The photo shows Lake Mashū in eastern Hokkaido, late on the misty Spring morning of 22 May 2017.
Complete with cherry blossoms, the scene was almost proverbially peaceful, serene, but…
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These Pacific Ocean waves are breaking between Lion’s Head Rock and the shore of Sandfly Bay, on New Zealand’s Otago Peninsula.
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You have almost certainly seen more than a few images of this mighty river.
It is not unlikely that you have stood beside it, crossed it, or cruised along part of it.
Almost certainly, however, you have never seen even a photo of its upland section.
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Pelecanus crispus – the Dalmatian Pelican – is one of several contenders for the “heavyweight title” among the world’s living, flying birds.
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I took this post’s photo late on the afternoon of 14 July 2010, just below a small waterfall on Oahu Stream, near Kaikoura on New Zealand’s South Island.
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The pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee,
Nor lineage of Ecstasy
Delay the Butterfly.
Guess which of this post’s two key species is in a position to look down on the other?
Comments closedDark as these times are, light – or lightness, at least – can still be shed.
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The next image – taken within seconds of the featured one – shows which of the feuding Griffon Vultures won their brief stoush.
(All photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken February 2020)
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