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The Galapagos Islands are among the most beautiful and pristine places remaining on earth. Stark, rugged, and inhabited by some of the most bizarre creatures you will ever see, these young, volcanic islands offer a rare insight into what our planet was like before man conquered and cultivated large areas of its surface.

While visiting the Galapagos, Charles Darwin noticed unusual variations in the animal species from one island to another. It appeared that the various animals inhabiting the Galapagos were related, but on each island the animals were uniquely adapted for survival in their particular environment. Darwin's observations during his it brief initial visit to the Galapagos were ultimately destined to form the basis of his revolutionary theory of evolution. Ironically, the controversy surrounding Darwin's theories continued to this day.

The photographs in this video were taken in October, 2006, while on a National Geographic Expeditions tour on the Lindblad vessel M.S. Islander.

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National Geographic Expeditions
http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/531.html

Lindblad Expeditions
http://www.expeditions.com/expeditions/regions.asp?region_id=20

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  • it was amazing when ...

    it was amazing when i went..

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    Great video... thanks to god i been 5 times in the Galapagos Islands and this 2008 i'm going ones again :).. sweet

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  • Beautiful photos ...

    Beautiful photos and great music.
    I just recently posted "My Galapagos Daze" to Ian Anderson's "Postcard Day". I barely got back home with any photos at all.
    Check my video out, it is very different.

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  • nice!!!!

    nice!!!!

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  • Yep, that's how it ...

    Yep, that's how it works. We went with Lindblad Expeditions and they handled the air transport over to the islands.

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  • how does one visit ...

    how does one visit this place? first to equador and then from there?

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  • ive been there ...

    ive been there before it is so amazing all of the different animals and stuff

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  • ahh cool it is the ...

    ahh cool it is the polaris! I went in August and i highly recoomend Linblad on the Polaris if anyone is planing on going to Ecuador

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  • HEY! are you on the ...

    HEY! are you on the M.s Polaris i thought i recognized it at 0:51

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  • Wow i cannot ...

    Wow i cannot believe that i'm actually a ecuadorian n i haven't been in galpagos!!!!!!!!! i'm definitely going one day!!!!!!! Viva Ecuador !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Went in 2002, and ...

    Went in 2002, and leaving tonight for my second voyage there...

    The most incredible place on earth.

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  • Definitely an ...

    Definitely an awesome video for an unbelievable place-I knew you'd like this one. There's something about this place that just pulls at me-this slide show-the music made it perfect(worse?). Experiencing this would definitely be a dream come true. Knowing you-I believe you will make it there someday...hope its worth the wait and the work and all you wanted it to be...

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  • Great video. This ...

    Great video. This place is on my to do list. I'm in the NorthEastern of USA, so it's a very far and expensive trip. But I will do it.

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  • I am going to ...

    I am going to Galapagos with linblad on the polaris this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just got the phone call my! im so excited

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  • really loved it, i ...

    really loved it, i fell in love of the galapagos islands when i watched "Master & Commander" the film :P, thats a place i gotta visit at least once in my lifetime

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