Marty’s photo of the day #4622: Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Photographed from the co-pilot’s seat of a rickety old bush plane. It’s the widest curtain of water on Earth.
Victoria Falls From the Air
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Brown wood-owl
Marty’s photo of the day #4621: This is a brown wood-owl (sunda), photographed on the island of Borneo.
Platypuses on Film
Marty’s photo of the day #4620: When I present my show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, at colleges, students often ask about the cameras I used. I tell them that I started with film cameras and was 100% digital by the end. Then I tell them how difficult it was to shoot platypuses in […]
Iceberg Coast
Marty’s photo of the day #4619: Photographed along the coast of Antarctica. And yes, the colors are accurate.
The Miniature Hotel Room
Marty’s photo of the day #4618: While working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Deb and I flew from Montana to Madrid, Spain, and then drove several hours west—all without sleeping. We finally stopped in the tiny town of Arenas de San Pedro, where we found an old hotel […]
Along the Coast of Antarctica
Still Alive?
Marty’s photo of the day #4616: In 2001, Deb and I began our travels for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Our initial trip included Blackbird Caye off the coast of Belize, where this American crocodile hung out near the dock each night. I often wonder which animals in our […]
The Professor Multanovskiy from Antarctica
Marty’s photo of the day #4615: This is the Professor Multanovskiy, photographed from Antarctica’s shore, as giant snowflakes drifted down. I shot this photo in 2003, while working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. According to an app that tracks ships, the Professor Multanovskiy is currently along the Russian […]
Polka-Dot Tree Frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4614: This is a polka-dot tree frog. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Feedling Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Marty’s photo of the day #4613: This is a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle, feeding on the ocean floor, off the coast of Bonaire.
Oodles of Fishes
More Character Than the GOP
Marty’s photo of the day #4611: This tree has more character than the entire Republican Party. Photographed in Zimbabwe.
Night Heron in Flight
Marty’s photo of the day #4610: I thought about tightly cropping this night heron photo, but I like how the bird is frozen over the mountains. It’s almost as if I digitally combined two photos, which I didn’t do. Photographed in Mexico.
Fred the Eyelash Viper
Marty’s photo of the day #4609: This is Fred the Eyelash Viper. He hung out near the door of the cabana my wife and I were renting the entire time I was working on the Costa Rica section of my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and […]
Macaw Taunts
Marty’s photo of the day #4608: While I was in Costa Rica, the scarlet macaws taunted me, flying by in a flash before I could raise my camera. Then, on the day I was leaving, this one had mercy and landed on a branch just above my head. “Is this close enough?”
Militia in Iquitos
Marty’s photo of the day #4607: If America’s first dictator decides America “Absolutely must have Peru, for security reasons,” the militia in Iquitos is ready to fight!
Off the Coast of Bonaire
Marty’s photo of the day #4606: This is a honeycomb cowfish and stoplight parrotfish (initial phase), photographed off the coast of Bonaire.
Blue-Footed Booby
White Peacock Butterfly
It’s Molting Time!
Marty’s photo of the day #4603: It’s molting time! This is an adolescent gentoo penguin during her first molt, and she seems rather happy about getting rid of all the chick fuzz. Photographed on a tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.