Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 419 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Pink orchid flowers in the Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, Washington.
    0801VOL-23.jpg
  • pink and white flower blooms are spotted with dew drops in the Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, Washington.
    0801VOL-11.jpg
  • Pink alpenrose flowers / Rhododendron ferrugineum at sunrise near Elisabetta Refuge, Courmayeur, Italy, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 4: hike from Elisabetta Refuge in Val Veny to Hotel Pavillion in Courmayeur (walking 6.9 miles with 1600 feet ascent and 2320 ft descent along the main TMB ridge route to Rifugio Maison Vieille, then taking the chairlift from Col Chécrouit and gondola lift down to Dolonne).
    20220706_061505.jpg
  • Pink alpenrose flowers (Rhododendron ferrugineum, aka snow-rose or rusty-leaved alpenrose). Hike the Grand North Balcony from Plan de l'Aiguille to Montenvers, above Chamonix, in France, Europe (4.3 miles one way with 2000 feet vertical ascent and 700 ft descent).
    22ALP-02136.jpg
  • Pink flowers bloom on the rim of Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
    2008WA-074.jpg
  • A pink paintbrush flower (Castilleja genus) blooms in mid August, in Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
    2008WA-045.jpg
  • Translucent white and pink flowers in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA.
    20.10US1-0602.jpg
  • A mariposa lily blooms pink and white along the Juniper Trail, in Kootenay National Park, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada. Calochortus (which means "beautiful grass" in Greek) is a genus of North American plants in the lily family.
    1807CAN-606.jpg
  • Redbud tree, pink flowers (Cercis genus). Hike the Hermit Trail from Hermits Rest to Lookout Point. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Starting at least 5 to 17 million years ago, erosion by the Colorado River has exposed a column of distinctive rock layers, which date back nearly two billion years at the base of Grand Canyon. While the Colorado Plateau was uplifted by tectonic forces, the Colorado River and tributaries carved Grand Canyon over a mile deep (6000 feet), 277 miles  long and up to 18 miles wide.
    1804SW-1912.jpg
  • Pinkhead Smartweed / Pink Knotweed / Polygonum capitatum, on Desolation Trail, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Polygonum capitatum (synonym: Persicaria capitata; or Pinkhead Knotweed) is native to western China and the Himalayas. It was introduced to Hawaii as an ornamental groundcover but became naturalized in the wild. On the Big Island, these weedy plants grow along roadsides and in open lava fields at middle elevations.
    1701HAW-2721.jpg
  • A white and pink orchid pops in contrast with a background of bamboo. The exquisite Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo is my favorite garden in the Hawaiian Islands. Delightful paths and boardwalks take you through a soothing green tropical wonderland endowed with streams (Alakahi Stream, Boulder Creek), waterfalls (Onomea Falls) and oceanfront vistas across Onomea Bay. Purchased in 1977 and transformed over 8 backbreaking years by Dan and Pauline Lutkenhouse, the garden opened to the public in 1984 and was donated to a nonprofit trust in 1995. On the Big Island, a few minutes north of Hilo off of Route 19, take the narrow four-mile Pepe'ekeo Scenic Drive which winds along coastal cliffs, across one-lane wooden bridges over picturesque waterfalls, to reach this peaceful oasis. The garden grows over 2000 plant species, representing more than 125 families and 750 genera, with diverse palms (nearly 200 species), heliconias (80+ species) and bromeliads (80+ species). Address: 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Papaikou, HI 96781, USA.
    1701HAW-2457.jpg
  • At twilight, the sky at sunset shines hues of gold, pink and blue over Kalalau Valley on the Na Pali Coast, seen from Kalalau Lookout in Kokee State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Perched on a plateau between 3200 and 4200 feet, the park gets temperatures at least 15 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than at sea level. Koke'e receives 50-100 inches of rain per year, mostly from October to May. Its forests are dominated by Acacia koa and ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping images.
