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Photo by @FransLanting The oldest known wild bird

Photo by @FransLanting The oldest known wild bird in the world has just laid another egg. She is an extraordinary Laysan Albatross known as “Wisdom." She is at least 70 years old and for many decades she has returned to the same speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to raise her chicks years after year. Since she started doing that in the 1950s, people have polluted the ocean she depends on for her life at sea with an appalling amount of garbage that is life threatening to albatrosses and all other marine life. But we have also created a sanctuary, which Wisdom needs to be better protected at sea and on shore. Midway Atoll is where Wisdom lays her eggs. It is part of a huge marine protected area called Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, created by George W. Bush thanks to the influence of renowned marine conservationists Sylvia Earle and Jean Michel Cousteau. Wisdom, like all wild creatures, needs friends in human society so she can do what she does best— perpetuate her kind. And in the process she inspires us with her amazing endurance. And hopefully a little of her wisdom will rub off on us as well. Follow us @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom for more inspiring stories from the wild.

@Mission_Blue @IslandConservation #Wisdom #Albatross #bird #egg #naturelovers #HopeSpots #MidwayAtoll #endurance @usfws @PapahānaumokuākeaMarineNationalMonument

Photos by @FransLanting, @NASA, @NASAJPL and @UAHi

Photos by @FransLanting, @NASA, @NASAJPL and @UAHiRISE On February 18, a new NASA mission is scheduled to land on Mars. If all goes well, it will activate a robotic rover equipped with sophisticated instruments that will deepen our understanding of the Red Planet. A few weeks ago I had the honor to do a presentation for the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, which designs and manages NASA's Mars missions in collaboration with many partners. I showed images captured during previous missions to Mars alongside some of my photos of Planet Earth to reveal the haunting parallel patterns. Winds in Africa shape Namibia’s red desert sand in similar ways as Martian winds shape its dunes, as you can see here. I bow my head in awe of the mind boggling achievements of the dedicated scientists and engineers at NASA, JPL and its affiliates. They’ve turned a distant planet into a place we can all marvel about. Let’s hope Perseverance will make a soft landing tomorrow.

#Mars2020 #Perseverance #CountdownToMars #Mars #Earth #MarsRover #Space #science #NASA #NASAJPL

Photo by @FransLanting We’re celebrating Western

Photo by @FransLanting We’re celebrating Western Monarch Day but we’re concerned about their future because the population of these amazing butterflies, which migrate to the coast of California to spend the winter, has plummeted by more than 95%. This winter the groves where they normally hibernate were eerily quiet. In Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz, where I used to see hundreds of thousands, there were fewer than 2,000. Yet they can bounce back if we reverse the tide of habitat loss, pesticide use, and of course, address the urgent issue of climate change. Go to @ChristineEckstrom to see the miraculous transformation of a Monarch from chrysalis to butterfly.

@XercesSociety @ThePhotoSociety #Monarchs #Endangered #Extinction #Nature #Butterfly #SantaCruz #MontereyBay #California

Photos by @FransLanting Would you like me to revie

Photo by @FransLanting January 6 is the birthday o

Photo by @FransLanting January 6 is the birthday of Barry Lopez, who passed away two weeks ago. Barry was a dear friend and an extraordinary writer, whose work touched many people deeply. No matter whether he wrote about remote places in the Arctic or the river in front of his home in Oregon, he was able to articulate what nature meant to him for the benefit of all of us. He taught me to think and see more precisely.

Barry and I bonded many years ago when we worked together on a project about snow geese. For another project titled “Ideas and Images” he wrote a piece about our collaboration from which I’d like to share a passage.

"We are often struck by the complexity of the natural world... No scientific monograph, no one body of indigenous lore, no short story or television nature special can be definitive, let alone comprehensive about this world... For this reason wonder remains as appropriate a response as analysis.

