KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery 4/26/2004

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This is Fernandino Volcano (located on Fernandina Island in the western part of the archipelageo). It is the most active volcano in the Galapagos Islands, and last erupted in 1995.	A group of blue-footed boobies off the coast of Fernandina Island	A brown peilcan. The stripe appears on these birds only during mating season.	A flightless cormorant, drying its wings. The wings are used for balance and for swimming, and must be dried so that they don't rot.
	This lava outcropping is actually filled with a large group of marine iguanas basking in the sun.	A couple of playful sea lions kissing in the water.	The scenery on Fernandina Island. Our hike today was entirely on huge black lava fields.
This shows some of the interesting lava formations on the island.		Some marine iguanas basking in the sun. They do this to warm their bodies in preparation for heading back to the water to feed.	A beautiful lava cactus. This was one of the "pioneer" plants in the Galapagos Islands.