Black and White in Motion...
December 31, 2012 - Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii).
Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400 mm.
ISO 3200. f 4...
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Africa Rising...
December 30, 2012 - At 34°50′00″S, the continent of Africa begins to rise out of the commingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans....
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Family...
December 24, 2012 - Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season with all of your friends and family!
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
N...
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A New Twist...
December 23, 2012 - An African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) makes a heavy inflight correction in order to successfully snatch a fish from...
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Cheated...
December 22, 2012 - This little cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) has been dealt a raw deal. Had he been born a hundred years ago his chances for s...
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Mountain of the Sea...
December 21, 2012 - The original San name given to this mountain was Howrikwaggo or "Mountain of the Sea." In the early 1500's António de Sa...
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Bear-ly Surviving…
December 20, 2012 - No Arctic ice, no bears.
Somewhere above the 80th parallel north, Arctic Ocean.
Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400 mm.
ISO...
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The Crossing...
December 19, 2012 - An Elephant (Loxodonta africana) crosses the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe in search of greener pastures. The river...
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The Plains...
December 17, 2012 - Ballooning across the Busanga Plains.
Busanga Plains, Kafuwe National Park, Zambia.
Nikon D3s. Nikon 70-200 mm.
I...
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Within His Lifetime...
December 17, 2012 - At the current rate of poaching, the rhinoceros as a species will become extinct in the wild within this youngsters life...
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One Day...
December 16, 2012 - One Day...
A young lion cub faces an uphill battle in his quest to be the king.
Mana Pools National Park.
Nikon...
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The Thin Line...
December 14, 2012 - Skimmers are the only family of birds with a noticeably longer lower mandible. This uneven beak allows them to hunt in a...
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla...
December 13, 2012 - The triple barreled scientific name of the Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) aptly mirrors the number of...
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Tooth Walker...
December 12, 2012 - A young walrus bull (Odobenus rosmarus) cautiously approaches as I lay on a rocky beach of Nordaustlandet. The scientifi...
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Evening Storm...
December 11, 2012 - The rising floodwaters of the Okavango mirror the glow of the setting sun as the rain approaches from across the floodpl...
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Bringing Up the Rear...
December 10, 2012 - A large buffalo bull stands ready to defend the herd against a pride of lions approaching from the back.
Hwange Natio...
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The Sentinel…
December 08, 2012 - A Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma) stands alone in the wilderness of the Namib Naukluft National Park.
Namib Naukluft Nat...
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Blue and Green = Pink?
December 07, 2012 - Blue-green algae and brine shrimp form a major part of the Greater Flamingo's (Phoenicopterus roseus) diet and are rich...
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Speed...
December 06, 2012 - The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), fastest land animal on the planet. But is it quick enough to outrun its impending extinc...
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Touch...
December 05, 2012 - Elephants are very tactile creatures. They use their trunks as multipurpose tools to assist them in, among other things:...
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Ride...
December 04, 2012 - Horseback riding... African style. A group of riders is joined by a Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)...
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The Horns and the Dilemma...
December 03, 2012 - The Himba tribe of northern Namibia is famous for the red ochre and fat paste known as "otjize" which the female tribe m...
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The Bright Tapestry…
December 01, 2012 - A cat's ability to see in as little as one-sixth of the light needed by humans is attributed to a layer on the back of i...
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