Thick-horned nudibranch crawling across a dark tidepool rock at Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Thick-horned nudibranch in a Cannon Beach tidepool.
One of the strange little wonders of the Oregon coast.
Calm, mirror-like water at Lake Manly in Death Valley reflects a pink and purple dusk sky, with scattered salt formations in the foreground and distant mountains fading into the horizon.
Lake Manly has returned to Death Valley.
And with it, the old fight over a one-inch fish.
“The Pupfish Wars of Death Valley” — a full update to one of my oldest stories on Notes from the Road.
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Misty forest road at sunrise near Ridgefield, Washington, with sunlight streaming through tall trees and illuminating the fog.
Morning light at Ridgefield NWR.
Washington does this sometimes.
Moody nighttime alley in Euljiro, Seoul, South Korea, with glowing Korean shop signs and wet pavement reflecting the light.
Euljiro after the machines stop.
#Seoul
Bleached tree trunks standing in shallow turquoise water in the lagoon near Tuheiava Pass at Tikehau Atoll in French Polynesia under a deep blue sky.
Bleached trunks standing in the lagoon beside Tuheiava Pass, the only entrance to Tikehau’s lagoon.
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#FrenchPolynesia #Tikehau
Hoodoo rock formations glowing in sunset light in the Bisti Badlands of northwestern New Mexico
Sunset across the hoodoos of the Bisti Badlands, New Mexico.
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#NewMexico #Geology
Narrow cobblestone alley in Rovinj Croatia with pastel buildings, laundry hanging across the street, and a lantern above the lane
A narrow alley in Rovinj, Croatia.
Laundry lines, cobblestones, and centuries of Adriatic history.
Slant-faced grasshopper (Lithoscirtus viceitas) perched on a green leaf in premontane forest, Río Guayabo, Costa Rica
One of the best things you’ll read this year.
This is the final post in a three-part series on the hidden system that keeps civilization running—starting with insects along a river in Costa Rica.
www.notesfromtheroad.com/neotropics/r...
#biodiversity #naturewriting
Twilight view of limestone church towers rising above the historic city of Birgu, Malta, glowing pink in the evening light.
Evening over Birgu, Malta.
The limestone towers catch the last pink light above the Grand Harbour before night settles over the old city.
From my Malta series:
www.notesfromtheroad.com/europa/malta...
#malta #travelphotography
Yes! Love will win.
Anna’s hummingbird perched on a branch at Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, its iridescent magenta gorget glowing in the light.
Morning light catching the gorget of an Anna’s hummingbird at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
#Oregon #BirdPhotography
melted washing machine and charred debris in Detroit Oregon after 2020 wildfire destruction
I took this in Detroit, Oregon after the 2020 fires.
A washing machine melted into something unrecognizable. Soil sterilized.
This is the reality Patrick Moore waves away in Chapter 9 of his anti–climate change book.
Read my full rebuttal:
www.notesfromtheroad.com/roam/patrick...
Shiprock volcanic formation rising from the desert in northwestern New Mexico, reflected in a shallow pool beneath a blue sky with scattered clouds
Shiprock rising from the high desert of New Mexico.
Backlit particles and bubbles suspended in water, glowing orange in warm sunlight.
A drop of pond water can hold entire ecosystems.
Predators, grazers, microbes—life building the hidden infrastructure of the biosphere.
New essay: A Drop of Water and Lago Angostura
Part IV of V in the Turrialba series.
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Bright yellow arched wooden door with black and white striped archway in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, framed by whitewashed walls and green plants.
A classic Tunisian doorway in Sidi Bou Said. #Tunisia
1956 neon sign at the Siesta Motel in Durango. While these old beauty is well-preserved, other #AtomicAge and #Googie signs are being removed. In fact, I just learned that some of these signs I photographed or sketched in Las Vegas a few years ago are now gone.
Forbes retracted Chris Dorsey’s polar-bear article 48 hours after my rebuttal went live.
Dive in: www.notesfromtheroad.com/roam/chris-d...
#polarbears #climatechange #factcheck
Wildflower meadow of lupine and red Indian paintbrush at Snowgrass Flats in the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington, with Mount Adams glowing at sunset in the dist
Mount Adams rising beyond the blooms of Snowgrass Flats. #washingtonstate
Before tonight’s #SOTU narratives settle in timelines, here’s something grounded in documented events:
An accounting of Trump-inspired violence — chronologies, sources, dates:
www.notesfromtheroad.com/roam/trump-v...
Because the public record is part of the conversation. #sotu
Illustration of the Cuban Café roadside sign in Cuba, New Mexico, rendered in watercolor and Copic markers in an early-1960s Googie / Atomic Age style.
Cuban Café, Cuba, #NewMexico. An early-1960s Atomic Age roadside sign. This #Googie style has been disappearing throughout the southwest as neon and hand-built steel give way to LED boxes, earwax-colored boxes and corporate fonts. I started this in Fresco and finished it in watercolor and Copic.
ull moon reflecting over floodwaters in Badwater Basin (Lake Manly), Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in North America.
Full moon over Badwater Basin.
The continent’s lowest point, lit by Earth’s oldest witness.
#photography
Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark (Necyria duellona) showing electric blue inner wings and black outer borders, photographed in Cartago Province, Costa Rica.
Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark (Necyria duellona).
Proof that the rainforest runs on neon.
Cartago Province, #CostaRica.
Abstract macro photograph of fractured ice glowing with orange and blue light during a winter freeze in Portland, Oregon
You can stare at ice and call it stable. Or you can measure it.
In Forbes, Chris Dorsey chose anecdotes. I chose Arctic data — with Dr. Julienne Stroeve and Kiliii Yuyan. #ClimateChange #PolarBears
Full debunk:
www.notesfromtheroad.com/roam/chris-d...
red-breasted sapsucker (sphyrapicus ruber) clinging to a moss-covered tree trunk at hoyt arboretum in portland, oregon
When your job is drilling trees for snacks.
Red-breasted Sapsucker, #Portland #Oregon
The Dark Divide, Washington: still wild, still roadless, still public.
A roadless area is national forest land kept free of roads, logging, and industrial development to protect wildlife, clean water, and intact ecosystems. The Trump administration is working tirelessly to remove these protections.
1955 chevrolet bel air driving through havana with motion blur, turquoise classic car in urban cuba street scene
A 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air cuts through #Havana, still rolling after 70 years.
Lesser Violetear hummingbird perched on a branch in the Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia, showing iridescent green feathers and violet-blue ear patch
A Lesser Violetear pauses between flowers in the Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia, carrying pollen, altitude, and evolutionary history on a body built for precision. #birds
Neon-lit side street in Myeongdong, Seoul, with Korean shop signs and nightlife businesses glowing at night
Neon-lit side streets of Myeongdong after dark. #SouthKorea
Badwater Basin in Death Valley filled with shallow water, forming temporary Lake Manly and reflecting the Panamint Range at sunrise, California
Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, transformed into Lake Manly after rare, heavy rains pooled across the salt flats and a large swatch of Death Valley becomes a shallow lake, hinting at the much larger Ice Age lake that once filled the valley thousands of years ago. #photography
