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Marty’s photo of the day #4458: So, I must admit that I was torn last night. Many months ago, I bought tickets for Deb (wife), Sean (son), and me to attend the Pearl Jam concert in Missoula. But last night also turned out to be Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech, which I really wanted to see. […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4456: This is a Platyhelminthe, sometimes known as a terrestrial flatworm, an Amazon flatworm, a slime worm, or simply a JD. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Marty’s photo of the day #4455: I had to lean way forward to take this selfie of Nellie having a blast in the Bitterroot River a few weeks ago.
Marty’s photo of the day #4454: A hidden waterfall somewhere along the northern coast of Queensland, Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4453: Here’s a little bear cub cuteness for your Sunday. Photographed on the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Montana.
Marty’s photo of the day #4452: My wife, Deb Essen, is one of America’s premier master weavers, and she has a three-book deal with Schiffer Publishing. My first two books, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents” and “Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, feature […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4451: A four-pack of badgers. Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Marty’s photo of the day #4450: This is an eleven-foot-long African rock python. I caught and released this beautiful snake in Zimbabwe while working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents.
Marty’s photo of the day #4449: I photographed this beautiful elephant while backpacking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.
Marty’s photo of the day #4448: I photographed this howler monkey baby in Costa Rica. I love the reaching-out hand. And if you look just beyond the baby’s left ear, you will see part of the mother’s face.
Marty’s photo of the day #4446: I photographed this mother and baby elephant in the rainforest of Borneo. My camera had a small zoom lens on it, so I wasn’t as close as this looks. Nevertheless, moments after making this image, the mother turned and charged me—causing me to sprint like an Olympic gold medalist.
Marty’s photo of the day #4445: I photographed this penguin colony from the top of a glacier on Antarctica. My wife, Deb, and I were just about to climb down when huge snowflakes filled the air. It was magical!
Marty’s photo of the day #4444: I photographed this porcupine in the Yukon Territory while working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents.
Marty’s photo of the day #4443: I photographed this caribou while canoeing across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
Marty’s photo of the day #4442: Nellie looks like a black lab, but she’s actually half golden retriever and half Australian cattle dog/dingo. When Deb and I adopted her, she didn’t want to have a thing to do with water. But eventually her golden retriever side won out over her Australian side. Now she loves […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4441: Here’s another motion-sensing camera shot from last week on the Essen Wildlife Refuge. This fox lives on the lower level of the refuge, frequently passing by the camera near the seasonal pond.
Marty’s photo of the day #4440: Here’s a motion-sensing camera shot from last week on the Essen Wildlife Refuge. The “talking elk” made me laugh and think of some of the weird Republicans on TV with their lip injections.
