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Some wildlife photos tonight.
These two healthy Impala were part of a relatively large herd that I photographed near the Tarangire River in the Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, Africa. Tarangire is a beautiful place with valleys of tall savannah trees, lush undergrowth, and tall grass. It seemed a bit like the Garden of Eden.
We had briefly seen a leopard in the area, and the Impala herd was a little agitated and carefully keeping watch for the leopard. Shortly after taking this photograph, the leopard leapt out of the grass, quickly pounced on one of the Impala, and just a quickly, they both disappeared into the tall grass. The herd, scattered a bit, regrouped around the young, and waited for a minute before reluctantly moving away.
We quietly stayed in the area and watched for signs of the leopard. After about half an hour of waiting, we spotted the leopard in a large nearby tree resting after the kill. It was interesting to see how quickly all the animals reacted and likewise how quickly they relaxed and went back to normal.
California deserts
I always appreciate a nice green place.
Hawaii, Tennessee, California, and Washington
Just some nice sights tonight
1) Bear Mountain, CA
2) Big Sur, CA
3) Ruby Beach, WA
4) Death Valley, CA
5) Point Lobos, CA
Theme: Islands
1) Fiji, Malolo Reef
2) Croatia, Otok Scedro and Hvar
3) Hawaii, Moku Nui and Moku Iki
4) Australia, Erskine Island
5) Alaska, Knight Islands
This is a glacier that I photographed from a small plane on the south eastern slope of Mt. Denali in Alaska. With only the perspective of the mountain ridges, it is hard to visualize the size of the glaciers in the area. This particular glacier is over 30 miles long and starts about 18,000 feet up the side of Denali. As the glaciers flow, they drag rock material along their edges (called lateral moraines). When smaller glaciers join together, the edge rock material forms stripes down the middle of the newly formed larger glacier (called medial moraines) . Some of the cracks in the surface of the glacial ice are filled with crystal clear blue water and freshly frozen ice.
This is an aerial photograph that I took of a narrow canyon along the Na Pali coast on the north-western side of Kauai, Hawaii. Much of the Na Pali coastline is abrupt cliffs and canyons that quickly climb from sea-level up to 4,200 ft ridges. The canyon ridges are often covered with misty clouds. The area is one the wettest places in the world with the mountain top rainforests accumulating as much as 450 inches of rain a year.
Michael Fuchs Photography 