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Let’s dive head first into protecting our oceans. Keep them blue and the life below away from shrinkage. Learn more - check out my friends @sealegacy. Happy belated #WorldOceansDay #antarctica #ocean 📷 by #petemcbride

Nothing like dropping into the jaws of a rapid. Shot on assignment for @natgeo. Favorite? #grandcanyon #water #adrenaline #rivers 📷 by #petemcbride

Amidst the midday glow of the polar night, a family of orca hunt for herring in Scandinavia’s northerly fjords. An outtake from an upcoming story I wrote for @smithsonianmagazine and my new book “Seeing Silence”. Happy #worldenvironmentday #future #nature #conservation #orca #sonyalpha 📷 by #petemcbride with @norwegianorcasurvey

My mom just turned 82 years young. I aspire to have as much kick in my step as her one day. Happy trails this Wkd. And happy birthday mom. Big #love #spirit #family 📷 1.2 mom, 3 my dad - shot on #sonyalpha by #petemcbride

I love spending my time in and around wild places — mountains, forests, rivers and shores. When I am not, I try to protect them with the best tools I have — my photos and films — because in so many spots, we have asked too much from our natural world. ⁣
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One of the largest levers we can pull to help turn that around is to stop investing in polluters and support innovators. Roughly 90% of what we deposit in banks goes into the world to finance various activities, and many of those activities place heavy demands on our wild world. But if a bank decides to finance actions towards a more sustainable future, then so do you. I believe that financing innovation will lead the way to a cleaner, healthier planet. I’ll talk about the importance of sustainable finance and more on an Instagram Live with @greengirlleah tomorrow, June 4th at 1pm MT. @1percentftp @bankoftheWest⁣
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Aerial 📸 of 1. coal-fired power plant near Grand Canyon that has been dismantled, 2. and 3. open-pit coal mine, 4. modern windmills in Wyoming

Making a desert bloom. The Central Arizona Project pumps Colorado River water 336 miles uphill across Arizona. “ We learn the value of water when the well runs dry.” - Ben Franklin #drought #water 📷 #petemcbride

Happy Memorial Day. Thanks to all those who served — including my college roommate (who I remember daily) and my grandfather and so many many more. #happymemorialday 📷 of Gila National Forest #light #remember

Shortage: Lake Mead, the largest US reservoir, just saw its water level fall below 1075 feet (37% of full capacity) — a marker it has only dropped below a couple times since the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s. In the past, the lake recovered quickly after hitting that line. But now, thanks to ongoing drought and hotter and drier weather patterns, it is predicted to keep dropping through 2022, with few signs of recovery — triggering the first ever water shortage declaration on the Colorado River. Years ago I followed the river source to sea for a book about this over-loved, over-allocated lifeline and was shocked to see the river run dry before reaching the sea. It was a stark reminder of what happens when we ask too much of limited resources: They disappear. Today, this water supply continues to shrink, and yet we keep asking it to provide more. #water #CORiver #drought #nature #aerial 📸 by #PeteMcBride

La Luna — Eclipse. The moon rises during a lunar eclipse seen from the Northern Hemisphere. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth blocks the light from the sun from reaching the moon, but some bounces off of the Earth’s atmosphere which scatters blue light, transforming the light that hits moon into a reddish hue. #moon #eclipse #SeeingSilence #sonyalpha 📸 by #petemcbride

Sunrise paints the summit of the “mother’s necklace” or Ama Dablam in Nepal. I once reveled in this peak’s grace for days dreaming of a return. From my upcoming book Seeing Silence with @rizzolibooks. More info in bio link. Happy Monday. #light #mountains #himalaya #seeingsilence

Discovery: I just returned from the Gila National Forest where I was filming wildlife on a project about who wilderness is for. My first night, I didn’t find what I was hoping. But when we go into the unknown, we often explore as much of the hidden corners and valleys of ourselves (fear, doubt, perseverance) as anything else, which can be as rewarding as anything we ever find on adventures.
#adventure #nature #wildlife #sonyalpha 📸 by #petemcbride for @americanrivers 1. #light 2. Blue Grouse 3. Elk kiss 4. Layers of wild lands #happyFriday

On top of the world with a view of the Khumbu Icefall — which is considered one of the most dangerous sections of the South Col route to the summit of Mt. Everest. Shot on assignment for @natgeo years ago for a story on the Sherpa "Ice Doctors" who build the route at 19,000 feet for climbers to traverse this treacherous stretch. Swipe to see the full stunning vista. #everest #himalaya #nepal #mountains #nature #SeeingSilence

Silence and stars from my open-air bedroom last night, somewhere just south of the longest free-flowing river in New Mexico. @americanrivers #milkyway #nature #NewMexico #wilderness #stars

As we head towards extreme drought across the Western U.S. - we all need to be more aware (and engaged) that water doesn’t “come from the tap.” It comes from lifelines like these that we often take for granted. I had the pleasure to talk about this and more with @joshjespersen
@cjroam
@seeterrygo
@TheAdventureActivist for
@roam recently. Thanks all. #water #nature #coloradoriver 📷 #petemcbride

Ribbon of life: The upper Gila River winds through America’s first wilderness area and is some the most remote country I’ve seen. I paddled it in a pack-raft last spring (extreme social distance) for @americanrivers to document this free-flowing gem and the wild wonders it supports. Thanks Senators @senatormartinheinrich @SenatorLujan for your vision to protect this desert lifeline. #wildgilariver #wilderness #wildandscenic #nature #NewMexico 📷 by #petemcbride

Happy Mother’s Day - to all the hard working mamas out there.
I feel so lucky to have a mother who supported me and my creative side over the years — and she still does. Moutie (her nickname) is a remarkable painter who finds inspiration in nature — and inspires myself and others to do the same. Thanks mom. Mucho Lovo. #HappyMothersDay #mom #nature #grateful 📷 lions #PeteMcBride 2. Watercolor by #lauriemcbride 3. My mom & a wolf

Seasons and time can be remarkable parents of perspective. #humility #nature #grandcanyon #water #sonyalpha 📷 by #petemcbride

To a colorful Cinco de Mayo - wherever it finds you. The holiday celebrates the Mexican army's victory over France at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the Franco-Mexican War - not Mexico’s Independence which is September 16th. Baile y canta safely my cincodedrinko amigos. #travel #mexico #archive

Speaking in trunk: Using receptors in their trunks and padded feet, elephants can hear frequencies 20 times lower than humans and can communicate via the vibrations up to six miles away. From my upcoming book about the power of natural sound and silence. To learn more or pre-order, check the link in bio. #SeeingSilence #nature #elephants #wildlife #aerial #Africa 📸 by #petemcbride

The difference of a year. New York April 2020. An outtake from my new book #SeeingSilence. More info in my bio link. #quiet #newyork #perspective #sonyalpha 📷 #petemcbride

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