Marty’s photo of the day #4056: I shot this photo while canoeing the perfectly calm Arctic Ocean. Four hours later, the ocean was rocking and rolling. Got off the water just in time!
Arctic Ocean calm
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Month: August 2022
Above the Arctic Circle
Marty’s photo of the day #4055: Deb and I are hoping to give our dog, Nellie, her first taste of life above the Arctic Circle sometime next year. And, if we are lucky, hike with the Porcupine caribou migration again. There’s no feeling like being miles away from the nearest human, surrounded by whatever nature […]
Look at those fingers!
Marty’s photo of the day #4054: Today we travel to the island of Borneo to observe an orangutan I photographed there. I just love his fingers. They’re so human-like.
It’s just a step to the left
“It’s just a jump to the leftAnd then a step to the rightPut your hands on your hipsYou bring your knees in tight” Marty’s photo of the day #4064: Gentoo penguins, photographed on a tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.
Holding up the world
Marty’s photo of the day #4063: I’ve been posting a lot of photos from Montana lately, so I think it’s time to go back and post some photos from around the world for a while. Here’s one from Antarctica. The following excerpt, from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, explains […]
Cushion goldenweed
Marty’s photo of the day #4062: This is the final flower photo I’m going to post from last week’s backpacking trip in southwestern Montana: cushion goldenweed.
Hanging out on the middle day
Marty’s photo of the day #4061: The best part of three-day backpacking trips to U.S. Forest Service cabins is the middle day. It’s work to backpack in and work to backpack out, but that middle day is always heaven. Generally Deb (wife), Nellie (dog), and I go on a few short hikes on that middle […]
Wild geranium
Marty’s photo of the day #4060: Here’s another wildflower photo from last week’s backpacking trip in the Anaconda Mountain Range of southwestern Montana. This is a wild geranium.
Waterhole side-eye
Marty’s photo of the day #4059: Of all the dogs I’ve had in my life, Nellie is the best at giving side-eye. And I swear half the time she does it just to be funny. DNA tests have confirmed Nellie to be one-half golden retriever and one-half Australian cattle dog (which also makes her one-fourth […]
Big pod mariposa lilies
Marty’s photo of the day #4058: Last week’s backpacking trip took Deb (wife), Nellie (dog), and me up to about 6,700 feet. That meant many of the wildflowers were in full bloom. Big pod mariposa lilies were everywhere! And seemingly every one had a different species of bug inside. Photographing the lilies, however, was a […]
Alpine aster
Marty’s photo of the day #4057: Last week’s backpacking trip took Deb (wife), Nellie (dog), and me up to about 6,700 feet. That meant many of the wildflowers were still in bloom. This tiny alpine aster was one of those flowers. Note that a spider has a fly between the petals.