    1701HAW-1740-44-Pano.jpg
  • Pyrola asarifolia (liverleaf wintergreen, bog wintergreen or pink wintergreen) flower. Owyhigh Lakes are near White River Campground in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
    1607OWY-013.jpg
  • Pink hybrid rhododendron flowers (Papa San crossed with Muncaster Mist) bloom in Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1604WHI-160.jpg
  • A bumblebee pollinates a pink rhododendron flower in Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1604WHI-123.jpg
  • Pink flower boxes on old wood buildings. Winkelmatten, a suburb of Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-8942.jpg
  • Pink flower boxes on old wood buildings. Winkelmatten, a suburb of Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-8941.jpg
  • Pink flower boxes on old wood buildings. Winkelmatten, a suburb of Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-8939.jpg
  • Mountain Houseleek, Sempervivum montanum, has pink star-staped flowers on red and green stalks, growing close to the ground often on rocks. Photographed near Bussalp, under the Faulhorn, Grindelwald, canton of Bern, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
    16SWI-5875.jpg
  • Mountain Houseleek, Sempervivum montanum, has pink star-staped flowers on red and green stalks, growing close to the ground often on rocks. Photographed near Bussalp, under the Faulhorn, Grindelwald, canton of Bern, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
    16SWI-5870.jpg
  • Mountain Houseleek, Sempervivum montanum, has pink star-staped flowers on red and green stalks, growing close to the ground often on rocks. Photographed near Bussalp, under the Faulhorn, Grindelwald, canton of Bern, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
    16SWI-5867.jpg
  • Pink alpine flower in Upper Lauterbrunnen Valley,<br />
Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    16SWIC-348.jpg
  • A metallic blue-green Mint Beetle (Chrysolina coerulans, in the Chrysomelidae family) crawls on a pink flower. Chrysolina is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. The Chrysolina species are phytophagous, feeding on specific food plants. August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-1246.jpg
  • Purple and pink alpine wildflowers bloom in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-1121.jpg
  • Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) wildflowers bloom pink at North Table Mountain Biological Reserve on April 7, 2014, near Oroville, California, USA. Created by ancient lava (basalt) flows, Table Mountain is an elevated basalt mesa with beautiful vistas of spring wildflowers, waterfalls, lava outcrops, and a rare type of vernal pool, called Northern Basalt Flow Vernal Pools.
    1404CA-73_Table-Mountain-Reserve.jpg
  • Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) wildflowers bloom pink at North Table Mountain Biological Reserve on April 7, 2014, near Oroville, California, USA. Created by ancient lava (basalt) flows, Table Mountain is an elevated basalt mesa with beautiful vistas of spring wildflowers, waterfalls, lava outcrops, and a rare type of vernal pool, called Northern Basalt Flow Vernal Pools.
    1403SWC-352_Table-Mountain-Reserve.jpg
  • An insect hovers onto pink flowers along the Skyline Divide trail under Mount Baker (elevation 10,781 feet) in Mount Baker Wilderness, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA.
    1309BAK-096.jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5054_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5144_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5123_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5126_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5075_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5070_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
    1306RHO-5069_rhododendrons_Mt-Townse...jpg
  • Pink prickly pear cactus flowers (Opuntia genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae) bloom at Callville Bay, in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, USA. Like all true cactus species, prickly pears are native only to the Western hemisphere; however, they have been introduced elsewhere on earth. Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935, less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed along the Colorado River. The area surrounding Lake Mead was established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936. In 1964, the area was expanded and became the first National Recreation Area established by US Congress. Three desert ecosystems meet in Lake Mead NRA: Mojave Desert, Great Basin Desert, and Sonoran Desert.
    1303NV-4095.jpg
  • A grasshopper stands on a pink prickly pear cactus flower (Opuntia genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae) at Callville Bay, in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, USA. Like all true cactus species, prickly pears are native only to the Western hemisphere; however, they have been introduced elsewhere on earth. Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935, less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed along the Colorado River. The area surrounding Lake Mead was established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936. In 1964, the area was expanded and became the first National Recreation Area established by US Congress. Three desert ecosystems meet in Lake Mead NRA: Mojave Desert, Great Basin Desert, and Sonoran Desert.
    1303NV-4083.jpg
  • Fireweed blooms pink magenta on the shore of Kachemak Bay, Homer, Sterling Highway, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA.
    06AK_1111_Kachemak-Bay-Fireweed.jpg
  • A pink orchid grows in the Tropical Glasshouse, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10617_orchid-Royal-Botanic-Gar...jpg
  • A pink magenta flower blooms on a tree at the Black Sheep Inn, Chugchilan, Ecuador, on the Lago Quilotoa driving loop.
    09ECU-2478_Ecuador.jpg
  • At sunset, pink clouds silhouette branches draped with moss and lichen in Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, near Quito, Ecuador, South America.
    09ECU-1778_Bellavista-Ecuador.jpg
  • An orange, pink, and blue sunset makes silhouettes of tree trunks on North Island, New Zealand
    07NZT_323.jpg
  • At Jackson Lake, sunrise illuminates clouds with orange, pink, and magenta light. Grand Teton National Park contains the major peaks of the 40-mile (64 km) Teton Range and part of the valley known as Jackson Hole, in Wyoming, USA. A parkway connects 10 miles north to Yellowstone National Park. Surrounding parkland and National Forest constitute the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world.
