{"id":4031585,"date":"2015-09-15T09:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T09:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/time.com\/?p=4031585"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:38:00","slug":"galapagos-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/destinations\/galapagos-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"See Breathtaking Photos of the Galapagos Islands on the Anniversary of Darwin&#8217;s Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pristine wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, which are located nearly 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, has long appealed to tourists with an eye for nature. In recent years, the number of such visitors has steadily increased: there were 200,000 of them in 2013, compared to fewer than 12,000 in 1979. But the attraction of the islands is far from new. That same wildlife also attracted a young naturalist to the islands in 1835, and his findings there would inform one of the most important scientific theories ever posited.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Darwin had been sailing for three years on the <em>H.M.S. Beagle<\/em>, helmed by captain Robert FitzRoy, before arriving at the Galapagos. During the voyage&#8217;s five weeks at the islands, he observed giant tortoises and marine iguanas, mockingbirds and finches. His observations of the variations between species on different islands sparked the idea that would lead to his theories of evolution and natural selection, published more than two decades later in <em>On the Origin of Species<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When LIFE sent photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt to photograph the islands in 1957, his camera found many of the same species Darwin had written about. In a lengthy essay accompanying Eisenstaedt&#8217;s photographs, LIFE summarized Darwin&#8217;s amazement upon finally embarking on the most anticipated leg of his journey:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Beagle<\/em> arrived on Sept. 15, and Darwin gazed with awe at the forbidding scene black basaltic mountains, pitted, cratered, blistered, seamed with lava flows, littered with slag heaps, strewn with cinders, parched and prostrate beneath a smoldering, sullen sky. To his eyes the landscape suggested &#8220;what we might imagine the cultivated parts of the Infernal regions to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Liz Ronk edited this gallery for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizabethRonk\">@lizabethronk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031611\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031611 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. A giant tortoise, sensing danger, draws in its head with a hiss of alarm. It weighs 500 pounds, measures 51 inches down the back.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot; A giant tortoise, sensing danger, draws in its head with a hiss of alarm. It weighs 500 pounds, measures 51 inches down the back.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-01-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8221; A giant tortoise, sensing danger, draws in its head with a hiss of alarm. It weighs 500 pounds, measures 51 inches down the back.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031612\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031612 desc=\"Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-02-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"Galapogos Islands 1957Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Galapagos Islands 1957<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031613\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031613 desc=\"Sea iguana, Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Sea iguana, Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-03-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Sea iguana, Galapagos Islands, 1957.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031614\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031614 desc=\"Seals, Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Seals, Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-04-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Seals, Galapagos Islands, 1957.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031826\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031826 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Galapagos hawk surveys a terrain in which it knows no fear, even of man.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Galapagos hawk surveys a terrain in which it knows no fear, even of man.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-05-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Galapagos hawk surveys a terrain in which it knows no fear, even of man.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031749\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031749 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Brown pelican, kin to the U.S. pelican, feeds by scooping small fish into its pouch.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Brown pelican, kin to the U.S. pelican, feeds by scooping small fish into its pouch.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-07-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Brown pelican, kin to the U.S. pelican, feeds by scooping small fish into its pouch.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031750\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031750 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Lava cliff on Indefatigable Island, mounting above cool, turquoise waters, shows aridity of the Galapagos climate by its crown of cactus trees.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Lava cliff on Indefatigable Island, mounting above cool, turquoise waters, shows aridity of the Galapagos climate by its crown of cactus trees.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-08-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Lava cliff on Indefatigable Island, mounting above cool, turquoise waters, shows aridity of the Galapagos climate by its crown of cactus trees.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031748\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031748 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Young fur seal suns itself on lava rocks of James Island. At three months, it has been weaned and has learned to swim and forage for itself.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Young fur seal suns itself on lava rocks of James Island. At three months, it has been weaned and has learned to swim and forage for itself.