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  • The Tiger Lily or Columbia lily (Lilium columbianum) is native to western North America. Photo from Granite Mountain Trail, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Snow Geese are typically seen in large flocks up to 55,000 in winter in western Washington, USA. Most gather in the Skagit River Delta (Skagit County) between the towns of Mount Vernon and La Conner (near Fir Island Road and Best Road) from mid-October to early May. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sailboat silhouette. July 11, 1991 partial solar eclipse over Puget Sound, seen from Sunset Hill Viewpoint Park, Seattle, Washington, USA. Captured on Kodachrome 64 film. Published on the cover of "The Mountaineer" September 1996 (monthly magazine of The Mountaineers club). Winner of Best Scenic in their 1996 cover photo contest. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Herbert Lake reflects peaks in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 3 images shot on film. Published on the cover of John Steel Rail Tours corporate brochure 2006, www.johnsteel.com. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • An iridescent blue, orange and green Danfe (or Danphe) Pheasant, the national bird of Nepal, was photographed north of Namche Bazaar in Sagarmatha National Park. To make bigger prints of wildlife or birds, use a lens focal length of at least 300mm on a APS-C size sensor DSLR camera (Nikon DX format), which has the equivalent field of view of a 450mm lens on a 35mm-film or 35mm-sensor camera. That telephoto creates a field of view of 8 degrees 15 minutes, measured diagonally, to better magnify birds and small animals. This pheasant, 70 feet away in the fog, would have been much sharper if I had used a telephoto lens longer than 200mm on my Nikon D40X camera (10 megapixel, APS-C sensor). I cropped to one tenth of the original area (from 3872 by 2592 pixels down to 858 by 1002 pixels), enough resolution for a print up to 4 x 6 inches (but larger prints would look unfocused at reading distance). Sagarmatha National Park (created 1976) was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lake Michigan waves have tumbled and smoothed colorful pebbles into rounded shapes at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. The scenic park includes the hilly shoreline between Munising and Grand Marais, Michigan. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Machu Picchu is a magnificent Inca archeological site in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes mountains, Peru, South America. Machu Picchu was built around 1450 AD as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (14381472). Spaniards passed in the river valley below but never discovered Machu Picchu during their conquest of the Incas 1532-1572. The outside world was unaware of the "Lost City of the Incas" until revealed by American historian Hiram Bingham in 1911. Machu Picchu perches at 2430 meters elevation (7970 feet) on a well defended ridge 450 meters (1480 ft) above a loop of the Urubamba/Vilcanota River ( Sacred Valley of the Incas). UNESCO honored the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu on the World Heritage List in 1983. Published in 2009 on Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Sunrise illuminates the curious tors and tarns (crags and ponds) on Hump Ridge, a track (trail) for trampers (hikers and trekkers) in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 5 overlapping images.
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  • Atop Gokyo Ri, admire Mount Everest, Himalayan peaks, and prayer flags. Mount Everest (center left; 29,029 feet / 8848 meters), the highest mountain on Earth, has the older name of Chomolungma or Qomolangma ("Goddess Mother of the Earth" in Tibetan). To the right are Lhotse and Makalu (both higher than 8000 meters). In 1865, Andrew Waugh, the British surveyor-general of India named the mountain for his chief and predecessor, Colonel Sir George Everest. In the 1960s, the Government of Nepal named the mountain Sagarmatha, meaning "Goddess of the Sky". The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet, China. These colorful Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags invoke compassion. Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • In the Everest Area of Nepal, Asia: A prayer wheel (called mani chos-'khor or Mani wheel by the Tibetans) is a wheel on a spindle made from metal, wood, leather, or coarse cotton. On the wheel are written or encapsulated prayers or mantras. According to the Tibetan Buddhist belief, spinning such a wheel will have much the same effect as orally reciting the prayers. A prayer wheel symbolizes "turning the wheel of Dharma," which describes the way in which the Buddha taught. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The silhouettes of trekkers stand against the impressive mountain face of Fang (or Baraha Shikhar 25,088 feet / 7647 meters), in the Annapurna Range of Nepal. Published on the front cover of "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Published September 29, 2016 in Amateur Photographer magazine, London, UK, "Expert guide to silhouette photography": http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/camera_skills/silhouette-photography-taking-shape-96009
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  • Look across miles of autumn orange and red foliage at Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA. The eroded quartzite knob called Hanging Rock rises to 2150 feet elevation. The park is 30 miles (48 km) north of Winston-Salem, and approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Danbury. Hanging Rock State Park is located in the Sauratown Mountain Range, which is made up of monadnocks (or inselbergs, isolated hills) that are separated from the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. Prominent peaks in the Sauratown range rise from 1,700 feet (520 m) to more than 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation and stand in contrast to the surrounding countryside, which averages only 800 feet (240 m) in elevation. Named for the Saura Native Americans who were early inhabitants of the region, the Sauratown Mountains are the erosion-resistant quartzite remnants of mountains pushed up between 250 and 500 million years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Water droplets form balls on a leaf of skunk cabbage (Lysichitum americanum, in the Calla Lily Family, Araceae), on the hike to Lake 22, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Ripples on the water surface distorts this view of an orange and red sea anemone at the Seattle Aquarium, Washington. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. At the Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, the Art Committee selected this 17x22 inch print for display in the Jones Pavilion Level 11 Orthopedic Inpatient unit art collection, 2011.
