A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice flow at Petermann Island, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024. Despite the name, these seals...
The little guy in yesterday’s image was probably about a foot long and tipped the scales at maybe 5 or 6 pounds. Today, we jump to the other end of the seal...
That’s enough of derelict factories – it’s time for some more Antarctic wildlife! Let’s start with the week’s cutest image....
Rotting window frames look ready to fall out of a wall of the derelict Colorado Lime plant near the centre of Salida, Colorado.
Two large hoppers at the derelict Colorado Lime plant near the centre of Salida, Colorado.
When I visited the derelict Colorado Lime building in Salida last week, the sun was low in the sky resulting in the windows on the shaded side appearing...
A pile of rusty scrap machinery outside the derelict Colorado Lime plant in Salida, Colorado.
Continuing the industrial theme, here’s an image of the abandoned Colorado Lime plant by the disused railway tracks in the centre of Salida, Colorado....
The Great Monarch Mine can be found near the head of the Monarch Pass just outside the settlement of Garfield in Chaffee County, Colorado. As far as I can tell,...
One of the exhibits at “Randyland“, a fascinating outdoor art museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania founded by artist Randy Gilson in 1995. It contains...
A cliff in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia towers above a zodiac near its base. December 26th, 2024. King Haakon Bay in the north-west of the island is the site...
A fisheye view of the interior of Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, taken during our 2025 NxNW expedition...
Rain falls on the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico as seen from route 285 between Clines Corners and El Dorado on May 4th, 2024.
Continuing my wander through the archives, here’s an image from our 2019 NxNW expedition to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in Canada. This...
A detail of the facade of the 64-storey US Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania seen on July 20th, 2025.
A lone figure and a dog stroll along a Fijian beach at high tide, Sigasiga Sands, Savusavu, December 31st, 2025.
We saw plenty of rain in Fiji but most of it was in the late afternoon or after dusk so it didn’t really affect our plans. On one afternoon, though,...
The beach outside our bungalow at Sigasiga Sands sloped very gently towards the edge of the reef about a quarter of a mile away from the high tide mark....
We’re home from our Fijian adventure now after a particularly annoying return trip involving 3 hours of sitting on the apron at DFW Airport waiting...
It’s time for us to say goodbye to Fiji. After a glorious two week break, we head back to the States today with great memories of a beautiful place,...
