Thanks to the citizens of the USA, and the people they employ at NASA’s Earth Observatory, there is a large collection of photographs available free for the browsing. Each day they upload new, amazing images of the planet, its weather patterns, geological formations, etc. Case in point: high resolution versions of the photos above, providing fine-grained details, can be found here, here and here.
Nature Photography
Bird of the Day: Indian Cormorant
Bird of the Day: Purple Sunbird
Bird of the Day (Halloween Shout Out)
Bird of the Day: Crested Hawk Eagle (Bandipur National Park, India)
Bird of the Day: Marshall’s Iora
Bird of the Day: Black-capped Chickadee
Bird of the Day: Oriental Pipit
Bird of the Day: Grey-breasted Prinia
From West to East: A Road Trip Journal (Part 2)
This is the second in a series of posts on a summer trip; see the first here.
In the afternoon we were off, driving up the west coast without any real plans; we knew we wanted to be in Seattle in four or five days, but that intervening time period was ours to spend as we wished. From a quick glance at the map, we thought that Point Reyes, a national coastline a few hours north of the bay area, Continue reading
Bird of the Day: White-bellied Treepie
Bird of the Day: Jungle Babbler
Bird of the Day: Ruddy Duck
Bird of the Day: Indian Peafowl
Bird of the Day: Snowy Egret (Sanibel Island, FL)

Photo credit: Stephen Crafts
Bird of the Day: Brown Pelican (Sanibel Island, FL)

Photo credit: Stephen Crafts
Bird of the Day: Red-shouldered Hawk
Bird of the Day: White-browed Wagtail
Bird of the Day: Ruddy Turnstone (Sanibel Island, FL)

Photo credit: Stephen Crafts















