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Posts by Marisa Ishimatsu

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A photo of mine was in the San Francisco Chronicle! And it’s an article about San Francisco Garter Snakes! How cool is this?!

www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

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Push.

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii)
Etosha National Park, Namibia. March 2024.

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Auburn scientists: Discovery of new virus in Alabama no cause for alarm A rodent-sized mammal found in east Alabama is causing a stir across the state and beyond. Researchers at Auburn University are part of a team that has identified the first henipavirus in North Americ...

My photo (with my permission) was just used in a super interesting article about the first henipavirus found in North America. Neat!

wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/...

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Just keep singing and make your voice heard.

Marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris). Marin County, CA. 2017

#beloud #speakup #beheard

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The year of the snake is off to a rocky start, so here is a species who is a rock specialist. Let’s thrive in the rocks like these little snakes.

Pythonodipsas carinata
Twyfelfontein, Namibia. March, 2024.
#pythonodipsas #snakesofnamibia #snake #wildlifephotography #snakephotography

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It's been a damn dark week for so many of my friends and our community for so many reasons. Please don't stop reaching towards a brighter day. Have faith that it will come. Be kind to each other, and keep looking up.

The view from below
Santa Clara County, CA. April, 2024.

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AI generated!

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At our company’s annual celebration last night I was voted Number One Nature Nerd by my colleagues. Since I work with some of the best biologists in the business, I’m incredibly honored and I vow to try and live up to my title.

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Did you know I also do pottery? I don’t sell them yet, but I would like to find interesting ways to combine my photography and/or local native species into my ceramics (and maybe sell those).

Note: the drawings in the last photo are underglaze transfers by Elan Transfers and are not my design.

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….spelling errors and all.

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A photo of a Welwitchia with a overcast sky.

A photo of a Welwitchia with a overcast sky.

Just like the Welwitchia, we will endure.

Welwitschia mirabilis
Swakopmund, Namibia. March 2024.

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