Girl rides tortoise sculpture, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Isla San Cristóbal (Chatham Island), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America.

A girl rides a tortoise sculpture in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, on Isla San Cristóbal (Chatham Island), which is the easternmost island in the Galápagos archipelago, and one of the oldest geologically. Ecuador, South America. The Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra, formerly called Geochelone elephantopus) can grow a shell up to about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long (smaller than this supersized sculpture). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

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A girl rides a tortoise sculpture in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, on Isla San Cristóbal (Chatham Island), which is the easternmost island in the Galápagos archipelago, and one of the oldest geologically. Ecuador, South America. The Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra, formerly called Geochelone elephantopus) can grow a shell up to about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long (smaller than this supersized sculpture). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.