Intergalactic lens zoom of the Milky Way, Acadia National Park, Maine © David Francis
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Mallard Pair, Outer Banks, NC © Mark Buckler
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Pink Poppies, Weatherford, TX © Denise Remfert
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Fox Mousing Jump: Peter Pan and His Shadow, Yellowstone National Park © Cindy Goeddel
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© Wendy Kaveney
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Great Blue with Snake, Green Cay, Palm Beach County, FL © Michael Cohen
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A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) stops for a portrait in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming © Dawn Wilson
Each week www.nanpa.org highlights 7 images from the top 100 submissions of the NANPA Showcase competition. This week’s images are by:
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Each week www.nanpa.org highlights 7 images from the top 100 submissions of the NANPA Showcase competition. This week’s images are by:
Martin Pomphrey – “Dall Porpoise, Off the coast of Southeastern Alaska”
Mike Walker – “Morning at Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, WA”
Geoffrey Schmid – “From Eternal Seas, Olympic National Park Washington State”
Michael Stern – “Porpoise feeding on mullet, Flamingo South Florida”
Paul Marcellini – “Pine Rocklands at sunset, Everglades National Park, Florida”
Peter Hartlove – “Columbine Grandeur, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado”
Ernesto Sanchez-Proal – “Thousands of bats gather inside cave in Mexico, Topolobampo, Mexico”
Story and Photographs by Paul Marcellini
When most people imagine the Everglades, they probably picture large swaths of grass or some deep dark swamp loaded with alligators. In reality, it is a very complex ecosystem with a diverse landscape that includes pinelands, hardwood hammocks, cypress swamps, fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove forests, and beach dunes.
One of my favorite habitats is the rocky pinelands of the southern Everglades. Considered a globally imperiled habitat, the rocky pinelands are the most floristically diverse habitat in Florida. Historically covering more than 186,000 acres, there is now somewhere around 22,000 acres left, in part because it was the “high ground” and fell victim to urbanization and agriculture. Fortunately, most is now protected and Long Pine Key is a perfect place to explore this unique habitat. Occurring on the fringe of tropical and temperate zones, the range of plants found together is unique to South Florida.