Marty’s photo of the day #4392: I shot this photo from the co-pilot’s seat of a rickety little bush plane. Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls is the widest curtain of water on Earth.
Victoria Falls from the air
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Zambezi River
Marty’s photo of the day #4330: This is the Zambezi River. Zimbabwe is on the near side and Zambia is on the far side. In between—lots of hippos!
Here, snaky, snaky!
Marty’s photo of the day #4325: This is me, demonstrating my snake-calling skills, with an African rock python in Zimbabwe.
Armored bush cricket
A leopard in the dusk
Marty’s photo of the day #4308: That time when you’re in the African bush after sunset and you feel something big is looking at you. I photographed this leopard in Zimbabwe. It was quite dark out, and I really had to push my camera to create this image.
Victoria Falls
Elephants at sunset
Slightly pissed off
Marty’s photo of the day #4276: While hiking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, Deb and I met this slightly pissed off elephant, digging for water in a dry riverbed.
A dazzle of zebras
Marty’s photo of the day #4246: A dazzle of skittish zebras, photographed while hiking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.
Mother and baby elephant
Marty’s photo of the day #4239: I met up with this beautiful mother and baby elephant while hiking along a dried up riverbed in Zimbabwe.
The other hippo story
Marty’s photo of the day #4230: Via both my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, and my college show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, the hippo attack Deb and I survived on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe (the hippo bit through the center of our canoe and lifted us six […]
Nine waterbucks
Marty’s photo of the day #4203: There are nine waterbucks in this photo. Can you find them all? (Photographed in Zimbabwe)
Mud-bath elephant
Marty’s photo of the day #4190: I photographed this elephant while hiking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. I’m not sure if it was just her earlier mud-bath, but she looked quite old to me.
Lion on the Zambezi
Marty’s photo of the day #4172: Deb and I watched this lioness and four of her companions hunt Cape buffalo along the bank of the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. We didn’t see a kill, and after about an hour had to continue our journey downriver. I shot this photo as we canoed on by. This […]
Campsite on the Zambezi
Marty’s photo of the day #4158: This was Deb’s and my first campsite, along the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. At night, the hippos came on shore and roared—just a stone’s throw away from our tents. And joining them were lions roaring, elephants trumpeting, and hyenas whooping!
African Rock Python
Marty’s photo of the day #4151: A ten-and-a-half foot-long African rock python. Photographed in Zimbabwe.
Termite mound close-up
Marty’s photo of the day #4115: This is a small section of a twelve-foot-tall termite mound in Zimbabwe.
Mana Pool
My forgotten first major adventure
Marty’s photo of the day #4075: I write both fiction and nonfiction. If you’ve read any of my nonfiction books, you know I’ve experienced some great adventures, from searching for venomous snakes in the Amazon Rainforest to hiking on all seven continents to surviving a hippo attack with my wife, Deb, in Zimbabwe to overcoming […]
Just how big is a hippo’s mouth?
Marty’s photo of the day #4068: Can an entire canoe fit sideways into a hippo’s mouth? I took this photo in Zimbabwe shortly after my wife, Deb, and I proved—yes, it most definitely can! For those who don’t already know the story, here’s an excerpt from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the […]