    04WY-0287.jpg
  • At Jackson Lake, sunrise illuminates clouds with orange, pink, and magenta light. Grand Teton National Park contains the major peaks of the 40-mile (64 km) Teton Range and part of the valley known as Jackson Hole, in Wyoming, USA. A parkway connects 10 miles north to Yellowstone National Park. Surrounding parkland and National Forest constitute the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world. Five overlapping images were stitched to make this panorama.
    04WY-0282-886pan_Jackson-Lake_Teton.jpg
  • Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) grows tall pink flower stalks on Torsfjorden, on Moskenesøya (the Moskenes Island), in the Lofoten archipelago, Nordland county, Norway.
    11NOR-1227.jpg
  • Opuntia basilaris, the Beavertail Cactus, blooms with rosey pink flowers in White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA.
    11NV2-4046_Valley-of-Fire-SP-Nevada.jpg
  • Sunset light illuminates colorful orange, pink, yellow, and white sandstone in White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Desert Primrose (or Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera deltoides) flowers bloom in the foreground. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
    11NV1-1448_Valley-of-Fire-SP-Nevada-...jpg
  • Sunset light illuminates colorful orange, pink, yellow, and white sandstone in White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Desert Primrose (or Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera deltoides) flowers bloom in the foreground. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation. (Panorama stitched from 3 photos.)
    11NV1-1448-50pan_Valley-of-Fire-SP-N...jpg
  • White, pink and orange sandstone forms a myriad of patterns in the White Domes area, in Valley of Fire State Park, the oldest state park in Nevada. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
    11NV1-1293_Valley-of-Fire-SP-Nevada.jpg
  • Pink tulip flowers bloom in the Skagit River Delta, Washington, USA.
    0804SKA-185.jpg
  • pink Poinsettia 'Christmas Angel Marbella'. The Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is indigenous to Mexico and Central America. This flowering plant is named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant into the US in 1828. The Aztecs used the plant to produce red dye and as an antipyretic medication. Today it is known in Mexico and Guatemala as "Noche Buena", meaning Christmas Eve. In Spain its is known as "Flor de Pascua", meaning Easter Flower. In both Chile and Peru, the plant became known as "Crown of the Andes". Molbak's Garden & Home, Woodinville, Washington.
    1011MOL-16.jpg
  • Pink orchid flowers in the Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, Washington.
    0801VOL-25.jpg
  • Pink flowers bloom in a driveway beneath the Julian Alps, Slovenia, Europe. The pyramidal mountain peak of Spik ("Spike," 2472 meters/8110 feet) rises high above the town of Gozd Martuljek ("Martuljek Forest," formerly known as Rute) in the Julian Alps, in Kranjska Gora municipality in the Upper Carniola region, Slovenia. To the left (southeast) of Spik rises a higher summit, Oltar (2621 m), also within Triglav National Park (in Slovene: Triglavski narodni park, TNP). Historically, four linguistic and cultural groups of Europe have met in Slovenia: Slavic, Germanic, Romance, and Uralic. In 1991, Slovenia declared full sovereignty from Yugoslavia. In the 2002 census, 83% considered themselves Slovenes. Today, Slovenia is a member of the European Union, the Eurozone, the Schengen area, NATO and OECD. Per capita, Slovenia is the richest Slavic nation-state.
    11SLO-9276.jpg
  • Columbian lewisia flowers bloom on Table Mountain Trail #1209, near Blewett Pass, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, USA. The Columbian lewisia (scientific name: Lewisia columbiana, in the purslane family) is native to western United States and British Columbia in rocky mountain habitats. Several stems rise up to 30 centimeters tall, each bearing up to 100 flowers. The flower has 4 to 11 petals, each up to about a centimeter in length and oval with a notched tip. The petals are white to pale pink, usually with sharp dark pink veining (stripes).
    1405WA-564.jpg
  • Hybrid rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom magenta-pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1505WHI-252_Meerkerk-Gardens.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-102-p1_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Hybrid rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom magenta-pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1505WHI-254_Meerkerk-Gardens.jpg
  • Hybrid rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom magenta-pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1505WHI-253_Meerkerk-Gardens.jpg
  • A hybrid rhododendron flower (in the heath family, Ericaceae) blooms magenta-pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1505WHI-249_Meerkerk-Gardens.jpg
  • The mouth of a hybrid rhododendron flower (in the heath family, Ericaceae) blooms magenta-pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
    1505WHI-247_Meerkerk-Gardens.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta in this vertical panorama on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.  This panorama was stitched from 9 overlapping photos.