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-06-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Young fur seal suns itself on lava rocks of James Island. At three months, it has been weaned and has learned to swim and forage for itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031752\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031752 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Lava lizard dines on a smaller member of his tribe, an unusual meal since lizards normally eat insects. Most abundant of local reptiles, lava lizards are found everywhere on the islands, including the homes of men. When angry they blow themselves up with air and spit their displeasure.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Lava lizard dines on a smaller member of his tribe, an unusual meal since lizards normally eat insects. Most abundant of local reptiles, lava lizards are found everywhere on the islands, including the homes of men. When angry they blow themselves up with air and spit their displeasure.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-09-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Lava lizard dines on a smaller member of his tribe, an unusual meal since lizards normally eat insects. Most abundant of local reptiles, lava lizards are found everywhere on the islands, including the homes of men. When angry they blow themselves up with air and spit their displeasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031810\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031810 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Scarlet rock crab squirts water in a moment of fright. Hosts of these crabs search for food, seldom entering the sea though always moistened by spray. Surprisingly nimble, they skitter swiftly into crannies before the winged shadows of their enemies, the predatory birds.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Scarlet rock crab squirts water in a moment of fright. Hosts of these crabs search for food, seldom entering the sea though always moistened by spray. Surprisingly nimble, they skitter swiftly into crannies before the winged shadows of their enemies, the predatory birds.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-101-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Scarlet rock crab squirts water in a moment of fright. Hosts of these crabs search for food, seldom entering the sea though always moistened by spray. Surprisingly nimble, they skitter swiftly into crannies before the winged shadows of their enemies, the predatory birds.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031811\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031811 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Prickly pear cacti reach tree size in the Galapagos, rearing their oval pads to heights of more than 30 feet. Flourishing across the arid lowlands, they provide both food and water to tortoises, iguanas and other animals who consume them spines and all with no apparent ill effects.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Prickly pear cacti reach tree size in the Galapagos, rearing their oval pads to heights of more than 30 feet. Flourishing across the arid lowlands, they provide both food and water to tortoises, iguanas and other animals who consume them spines and all with no apparent ill effects.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-111-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Prickly pear cacti reach tree size in the Galapagos, rearing their oval pads to heights of more than 30 feet. Flourishing across the arid lowlands, they provide both food and water to tortoises, iguanas and other animals who consume them spines and all with no apparent ill effects.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031812\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031812 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Coastal pool on James Island is roiled by sportive splashing of a sea lion enjoying a dip. Playful and tame, Galapagos sea lions have held their own against man&#039;s depredations, dwelling in herds on the rocks. Males often acquire harems of about 20 females which they guard jealously.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;Coastal pool on James Island is roiled by sportive splashing of a sea lion enjoying a dip. Playful and tame, Galapagos sea lions have held their own against man&#039;s depredations, dwelling in herds on the rocks. Males often acquire harems of about 20 females which they guard jealously.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-12-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;Coastal pool on James Island is roiled by sportive splashing of a sea lion enjoying a dip. Playful and tame, Galapagos sea lions have held their own against man&#8217;s depredations, dwelling in herds on the rocks. Males often acquire harems of about 20 females which they guard jealously.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031813\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031813 desc=\"A bird perches on a rock, Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A bird perches on a rock, Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-13-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A bird perches on a rock, Galapagos Islands, 1957.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031814\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031814 desc=\"Galapagos Islands landscape, 1957.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-14-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Galapagos Islands 1957<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031815\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031815 desc=\"The sun dips below a mountain on the Galapagos Islands, 1957.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-15-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Galapagos Islands 1957<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-4031816\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4031816 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. 1957 expedition was led by Dr. I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt of West Germany and Dr. Robert Bowman of U.S. Behind them: LIFE&#039;s Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and Artist Rudolf Freund who illustrated the article.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Original caption: &quot;1957 expedition was led by Dr. I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt of West Germany and Dr. Robert Bowman of U.S. Behind them: LIFE&#039;s Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and Artist Rudolf Freund who illustrated the article.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/09\/150911-galapagos-16-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Galapagos Islands 1957\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Original caption: &#8220;1957 expedition was led by Dr. I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt of West Germany and Dr. Robert Bowman of U.S. Behind them: LIFE&#8217;s Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and Artist Rudolf Freund who illustrated the article.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sept. 15, 1835, Charles Darwin and the H.M.S. 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