For this week’s challenge, I first thought of boats. Picturesque boats, like the one on the harbor (or is that harbour?) in Dingle, Ireland.
One of the best times I’ve had on a boat was our tour of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. We spent about a week on the ship, traveling from island to island, even crossing the Equator. There were about a dozen of us university students, plus our professors, sharing a charming little yacht called the Coral I.
As zoology students, we were of course interested in sighting animals on the water. We saw sea birds, turtles, penguins, sea lions…and lizards. Yes, that’s right, the Galapagos have a swimming lizard, called the marine iguana.
Marine iguanas mostly spend their days sunning on the shore, but to feed they dive down and use their blunt teeth to scrape algae off rocks. They have some really cool adaptations for this lifestyle, including bradycardia or slowing of heart rate while under water, and “sneezing” out excess salt when back on land.
You can find more water at the original Lens-Artist challenge, guest hosted this week by Johnbo.
Jedi by Knight 
Wow, a swimming iguana! Interesting post. Thanks for sharing your photos on the water.
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Hi Mei-Mei, what always amazes me is the difference in colour of the water from say Dingle Harbour (with a U) and that of a place like Darwin Bay.
And speaking of boat names, I was offered the chance of a boat tour of the coast around Ireland (I had relatives living there) but I turned it down when I found out the boat was called “The Orca” 🤔😉
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I would not be eager to get on The Orca either! 🤣🤣
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I’ve seen numerous documentaries about the iguanas in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos are on my bucket list. I love the colour of the water.
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They are so fascinating! I always watch Galápagos documentaries when they are on TV. I hope you make it there some day.
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Fun choices this week Mei-Mei. Loved the iguana!
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The marine iguanas are so cool! I took so many pictures of them.
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Excellent photos and the Bay water is wonderful
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