Galapagos Islands Flyby
April 1, 2010
Straddling the equator approximately 1000 kilometers to the west of the South American mainland, the Galapagos Islands lie within the heart of the equatorial current system. credit: NASA
Topics:
Environment, Volcanology, Geography, Geology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Galápagos Islands, Ecoregions, Plate tectonics