"These beautiful creatures, and the beautiful landscapes that sustain them—and that they in turn, with their living and dying, sustain—possess a value and a virtue regardless of our dwindling connection to them. But it seems that there is a virtue and a wisdom in keeping some things beyond our reach: that the protection of wildness itself is imperative."
-- Rick Bass, "Wild Things," in O magazine, June 2009
And, to illustrate, some photos of these creatures and landscapes that are worth preserving for their own sakes, in the Galapagos Islands.
Giant tortoise in the wild with guava all over his face
View from a small volcanic islet off the coast of Isabela Island
Galapagos Penguins gathering after hunting on one of the islets around Isabela Island
Cacti in the lava fields of Sierra Negra volcano
Isabela Island
Tortoises between two and five years of age, cajoling for food at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Center on Isabela Island
Marine iguana sunning himself on Floreana Island
-- Rick Bass, "Wild Things," in O magazine, June 2009
And, to illustrate, some photos of these creatures and landscapes that are worth preserving for their own sakes, in the Galapagos Islands.
Giant tortoise in the wild with guava all over his faceSanta Cruz Island
View from a small volcanic islet off the coast of Isabela Island
Galapagos Penguins gathering after hunting on one of the islets around Isabela Island
Cacti in the lava fields of Sierra Negra volcanoIsabela Island
Tortoises between two and five years of age, cajoling for food at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Center on Isabela Island
Marine iguana sunning himself on Floreana Island 
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