Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Sea

Photo: An endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A man photographs an endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A man photographs an endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: An endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Tourist walk among the Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourist walk among the Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Tourist walk among the Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourist walk among the Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: An endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, on the beach at Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Close up of a Galapagos sea lion sleeping, Zalophus wollebaeki, on Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Close up of a Galapagos sea lion sleeping, Zalophus wollebaeki, on Espanola Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A tourist snorkels near Kicker Rock, near San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A tourist snorkels near Kicker Rock, near San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

An endangered (IUCN and US) green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered (IUCN and US) green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

An endangered (IUCN and US) green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered (IUCN and US) green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

An endangered (IUCN and US) green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered (IUCN and US) green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, near Kicker Rock on the edge of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A teenage boy swims in his business suit along the coast of Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A teenage boy swims in his business suit along the coast of Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: An endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: An endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) swims along Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) swims along Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: An endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: A teenage boy swims in his business suit along the coast of Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A teenage boy swims in his business suit along the coast of Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A man photographs tourists departing from Rabida Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A man photographs tourists departing from Rabida Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

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Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

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Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

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Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

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Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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