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  • Waves crash at sunset on Kalalau Beach, Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A ferry cruises by a waterfall on Geirangerfjord, the epitome of Norwegian fjords. Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord) is a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Published on the cover of Wells Fargo Lifescapes magazine August 2012. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Red, orange, yellow, brown, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Tree ferns, Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Visitors stroll in Patan's Durbar Square, in Nepal, Asia. Patan was probably founded by King Veer Deva in 299 AD from a much older settlement. Patan, officially called Lalitpur, the oldest city in the Kathmandu Valley, is separated from Kathmandu and Bhaktapur by rivers. Patan (population 190,000 in 2006) is the fourth largest city of Nepal, after Kathmandu, Biratnagar and Pokhara. The Newar people, the earliest known natives of the Kathmandu Valley, call Patan by the name "Yala"  (from King Yalamber) in their Nepal Bhasa language. UNESCO honored Patan's Durbar Square (Palace Square) as one of the seven monument zones of Kathmandu Valley on their World Heritage List in 1979. All sites are protected under Nepal's Monuments Preservation Act of 1956. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A woman turns a Mani Thungkyur (a large prayer wheel, which may contain religious books) while a girl looks out the door, at Pangboche Gompa (temple), Nepal. Buddhism became firmly established in Nepal's Khumbu District (home of the Sherpa people) about 350 years ago by the power and influence of Lama Sangwa Dorje. He established the oldest monastery in Khumbu at Pangboche (plus many other small hermitages). Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The rim of the ancient exploded Mount Mazama volcano reflects in the deep blue lake at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. Snow covers most of Wizard Island. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 3 images.
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  • Sultanahmet (or Blue) Mosque interior and ceiling, was built 1609-1616 in Istanbul (?stanbul), in the present-day Republic of Turkey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lupine flowers bloom above beautiful Lake Quilotoa, Ecuador, South America. Quilotoa, a tourist site of growing popularity, is a scenic water-filled caldera that is the westernmost volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The 3 kilometers (2 mile) wide caldera (diameter about 9km) was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes. The caldera has since accumulated a 250 meter (820 foot) deep crater lake, which has a greenish color from dissolved minerals. Fumaroles are found on the lake floor and hot springs occur on the eastern flank of the volcano. The route to the "summit" (the small town of Quilotoa) is generally traveled by hired truck or bus from the town of Zumbahua 17 km to the South.  Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping images.
