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Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, transformed into Lake Manly after rare, heavy rains pooled across the salt flats and a large swatch of Death Valley becomes a shallow lake, hinting at the much larger Ice Age lake that once filled the valley thousands of years ago. #photography
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, transformed into Lake Manly after rare, heavy rains pooled across the salt flats and a large swatch of Death Valley becomes a shallow lake, hinting at the much larger Ice Age lake that once filled the valley thousands of years ago. #photography
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Hanging by a single strand of silk on a rainy night at Rancho Naturalista, this inchworm-like caterpillar turned out to be Simena luctifera, a Neotropical erebid moth in the family Erebidae. #costarica
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Hanging by a single strand of silk on a rainy night at Rancho Naturalista, this inchworm-like caterpillar turned out to be Simena luctifera, a Neotropical erebid moth in the family Erebidae. #costarica
Alien Egg Factory in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, #NewMexico
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Alien Egg Factory in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, #NewMexico
A spiny-headed treefrog, watching over her tadpoles in a bamboo stalk.
A reminder that civilization rests on systems most of us never see.
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#turrialba #costarica #frog
A reminder that civilization rests on systems most of us never see.
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#turrialba #costarica #frog
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
A spiny-headed treefrog, watching over her tadpoles in a bamboo stalk.
A reminder that civilization rests on systems most of us never see.
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#turrialba #costarica #frog
A reminder that civilization rests on systems most of us never see.
www.notesfromtheroad.com/neotropics/t...
#turrialba #costarica #frog
A blue gallarija stacked above a classic Maltese door, color meeting limestone.
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A blue gallarija stacked above a classic Maltese door, color meeting limestone.
A Violet Sabrewing at Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica — the largest hummingbird in North America. Massive by hummingbird standards, intensely territorial, and impossibly luminous. May the new year bring you something of its power and light.
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Violet Sabrewing at Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica — the largest hummingbird in North America. Massive by hummingbird standards, intensely territorial, and impossibly luminous. May the new year bring you something of its power and light.
I photographed this Creon Skipper in El Valle de Antón, #Panama, years ago. I later learned from a lepidopterist that it was the first known photograph of a living subspecies—the Lilliana Creon Skipper (Creonpyge creon lilliana). To this day, it may still be the only photograph of the subspecies.
December 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I photographed this Creon Skipper in El Valle de Antón, #Panama, years ago. I later learned from a lepidopterist that it was the first known photograph of a living subspecies—the Lilliana Creon Skipper (Creonpyge creon lilliana). To this day, it may still be the only photograph of the subspecies.
In the Tunis Medina, even a door tells a story about power, endurance, and survival. Walking here with my family made those lessons impossible to ignore. #ArabSpring #Tunisie
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December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In the Tunis Medina, even a door tells a story about power, endurance, and survival. Walking here with my family made those lessons impossible to ignore. #ArabSpring #Tunisie
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This alley in Naoussa, Paros, feels like it belongs to the same lineage of dreamlike seaside villages I wrote about in my recent story on Sidi Bou Said. As I put it, “The fantastical village works because every line and color hums to the same key.” #photography
December 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This alley in Naoussa, Paros, feels like it belongs to the same lineage of dreamlike seaside villages I wrote about in my recent story on Sidi Bou Said. As I put it, “The fantastical village works because every line and color hums to the same key.” #photography
Meet Tapinaspis atroannulus, which I photographed in Cartago Province, #CostaRica. Tortoise beetles number about 3,000 species, and they’re easily some of the most beautiful insects on Earth...iridescent, jewel-like, full of microscopic mirrors. #insects
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Meet Tapinaspis atroannulus, which I photographed in Cartago Province, #CostaRica. Tortoise beetles number about 3,000 species, and they’re easily some of the most beautiful insects on Earth...iridescent, jewel-like, full of microscopic mirrors. #insects
New story up now: a journey through Zaghouan’s mountains and into the lantern-lit streets of Tunis.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New story up now: a journey through Zaghouan’s mountains and into the lantern-lit streets of Tunis.
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This image comes from the first real test of my large-format system, back when I was in my twenties. I grew up loving landscape photography, and kept a camera close through high school and college—mostly shooting sports just to stay connected to it—but this session was my return. #california
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This image comes from the first real test of my large-format system, back when I was in my twenties. I grew up loving landscape photography, and kept a camera close through high school and college—mostly shooting sports just to stay connected to it—but this session was my return. #california
Caught in the act: Sibovia pileata ejecting honeydew like a caffeinated Nerf gun. Leafhoppers pressurize sugary waste in their gut and fire it off in micro-droplets to keep their bodies clean and agile. #insectphotography
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Caught in the act: Sibovia pileata ejecting honeydew like a caffeinated Nerf gun. Leafhoppers pressurize sugary waste in their gut and fire it off in micro-droplets to keep their bodies clean and agile. #insectphotography
Cobbled alley in the Tunis Medina. #cityphotography
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Cobbled alley in the Tunis Medina. #cityphotography
A view of Mount Hood in Oregon, from Columbia Hills, Washington during spring blooms. #photography
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A view of Mount Hood in Oregon, from Columbia Hills, Washington during spring blooms. #photography
Door and window in the Tunis Medina. #photography
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Door and window in the Tunis Medina. #photography
I live for the rare days with nothing on the agenda but photographing hummingbirds, and this Crowned Woodnymph, common in the neotropics yet impossibly vibrant, reminds me why empty days are the best days. #photography
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I live for the rare days with nothing on the agenda but photographing hummingbirds, and this Crowned Woodnymph, common in the neotropics yet impossibly vibrant, reminds me why empty days are the best days. #photography