Google Maps' Street View team recently traveled to several locations in the Galapagos Islands, snapping panoramic views as they went. Using backpack-mounted cameras and underwater gear, they documented the unique diversity of the archipelago that helped inspire Darwin's theory of evolution. The government of Ecuador established the Galapagos National Park in 1959, setting aside 97% of the islands' land area for preservation. Collected here are images from Google's team as well as from other photographers, taking you on a virtual visit to these amazing islands.
Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin cDaniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. (AP Photo/Google)
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Marine iguanas in the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island, on September 15, 2008. (Reuters/Guillermo Granja)
Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation crosses a rocky lava field to reach a land iguana restoration area in Bahia Cartago, Isabela Island in the Galapagos, in May of 2013. Bahia Cartago is a protected area not accessible to tourists but the Street View Trekker was invited to collect imagery there. (AP Photo/Google)
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A Blue-footed Booby, photographed in the Galapagos on September 20, 2011. Original here. (CC BYNicolas de Camaret)
A marine iguana crawls along the beach on Rabida Island, Galapagos Islands, on January 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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A diver swims alongside a whale shark in the Galapagos Islands. Scientists from the Galapagos National Park, the University of California, Davis and the Charles Darwin Foundation, have launched an investigation to unravel the mysteries of the whale shark, a species believed to be present in the oceans for at least 60 million years. The first stage of the study involved placing transmitters on the sharks.(AP Photo/The Galapagos National Park of Ecuador)
Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation climbs out of a lava tube on Isabela Island, where he was collecting imagery on the Galapagos. (AP Photo/Google)
In June of 2009, the Cerro Azul volcano on Isabela Island was in an active phase, spewing molten lava into the air, spilling it across its flanks, and widening existing lava flows. (Reuters/Parque Nacional Galapagos)
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Marine Iguanas cling to a rock at Suarez Point on Espanola Island. Original here. (CC BY NDMark Rowland)
An aerial view of Bainbridge Islands, Galapagos Islands, on January 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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A Frigatebird in the Galapagos islands, photographed on April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Kim Gamel)
Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation crosses a field of ferns to reach some naturally occurring sulfur mines on the top of Sierra Negra, an active volcano on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. (AP Photo/Google)
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