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  • Sea stacks and a rock arch make a pretty sight in the South Pacific Ocean at Nugget Point, the Catlins, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) thrive on symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones. Sydney Aquarium, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Clownfish and anemonefish are from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The famous tuff cone of Pinnacle Rock juts like a knife from Bartolomé Island in the Galápagos archipelago, Ecuador. Bartolomé Island (or Bartholomew Island, named after a Lieutenant of the British Navy) is one of the geologically younger islands in the Galápagos Islands, just off the east coast of Santiago (or James) Island seen in the background. The volcanic Galápagos Islands (Official name: Archipiélago de Colón; other names: Islas de Colón, Islas Galápagos, or Enchanted Islands) are grouped along the equator in the Pacific Ocean 972 km west of continental Ecuador, South America. Panorama stitched from five images. In 1959, Ecuador declared 97% of the land area of the Galápagos Islands to be Galápagos National Park, which UNESCO registered as a World Heritage Site in 1978. Ecuador created the Galápagos Marine Reserve in 1998, which UNESCO appended in 2001. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
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  • The last rays of sunset brighten lenticular clouds with pink and magenta color over Aoraki / Mount Cook, (12,218 feet) in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Fresh snow dusts mountain peaks which reflect in the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing at sunrise in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Five images were stitched to make this panorama. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trees reflect in Mason Lake, on Ira Spring Memorial Trail #1038, in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area (Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest), near Interstate 90, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A gray whale touching humans. San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • In Nepal, Buddhist prayers have been inscribed in the rocks of Sagarmatha National park, a World Heritage Site. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trekkers camp in tents in a green pasture at 13,600 feet elevation in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (left, east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Up to 4 million copies of this image are agreed to be published in print and electronic media by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (formerly Scholastic Inc) from 2009-2034 for the System 44 classroom paperback, "Left to Die." Also published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A romantic couple walks by sea stacks “Gog and MaGog” at the beautiful wild beach at Gibson Steps in Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia. Twelve Apostles Marine National Park protects a collection of miocene limestone rock stacks in the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers), offshore of the Great Ocean Road. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Panorama stitched from three overlapping images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Galapagos Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) rest in a tide pool at Puerto Egas, which can be visited via a wet landing on Santiago (or San Salvador; or James Island), in the Galápagos Islands archipelago, a province of Ecuador, South America. The Marine Iguana is the world’s only sea-going lizard and is found only on the Galapagos Islands (spread throughout the archipelago). They feed almost exclusively on marine algae, expelling the excess salt from nasal glands while basking in the sun, coating their faces with white. Marine Iguanas live on the rocky shore or sometimes on mangrove beaches or marshes. Most adults are black, some grey, and the young have a lighter colored dorsal stripe. The somber tones allow the species to rapidly absorb the warm rays of the sun to minimize the period of lethargy after emerging from the frigid water, which is cooled by the Humboldt Current. Breeding-season adult males on the southern islands are the most colorful and will acquire reddish and teal-green colors, while Santa Cruz males are brick red and black, and Fernandina males are brick red and dull greenish. The iguanas living on the islands of Fernandina and Isabela (named for the famous rulers of Spain) are the largest found anywhere in the Galápagos. The smallest iguanas are found on Genovesa Island. Santiago is equivalent to Saint James in English; and its alternative name San Salvador refers to the island discovered by Columbus in the Caribbean Sea. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Colorful microbial mats coat terraces of Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Grand Prismatic is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. The sterile blue water in the pool’s center is too hot to support life (87 degrees Centigrade or 188 F). Pure water selectively absorbs red wavelengths of visible light, making the center deep blue. But in cooler water along the edges, microbial mats of thermophilic (heat-loving) cyano-bacteria and algae thrive. Yellow, orange, and red pigments are produced by the bacteria as a natural sunscreen. As a result, the pool displays a spectrum of colors from the bright blue water of the center to the orange, red, and brown algal mats along the edges. Summer mats tend to be orange and red, whereas winter mats become dark green. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world (1872), and UNESCO honored it as a World Heritage site in 1978. Photo was published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.  