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"The alder, whose fat shadow nourisheth All set neere to him long flourisheth." — William Browne, c. 1613

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Andes

Inca walls, Ingapirca, Andes of Ecuador.

Inca walls, Ingapirca, Andes of Ecuador.

Inca walls, Ingapirca, Andes of Ecuador.

Inca walls, Ingapirca, Andes of Ecuador.

Uniformed schoolchildren visit a historical monument, Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1989.

Bromeliad plants grow on a dead tree in the Amazon rainforest of El Oriente, Ecuador. Bromeliads are epiphytes that get all of their water and minerals from rain and dust.

The high Andes of Ecuador are covered by paramo, a mixture of grasses and sedges maintained by fire. On the equator, the paramo has almost identical cold, usually wet weather conditions every day of the year.

A Quechua mountain village in Ecuador, 1989. Most of the original vegetation has been replaced by crops and Australian eucalyptus trees.

A Quechua mountain village in Ecuador, 1989.

A Quechua mountain village in Ecuador, 1989.

A Quechua mountain village in Ecuador, 1989.

Estrella de Chimborazo, the top of Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano, over 20,000 feet in elevation. Alexander von Humboldt climbed this mountain in 1802. — Estrella de Chimborazo, the top of Ecuador’s Chimborazo volcano, over 20,000 feet in elevation. Alexander von Humboldt climbed this mountain in 1802.

Cuy, anyone? A street vendor in a Quechua mountain village in Ecuador sells roasted guinea pig and potatoes in 1989.

Chimborazo, a high volcano in the Andes of Ecuador, as seen from a cloud forest road approaching it in 1989.

Estrella de Chimborazo, the top of Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano, over 20,000 feet in elevation. Alexander von Humboldt climbed this mountain in 1802. — Estrella de Chimborazo, the top of Ecuador’s Chimborazo volcano, over 20,000 feet in elevation. Alexander von Humboldt climbed this mountain in 1802.

A Quechua mountain village (Gun) in Ecuador, 1989.

Galapagos

A giant Galapagos tortoise in captivity at the Estacion Charles Darwin, 1989.

Iguanas sit on top of the stone marker for the Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, 1989.

A glue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) incubates its egg in its nest in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. Since there are no predators, the nest is on the ground and consists only of guano. The booby mother recognizes any egg or chick inside the ring as its own, and ignores even its own offspring if they are outside of the ring.

The only cool place for these sea lions to rest on the Galapagos of Ecuador is the shade of a tree. The tree growth form, with bark, is unusual among cactuses.

A blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) stands on a rock in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.

Amazon rainforest along the Napo River in El Oriente, east of the Andes in Ecuador.

"The alder, whose fat shadow nourisheth All set neere to him long flourisheth." — William Browne, c. 1613

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