ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY, THE WORK OF PEPPER K. ETTERS

Landscape and Nature: Wildlife

We share this earth with a myriad of other species. The diversity of life on our planet is not only astounding, but worth protecting for the sake of future generations and for the fascinating creatures themselves.
An elephant peers at his surroundings outside of Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
   
A group of Magdalenic Penguins returns from fishing in a Sound of southern Patagonia.
  
A colorful lizard basks on a sandstone rock in a side canyon of Utah's Westwater Canyon.
     
  
A young bull moose stands at the edge of the forest in Colorado.
   
A vicuna, South America's smallest camelid, poses for the camera at a ranger station in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine.
   
A pelican basks in the sunset glow on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.
     
  
An elk rests during hunting season in the security of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
   
A captive Gorilla rests along side a small cascade.
   
     
  
A dolphin surfs a wave off the coast of northern Chile.
  
This family of Macaques socializes among the stones and temples of Pashupatinath.
   
An elk grazes in a large meadow.
     
  
A Great Blue Heron stands alert in the swamps waiting for its next meal.
  
This captive bighorn sheep is caught dramatically lit in front of a shadowed background.
   
A fox gives himself a quick scratch as he relaxes during a sunset in southern Chile.
     
  
   
A monkey displays his more human qualities at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
   
Sajama, Bolivia's highest peak, stands sentinel over a herd of vicunas just across the border in Lauca National Park, Chile.
     
  
A captive bald eagle stands with pride.
   
A small frog floats on a bed of aquatic plants in Cambodia.
   
A bull elk scans his surroundings from the edge of the forest just outside Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
     
  
A colorful lizard basks on a sandstone rock in a side canyon of Utah's Westwater Canyon.
   
A butterfly feeds on the nectar of a small flower in Cambodia.
   
A moose ventures out onto the highway in Northern Colorado.