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A little surf action from this morning.

A little surf action from this morning.

Humpback whale and pilot whales, French Polynesia

Humpback whale and pilot whales, French Polynesia

Dolphins off San Diego

Dolphins off San Diego

Beautiful all-white fluke, south Pacific humpback,

Beautiful all-white fluke, south Pacific humpback, French Polynesia

Whale shark slurping, a few krill can be seen wavi

Whale shark slurping, a few krill can be seen waving goodbye as they disappear into the maw. Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico.

Mother nature sure does create some wild colors.

Mother nature sure does create some wild colors. Spanish shawl nudibranch detail, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Sea of Cortez

Water drapes off a blue whale’s fluke. Copepods

Water drapes off a blue whale’s fluke. Copepods can be seen on the trailing edge of the fluke, and one small remora is on the caudal stem.

Wood Stork with nest building material, Harley Dav

Wood Stork with nest building material, Harley Davidson Rookery, Florida

Roseate Spoonbill, Alafia Banks CWA, Florida

Roseate Spoonbill, Alafia Banks CWA, Florida

Dawn over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower

Dawn over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower Blue Hills, Utah. The Henry Mountains are in the distance.

Dawn breaks over the Bentonite Hills in the Utah B

Dawn breaks over the Bentonite Hills in the Utah Badlands. Striations in soil reveal layers of the Morrison Formation, geological layers formed in swamps and lakes in the Jurassic era. That’s Factory Butte in the distance. Aerial panoramic photograph.

Browning Pass at the far north end of Vancouver Is

Browning Pass at the far north end of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, home of screaming currents and incredibly colorful reefs which can only be dived on slack tide. As much as I hate dry suits, Richard Salas encouraged me to give it a try and what I saw was amazing, so much color and life covering every inch of reef that I had to return for an even longer trip. Seen here uncommon bluebird skies and no wind.

Braided glacial river in Iceland. The most photoge

Braided glacial river in Iceland. The most photogenic braided glacial rivers I saw were in the interior Landmannalaugar region and required a small plane to reach, but this one was very close to the farmhouse we rented on the coast of Iceland. A family of small Icelandic horses that belonged to the farm kept me company as I sat on the bank of the river to fly my drone.

The opposite view: looking up from the sand bottom

The opposite view: looking up from the sand bottom of the horseshoe reef in the previous photo. Kelp holdfasts cling to the rocky reef and grow up to the ocean surface. Pyramid Head, San Clemente Island.

Aerial shot of San Clemente showing Pyramid Head a

Aerial shot of San Clemente showing Pyramid Head and Balanced Rock. Lots of good geologic terracing scene on the southern end of the island. You can see the white sand bottom of the horseshoe reef at center bottom, such a cool place to dive.

Diving pelican, Huntington Beach

Diving pelican, Huntington Beach

Burrowing owl, Florida

Burrowing owl, Florida

Royal Tern with baitfish. Or maybe Elegant Tern. I

Royal Tern with baitfish. Or maybe Elegant Tern. I don't know.

Big surf in La Jolla following the “storm”.

Big surf in La Jolla following the “storm”.

La Jolla sea lions recently.

La Jolla sea lions recently.

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