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Hooray for the Little Things: The Little Colorado River is a tributary inside the Grand Canyon which naturally flows turquoise due to the calcium carbonate rich waters. This marvel has been a regular target for developments, from gondolas to dams, to turn its beauty into cash. The latest have been three dam proposals inside this remote canyon considered to be a spiritual center by the Navajo and Hopi tribes (and others). But today, the developer cancelled two of the proposals. One remains — and an uphill paddle to prevent it — but right now we have some good news to celebrate for this little yet powerful river. To learn more or get involved, check out @grandcanyontrust #GrandCanyon #Hopi #Navajo #conservation 📸 by #PeteMcBride 1, 2 #confluence 3 - inside the upper LCR

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Summer Skies — Nothing I love more than seeing the sweep of starlight on a high moutain during calm nights - even if it requires 3 am wake ups. An outtake from my new book #SeeingSilence #milky-way #starlight #wilderness 📷 #petemcbride

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My buddy @PaulNicklen is a remarkable wildlife photographer and today he is celebrating a birthday. All he wants is for us to help him save the ocean. We can help by joining The Tide through the link in my bio to further @SeaLegacy’s conservation mission. As a thank you, Paul is also giving away his own @Zodiacwatches to one lucky winner! Happy Birthday ya ol’ goat Paulinus. Keep up the good work. #polarbear #wildlife #ocean #conservation

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I'm honored to be a part of @printsforwildlife, a print fundraiser featuring more than 150+ photographers to support conservation efforts in Africa. 100% of the proceeds (after printing and handling) will be donated to @africanparksnetwork so that they can continue to protect wildlife and deliver benefits to local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still having a devastating impact on protected areas. ⁣⁣
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Each print is $100 USD and is printed on Hahnemuhle Natural Line Hemp fine-art paper, 30x45cm with a 1cm border. The fundraiser is open until August 11th, so see the full range of prints and pick up one now for yourself or a friend by heading to @printsforwildlife or printsforwildlife.org. #fundraiser #Africa #fineart #wildlife⁣ #conservation #nature ⁣
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📷: 1. Lions by @pedromcbride 2. Elephants by @beverlyjoubert 3. Rays by @erinoutdoors 4. Leopard by @stevewinterphoto 5. Swordfish by @karimiliya

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Dust on Snow: My latest work for @natgeo looks at how snowfields across the Rockies have become more colorful lately as dust storms shower them. The tea-colored snow doesn’t just mar scenic views, but acts like a blanket on the snowpack, absorbing heat from the sun and melting the snow more quickly and up to six weeks earlier.

Forty million people in the Colorado River Basin rely on sustained snowpack for drinking water and to irrigate 5.5 million acres of agricultural land. The American Southwest is enduring the twenty-second year of the worst drought in about 500 years. The intense and widespread dry spell defies historical records and leaves meteorologists and water managers at a loss for how to predict the future. Scientists argue that the West is now experiencing “aridification”—a permanent transition to an “increasingly water scarce environment.” To see the article, check the link in my bio.

#environment #climatechange #nature #water #drought #megadrought #ColoradoRiver #Aerial #sonyalpha 📷 by #PeteMcBride #aerial with @ecoflight skier @wanderingadult #scientist Jeff Derry

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An oryx moves through the dunes of the Namib Desert of Namibia - one of the few inhabitants of this arid vastness. From my work #SeeingSilence. #wildlife #nature #photography #africa 📷 #petemcbride

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$Modern Migration: A look back at the extraordinary journey 520 elephants made from two parks in Malawi — to a new, safer habitat in 2017. Wildlife corridors have become ever-more fractured by roads and developments making travels far more complicated for roaming animals like elephants who constantly face human-wildlife conflicts and poaching threats. Over the course of a year ending in 2017, I got to witness a few of the 520 elephants and 2,000 other animals relocated from Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve to Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve in northern Malawi. @africanparksnetwork provided new protected habitat, eased wildlife population pressures and helped ignite a new tourist economy — and not a single animal was lost or harmed. It was one of the most remarkable, logistical ballets I’ve ever seen. The last image is part of my new Rizzoli book #SeeingSilence which I am thrilled to say is coming out very soon. #wildlife #elephants #conservation #nature #Africa #Malawi @rizzolibooks #sonyalpha📸 by #PeteMcBride$

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The world is roaring back… in pockets. I wonder what we will have taken away from last year… that screeched quiet. Photographic merge of six hours of jet traffic in July Colorado. #flight #traffic #noise outtake from my new book #SeeingSilence #fineart #sonyalpha 📷 by #petemcbride

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Happy 4th everyone. #stars #nature #nightsky #4thofjuly 📷 #petemcbride

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The Confluence: Two of the American Southwest’s greatest rivers, the Green and the Colorado, merge below the rims inside Canyonlands National Park. The view is jaw dropping. So is the current low water level. Both rivers this summer are flowing at their all time record lows in recorded history. Many call it a “Mega Drought." Others are saying this is the ‘acidification' of the West — everything is getting hotter and dryer on record levels.

To adapt, we all need to come together and pay attention to this most valuable finite resource — water — to conserve it and the habitats where it flows. Part of that includes investing in companies that understand and embrace this challenge. That's why I teamed up with @bankofthewest as an ambassador; because where you keep your money and how it gets invested matters, and Bank of the West has the strongest environmental stance of any major U.S. bank.

#water #rivers #drought #megadrought #conservation #nature #timelapse #botwambassador #sponsored 🎥 by #PeteMcBride

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Purring into the weekend. #happyFriday #bigcats #leopard #paws #wildlife #kenya #archive #sonyalpha 📷 #petemcbride

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More fun than Zoom gatherings. Potentially more risky now -- but I’m excited to find the balance as I return to the irreplaceable world of live storytelling. I'm heading to Chicago for my first in-person talk in ages and am grateful for the privilege. I hope we all can safely return to this old-school form of storytelling soon. For more #publicspeaking info go to @changemakertalent or my site in bio link. #speaking #handstand is rusty and my blazer is dusty. #balance

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These time machines have witnessed—and heard—a lot. From the rise and fall of civilizations to war and peace, camels to cars, plagues to planes; the Pyramids of Giza snap us back in time like rubber bands. They are estimated to be up to 4,500 years old. Some believe, according to new finds, that these monumental tombs could be older...The archeology continues…if only these stones could speak. Archive shot from my new book #SeeingSilence out soon. #Egypt #Africa #time #Monuments #wonders slide 📸 by #PeteMcBride

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To a wingman, tireless coach and devoted pop - #HappyFathersDay

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Summer Nights — New online print store coming soon. Email off my website in IG bio link in the meantime if interested in signed prints—framed or unframed. From new book #SeeingSilence out soon. #stars #milkyway #nightsky #nature #mountains #rockies #fineart 📷 by #petemcbride

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Tinderbox — It seems our High mountain Western forest land is just that - sadly. I took these snaps from my front door a few years ago - before we all evacuated. Thanks in part to that amazing slurry bomber pass (and many others), our town survived. Today, wildlife is knocking everywhere - coming early, staying late and often not going away. A changing climate’s new norm. #basaltfire #archive #nature #fire #wildfire #wildlife 📷 #petemcbride

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I hope those sweating summer are finding ways to cool off. I’m dreaming of waterfall routes like this as I melt. #heat #hot #drought #archive 📷 of #grandcanyon by #petemcbride

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A southside, smokey look at the 14,000 foot hills of my home. Western wildfires are already making their mark - on ground and in the air as hotter and dryer become the norm. #drought #colorado #rockies #aerial #nature #sonyalpha 📷 by #petemcbride with @ecoflight

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