Black & Tan
Common garter snakes, one melanistic, emerge from their hibernaculum in the early Spring. Click image to view larger.
Boardwalk Fury
A giant wave explodes against the boardwalk breakwall during an April ice storm, sending spray high into the air. It was like walking the base of Niagara falls – I’m still drying out.
Good Morning 2017
A melanistic garter snake emerges into the sunshine for the first time in 2017, after hibernating the winter away.
A Face A Mother Could Love
A garter snake emerges into the sunshine of an early spring day after a winter spent slumbering below ground.
Rebirth
A monarch butterfly stretches its wings for the very first time, mere hours after emerging from its chrysalis.
Handoff to Houston
Space shuttle Atlantis clears the tower on the final launch of the space shuttle program, STS-135. Once clear of the tower, control is transferred from the Kennedy Space Centre to Mission Control in Houston for the duration of the flight.
Revealed Heronry
The skull of a great blue heron, time-worn and well weathered, shows off the distinctive heron shape, with a long beak for catching fish in shallow waters.
Where The Wind Blows
Wreathed in her own launch plume, space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the final launch of her career, hauling the US $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station. After landing, she’ll be processed and turned over to the California Science Center for permanent display.
Archie’s Pastels
An iridescent dragonfly alights on a small branch in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge.
The Lidless Eye II
One of the more difficult angles to work with when photographing snakes, this is a modern update to the original 2008 classic. The 2008 image was photographed with a 4-megapixel Nikon point-and-shoot camera, this updated image was taken with a 21-megapixel Canon SLR, worlds apart in terms of image quality. Still, the original has more […]
Eye of the Beholder
A ridiculous array of Kenko extension tubes — 68mm worth — opens up a garter snake’s eye to fill almost the entire frame.
The Reptile Twins
A pair of garter snakes stare intently before leaving the safety of their hibernaculum in search of an early Spring meal.
Sandy Eyes
Fresh from its winter slumber, a Dekay’s Brown snake moves slowly into the sun to help shake off winter’s chill.
Cormorant Revealed
The pristine skull of a cormorant gives up its secrets on Ward’s beach. The top half of the bill is hinged just in front of the eyes, and the lower half of the jaw is jointed in almost the same place to help swallow larger prey.
Redtail Leftovers
An unidentified bird skull no larger than a quarter is all that remains of a red-tailed hawk’s dinner on Snake Island.
STS-133 Launch Panorama
Space shuttle Discovery soars into the Florida skies, as seen in this 180° panorama taken from Astronaut Road. The massive Vehicle Assembly Building can be seen on the right, and Launch Complex 39B on the left. (Click image to view larger.)
Peeking Through
A remote camera catches a blackbird chick waiting for feeding, seen through its mother’s legs.