Three overlapping images were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • The moon sets at sunrise over Annapurna South, seen from Annapurna South Base Camp (ABC, at 13,550 feet elevation), in the Himalaya mountain range of Nepal. Annapurna South (also known as Annapurna Dakshin, or Moditse; 23,684 feet / 7219 meters) was first climbed in 1964 by a Japanese expedition. Annapurna is Sanskrit for “Goddess of the Harvests.” In Hinduism, Annapurna is a goddess of fertility and agriculture and an avatar of Durga. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A white Avalanche Lily (Erythronium) grows next to a yellow Glacier Lily on Tolmie Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus), Aitcho Island, Antarctica. A narrow black band under their heads looks like a chin strap for their black "helmet." Chinstrap Penguins swim up to 80 km (50 miles) offshore each day to eat krill, shrimp, and fish. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Blue paint weathers, fades, and exfoliates on an old door in Huaraz, Peru, South America. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The peak of El Capitan (9901 feet or 3018 m elevation) reflects in Alice Lake Creek in Sawtooth Wilderness, Blaine County, Idaho, USA. Grass swirls in patterns in the water. The Sawtooth Range (part of the Rocky Mountains) are made of pink granite of the 50 million year old Sawtooth batholith. Sawtooth Wilderness, managed by the US Forest Service within Sawtooth National Recreation Area, has some of the best air quality in the lower 48 states (says the US EPA). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Basilica of the National Vow (Spanish: Basílica del Voto Nacional) is a Roman Catholic church, neo-Gothic in style, located a few blocks away from Plaza de la Independencia in Quito, Ecuador, South America. Construction began in 1892. Pope John Paul II blessed the Basilica on January 30th, 1985 and in 1988 it was declared immaculate. Although the church was consecrated in 1988, it remains technically "unfinished." The Basilica is 150 meters long, 35 meters wide, 35 meters high in the sanctuary and 15 meters in the votive chapels. Its towers are 78.23 meters high, 73 meters in the dome, 16 meters by 45 meters on the base of its towers. San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito (elevation 9350 feet), is the capital city of Ecuador. UNESCO honored City of Quito as a World Heritage Site in 1978. Quito was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an Inca city. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best-preserved, least altered historic center in Latin America. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 8 overlapping images.
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  • A Galapagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis, subspecies: urinator) preens feathers at Suaraz Point, a wet landing location on Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. The Brown Pelican species lives strictly on coasts from Washington and Virginia south to northern Chile and the mouth of the Amazon River. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. Although large for a bird, the Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican. Adults are 106-137 cm (42-54 inches) in length, weigh from 2.75 to 5.5 kg (6-12 pounds), and have a wingspan from 1.83 to 2.5 m (6 to 8.2 feet). After nesting, North American birds move in flocks further north along the coasts, returning to warmer waters for winter. Their young are hatched in broods of about 3, and eat around 150 pounds of fish in the 8-10 month period they are cared for. The Brown Pelican bird differs from the American White Pelican by its brown body and its habit of diving for fish from the air, as opposed to cooperative fishing from the surface. It eats mainly herring-like fish. The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an island to a bulky stick nest in a low tree. Pelicans can live more than 30 years. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • April 21, 2009: La Cumbre volcano erupts a fountain of lava creating a red river flowing into the Pacific Ocean, expanding Fernandina (Narborough) Island, in the Galápagos Islands, a province of Ecuador, South America. This eruption cycle started April 10, 2009 after 5 years of quiet. Fernandina Island was named in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus. Fernandina is the youngest and westernmost island of the Galápagos archipelago, and has a maximum altitude of 1,494 metres (4,902 feet). Tourists are allowed to visit Punta Espinosa, a narrow stretch of land where hundreds of Marine Iguanas gather largely on black lava rocks. The Flightless Cormorant, Galápagos Penguins, Pelicans and Sea Lions are abundant on this island of lava flows and Mangrove Forests. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Berg Glacier and Berg Lake are a wonderful backpacking destination in Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. Mount Robson (3954 meters or 12,972 feet) is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies, and is part of the Rainbow Range. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The peaks of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau (Ogre, Monk, and Virgin) reflect in a pond at Kleine Scheidegg in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway (Wengernalpbahn) goes from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. From Kleine Scheidegg, another cog train (Jungfraubahn) ascends steeply inside the Eiger to Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from six images. Published in September/October 2007 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sandstone swirls in patterns from orange to pink in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona, USA. By Carol Dempsey / PhotoSeek.com. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Cicada insect, Queen Charlotte Track, South Island, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • See forest wilderness on the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A Maori woman blows a conch horn to signal villagers at Tamaki Maori Village, an evocative cultural re-creation near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. Published in Mountain Travel Sobek 2010 trip catalog. