An aerial image of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania seen at dawn on July 21st, 2025. The point in the centre marks the confluence of the Allegheny...
During a walk in downtown Pittsburgh this morning, we came across this artistically-metal-clad building on the banks of the Allegheny River. Fittingly...
Yesterday’s photography highlight was 90 minutes of exclusive access to the Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh....
I’m in Pittsburgh this weekend on our 2025 NxNW photography expedition. This is my first real visit to the city (a day trip for a meeting near the airport...
Ellsworth Kelly’s installation “Austin” at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas is a beautiful space into which light streams through...
In the annals of roadside art, this must be one of the weirdest entries. About half way between Brownsville and Starbase, on the side of highway 4. you can find...
Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the SpaceX star factory at Starbase, Texas (formerly Boca Chica village). The production lines...
A Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) perched on a post in the bay behind the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas, on July 11th,...
A Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) seen at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas on July 11th, 2025.
We’re spending a few days down on the Gulf coast so I got up early (too early, as it happens – sunrise is currently more than an hour earlier...
Continuing the theme of boats, we move to the bottom end of the size scale today with this image of an expedition zodiac cruising in front of the face...
Our December expedition to Antarctica left Ushuaia in the afternoon and sailed east along the Beagle Channel, closely followed by Quark Expedition’s...
Here’s a wider view of the St. Christopher grounded by the shoreline outside the port of Ushuaia, Argentina. The popular tourist attraction started...
I’m heading back to last December’s Antarctic expedition this week but, for variety, am moving from wildlife to boats for a few days. This...
Rain to totals of up to 21 inches have fallen in Central Texas over the July 4th weekend. Locally, my rain gauge registered only 3.7 inches and we were...
I headed in to Dripping Springs yesterday evening to cover the annual “Fire in the Sky” 4th of July fireworks display. The show was as good...
A group of Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) seen processing along the shoreline at Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024. Macaronis...
Playful juvenile Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) seen at Godthul, South Georgia on December 24th, 2024.
A group of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) seen on the beach at Gold Harbour, South Georgia on December 25th, 2025.
An apparently-contented juvenile Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) lying on the beach at Peggotty Camp, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia on December...
