| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Ecuador |
Region : Southern Highlands
|
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The Andean highlands are fertile and dotted with villages and towns.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
Region : Southern Highlands
|
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The cloud-shrouded Southern Highlands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
Region : Southern Highlands
|
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Fertile Andean valleys.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
Region : Southern Highlands
|
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A blanket of green.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
Region : Southern Highlands
|
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The foothills of the Andes.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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The Andean city of Cuenca is at 2530m.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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The Rio Tomebamba Valley runs through the city.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Cuenca was a Canyari city until conquered by the Incas. It was destroyed by the Spanish.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Street scene in the city centre.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Parque Caldereon is the main plazza.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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The main plaza in Cuenca.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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The blue domed cathedral dates from 1885.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Flower market.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Santo Domingo Church.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Ortega's Panama hat factory. The hats originated in Ecuador and were made famous during the building of the Panama Canal.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Church of San Fransisco.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
|
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Colonial architecture.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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Blouse from Ecuador.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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A Canyar belt maker.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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A Sarayacu pot from the Amazon.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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A Mapuche poncho from Chile is one of many items from the rest of the Americas.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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Lace place mat from Paraguay.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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Textile with quetzals from Guatemala.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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Embroidered Otomi carpet from Mexico.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Cuenca
Site / Event : Museum of Arts
|
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Devil costume from Oruro (Bolivia).
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Gualacueo is a small Andean village with a Sunday market.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Woman at the Sunday market.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Vegetable seller.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Panama hats were first developed in this region.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Looking at pots.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Street scene on market day.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Street stall. Women from Gualacueo wear plain dresses embroidered at the hem.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Gualacueo
|
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Old woman.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Riobamba is a colonial Andean town.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Market day in Riobamba.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Hat seller.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Woman selling meat.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Vegetable sellers in the market.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Woman having a drink.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Riobamba
|
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Man and woman meeting.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Guayaquil
|
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Moorish architecture dating from 1770.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Guayaquil
|
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The River Guayas.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
City / Town : Guayaquil
|
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Land Iguana in the main square.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
|
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The volcanic Galapagos Islands are five million years old.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
|
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There are thirteen major islands, six small ones and many islets.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
|
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The islands were discovered by a Panamanian bishop in 1535 after drifting off course.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Santa Cruz is the second largest of the islands (986 square km).
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Santa Cruz is the most populous of the islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Lava outcrop.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835 and stayed for five weeks.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Saddle Backed Tortoise.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Head of a Saddle Backed Tortoise. The Galapagos are named after the iconic giant tortoises.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Opunti Cactus dominate the arid, volcanic landscape.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Mockingbirds are very common on the islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Lava Lizards have a red patch under their jaws when sexually active.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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View over the scrubland.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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A 1m long Land Iguana, one of two species of iguana on the Galapagos.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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A Marine Iguana, a species only found on the Galapagos.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Lava strewn coast line.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Puerto Ayora is the largest settlement on the Galapagos.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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The lush highlands of Santa Cruz.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Mata Zarno trees.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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One of a pair of volcanic craters called Los Gemelos, the Twins.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Black Necked Stilt.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Wimbrel.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Round Shelled Tortoises can weigh up to 250kg.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Head of a Round Shelled Tortoise, one of twelve species of giant tortoise on the islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Lava Gull.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Santa Cruz
|
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Sunset over Santa Cruz.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Hood Island (61 square km) is the most southerly and oldest of the Galapagos Islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Pelican on the bow of a sail boat.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Swallow-tailed gull.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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A pair of mating Galapagos Hawks.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Sea Lions are very common on Hood Island.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Baby Sea Lion resting on rocks.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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The red colour of Marine Iguanas denotes sexual readiness.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Marine Iguanas are the only reptile to eat sea plants.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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A pair of courting Blue Footed Boobies.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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A Blue Footed Booby. These birds are found all around the Pacific Ocean.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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A juvenile Blue Footed Booby lacks the blue feet and is brown.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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The distinctive shape of a Frigatebird.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Lava cliff used by nesting sea birds.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Masked Booby.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Hood
|
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Masked Booby mother and baby.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
|
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Isla Gardener.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Floreana has an area of 173 square km and is one of the oldest of the Galapagos Islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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The Devil's Crown is an old volcanic crater.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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The Galapagos Penguin is the most northerly of the world's penguins.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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The distinctive shape of a Frigatebird.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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A brackish lagoon.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Flamingos.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Floreana is the sixth largest of the islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Golden Coloured Mustard Rays just below the surface.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Sally Lightfoot Crabs are common on the Galapagos Islands and in South America.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Sally Lightfoot Crab camouflaged on the rock.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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A colony of Wimbrells.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Yellow Warbler.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Floreana
|
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Lava Heron in a tree.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Jervis
|
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Jervis is one of the smaller islands.
|
1995 |
| Ecuador |
State / Province : Galapagos Islands
Region : Jervis
|
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Beach area next to cliffs.
|
1995 |
were added from 1 February 2025.