Marty’s photo of the day #3262: Here’s a scenic shot of the Baja California Peninsula and the Sea of Cortez (Mexico).
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Year: 2020
Zimbabwe elephants
Marty’s photo of the day #3261: I photographed these two elephants while hiking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. This was not a fierce battle. In fact, one seems quite excited about the encounter.
Baby Spanish Ibex
Marty’s photo of the day #3260: Awww . . . it’s a baby Spanish ibex. Thank God Don Junior and Eric aren’t around!
Just you and me!
Marty’s photo of the day #3259: “Come on Don Junior! Just you and me. How brave are you without gun?”
Tundra plant life
Marty’s photo of the day #3258: This is a close-up of tundra plant life, somewhere in the Yukon Territory of Canada.
I know he’s in here somewhere!
Playing with humpbacks
Marty’s photo of the day #3256: I took this picture off the coast of Antarctica. On this glorious day, the humpback whales played with the Zodiac Deb and I were in. They’d come at us at a fast clip, and just when it looked like they would knock us into the water, they’d dive underneath […]
Australian green tree frog
Marty’s photo of the day #3255: This is an Australian green tree frog, also known as a White’s tree frog, a dumpy tree frog, or as her friends call her, Sally. (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Holding an octopus
Heliconia
Orangutan
The most dangerous animal in Africa
Marty’s photo of the day #3251: This is a Cape buffalo, photographed in Zimbabwe. From my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: Brian carried a high-powered rifle as a defense against animal attacks. He paused to warn us about animals that could force him to use it: “Contrary to what you […]
Oregon clams
The story of the wandering albatrosses
Marty’s photo of the day #3249: From my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: Even though we were hundreds of miles away from any significant landmass, our Drake Passage voyage was never boring. I spent much of my time outside on the bow enjoying the crisp Antarctic air and photographing the […]
Caving in Chillagoe
Marty’s photo of the day #3248: Today’s photo is from a day Deb and I spent caving near the Australian Outback town of Chillagoe. We were searching the caves for Children’s pythons. Though we never found the snakes, we found spiders, bats, toads, and beautiful formations like this one.
Antarctica Mother’s Day
Kuching rainstorm
Giant ceiba borer beetle
Marty’s photo of the day #3245: Here’s a giant ceiba borer beetle that I photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. This beetle is three inches long!
White ibis
Spectacled flying fox
Marty’s photo of the day #3243: This is a spectacled flying fox, photographed in Queensland, Australia. These bats have a three-foot-wide wingspan.