Straight from the reels of Jumanji (but shrunk considerably, thank heavens) this carnivorous Sun Dew makes up for the fact that it can’t get nutrients from the acid rich peat bog by trapping and eating insects! Peat bogs locally called “Muskeg” make up some 10% of Southeast Alaska and form in a process called “paludification” when sphagnum moss colonize the dense forests. Sphagnum acidifies the soil and attracts more water which leaches out the minerals till they sink below and form a hard pan that traps more water, collects more acid, which grows more sphagnum until a bog with its hardy bog plants replace the forests. Bizarrely this often happens even on slopes. Only the churning of soil by trees falling seems to be able to stop it!
Author: Ian Markham
The moss laden forests of Southeast Alaska
The moss laden forests of Southeast Alaska represent part of the largest extent of temperate rainforest on the planet stretching all the way to Northern California and holding some of the highest biomass forest anywhere.
Scrabbling a living scrambling…
Scrabbling a living scrambling along sheer cliffs and high mountains, mountain goats have a slightly different courtship than their flatland kin. Rather than the typical randy goat approach, males solicit females by following them submissively bowing or even laying prostrate lest they be disemboweled or cast from the cliffs by an unhappy female. #feminism #thewayitshouldbe #glacierbaynationalparks #nationalparks #Travel #TravelGram #TravelPhotography #NatureAddict #natgeo #WorldCaptures #EarthPhotos #Natureporn #picoftheday #natureGram #landscape_captures #FineArtPhotography #LonelyPlanet #instagoodmyphoto #justgoshoot #exploretocreate #peoplescreative #visualsoflife #passionpassport #my_365 #theoutbound #worldtravelbook #follow #followme#beautiful#summer @Canon @Canon_USA @canon_photos @natgeo @natgeotravel @usinterior
Spray off the lower Falls of the Yellowstone river
Spray off the lower Falls of the Yellowstone river striated by the shadows of trees on the canyon wall above. #naturephotography #natureonly #NationalParks #Yellowstone #WideAngle #nature #wyoming #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #ecology #science#Nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #landscape #landscape_lovers #Travel #TravelGram #TravelPhotography #NatureAddict #natgeo #WorldCaptures #EarthPhotos #Natureporn #picoftheday #natureGram #landscape_captures #FineArtPhotography #LonelyPlanet #Sunrise #Sunset @Canon @Canon_USA @canon_photos
Grand Prismatic spring in Yellowstone National Park
Grand Prismatic spring in Yellowstone National Park owes its absurd color palette to diverse bacterial mat communities in the shallows and refracted light off particulate matters in the deep blue pools. The mats create whole forest-like ecosystems with distinct canopy, midstory and floor communities! #naturephotography #natureonly #NationalParks #Yellowstone #WideAngle #nature #wyoming #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #ecology #science#Nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #landscape #landscape_lovers #Travel #TravelGram #TravelPhotography #NatureAddict #natgeo #WorldCaptures #EarthPhotos #Natureporn #picoftheday #natureGram #landscape_captures #FineArtPhotography #LonelyPlanet #Sunrise #Sunset @Canon @Canon_USA @canon_photos
A truly gentle giant…
A truly gentle giant (as long as you’re not planktonic), members of the species that can boast to be the biggest fish in the sea gather in the shallows near La Paz to the delight of a steady stream of tourists. #shark #whaleshark #mexico #baja #wildlife #nature #natureaddict #wildlifephotography #underwater #snorkeling #tourism #baja #giant #fish
Not far from the bustling city of Makassar Mars Incorporated…
Not far from the bustling city of Makassar Mars Incorporated as part of their marine sustainability program uses their innovative coral “spider” technique to restore coral reefs damaged by dynamite & cyanide fishing, cyclones and pollution. Coral “spiders” are specially coated metal frames to which coral fragments can be attached that can then be bound together to give reefs a massive boost forward in regenerating lost areas. #coral #reef #indonesia #restoration #conservation #savetheplanet #diving #underwater #nature
A magical pocket of cloud forest
A magical pocket of cloud forest left over from a wetter past at the top of Mount Lewis in Far North Queensland inland from Port Douglas. Farther along this track Golden Bower Birds and the rare Blue faced parrot finches lure birders to the misty heights #australia
View from the top of Mt Amos of Wineglass Bay in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania.
View from the top of Mt Amos of Wineglass Bay in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania. Amazing to have a view like this and only share it with a handful of other people. Got to love Australia’s population density (or lack thereof)! #latergram
Schools of Predatory Fish
Large schools of predatory fish are not a common sight in today’s oceans but “Grand Central Station” as the dive site is called in Namena Marine Reserve has large schools of trevally as pictured here as well as groupers and barracuda thanks to years of protection. Fiji has an increasing number of success stories from its impressively large number of locally managed marine reserves