The beetles were taking full advantage of [the prickly pear flowers] This photo was taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. These beetles are feeding on a prickly pear flower. The prickly pear were in full bloom, and the beetles were taking full advantage of one of their main food sources […]
Supai is surely one of the most remote cities in the United States My brother Nick and I, along with my good friend Andrew found ourselves refreshing our computers on February 1st over and over again waiting for the permit process for Havasupai Falls to open up. An hour in, we had secured camping/hiking permits […]
I was out for a hike…looking for bees Getting close up with butterflies was not what I was expecting at the start of the day when this photo was taken. I was out for a hike with my brother, Nick, looking for bees. He’s studying bee diseases (that’s my simple description of it) as part […]
The most extreme weather on Earth Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is said to have some of the most extreme weather on Earth. People training to climb Everest often spend time on the slopes of Washington to condition themselves for the limits of wind, cold, and snow. When Matt and I […]
Matt and I were diving at Nubble Lighthouse Finding a flounder on the floor of the ocean is always exciting for me. Flounder are a type of flat fish that spend their time living on the sea floor. This particular fish is a yellowtail flounder. I spotted this flounder while Matt and I were diving […]
Dendrogyra Cylindrus – IUCN Conservation Status: Critically Endangered This pillar coral was at the core of bio site 7 Dendrogyra cylindrus a.k.a. pillar coral is found in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. This particular structure is found in the Dominican Republic southwest of Bayahibe. I took this photo in 2011 as part […]
The trail had a five foot base of snow As Matt and I emerged through the tree line of the trail up to the summit of Mount Liberty, we found ourselves looking down on the icy forest below. The world around us was blanketed by a thick layer of snow. Before starting our journey, we […]
Our goal was to make it to the top, and the weather was making a good attempt to stop us When Matt and I were on our way down from the summit, he described the hike as 95% tree tunnel. There was no doubt about it, the summit was on our mind all day. Our […]
Matt and I picked the frozen Mount Liberty as the destination of our pursuit I arrived in New Hampshire with one thing on my mind, going up a mountain in snowshoes. I yearned to see the view of the frozen nature below the mountain from a summit in winter. To look down upon the icy […]