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The next Hawaiian island in the making?

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Humpback whale spouting in the Pailolo Channel (December 2022)

No, just one of the many whales we saw from Lipoa Point on Maui. They didn’t do anything super spectacular on this day. I think they were just moving on through. That’s Molokai in the distance.

Pika

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Silver Lake to Twin Lake Loop Trail (Utah)

The morning mountain air was so clear it felt like breathing in shards of light. On the slope above Brighton, Utah, a tiny figure emerged from the scree — a pika, perched atop one of the many rocks in what could have been a prior avalanche. The pika twitched its whiskers, then darted — fast and fluid — into a crevice again, disappearing like a whisper. I lowered the camera and sighed. In the long silence that followed, every stone seemed full of stories, every shadow alive. I walked away slowly, leaving the mountain its solitude, carrying in memory not just the image but the spirit of that small being, perched between earth and sky.

Also, this rodent near Brighton is unrelated to the much more electric, far-more-famous, Japanese pikachu.

Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard Marsh

Salpa

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Salp on Harris Beach (Oregon)

Faroese geese

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Graylag Geese

Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)

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Edge of Tangle Blue Lake