Esther's photos with the keyword: nature

Bear Notch Road, New Hampshire AIMG 0171

View from Bear Notch Road, New Hampshire AIMG 0172

Diana's Baths, outside of Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA, is a series of waterfalls. According to Place Names of the White Mountains by Robert and Mary Julyan, the origin of the name comes from this: "These curious circular stone cavities on Lucy Brook originally were known as the Home of the Water Fairies; tradition says evil water sprites inhabited the ledges, tormenting the Sokokis Indians until a mountain god answered the Indians' prayers and swept the sprites away in a flood. But sometime before 1859 a Miss Hubbard of Boston, a guest at the old Mount Washington House in North Conway, rechristened them Diana's Baths, presumably to evoke images of the Roman nature goddess. The pools are also called Lucy's Baths." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%27s_Baths AIMG 0154

Diana's Baths, outside of Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA, is a series of waterfalls. According to Place Names of the White Mountains by Robert and Mary Julyan, the origin of the name comes from this: "These curious circular stone cavities on Lucy Brook originally were known as the Home of the Water Fairies; tradition says evil water sprites inhabited the ledges, tormenting the Sokokis Indians until a mountain god answered the Indians' prayers and swept the sprites away in a flood. But sometime before 1859 a Miss Hubbard of Boston, a guest at the old Mount Washington House in North Conway, rechristened them Diana's Baths, presumably to evoke images of the Roman nature goddess. The pools are also called Lucy's Baths." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%27s_Baths AIMG 0153

Diana's Baths, outside of Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA, is a series of waterfalls. According to Place Names of the White Mountains by Robert and Mary Julyan, the origin of the name comes from this: "These curious circular stone cavities on Lucy Brook originally were known as the Home of the Water Fairies; tradition says evil water sprites inhabited the ledges, tormenting the Sokokis Indians until a mountain god answered the Indians' prayers and swept the sprites away in a flood. But sometime before 1859 a Miss Hubbard of Boston, a guest at the old Mount Washington House in North Conway, rechristened them Diana's Baths, presumably to evoke images of the Roman nature goddess. The pools are also called Lucy's Baths." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%27s_Baths AIMG 0160

Does anyone know what kind of plant this is? Cape Tribulation, Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia AIMG 7548

A billabong is an isolated pond that is created when a river changes its course or one that seasonally fills with rainwater. Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia AIMG 7533

Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia AIMG 7531

Cane Toad, Cape Tribulation, Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia. Cane toads are native to Central and South America. They were introduced into Australia to eat the beetles that were damaging the sugar cane plants. However, the beetles in Australia lived at the top of the sugar cane and the toads did not climb well. Not only was their introduction a failure with regard to the sugar cane, they have had a negative effect on Australia's biodiversity. AIMG 7552

I could find nothing that indicated that this hibiscus was native to the Daintree Rainforest. It is probably an interloper. Cape Tribulation, Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia AIMG 7424

Cape Tribulation, Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia AIMG 7421

Cape Tribulation,Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia. "The Daintree Rainforest contains 30% of the frog, reptile and marsupial species in Australia, and 65% of Australia's bat and butterfly species. 18% of bird species in the country can be found in this area. There are also over 12,000 species of insects. All of this diversity is contained within an area that takes up 0.2% of the landmass of Australia. Part of the forest is protected by the Daintree National Park and drained by the Daintree River. . . . Much of the Daintree Rainforest is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, being listed by UNESCO in 1988" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daintree_Rainforest AIMG 7419

Boyd's Forest Dragons can be found only in the rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. They typically perch upon the trunk of a tree and will move only if harassed or if feeding or defending their territory. Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia AIMG 7430

Does anyone know what type of tree this is? It grows in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. AIMG_6120

Conway Scenic Railway at Bartlett, New Hampshire AIMG_5100

Along the Kancamagus highway in New Hampshire AIMG_5099

Great Egret at Cano Negro Wildlife Reserve in Costa Rica AxMG_2527A

Cano Negro National Wildlife Reserve in Costa Rica. AxMG_2525