    1505WHI-109-117pan_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta in this vertical panorama on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA. This panorama was stitched from 7 overlapping photos.
    1505WHI-102-108pan-Edit_wild-rhodode...jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-123_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-095_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-091_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-101_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-083_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-125_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • A white and pink orchid pops in contrast with green background. The exquisite Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo is my favorite garden in the Hawaiian Islands. Delightful paths and boardwalks take you through a soothing green tropical wonderland endowed with streams (Alakahi Stream, Boulder Creek), waterfalls (Onomea Falls) and oceanfront vistas across Onomea Bay. Purchased in 1977 and transformed over 8 backbreaking years by Dan and Pauline Lutkenhouse, the garden opened to the public in 1984 and was donated to a nonprofit trust in 1995. On the Big Island, a few minutes north of Hilo off of Route 19, take the narrow four-mile Pepe'ekeo Scenic Drive which winds along coastal cliffs, across one-lane wooden bridges over picturesque waterfalls, to reach this peaceful oasis. The garden grows over 2000 plant species, representing more than 125 families and 750 genera, with diverse palms (nearly 200 species), heliconias (80+ species) and bromeliads (80+ species). Address: 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Papaikou, HI 96781, USA.
    1701HAW-2465.jpg
  • Trumpet-shaped orange and pink flowers of the Satureja elliptica plant bloom in the Cordillera Blanca above Hualcayan village, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. The photo is from our last day of 10 days trekking around Alpamayo in Huascaran National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
    14PER2-160_Satureja-elliptica.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Great Broughton to Blakey Ridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4341_England.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    17UK-4156-64pan.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    17UK-4176-78pan.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4132_England.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4110_England.jpg
  • Flowers of purple Grasswidow, yellow Glacier Lily and white (pink striped) Columbian lewisia bloom together on Table Mountain Trail #1209, near Blewett Pass, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, USA. Erythronium grandiflorum is commonly known as glacier lily, yellow avalanche lily, and dogtooth fawn lily. // Grasswidows have the scientific name Olsynium douglasii, with synonyms Sisyrinchium douglasii or Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, in the genus Olsynium, native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to northern California, and east to northwest Utah. Grasswidow is a perennial herbaceous bulbiferous plant which grows 10-40 cm tall with flowers having six purple tepals. // The Columbian lewisia (scientific name: Lewisia columbiana, in the purslane family) is native to western United States and British Columbia in rocky mountain habitats. Several stems rise up to 30 centimeters tall, each bearing up to 100 flowers. The flower has 4 to 11 petals, each up to about a centimeter in length and oval with a notched tip. The petals are white to pale pink, usually with sharp dark pink veining (stripes).
    1405WA-549.jpg
  • Pastures & homesteads. Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Great Broughton to Blakey Ridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4336_England.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4023_England.jpg
  • The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photo is from Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, South America. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3398_Galapagos.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Trough House to Egton Bridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Heather species here are: 1) Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) with very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather with dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-5006_England.jpg
  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Trough House to Egton Bridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Heather species here are: 1) Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) with very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather with dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-5061_England.jpg
  • Plants cling to rocky points of the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean.
    04AUS-30038_rocky-points-Freycinet-N...jpg
  • Boats anchor in Coles Bay beneath peaks of the Hazards in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean.
    04AUS-30028_boats-The-Hazards_Freyci...jpg
  • Admire Coles Bay from the Mount Amos Track, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean.
    04AUS-30024_Mt-Amos-Track_Coles-Bay.jpg
  • Hike steeply up bare rock on the Mount Amos Track, on the Hazards, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean. For licensing options, please inquire.
    04AUS-30019_Mt-Amos_Freycinet-NP.jpg
  • See Wineglass Bay and protected wilderness from atop Mount Amos Track, on the Hazards, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean. For licensing options, please inquire.
    04AUS-30017_Wineglass-Bay_Freycinet-...jpg
  • See Wineglass Bay and protected wilderness from atop Mount Amos Track, on the Hazards, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean.
    04AUS-30013-p4_Wineglass-Bay_Freycin...jpg
  • See Wineglass Bay and protected wilderness from atop Mount Amos Track, on the Hazards, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean. Panorama stitched from 5 overlapping images.
