Galapagos Islands

October 7 to 16, 2006

Underwater Photography by Ed Hoffman
Land Photography by David Eaton (DE) and Liz Bryan (LB)

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Front line = Nemo II Crew. Back line = our group.
THE NEMO II, Our home for the week.
Plenty of room topside. (DE)
Galapagos Shark passing by.
Our Naturalist, Fabricio with an old friend. (DE)
45 feet of Whale Shark
120 with 80 yrs. to go. (DE)
A big and graceful Whale Shark.
A large Spotted Eagle Ray.
A Morish Idol leading a school of Yellow tailed Surgeonfish.
An Eagle Ray entertaining the quest.
An Eagle Ray fly - by.
An experience we will never forget.
Another Hawksbill Turtle
A Whale Shark from beneath.
Butterflyfish
Coming back from a dive. (LB)
Eagle Ray in flight.
Eagle Rays
Ed and our group's Natrualist, Fabricio. (DE)
Another Whale Shark. Ed got pushed by the tail while taking this shot.
Group swimming through a school of Black Striped Salema..
Galapagos Shark
Galapagos Shark coming up from the deep.
Getting our pre-dive talk from our Naturalist, Fabricio. (LB)
Giant Manta Ray
Hanging on the ledge waiting for the shark show.
Hawksbill Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle taking flight.
The largest fish in the ocean a Whale Shark
(45 ft.)
King Angelfish
King Angelfish (Blue)
Large Fine - Spotted Moray Eel with an Angelfish.
Large gills and small eyes.
Leather Bass
Makes you feel pretty small swiming with on of these guys.
Morish Idol
One of 24 Whale Shark encounters we had.
Our Crew (DE)
Our transportation to the dive sites. (DE)
Peggy in the middle of a school of Black Stripped Salema.
Tim trying to catch up to a Whale Shark.
Returning to the Mother Ship. (LB)
Scalloped Hamerhead
Sea Lion
Sea Lion coming down to say hello.
The big fellow, Whale Shark, comes in to check us out.
Sea Lion posing in front of Ed's camera.
Sometimes you have to make a split second decision.
Spanish Hog Fish
Sting Ray
Sea Lion heading for the surface.
Kim & Tim on the first dive of the trip.