Snorkeling pictures

Mark's grad student Shannon graciously lent us her underwater camera for our trip. It was wonderful to have for the snorkeling expeditions! Mark took charge of the camera and was able to get some incredible photos of the aquatic side of the Galapagos. Because it was a different camera from mine, my software didn't recognize it, so the pictures were not saved by the date taken. So...here is just a hodgepodge of the pictures, I'm not sure which snorkeling expedition the pictures were taken, but all of them were great fun! We are already discussing where we can go snorkeling again soon!

Here is a white tipped reef shark

Unfortunately, our field guide doesn't have too much information regarding the invertebrates of the islands. This is a beautiful starfish!
Two sea turtles mating

Mexican hogfish

We asked one of our fellow snorkelers to take a picture of us with the penguins in the background. She kinda cut off the penguins, but...here we are in full snorkeling gear with penguins in the background...off to the left side of the photo are two marine iguanas fighting over a female that was close by...

And here's a better shot of the penguins that Mark took.

Another sea turtle

Yellowtail surgeon fish

There were huge schools of these fish in every location that we snorkeled. It was really fun to just dive right into the middle of them!

more yellowtail surgeon fish

A cushion starfish

And here are several pictures of the sea lions playfully diving and swimming around us