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Weather and mood
Yellowstone National Park, USA
Carved by volcanic forces and glaciers, Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, cradles grasslands and forests and is teeming with wildlife such as bison:
When clouds mass over the Teton mountains, snow is likely to follow:
Yellowstone’s geysers give off steam even as snow lies on the ground:
Similarly, it can be hard to see where snow ends and cloud begins:
Autumn brings colour to the slopes of the Absaroka mountains:
In the Wind River reservation, water has carved out a valley of many-coloured strata.
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Dry season in the Okavango Delta of Botswana makes for dramatic sunsets as the light filters through the smoke from fires and the dust kicked up by herds of animals.
The first clouds also produce those typical African skies.
Even a wet day can produce an extraordinary, warm light for a short while:
After even a little rain, the bush starts to take on a green tinge of new growth.
The power of a summer storm in the Okavango is not to be taken lightly.
Namibia
Namibia’s landscapes are huge and powerful: from the dry river bed and rocky formations of the Goanikontes region to dunes, salt pans and gravel fields.
An unusual flooding of water into Etosha Pan from Angola allows algae to grow beneath the cracked, salty clay
The scorching hot Wlotzkasbaken area is carpeted with lichen.
Life clusters around a shrub on a dune.
Coastal storms
In winter on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, the difference in temperature between sea and land creates a wind which feathers the waves.
Coastal storms flush out stagnant water and stir up water layers of different temperatures, bringing micro-organisms up from the deep for fish to feed on.
Birds also find morsels of food washed up on the beach:
The damage to dune vegetation can look severe, but plant life quickly re-establishes itself.