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Trees frame Lake Waikaremoana along the Panekiri Bluff trail in Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trampers hike the 10-mile Tongariro Crossing beneath Mount Ngauruhoe in Tongariro National Park, North Island, New Zealand. The volcanoes in this image are: Mount Ruapehu (with snow at far left, 2797 meters or 9177 feet, last erupted in 2006), Mount Ngauruhoe (upper middle, 2291 meters or 7516 feet elevation, last erupted in 1975), and Red Crater (foreground right, 1886 meters, last erupted 1926). Geologically speaking, both Mount Ngauruhoe and Red Crater are vents of Mount Tongariro. In 1990 and 1993, UNESCO honored Tongariro National Park as a World Heritage Area and Cultural Landscape. Tongariro National Park served as a location for fictional Mordor and Mount Doom in the "Lord of the Rings" Motion Pictures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Mount Egmont or Taranaki (2518 meters / 8261 feet) in Mount Egmont National Park, New Zealand, North Island. Featured as a stand-in for Mount Fuji in the Tom Cruise motion picture, "The Last Samurai". Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Porters walk with a yak pack train beneath the mountain of Lhotse (27,940 feet), the world's fourth highest peak, in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. The south face of Lhotse rises 3.2 km (1.98 mi) in only 2.25 km (1.4 mi) of horizontal distance (averaging a 55 degree angle slope). Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sunset spotlights the Queen's Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The hoodoo on the left looks like a standing profile of Queen Elizabeth with gown. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Double Arch erodes from Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. A thick underground salt bed underlies the creation of the park's many arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths. Some 300 million years ago, a sea flowed into the area and eventually evaporated to create the salt bed up to thousands of feet thick. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast. During the Early Jurassic (about 210 million years ago) desert conditions deposited the vast Navajo Sandstone. On top of that, about 140 million years ago, the Entrada Sandstone was deposited from stream and windblown sediments. Later, over 5000 feet (1500 m) of younger sediments were deposited and then mostly worn away, leaving the park's arches eroded mostly within the Entrada formation.
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  • Little Wild Horse Canyon, Utah. A short drive from Goblin Valley State Park Campground is a great 9 mile loop hike up Little Wild Horse Canyon and back down Bell Canyon. The hike requires some scrambling up and down sandstone ledges, through occasional shallow water holes and fascinating narrow slots. The Navajo and Wingate sandstone of the San Rafael Reef was uplifted fifty million years ago into a striking bluff which now runs from Price to Hanksville, bisected by Interstate 70 at a breach fifteen miles west of the town of Green River. The San Rafael Reef (and Swell) is one of the wildest places left in Utah. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lower Antelope Canyon, Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
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  • The Wave, Coyote Buttes, located on the Arizona side of Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, which is public land managed by the United States BLM. Over 190 million years, ancient sand dune layers calcified into rock and created "The Wave." Iron oxides bled through this Jurassic-age Navajo sandstone to create the salmon color. Hematite and goethite added yellows, oranges, browns and purples. Over thousands of years, water cut through the ridge above and exposed a channel that was further scoured by windblown sand into the smooth curves that today look like ocean swells and waves. For the permit required to hike to "The Wave", contact the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), who limits access to protect this fragile geologic formation. Image was published in 2009 for a surgeon's book on the intersection of science and faith. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Presque Isle River carves round potholes in Nonesuch Shale rock before flowing into Lake Superior. Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Tiger Lily on Church Mountain across from Mount Baker, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, north Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Photographed with a compact Canon PowerShot Pro1 camera using ISO 50, lens 15.4mm (61mm equivalent in terms of 35mm film), aperture f/6.3, and shutter speed 1/400th second. The photograph was cropped from the original eight.megapixels down to three megapixels shown here to better fill the frame.
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  • Meeting a friendly Turkish family in Amasya, Central Turkey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet) rises abruptly above grass and forest in the southern Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A Zodiac boat explores a blue iceberg arch melting in Neko Harbor (an inlet of the Southern Ocean), at Graham Land, the north portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Scientists have measured temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula as warming faster than anywhere else on  earth. An overwhelming consensus of world scientists agree that global warming is indeed happening and humans are contributing to it through emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide (see www.ucsusa.org). Since the industrial revolution began, humans have increased atmospheric CO2 concentration by 35% (through burning of fossil fuels, deforesting land, and grazing livestock). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2009, 2011.