"In a lifetime of work, we have been privileged to approach corners of the world not yet overwhelmed by human designs. Our work is an interpretive response to these environments. Our task, our responsibility as we see it, is that of emissaries from a high technological culture, sojourning in the landscapes of our youth as it were, apprenticing ourselves to the land and its residents. We want to see whether, in our sophistication, we have forgotten something crucial, whether we have inadvertently dropped something along the trail.
“We have combined photographs and prose in pursuit of an emotional, a not strictly literal, truth about the complicated relationship of humanity to the rest of the natural world.”
—Barry Lopez, “Ideas and Images, Lopez and Lanting"

These words are as relevant now as when they were written. If you do not know Barry’s work, I’d like to suggest you immerse yourself in one of his books like River Notes, Arctic Dreams or Of Wolves and Men. Through his writing Barry will continue to reach people long after he is gone. And by opening ourselves to wonder each of us can resonate with the miracle of life every day.

Please follow us @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom as we pursue our journeys. #Wonder #Nature #Gratitude

Image by @FransLanting. Dear Friends, Like all

Image by @FransLanting.

Dear Friends,

Like all of you, we have been challenged by events swirling around us this past year. We would like to express our sympathy to everyone who has suffered losses. And we express our gratitude to everyone who was able to help others in these trying times, no matter where you were and what you were faced with.

As we reflect on the year behind us, we take courage and inspiration from the resilience of this redwood tree, which was badly scorched by a wildfire that raged near our home in California. Yet it is responding now by sending out new green growth from its blackened trunk.

We need nature in our lives, just like we need each other.

We send love to you and to all of those dear to your hearts and wish you strength in the year ahead.

Follow us @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom as we explore the world for stories of hope. @thephotosociety #Holiday #Peace #Earth #Planet #LivingPlanet #Gratitude #Hope #Light

Photo by @FransLanting I’m planning to gather wi

Photo by @FransLanting I’m planning to gather with friends later today to watch the election results. in the USA. But I’m not sure what to wear yet. Should I dress for a funeral or for a Thanksgiving celebration? What do you think and what are you going to do?

Privately I’m hoping for a new beginning. If these fragile ferns can arise from scorched earth in an area heavily impacted by the recent megafire in our Santa Cruz Mountains I am hopeful that we can emerge as well with new aspirations. Let’s choose green over grey. And follow us @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom as we search for new beginnings around the world.

#ElectionDay #Hope #Democracy #Vote #GreenFuture #Election

Photo by @FransLanting Today marks the 1000th day

Photo by @FransLanting Today marks the 1000th day that a team of dedicated Iranian cheetah researchers have been incarcerated in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison after they were wrongfully charged with using camera traps for espionage. Their ordeal is a stark reminder of the challenges faced by conservationists in Iran, but their perseverance should also be an inspiration to all of us. Even while in prison they are managing to act on their dedication. They convinced publishers in Iran to donate hundreds of books about wildlife and conservation to the prison library so that their fellow inmates can learn about Iran’s precious natural heritage. And the two women in the group deliver talks regularly to inmates about conservation.

Until now, all pleas for their release have remained unfruitful. But we cannot forget them. We need to match their commitment by doing what we can and keep the flames of hope burning brightly. We hope you will join us in amplifying this message. Follow us @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom for more stories from the frontlines of conservation.

@hope4nature @anyhopefornature @hediyehtehrany @mitra.hajjar @raisi_org #1000days #NiloufarBayani #SamRadjabi #MoradTahbaz #HoumanJowkar #SepidehKashani #AmirHosseinKhaleghi #TaherGhadirian

Photo by @FransLanting Please join us October 15 f

Photo by @FransLanting Please join us October 15 for a unique cheetah conservation event that will be streamed live around the world. I will do a presentation about the last cheetahs in Asia together with my wife and partner @ChristineEckstrom. Our dear friends and colleagues Jonathan and Angie Scott will talk about their work with cheetahs in Kenya. Dr. Laurie Marker will talk about her conservation work with cheetahs all over Africa. The event marks the publication of a lavish new book titled “Remembering Cheetahs” with spectacular photos by world class photographers who donated their images to the cause. All proceeds from the book and the event go towards cheetah conservation projects. Check the link in my bio to sign up for the event or to buy a copy of the book. A special add-on event will be a fireside chat between Jonathan Scott and me. We’ve known each other for many years and when we begin to talk you never know what will happen. So, please join us to celebrate cheetahs and to support their conservation. Follow me @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom for more stories about wildlife around the world.

@RememberingWildlife #RememberingWildlife #RememberingCheetahs @hope4nature @anyhopefornature @TheBigCatPeople @cheetah_conservation_botswana @ccfcheetah #naturelovers #Cheetah

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