Marty’s photo of the day #4628: This is an iguana, photographed last year on the island of Bonaire.
The Iguana Close-up
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Month: February 2025
Snow Dog
Marty’s photo of the day #4627: We got about 16 inches of snow over the past several days, and Nellie is ecstatic! In some places, where the snow is past her chest, she dives right in. And when she runs up the steep hill below our house—snow flying everywhere—I can almost hear her bionic rear […]
Sea Otter Cuties
Marty’s photo of the day #4626: Sea otters are an endangered species. I photographed these cuties off the coast of Vancouver Island.
Stand Your Ground
Scenic British Columbia
Nonfiction Influences Fiction
Marty’s photo of the day #4623: How does nonfiction influence fiction? I photographed this alligator while working on my second nonfiction book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. Spending time in the Everglades with alligators also influenced a subplot in my latest novel, The Silver Squad: […]
Victoria Falls From the Air
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.
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.