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  • A sea bird reflects in Tidal River at Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Natural tannins leach from decomposing vegetation and turn the water brown. “The Prom” offers natural estuaries, cool fern gullies, magnificent and secluded beaches, striking rock formations, and abundant wildlife. Drive two hours from Melbourne to reach Wilson’s Promontory. Renting a camper van is a great way to see Australia with “no worries” about booking a bed. One night in the campground, our camper van rocked us awake in what we though was an earthquake. The rocking soon stopped and the dark shape of a wombat (a marsupial “bear”) wandered off into the night from underneath the van, where he had been licking our tasty sink drain! Around the campground, we were also delighted to see wallabies and the Common Brushtail Possum. Visitors also commonly see echidnas, koalas, bats and sugar-gliders. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) on Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island), Ecuador, South America.  Frigatebirds, which are in the family Fregatidae, are related to pelicans. The Great Frigatebird is a lightly built large seabird up to 105 cm long with predominantly black plumage. The female is larger than the adult male and has a white throat and breast and a red eye ring. The male's scapular (shoulder) feathers have a purple-green sheen. In breeding season, the male distends a striking red gular sac. The species feeds on fish taken in flight from the ocean's surface (mostly flyingfish), and pirates food from other birds less frequently than other frigatebirds. They feed in pelagic waters within 80 km (50 mi) of their breeding colony or roosting areas. Fregata minor is known as the Iwa in Hawaii. The Great Frigatebird measures  85–105 cm (33.5–41.5 in) with long pointed wings and long forked tails. Weighing between 1–1.8 kg (2.2–4 pounds), they have the highest ratio of wing area to body mass of any bird. Juveniles are black with a rust-tinged white face, head and throat. Major nesting populations of Great Frigatebirds are found in the Pacific (including Galapagos Islands) and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic. A single egg is laid each breeding season. The duration of parental care in frigatebirds is the longest of any bird. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A fall storm threatens rain over larch forest, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Rugged Yellow Balsam, or Scabby Balsam, (Impatiens scabrida, or Impatiens cristata; Family: Balsaminaceae, Balsam family) blooms near Chomrong, Nepal at 7000 feet in the Annapurna Himalaya in October. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Billion-year-old seabed ripples are fossilized in a blue rock pattern on broken yellow and purple rocks above Logan Pass, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976).
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  • Billion-year-old sedimentary rock erodes into yellow and blue patterns in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976).
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  • Skyline Arch eroded within the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. Fractal branching of a twisted dead tree frames the arch. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Downtown Seattle, the Space Needle, Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains at sunset, on July 4, 2007. Panorama stitched from 4 images photographed by Tom Dempsey from the 33rd floor of First Hill Plaza, 1301 Spring Street, Seattle, Washington. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The endemic Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis, Columbidae family) lives at Suaraz Point, a wet landing location on Española (Hood) Island, the oldest of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. Galápagos Dove habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry shrubland. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Tom Dempsey photographed this male White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora; or Great Jacobin; or Collared Hummingbird) hummingbird at the lower elevations (about 1400 meters) of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, in the "Mindo Area of International Importance for Birds," Tandayapa Valley, near Quito, Ecuador, South America. This large and attractive hummingbird ranges from Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil. The approximately 12 cm long male White-necked Jacobin is unmistakable with its white belly and tail, a white band on the nape and a dark blue hood. Immature males have less white in the tail and a conspicuous rufous patch in the malar region. Females are highly variable, and may resemble adult or immature males, have green upperparts, white belly, white-scaled green or blue throat, and white-scaled dark blue crissum, or have intermediate plumages, though retain the white-scaled dark blue crissum. Females are potentially confusing, but the pattern on the crissum is distinctive and not shared by superficially similar species. These birds usually visit flowers of tall trees and epiphytes for nectar, and also hawk for insects. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Booted Racket-tail (or Racquet-tail; or Racquet-tailed Hummingbird; Latin name Ocreatus underwoodii) in Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, in the "Mindo Area of International Importance for Birds," Tandayapa Valley, near Quito, Ecuador, South America. