Owl

A great grey owl, Strix nebulosa, looks on from its enclosure at Skansen zoo in Stockholm April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Leif R Jansson/Scanpix (SWEDEN ANIMALS) SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

Lion and Tiger

Laith the lion (L) and Dima the tigress rest in their cage at Ghamadan Zoo near Amman April 23, 2009.REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN ANIMALS ODDLY)
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A Nose for Butterflies

Close encounter : Newly hatched butterflies land on a woman during a press launch of the "Butterfly Jungle" at the Natural History Museum in London.(AFP/Leon Neal)

Earth Day Flowers

Cut Spring flowers, daffodils and tulips, brighten the inside of a home in Orange Twp., Ohio on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Today is Earth Day.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Raccoon

A raccoon peers out from a hole in a tree in a ravine in Moreland Hills, Ohio on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Photos by Ben King

http://benstravelblog.blogspot.com/

Links from Ravi

Ravi's New Website
myrambles.net/ravi/pix/HTML/Galapagos.html

Local people:
Steve Gosser:
http://home.comcast.net/~sgosser/index.htm
Kim Steininger:
http://birdsbykim.com/
and her blog:
http://birdsbykim.com/blog/

And I have great admirations for these people:
http://www.ethanmeleg.com/galleries.htm
http://www.rodplanck.com/gallery.htm
http://www.dlcphotography.net/2008/2008.htm

Other random sites:
http://www.photoportfolios.net/featuredportfolio.html

Albino Moose

Not one, but two ! Truly amazing ! These animals were photographed just north of the Wisconsin border on a highway near Marenisco , MI . Once in awhile there is an opportunity to take in a piece of nature that you may never see. In these days of unrest and turmoil it is great to see that Mother Nature can still produce some wondrous beauty.

The odds of seeing an albino moose are astronomical and to see this in the upper peninsula of Michigan , near Wisconsin , is even greater than astronomical. To see two of them together is nearly impossible..

Mars Mission Simulation

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Mars in 2005. Six volunteers from Europe and Russia will on Tuesday allow themselves to be locked up in a capsule in Moscow for over three months to simulate the conditions for an eventual manned mission to Mars.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)

Soufriere Hills Volcano

Superheated ash and lava is visible inside the cone of the Soufriere Hills volcano as seen from Olveston, Montserrat in this Jan. 4, 2007 file photo.(AP Photo/Wayne Fenton)

Whitetail Buck

A male whitetail deer in Knox, Pa., stands behind a doe in this Nov. 30, 1999 file photo.(AP Photo)

Black Rhino Calf

'Susan K.' a five-day-old female black rhino calf, rests at the San Francisco Zoo in this July 21, 1998 file photo.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Orca Whale

An Orca whale surfs for a moment in the wake of another in Haro Strait, off the coast of San Juan Island, Wash., in this Aug. 5, 1997 file photo.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Mount Redoubt

Men float down the Kenai River with Mount Redoubt volcano on the horizon, near the mouth of the river at Kenai, Alaska, in this July 30, 2002 photo.(AP Photo/Al Grillo)

Galapagos Volcano

In this photo released by Galapagos National Park, La Cumbre volcano erupts in Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos islands, Ecuador, Saturday, April 11, 2009. The Galapagos National Park says La Cumbre volcano began spewing lava, gas and smoke on uninhabited Fernandina Island on Saturday after four years of inactivity.(AP Photo/Galapagos National Park)

Spring Blooms

Spring blooms : Flowers bloom on a hill overlooking the in the southern German town of Hohenfels.(AFP/DDP/Joerg Koch)

White Rhinoceros

White Rhinoceros calf 'Naruna', right, explores the open-air enclosure of the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The square-lipped rhinoceros that was born in Nov. 2008 is the zoo's 40th rhinoceros offspring born since its foundation in 1974.(AP Photo/Axel Heimken)