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Ballestas Islands
Rocky islands seen by boat, crowded with sea lions, Humboldt penguins and seabirds, past the Candelabra geoglyph.
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Rocky islands seen by boat, crowded with sea lions, Humboldt penguins and seabirds, past the Candelabra geoglyph.
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