18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Marine Iguana, Galapagos, Ecuador 2019

We spent a week exploring, hiking and snorkeling in and around various islands in the Galapagos. As we came ashore from our Zodiak onto Fernandina Island, I spotted this marine iguana also heading towards the beach. The patterns in the water created by this iguana were quite unusual.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Ecuador
Camera: NIKON D7200
Copyright: © Philip Schwartz