Beach with decaying barge framework Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2004 Merckslides catalogue number: 16(06)-18677 Comments: Barges used to provision the American airbase at nearby Baltra were abandoned on this beach

The Santa Cruz highlands from Bachas Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2004 Merckslides catalogue number: 16(06)-18662 Comments: The plume of smoke is from a landfill. Nothing as exotic as a volcanic eruption.

Basalt pebble with weathered phenocrysts of ??? Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2004 Merckslides catalogue number: 16(06)-18673 Comments:

Beachrock with basalt pebbles Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2004 Merckslides catalogue number: 16(06)-18671 Comments:

Carbonate sand and coral at Bachas landing. Austin Green's hand. Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2011 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 06-75888 Comments:

Carbonate sand and its ingredients at Bachas. Note mollusk and echinoderm allochems. Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2011 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 06-75891 Comments:

Upright steel post from WWII barge wreck. Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2011 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 06-75893 Comments:

Islet with single red mangrove. Location: Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2011 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 06-75903 Comments:

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