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Galapagos Islands Adventure 2009 – Part 8
Aug 21, 2009 | by Kevin Loughlin
On the north side of the island of Santiago lies Cayeta Tortuga Negra or Black Turtle Cove. This mangrove lined estuary offers the perfect habitat of protective roots to act as a nursery for sea life.
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Polarized sunglasses help us see into the water, and polarized filters on the cameras also remove the reflections to allow the camera to see underwater.
We find our prize… at least a dozen of the ‘Galapagos Black’ sub-species of the Green Sea Turtle are visible with our polarizers. The swim slowly in circles. Males, I suspect, waiting for a female to arrive.
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Next island… South Plaza…
photos by Kevin Loughlin