    04AUS-30010-14pan_Wineglass-Bay_Frey...jpg
  • Sally Lightfoot or red lava crab (Grapsus grapsus) at Puerto Egas on Santiago (or San Salvador, or James) Island, in the Galápagos archipelago, a province of Ecuador, South America. Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of South America, and can also be seen along the entire coast of Central America and Mexico and nearby islands. This crab has five pairs of legs, the front two bearing small, blocky, symmetrical chelae. The other legs are broad and flat, with only the tips touching down. The crab's round, flat carapace is just over 8 cm (3 inches) in length. Young crabs are black or dark brown in color and camouflage well on the black lava coasts of volcanic islands. Adults are quite variable in color. Some are muted brownish-red, some mottled or spotted brown, pink, or yellow. The ones seen on photographs of tropical island fauna are often bright orange or red with stripes or spots dorsally, blue and green ventrally, and sporting red claws and pink or blue eyes. This crab lives amongst the rocks at the often turbulent, windy shore, just above the limit of the seaspray. It feeds on algae primarily, sometimes sampling plant matter and dead animals. It is a quick-moving and agile crab, and hard to catch, but not considered very edible by humans. It is used as bait by fishermen. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    09ECU-4287_Galapagos.jpg
  • Sally Lightfoot or red lava crab (Grapsus grapsus) at Punta (Point) Espinoza, on Fernandina (Narborough) Island, Galápagos Islands, a province of Ecuador, South America. Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of South America, and can also be seen along the entire coast of Central America and Mexico and nearby islands. This crab has five pairs of legs, the front two bearing small, blocky, symmetrical chelae. The other legs are broad and flat, with only the tips touching down. The crab's round, flat carapace is just over 8 cm (3 inches) in length. Young crabs are black or dark brown in color and camouflage well on the black lava coasts of volcanic islands. Adults are quite variable in color. Some are muted brownish-red, some mottled or spotted brown, pink, or yellow. The ones seen on photographs of tropical island fauna are often bright orange or red with stripes or spots dorsally, blue and green ventrally, and sporting red claws and pink or blue eyes. This crab lives amongst the rocks at the often turbulent, windy shore, just above the limit of the seaspray. It feeds on algae primarily, sometimes sampling plant matter and dead animals. It is a quick-moving and agile crab, and hard to catch, but not considered very edible by humans. It is used as bait by fishermen.
    09ECU-3674_Galapagos.jpg
  • The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photo is from Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3389_Galapagos.jpg
  • White downy chick. The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. Photographed on Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3380_Galapagos.jpg
  • The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photo is from Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3293_Galapagos.jpg
  • Nesting with egg. The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. Photographed on Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3286_Galapagos.jpg
  • Chick. The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. Photographed on Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3276_Galapagos.jpg
  • The white morph of the Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photographed on Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3271_Galapagos.jpg
  • Orange lichen grows on granite shoreline of Coles Bay, on the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean.
    04AUS-30034_Orange-lichen-rocks-Frey...jpg
  • Admire Coles Bay from the Mount Amos Track, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Devonian Granite is the dominant rock type at Freycinet. Orthoclase, a pink feldspar gives the mountains and coastline their characteristic pink tint. Black micas and white quartz are also found. The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean.
    04AUS-30022_Coles-Bay-Freycinet-NP.jpg
  • The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photo is from Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3259_Galapagos.jpg
  • The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photo is from Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain.
    09ECU-3254_Galapagos.jpg
  • The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. Photo is from Isla Genovesa (or Tower Island, or Bird Island), a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sula sula breeds in colonies and is found widely on tropical islands. The Red-footed Booby is the smallest of all boobies at 71 cm in length and with a 137 cm wingspan, and has red legs with pink and blue bill and throat pouch. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. The brown morph of this species is brown with a white belly, rump, and tail. The white morph is mostly white with black on the flight feathers. Young birds are greyish with browner wings and pink legs. The sexes appear similar. National Park visitors follow licensed guides up the steep path of Prince Philip’s Steps (up a cliff 25 meters vertically) to seabird colonies full of life amidst a thin palo santo forest growing in a rocky desert plain. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    09ECU-3202_Galapagos.jpg
Prev Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Portfolio of Tom Dempsey / PhotoSeek.com

  • Portfolio
  • BLOG | PhotoSeek HOME
  • ALL IMAGES + captions
    • Worldwide favorites
    • ALL GALLERIES
    • CART
    • Lightbox
  • SEARCH
  • ABOUT
  • How to buy my images
  • Camera reviews + sales