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On one of the days that the MV Explorer was docked in Le Havre, France I went for a photowalk in Paris with Thomas Paris. While walking through Parc de Bercy we came upon a Capoeira performance. I had never seen this before. I was told that it is an Afro-Brazilian form of martial arts that combines dance, acrobatics, and music. The two performers did their choreographed acrobatic dance moves to the beat of an African drum.
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One night while on a cross-country road trip I stopped at a motel in Green River, Utah. In the lobby, I saw a brochure for the Crystal Geyser. The desk attendant said it was easy to get to, just a few miles outside of the city accessible via a dirt road on Bureau of Land Management land. The cold geyser is near an abandoned Air Force missile testing facility and is right next to the Green River. I got there just in time for the sun to set but didn’t see the geyser erupt. The brochure did say the eruptions were irregular.
The next morning before driving to Cedar City, I made another stop at the Crystal Geyser. This time I was fortunate to arrive in time to see the geyser erupt. The geyser is unique in that the water is cold and powered by carbon dioxide — not heat. The geyser is the result of drilling for gas (petroleum) many years ago. When the location was under Air Force control as part of a missile test range, the geyser was off-limits for visits. The eruptions are irregular, and you need to be lucky or very patient to see an eruption happen.
In this image there is someone meditating while the eruption occurred. The water coming out of the geyser rises over 20 feet in the air — and unlike Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, the water from Crystal Geyser is cold to the touch. The water is mineral rich, and deposits building the crystalline Travertine terrace as the water flows to the river. I’ve visited the site several times since 2009. The eruptions are not as regular and not as strong. The last time I visited, mineral rich water was still flowing out of the hole.
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While the M/V Explorer was docked in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica I went on a field trip to visit the local rain forests. The focus of the field trip was to observe and photograph birds and other wildlife in the rainforest. Sometimes when you see something you just have to take the shot. In this case it was the woman focused on her digital phone in the middle of the rainforest.
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In the late afternoon, I watched two young rabbits playing and chasing each other in the backyard. They only came out into the open away from the hedge row just before dusk. I set up a tripod with a camera and a long lens on my deck and started taking pictures. All of a sudden one of the rabbits jumped straight up as I captured this image. I didn’t know a rabbit could jump straight up so high. While hovering the rabbit is looking right at me. For years, I have been unsuccessful trying to capture an image like this again. I still have rabbits in the yard despite a healthy red fox. So maybe this straight up jumping behavior is part of their escape behavior.
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Although I was looking for birds to photograph, I was attracted by the backlit glow of the leaf while on a late afternoon backyard walkabout.
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight over the Pacific Ocean. Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer while traveling between Costa Rica and Panama. The Brow Boobies seemed to be following the ship — possibly looking for fish in ship’s wake.
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While the MV Explorer was docked in Casablanca, I took the field trip to the Atlas Mountains. I captured this image of a Berber farmer holding a sickle in his hand and wave to us as we approached the village where we were going to stop for a cooking lesson and lunch. I didn’t know that anyone harvested wheat this way anymore.
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While on an afternoon walkabout in my backyard I came upon a small fawn with spots trying to hide behind some weeds. Its mother apparently considered my backyard a safe daycare center. A decade earlier, a fawn was left at my doorstep (20100514). I haven’t seen any fawns yet this year. The deer fence is doing a good job of keeping the deer out and away from the fruit trees and wildflower meadow. The deer continue to patrol the fence looking for a way in.
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While on a field trip to Doñana National Park in Spain we stopped near a wheat field to strech our legs and do some birdwatching. I noticed several bright Red Poppy flowers in the field. I guess that they are a native “weed”.
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My father and I spent the day on a field trip to Gibraltar. We took bus to the summit of the Rock of Gibraltar. Our guide cautioned everyone to keep their pockets and daypacks securely closed and to avoid exposing any food, as the wild monkeys can be highly aggressive. Numerous monkeys (Barbary macaques) were encountered along the way and upon reaching the visitor center at the summit.
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