Marty’s photo of the day #3595: Mushrooms in the rainforest of Borneo.
Borneo Mushrooms
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Year: 2021
Queensland river-hiking
Marty’s photo of the day #3594: While in Australia, I took a day to do some solo hiking. My goal was to hike up every river and stream within a ten-mile section of northern Queensland coast. Eventually, I’d reach a place like this, where it was too much work to continue upstream. So I’d hang […]
Amazon frog
Elephant on foot
Marty’s photo of the day #3592: When Deb and I went to Zimbabwe to complete the last chapter in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, I was determined to see the country on foot, not from the back of a Range Rover. The reason was for moments like this, when […]
Zebra longwing butterfly
Swimming with sea lions
Marty’s photo of the day #3590: Getting crisp underwater photos is tough, because light is limited and the water and subject are always moving. Still, I had to try! This is a curious sea lion I swam with in the Sea of Cortez.
Caribou, not oil wells
Marty’s photo of the day #3589: Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of Alaska. And if Republicans had their way, an oil well would be photo-bombing this scene.
Ducks and social distancing
Marty’s photo of the day #3588: Goldeneye ducks having a dispute over social distancing on a mostly frozen lake in Yellowstone National Park.
Baboon troop
Marty’s photo of the day #3587: During our 53-mile hike across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, Deb and I came across this troop of chacma baboons, feeding. Chacmas are the world’s largest baboon species, with the males weighing up to 100 pounds.
Ground squirrels
Even a shrew . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3585: “Let me get this straight. You’re not going to wear a mask and you’re not going to get a COVID-19 vaccination because it will make Donald Trump look bad and Joe Biden look good? I’ve eaten shrews with eyes more open than yours.”
The Beagle Channel
Marty’s photo of the day #3584: Deb looks over the Beagle Channel, while in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina—the southernmost city in the world.
For those upset by . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3584: For the right-wing media and all their racist-cultists followers, who screamed “extortion,” “intimidation,” and worse when the jury convicted cop Derek Chauvin of murder—this photo is for you. Since these creatures live in the Amazon Rainforest, you’ll probably never see one in this life, but if by some chance […]
Flamingos and mud
Marty’s photo of the day #3583: One of my regrets from the travels for my first book, “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents,” was that digital cameras were just becoming popular, and I made some poor camera choices for a few of the trips. Instead of trying to save a few bucks, I […]
Spanish Ibex
Marty’s photo of the day #3582: Today we travel to the western side of Spain for a little Spanish ibex action.
Monday Morning Toad
To the top of Canada!
Marty’s photo of the day #3580: Deb and I have renewed our passports in anticipation of reprising our epic trip to the top of Canada this fall. Our original trip, documented in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, featured me standing in the midst of a pack of howling wolves […]
Brown pelican
Land leeches and crabs
Marty’s photo of the day #3578: Growing up in northern Minnesota, I learned that leeches and crabs lived in lakes and rivers. In Borneo’s rainforests, that’s not always the case. Leeches would get into my socks as I backpacked, and if I looked carefully, I’d occasionally find crabs staring at me from large leaves.
Brooks Range glacier
Marty’s photo of the day #3577: This is an aerial shot of a glacier in the Brooks Range of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.