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Hindu holy men (sadhus), in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The last orange and yellow leaves drop in early November at the unique Natural Tunnel State Park, near Duffield, Virginia, where both a train and a river share the same natural limestone cave, measuring 850 feet (255 meters) long. The railroad has used this tunnel since 1890. Natural Tunnel began forming during the early Pleistocene Epoch and was fully formed by about one million years ago. The Glenita fault line running through the tunnel, combined with moving water and naturally forming carbonic acid may have formed Natural Tunnel through the surrounding limestone and dolomitic bedrock. After the tunnel formed and the regional water table lowered, Stock Creek diverted underground, then later took the path of least resistance through the Natural Tunnel, through Purchase Ridge, flowing south to join the Clinch River. Daniel Boone is believed to have been the first white man to see it. William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) dubbed it the "Eighth Wonder of the World"; and the tunnel has been a tourist attraction for more than a century. Natural Tunnel State Park was created in 1967, and opened to the public in 1971. For a time, a passenger train line ran through Natural Tunnel, and today, the railroad still carries coal through it to the southeast USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The White Avalanche Lily is a member of the lily family native to coastal British Columbia and the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its flower blooms as snow melts in late spring, in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows, often in extensive patches. In the central Cascades, it often grows mixed with Clintonia uniflora and Trillium ovatum at the lower elevations of its range, and with Anemone occidentalis at higher elevations. Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A golden sunrise spotlights Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet), which rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (all with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.  Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping photos. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • On an Antarctic island, a visitor watches Gentoo penguins walk to the ocean to retrieve food for chicks. In 2005, the M/S Explorer cruise ship took us to this remote wilderness. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Viking stave church at Lom, rebuilt 1300 AD, Norway, Europe. Published in Wilderness Travel 1988 Trip Schedule. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a carnivorous bird in the Kingfisher family (Halcyonidae). It is native to eastern mainland Australia and has also been introduced to Tasmania, Flinders Island, and Kangaroo Island. Kookaburra is a loanword "guuguubarra" (from the now extinct Aboriginal language Wiradjuri). Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) include four known species of large terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, best known for their unmistakable call, like loud echoing, hysterical human laughter. They can be found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, but also in suburban and residential areas near running water and food. Wilson's Promontory National Park (or "the Prom"), in Victoria, Australia, offers magnificent and secluded beaches, cool fern gullies, great views, spectacular rock formations and an abundance of wildlife. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Three Australian Pelicans preen on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Rebar rungs allow anyone to climb the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Tom climbs rebar rungs of the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A small larva forms wiggly patterns under the bark of a “Scribbly gum” in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. A Scribbly gum is one of several species of Australian eucalyptus tree named after zigzag tunnels in the bark made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula, in the Bucculatricidae family). Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and as the old bark falls away, the squiggly trails appear like human scribbles. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate. The Scribbly Gum Moth is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Larvae have been found feeding on Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus rossii, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Eucalyptus racemosa and Eucalyptus sclerophylla. Mostly native to Australia, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A pair of male and female Blue-footed Boobies (Sula nebouxii) do a sky pointing mating dance at Suaraz Point, a wet landing location on Española (Hood) Island, part of the Galápagos archipelago, a province of Ecuador, located 972 km west of the continent of South America. The Blue-footed Booby is a bird in the Sulidae family which comprises ten species of long-winged seabirds. The name “booby” comes from the Spanish term bobo, which means "stupid" or "fool/clown," which describes its clumsy nature on land. Like other seabirds, they can be very tame. The natural breeding habitat of the Blue-footed Booby is tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific Ocean. In 1959, Ecuador declared 97% of the land area of the Galápagos Islands to be Galápagos National Park, which UNESCO registered as a World Heritage Site in 1978. Ecuador created the Galápagos Marine Reserve in 1998, which UNESCO appended in 2001. