Marty’s photo of the day #4329: After canoeing across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Deb and I got to fly back over where we had been. I shot this photo from the window of our tiny airplane. Below, along the Jago River, was our first campsite, and the hill, “Bitty,” was our first-day climbing conquest. […]
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Green iguana
Along the Puerto Rico coast
Where the desert meets the water
Marty’s photo of the day #4052: Where the desert meets the water. Guanica cacti along the coast of Puerto Rico. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Hecale longwing butterfly
Marty’s photo of the day #4046: You are looking at a Hecale longwing butterfly that I photographed in Costa Rica. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Sunset in Costa Rica
Iguana
The snake bat-catcher
Marty’s photo of the day #3858: I took this photo on a dark, rainy night in Puerto Rico (that’s why there are a few water spots on the lens). I am standing at the entrance to a large cave that angles sharply down into the slippery rocks, trying not to fall in. What you are […]
The bat-catcher
Marty’s photo of the day #3850: A Puerto Rican boa hangs out in a cave, waiting for a bat to fly by. Yes, these boas snatch bats right out of the air! (Photographed in Puerto Rico)
Fun with macro photography
Marty’s photo of the day #3706: Look closely. This isn’t some tall waterfall that you could swim under. It’s a tiny, four-inch-high waterfall on a beach in Puerto Rico. Fun with macro photography!
Spider monkey
Marty’s photo of the day #3688: This spider monkey photo appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
GQP hot air
Marty’s photo of the day #3649: If Republicans had balls, even one-billionth the size of these, we’d be well on our way to solving the global warming crisis and Donald Trump wouldn’t be starting up his white supremacist rallies again. So just remember: no matter what form the hot air comes in this summer, it’s […]
Hermit crab
Signed Marty Essen Books!
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World’s largest toad species
Marty’s photo of the day #3444: This is a marine toad—the world’s largest toad species—photographed in Puerto Rico.
Rainforest Boardwalk
Marty’s photo of the day #3305: Here’s and artsy photo that first appeared in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. It’s an old, rotten boardwalk in the Costa Rican rainforest.
The iguana fix
Marty’s photo of the day #3281: I haven’t posted any photos from Puerto Rico for a while, so we’ll fix that right now with this iguana.
Adelaide’s warbler
It looks like something I’ve seen before. . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3189: This cactus I photographed in Puerto Rico looks like something I’ve seen before, but I just can’t place it. . . . . Oh, yeah! It looks like a maraca with a bent handle.
A marine toad speaks out
Marty’s photo of the day #3154: “I’m prettier than Rush Limbaugh and even ooze poison just like he does. Why didn’t I get a Presidential Medal of Freedom?” (Marine Toad, photographed in Puerto Rico)