Frans Lanting • World View
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Waiting Game
The cat called cougar thrives throughout the Americas, from boreal forests in Alaska to the steppes of Patagonia, and it lives in deserts, jungles and mountains in between.
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Strictly Artistic
In Iran, everything warrants a second look.
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Iconic Waters
Iguazu Falls (known as Iguaçu in Brazil) straddles the border of the two countries, both of which have protected the falls with contiguous national parks that draw millions of visitors.
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Hippo Pool
Just as fertile as the plains of the Serengeti in Tanzania or the inland delta of the Okavango in Botswana, the floodplains of Zambia's Luangwa River sustain wildlife in spectacular numbers.
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The Precious Few
After many safaris, cheetahs are still among the most alluring subjects in Africa to me.
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Color Pools
In the last 30 years, Antarctica has opened up, enabling travelers to witness some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet.
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Private Passage
The place I've called home along the coast of California for more than two decades is surrounded by thousands of acres of protected wild land.
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Elephant Reflections
One memorable evening during Botswana's long dry season, I waded into a water hole to capture a perfect reflection of a gathering of elephants at twilight with a full moon suspended in a luminous pink sky.
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Counting Condors
ome animals live in the shadows of a mystique we have bestowed on them.
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Primeval Pulse
The annual spring migration of shorebirds is an awesome phenomenon. Untold millions of them fly from wintering grounds all over the Americas to reach summer nesting grounds in the Arctic. As they cover distances spanning half the globe, their food demands are critical, and high-energy refueling stops are essential.
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Ghost Trees, Namibia
Deep in the Namib Desert of southwest Africa, there's a remarkable place.
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Wilderness Reflections
California's Sierra Nevada has drawn people ever since word first got out about its breathtaking beauty. In the 1860s, Alfred Bierstadt enshrined these mountains as an iconic American place with his monumental paintings.
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Spring Sensation
My roots in photography go back to my university days in Holland.
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A Leap For Life
For some of us, jellies may evoke childhood memories of gelatinous blobs on the beach; for others they’re milestones in the evolution of life.
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Ice And Time
Every iceberg is a floating record of time, a frozen snapshot of events that occurred over many millennia.
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Enchanted Forest
The splendor of autumn foliage makes Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains a favorite stop on the annual circuit of many nomadic nature photographers in North America.
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Earth In The Making
Volcanoes are exhilarating subjects to photograph, but challenging places to expose your gear—and yourself.
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Jungle On The Edge
Mention Borneo and many people think of wall-to-wall jungle, but actually, the world’s third-largest island has lost most of its original forests over the past few decades in a relentless cycle of clear-cutting and burning.
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Read My Lips
Hippos have a bad reputation. They’re often called the most dangerous animal in Africa and are said to be responsible for killing more people than any other wild creature.