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A lava lizard mounts a Galapagos Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) at Punta (Point) Espinoza, on Fernandina (Narborough) Island, Galápagos Islands, a province of Ecuador, South America. Marine Iguanas, the world’s only sea-going lizard species, are found nowhere else on earth. Marine Iguanas feed almost exclusively on marine algae, expelling the excess salt from nasal glands while basking in the sun, coating their faces with white. Marine Iguanas live on the rocky shore or sometimes on mangrove beaches or marshes. Most adults are black, some grey, and the young have a lighter colored dorsal stripe. The somber tones allow the species to rapidly absorb the warm rays of the sun to minimize the period of lethargy after emerging from the frigid water, which is cooled by the Humboldt Current. Breeding-season adult males on the southern islands are the most colorful and will acquire reddish and teal-green colors, while Santa Cruz males are brick red and black, and Fernandina males are brick red and dull greenish. The iguanas living on the islands of Fernandina and Isabela (named for the famous rulers of Spain) are the largest found anywhere in the Galápagos. The smallest iguanas are found on Genovesa Island. Fernandina Island was named in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sextet Ridge Glacier and larch trees in the fall at Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Bugaboos are a range in the Purcell Mountains, which are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which are west of the Rocky Mountain Trench. (Some USA maps label the “Percell Mountains” where their southern limit protrudes into the states of Idaho and Montana.) The igneous Bugaboo intrusion of 135 million years ago cooled into hard crystalline granite and was scraped into spires by glaciers eroding surrounding rock dating from 600 million to 1 billion years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Matterhorn (4478 meters or 14,980 feet, Monte Cervino in Italian, Mont Cervin in French) catches sunrise light, seen from Zermatt, Switzerland. Small electric taxis serve Zermatt, which bars combustion-engine cars to help preserve small village atmosphere and prevent air pollution. The famous mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt lies at 1620 meters or 5310 feet elevation at the head of Mattertal (Matter Valley) in Valais canton, Switzerland, the Pennine Alps, Europe. The German word matten means "alpine meadows." Most visitors reach Zermatt by cog railway train from the nearby town of Täsch (Zermatt shuttle). Trains also depart for Zermatt from farther down the valley at Visp and Brig on the main Swiss rail network. Hike the High Route (Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route) for exceptional mountain scenery. Published in Wilderness Travel 1992 Catalog of Adventures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A rock cairn balances above Arolla village (municipality of Evolène), in Val d'Hérens, Valais (Wallis or Valley) canton, Switzerland, on the High Route (Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route), Europe. Snow dusts peaks of Les Dents des Veisivi (left) and Les Aiguilles de la Tsa (right) in the Pennine Alps. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • From Männlichen Gipfel, a wide vista sweeps from left to right: Grindelwald Valley, Wetterhorn, Eiger (middle pyramid, the Ogre 13,026 feet elevation), and Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. A gondola (gondelbahn) connects Grindelwald with Männlichen, where a cable car goes down to Wengen (Luftseilbahn Wengen-Mannlichen). From Mannlichen station, walk uphill 15 minutes for a stunning view. The world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway (Wengernalpbahn) goes from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. From Kleine Scheidegg, another cog train (Jungfraubahn) ascends steeply inside the Eiger to Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. Two vertical miles (3000 meters) of mountain rise from valley bottom to Eiger top. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from 7 images. Published 2.4 meters wide on a private kitchen backsplash in Switzerland 2009. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Kathesimbhu is very peaceful in this sunset photograph. Kathesimbhu means "Kathmandu Swayambhu". This 17th century stupa (bell-shaped Buddhist monument) in Kathmandu, Nepal, is a smaller version of the more famous "Monkey Temple" at Swayambhu. A walk around the Kathesimbhu stupa promises the old and lame the same blessings as a pilgrimage to Swayambhunath's hill. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A porter carries a huge load of empty recyclable bottles over Larja Bridge (strung with Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags), over Dudh Koshi (Kosi=river) below the town of Namche Bazaar, Nepal. Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sagarmatha National Park: This is the north side of Ama Dablam, a beautiful mountain in the Himalaya range of eastern Nepal, in the Khumbu District. This was photographed between Dingboche and Chhukhung, in the Imja Khola river valley. Ama Dablam was first climbed in 1961. The main peak is 22,349 feet (or 6,812 meters) tall, and the lower western peak is 18,251 feet (or 5,563 meters). Ama Dablam means "Mother and Pearl Necklace" (the pearl being the perennial hanging glacier). Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded a bluff to create Haystack Rock, a 235-foot (72-meter) tall monolith (or sea stack), on Cannon Beach, on the Oregon coast. Haystack Rock is part of the Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site and is managed by Oregon Parks and Recreation below the mean high water (MHW) level, and above the MHW level by the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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