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Marty’s photo of the day #4531: The first chapter of my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, takes place in Belize. The year was 2001, and during part of that trip we stayed at the Blackbird Resort on the Blackbird Caye. This photo is from that visit. Next fall, Deb and […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4530: While Deb and I were in Bonaire, every night at sunset we’d enjoy adult beverages on our balcony, and every night this party boat would pass by. I seriously considered mooning them, but I don’t think they would have seen me (I used a zoom lens for this shot).
Marty’s photo of the day #4529: There’s a lot going on here. If you look closely, you’ll see a spotlight parrotfish, a blue tang, French grunts, another fish that’s not clear enough to be identified, and a sea fan. I shot this photo on the last of Deb’s and my 26 snorkels in Bonaire.
Marty’s photo of the day #4528: Today we go back to Deb’s and my trip last month to Bonaire. Look closely at this school of mojarras. There’s one fish that’s not like the others. Yes, it’s a barracuda! And to all the people out there of a certain age, who will now be stuck on […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4527: This photo, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, is my response to the crude and bigoted comments about the island at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden Fascist Fuckfest. I captured the image while in Puerto Rico working on my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4526: Greetings from the Essen Wildlife Refuge! Getting a good coyote photo from the motion-sensing cameras I have set up is difficult. Usually, the coyotes pass through at night (when my cameras shoot in infrared mode) or, if in the daytime, they are moving too fast to appear in good […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4525: Deb and I were beach-walking, during our last day in Bonaire, when she spotted this tiny crab. No matter what kind of device you are viewing this on, it is much larger than actual size. The crab could easily fit on a quarter, and I photographed it using a […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4524: When we were in Bonaire, Deb bought two fish identification books. These fish weren’t in either book. I also spent some time checking ID sites on the internet with no luck. Even though I don’t know what these are, I like how this photo makes me feel, so I’m […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4523: I’m still going through the more than 1,500 underwater photos I took while Deb and I were in Bonaire last month. I keep hoping that I’m going to spot an octopus or some other creature I missed live. Then there are these underappreciated yellow goatfish. Well, at least underappreciated […]
Marty’s photos of the day #4520-4522: The bathroom signs on the island of Bonaire cracked Deb and me up. She especially liked the top one, and I had to agree—particularly when it comes to Kamala Harris vs. The Ancient Orange Fascist.
Marty’s photo of the day #4518: Today I have more underwater photography from Deb’s and my trip to Bonaire. This is a sergeant major with some blueheaded wrasses.
Marty’s photo of the day #4517: I’m getting close to moving on to wildlife photos I’ve taken elsewhere in the world, but I still have a few more from Deb’s and my trip last month to Bonaire. These are foureye butterflyfish.
Marty’s photo of the day #4516: On the island of Bonaire, blauw-blauws basically filled the niche of pigeons. Whenever Deb and I had a picnic, the blauw-blauws would be there, waiting for scraps. I found them more amusing to watch than pigeons, however, as they were fast, and skirmishes over scraps weren’t always won by […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4515: Anyone who has read my first book, published in 2007, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, knows that I didn’t get along well with water. That changed in 2016, when Deb and I snorkeled with sea lions and octopuses in the Sea of Cortez. Better equipment combined […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4514: So last month, Deb and I were snorkeling through the mangroves along the coast of Bonaire, and up pops Steve Irwin to remind us about not getting too close to the stingrays.
Marty’s photo of the day #4513: This is Seru Grandi in Bonaire’s Washington-Slagbaai National Park. When I first came across this geological formation, I was confident that I’d seen it before in some epic movie. I’m not sure which movie, however. The lower layer of this formation is 210,000 years-old, and the top layer is […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4512: Bonaire is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and in 1850 the Dutch West Indies Company built slave huts for slaves working in its four salt pans. My wife, Deb, is standing next to some of the slave huts that have been preserved. The slaves would use these […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4511: Whether in the forest surrounding Deb’s and my house or in the ocean surrounding Bonaire, I enjoy spotting creatures that are great at camouflage. Can you spot the flounder in this photo from Bonaire? (Hint #1: Flounders lie on their side.) (Hint #2: Look near the center of the […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4510: With all the colorful fish on the reef surrounding Bonaire, it’s easy to overlook the fish that would rather not be seen. I spotted one such fish—a sand diver—just a short distance out from shore. How tough are sand divers to spot? Below the main photo I’ve added a […]
