Galapagos Penguin!  The only penguin species in the world that ventures above the equator.

A school of pelican barracudas

Best Friends

Santa Cruz Lava Lizard

A sally lightfoot crab sallying forth

Nap time!

Galapagos Brown Pelican

Marine Iguanas grabbing some shade

A Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise emerging slowly from behind a tree.

Back in mainland Ecuador, Ciudad Mitad del Mundo or the Middle of the World is located ALMOST on the equator.  Built in the early 1980s, it demarked the line where they believed the equator passed through, but since then it’s been shown to be off by about 240 meters.