Rattlesnake Repast

Rattlesnake RepastThis Southern Pacific rattlesnake had envenomed its prey and patiently waited for the venom to take its full effect. At this point the creature is readying its mouth to begin consumption.

there are only ten of the stacks remaining

The image was used to represent the state of Arizona on the cover of the book AZ IS - Arizona Imagery

It can be bountifully fertile and yet strikingly barren

Water in the Little River plummets more than 100 feet in the Alabama landscape and has been named DeSoto Falls after the Spanish explorer

The ancient granites are currently standing out of water in some areas because of the addition of small reservoirs to the landscape

A young roe deer pauses to interact while foraging in Hungary's Bakony Forest in Central Transdanubia

the Cuyamaca and Laguna Ranges and the Anza Borrego Desert State Park

dubbed as The Senator was considered  one of the ten oldest trees on earth until it was destroyed by fire attributed to human misconduct

but today is a tourist town know for its apple orchards and apple treats

it is of religious significance to the Islamic community and has the capacity to cater to 40

A massive pond cypress

Cholla is surrounded by a burst of color and verdance in a brief Sonoran Desert Spring