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Marty’s photo of the day #2502: To get to or from Antarctica, you must cross the Drake Passage, which is famous for having the roughest seas in the world. Why? If you put your finger on the globe, just a little below the southern tip of South America, you will touch the Drake Passage. Now […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2501: You are looking at the rarest snake in the world—the elusive tundra taipan! Scientists didn’t believe that snakes could survive north of the Arctic Circle until I documented it with this photograph, taken less than a mile from the Arctic Ocean. It is believed that the tundra taipan’s venom […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2500: It’s seems like for photo number 2500, I should pick something special. Okay, I can’t say that any one animal is more special than any other. Hmm . . . let’s go to Puerto Rico. Here’s an Adelaide’s warbler.
Marty’s photo of the day #2499: I photographed this blue-footed booby on a tiny island in the Sea of Cortez. This was the only blue-footed booby I saw the entire time I was in Mexico. I would have been so pissed if she wasn’t in focus.
Marty’s photo of the day #2498: Is it a leaf-mimic mantis, or is it an alien from outer space? (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
Marty’s photo of the day #2497: I found these young long-eared owls on my morning bike ride two years ago. Soon I will have to start checking the tree every morning to see if mom has come back to raise another family.
For much of the past week, my new novel, Time Is Irreverent, has been occupying Amazon’s Humorous Science Fiction top-20, alongside books by Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut. Way to go, Marty! I can sell books with the best of the dead guys!
Marty’s photo of the day #2496: From my novel, Time Is Irreverent, in the year 2020: “Can I drive?” “I’ve read about how you human males always like to be in control. But in my society, pilots are chosen based on skill, not sex.” Reminiscent of the big ship, the cruiser had a vertical cockpit. […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2495: Here’s a pair of blue birds that I photographed in Yellowstone National Park a few years back.
Marty’s photo of the day #2494: I worked my way through high school and college as a DJ at radio stations WEBC and KQDS in Duluth. That avocation is long behind me, but I still take requests. Yesterday a friend wrote and requested a marmot picture. So let me, uh-um, clear my throat and find […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2493: The Mother of All Badgers. . . . or at least the ones on this hill. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Marty’s photo of the day #2492: “Hmm . . . I seem to have a black flying fox attached to me.” (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Marty’s photo of the day #2491: I bet you didn’t know that pileated woodpeckers supplement their diet by eating berries. (Photographed in Montana)
Marty’s photo of the day #2490: Greetings from Grand Rapids, Michigan! I have been up since 2:15 a.m., driving to the airport and flying from Montana. Because of the goofy flight schedule, I’m actually here a day early. Tomorrow night, at 9:00 p.m., I present “Around the World in 90 Minutes” at Grand Valley State […]
Here’s how I know Planet Earth is totally screwed: I live in the mountains, in the Bitterroot Valley. No matter what the temperature, I go on a half-hour bike ride each morning down the hill to my mailbox to get the newspaper. I do this both for exercise (the ride back up is strenuous) and […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2489: “Shhhhh! I’m in my front yard, sneaking up on a moose. . . . . I’m quieter than a wolf on a hunt. She doesn’t have a clue that I’m here. Um . . . I take that back!”
Marty’s photo of the day #2488: It’s time to get artsy again! We’ve all seen red-winged blackbirds photographed from the front or from the side, but my favorite shots are those taken from unconventional angles. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Marty’s photo of the day #2487: Your age will determine your reaction to this photo: If you are under 50: “Oh, look! It’s a cute muskrat!” If you are over 50: “Oh, shit! Now I’m going to be stuck on ‘Muskrat Love’ for the rest of the day!”
Marty’s photo of the day #2485: Little did the tortoise know: the hare had passed the finish line hours ago. (Gopher tortoise, photographed in Florida)
