Marty’s photo of the day #4625: More icebergs near Antarctica. This time, we’ll add in stormy seas, too.
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Steve Bannon’s spirit animal
Marty’s photo of the day #4594: Steve Bannon’s spirit animal. Molting female elephant seal, photographed on a tiny island near Antarctica.
Antarctica scenic
Marty’s photo of the day #4582: Antarctica scenic, featuring a gentoo penguin adult (both parents care for the chick) and chick.
Leopard seal surfacing
Marty’s photos of the day #4571: A leopard seal pops out of the water along the coast of Antarctica.
Molting and cranky
Marty’s photos of the day #4568: A cranky, molting, female elephant seal, photographed on a foggy, tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.
Iceberg
Gentoo penguin close-up
Marty’s photos of the day #4556: So for most of last week and part of this week our furnace was out, necessitating a part to be flown in from Sweden. The furnace is now working again, but at 6:00 a.m. this morning heavy snow caused a tree to fall on a nearby powerline, leaving Deb […]
Leopard seal
Indigo’s tail
Marty’s photo of the day #4514: This tail belongs to a gray whale named Indigo (read on to learn how I know that). While working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Deb and I experienced multiple close-up humpback whale encounters off the coast of Antarctica. The whales would approach […]
Leopard seal
Here’s an Adélie penguin
Marty’s photo of the day #4454: With only a few exceptions, each of my photos of the day features a picture that I’ve never posted before. That means, unless I return to Antarctica, I will eventually run out of penguin photos to post. But not today! Here’s an Adélie penguin.
Sleeping chick
Marty’s photo of the day #4447: A gentoo parent (could be a male or female) watches over his/her sleeping chick, along the coast of Antarctica.
Sure, we’d do it
Marty’s photo of the day #4421: Last night, Deb and I discussed whether we would take a ride in the Titan submersible to see the Titanic shipwreck if given the chance. We both agreed we’d do it, but not for the $250,000 per-person fee. Perhaps if OceanGate removed one of the zeros from the price […]
Watching the penguins
Marty’s photo of the day #4414: A south polar skua watches over a penguin colony, on a tiny island, just off the coast of Antarctica.
The invisible friend
Marty’s photo of the day #4411: Huge scientific discovery! Gentoo penguins are the only animal species, other than humans, that enjoy going for walks with an invisible friend. (Photographed just off the coast of Antarctica)
Penguins in the fog
Marty’s photo of the day #4401: Gentoo penguins in the fog. (Photographed just off the coast of Antarctica)
Dreamy Antarctica
Stormy!
Marty’s photo of the day #4322: Crossing the stormy Drake Passage, between Antarctica and South America. Wait? Did I say Stormy? Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! I dedicate today’s photo to a true American hero. Thank you, Stormy Daniels, for your service. (And your hilarious tweets.)