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Mydas Collection

The majestic mydas, also known as the Galapagos Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi), gracefully glides through the crystal-clear waters of the Galapagos Islands

Background imageMydas Collection: Galapagos Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) underwater GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Galapagos Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) underwater GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador, South America Endemic Subspecies

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle swimming - Aquariumgalicia Reboredo Galicia Spain

Green turtle swimming - Aquariumgalicia Reboredo Galicia Spain
MAB-276 Green turtle swimming Chelonia mydas Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageMydas Collection: USA, Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas); Hawaii

USA, Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas); Hawaii

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle on black and white

Green turtle on black and white
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle at sunset

Green turtle at sunset
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - being caught when they come ashore to lay their eggs

Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - being caught when they come ashore to lay their eggs
530270 Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - being caught when they come ashore to lay their eggs. Turtle meat greatly prized. Wood engraving 1884.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageMydas Collection: Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - coming ashore to lay their eggs and being caught

Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - coming ashore to lay their eggs and being caught and turned over by sailors
530271 Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - coming ashore to lay their eggs and being caught and turned over by sailors. Turtle meat greatly prized

Background imageMydas Collection: Green (Edible) turtles - Chelonia mydas - and Loggerhead turtles captured on coast of Cuba as

Green (Edible) turtles - Chelonia mydas - and Loggerhead turtles captured on coast of Cuba as the females came ashore
530274 Green (Edible) turtles - Chelonia mydas - and Loggerhead turtles captured on coast of Cuba as the females came ashore to lay their eggs

Background imageMydas Collection: Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas. Turtle meat was much prized

Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas. Turtle meat was much prized. Edible turtles were imported live into Europe as a
530273 Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas. Turtle meat was much prized. Edible turtles were imported live into Europe as a table delicacy. Wood engraving c1890. ; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageMydas Collection: Green (Edible Turtle - Chelonia mydas. Turtle meat much prized Edible turtles imported live into)

Green (Edible Turtle - Chelonia mydas. Turtle meat much prized Edible turtles imported live into Europe as a table)
530272 Green (Edible Turtle - Chelonia mydas. Turtle meat much prized Edible turtles imported live into Europe as a table delicacy. Wood engraving c1890.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageMydas Collection: Eyes contact

Eyes contact
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle from Sauwandarek

Green turtle from Sauwandarek
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: The green turtle and the blue hour

The green turtle and the blue hour
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Over the surface - Sea Turtle

Over the surface - Sea Turtle
Une tortue verte nageant juste en dessous de la surface de l'eau paisible du lagon de Mayotte. . Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle in black and white

Green turtle in black and white
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Sunlight and green turtle

Sunlight and green turtle
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species, on the surface for a breath off West

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species, on the surface for a breath off West Maui, Hawaii; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90038700

DDE-90038700
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Endangered Species Date: 27/06/2011

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90038607

DDE-90038607
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Date: 18/06/2010

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90038604

DDE-90038604
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi), Central Isles, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. Turtles must swim to shore in order to breed. Date: 18/06/2010

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90037788

DDE-90037788
Green Sea Turtle, (Chelonia mydas), nesting female returns to sea, Long Beach, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Date: 11/06/2005

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90037786

DDE-90037786
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Female returning to sea after nesting, Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean Date: 23/04/2005

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90037784

DDE-90037784
Green Turtle, (Chelonia mydas), hatchlings emerge from sand, Long Beach, Ascension Island, south Atlantic ocean. Date: 17/02/2005

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90027042

DDE-90027042
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean. Date: 07/11/2007

Background imageMydas Collection: DDE-90024579

DDE-90024579
Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Komodo National Park. An endangered green turtle swims over coral. Date: 11/02/2005

Background imageMydas Collection: Turtle swimming below the surface of the water and looking at the camera, Hawaii, USA

Turtle swimming below the surface of the water and looking at the camera, Hawaii, USA
Close-up view of a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming towards the camera under the surface with reflection in the water and looking at the camera; Hawaii, United States of America

Background imageMydas Collection: Green sea turtle and divers, Hawaii, USA

Green sea turtle and divers, Hawaii, USA
Green sea turtle (Chelonia Midas) and divers; Hawaii, United States of America

Background imageMydas Collection: Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageMydas Collection: Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea

Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageMydas Collection: Shell of the endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

Shell of the endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas
Endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Wrinkled tortoise, Testudo rugosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered
Green turtle, Chelonia mydas (Testudo mydas). Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801

