Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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Caution: fissures ahead. Fernandina, the youngest of the Galápagos Islands, is rent by a giant volcanic vent. The island is home to marine iguanas, one of evolution's grand experiments. Hundreds of them.

Galapagos

(Steve Stroud / Los Angeles Times / July 18, 2007)

Caution: fissures ahead. Fernandina, the youngest of the Galápagos Islands, is rent by a giant volcanic vent. The island is home to marine iguanas, one of evolution's grand experiments. Hundreds of them.