TruemorsA school of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) from below at Darwin's Arch, Galapagos.
Taken with Canon 1Ds Mk II in Seacam housing.
Scalloped hammerhead sharks at Darwin, Galapagos
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Title: Scalloped hammerhead sharks at Darwin, Galapagos
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Created: Mon, 02/18/2008 - 12:16pm
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at 12:18 on February 18th, 2008
I took this photo at Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. Sights like this are becoming more and more rare because of the shark fin trade. Thirty years ago, people saw hammerheads by the thousands. Now, we're lucky to see a few dozen at a time.