Background imageMydas Collection: Tortoise and turtles

Tortoise and turtles
Greek tortoise c, Testudo graeca (vulnerable), hawksbill sea turtle b, Eretmochelys imbricata (critically endangered), green sea turtle a, Chelonia mydas (endangered) and European pond turtle d

Background imageMydas Collection: Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle and endangered

Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle and endangered
Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, and endangered green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Handcolored engraving by Oudet after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Background imageMydas Collection: Green sea turtle, loggerhead and leatherback turtles

Green sea turtle, loggerhead and leatherback turtles
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (endangered), loggerhead, Caretta caretta (endangered), and leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (critically endangered)

Background imageMydas Collection: Green sea turtle, loggerhead turtle, soft-shelled

Green sea turtle, loggerhead turtle, soft-shelled
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas 1 (endangered), loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta 2 (endangered), Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx triunguis 3, yellow-footed tortoise

Background imageMydas Collection: Flies, wasps and dauber

Flies, wasps and dauber
Mydas fly, Mydas clavatus 1, horsefly, Tabanus americanus 2, 3, digger wasp, Sphex jamaicensis 4, scoliid wasp, Scolia fossulana 5, and black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium imago 6

Background imageMydas Collection: Marine life: Green Turtle

Marine life: Green Turtle
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green Turtle in Snells Window

Green Turtle in Snells Window
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in "Snells Window". Apo Island, Philippinen. Henry Jager

Background imageMydas Collection: 1034770

1034770

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle and fire sky!

Green turtle and fire sky!
Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Turtle Coupling

Turtle Coupling
Accouplement de deux tortues verte prA¨s de l'ilot de sable blanc de M'Tsamboro. . Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green Turtle - Sea Turtle

Green Turtle - Sea Turtle
Une jeune tortue verte remontant respirer A  la surface. . Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle and sunset - Sea Turtle

Green turtle and sunset - Sea Turtle
Une tortue verte allant respirA© juste apres le coucher de soleil.. Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle on blue water

Green turtle on blue water
Une tortue verte photographiA© en vue de dessus. . Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Sea Turtle - Green turtle

Sea Turtle - Green turtle
Une belle tortue verte nageant entre moi et le soleil. Photo prise A  N'gouja, Ile de Mayotte. Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Green turtle with sunset

Green turtle with sunset
L'horizon se colore au fure et A  mesure que le soleil s'en rapproche. Au premier plan, une tortue verte nage paisiblement dans le lagon.. Barathieu Gabriel

Background imageMydas Collection: Flying over the reef

Flying over the reef
Une jeune tortue verte nageant au dessus de rA©cif de N'Gouja. La vue en plongA©e donne l'impression d'abscence d'eau, la tortue semble voler au dessus des coraux

Background imageMydas Collection: Shark attack survivor

Shark attack survivor
Une jeune tortue verte nageant dans les eaux paisible de la baie de N'gouja. Il s'agit lA┬á d'une jeune tortue rescapA©e d'une attaque de requin




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The majestic mydas, also known as the Galapagos Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi), gracefully glides through the crystal-clear waters of the Galapagos Islands. Its vibrant green shell blends seamlessly with its surroundings, making it a true marvel to behold. In another corner of the world, in Aquariumgalicia Reboredo Galicia Spain, a captivating sight awaits as a green turtle swims effortlessly through the water. Its movements are so fluid and elegant that it seems like a dance choreographed by nature itself. Meanwhile, across the vast oceans in Hawaii, an enchanting USA Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) roams freely amidst turquoise waves. This gentle creature embodies tranquility and resilience in equal measure. Back in the Galapagos Islands, we find ourselves immersed once again in awe-inspiring beauty as we witness a mydas underwater. The sunlight filters through the water's surface, casting an ethereal glow on this magnificent sea dweller. Even when captured in black and white photography, this remarkable species exudes timeless grace and allure. Every line on its shell tells a story of survival and adaptation to its marine habitat. As we contemplate these breathtaking images turtles swimming gracefully beneath our feet or thousands of miles away from us, let us remember their importance in maintaining balance within our fragile ecosystems. These incredible creatures serve as ambassadors for conservation efforts worldwide. Let us cherish every encounter with these marvelous beings and strive to protect their habitats for generations to come. For they are not just turtles; they represent hope for our planet's future – reminding us that even amidst adversity, life finds a way to thrive against all odds.