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I'm a professional writer, editor, video and filmmaker of long experience publishing in national media, grounded in some fifteen years as a staff writer and editor at National Geographic magazine, followed by writing and co-producing natural history films for Nat Geo TV. Wilderness, wildlife, indigenous peoples, wetlands, the North American Arctic and African habitats have been my principle areas of interest and expertise, while throwing a broad net of attention to stories of human and natural history. My goal is to work with NGO's, media outlets, universities and professors and researchers here, Rocky Mountain Front Range scientific labs, museums and other institutions to add value to what they do through my writing, and reaching as wide a readership and followers of podcasts with their messages and news as possible.

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Wildebeest plunge into the Mara River

Kenya

Mara River Crossing

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Mohri Garden Pond

Tokyo, Japan

Mohri Garden Pond

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Ehlanzeni, South Africa

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

African Quadripoint

Chobe, Botswana

African Quadripoint

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

Chamber with Screaming Monster formation in  Sudwala Caves.

Dollaaskraal, South Africa

Sudwala Caves

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

Cradle of Humankind

Mogale, South Africa

Cradle of Humankind

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The Big Hole. (Richard Jones/Atlas Obscura)

Kimberley, South Africa

Big Hole and Open Mine Museum

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

Helen's spiritual 'Camel Yard' - cement garden (photo:Sandra Kriel)

Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa

Owl House

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.

Chapman's Peak Drive

Cape Town, South Africa

Chapman's Peak Drive

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

Cape Agulhas.

L'Agulhas, South Africa

Cape Agulhas Marker

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Baobabs at Kubu Island.

Mmatshumo, Botswana

Kubu Island

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

The Makgadikgadi Pan stretches off as far as the eye can see.

Tutume, Botswana

Makgadikgadi Salt Pans

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

The “sand” on the floor

Botswana

Gcwihaba Caverns

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

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