A young cottonmouth on the Florida Trail, Big Cypress National Preserve.
A cottonmouth gives its signature warning after nearly being stepped on by a hiker. Photographed (from a distance, with zoom) in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
Adult cottonmouth sunning itself just off the Florida Trail
Limnophila sessiliflora/Asian marshweed, an invasive brought to the U.S. as an aquarium plant and now on the U.S. Federal Noxious Weed List.
Great blue heron, Everglades National Park, Shark Valley
Gator in the water lilies, Big Cypress National Preserve
Oasis Visitor Center garden
Alligator, Big Cypress National Preserve
Two gators near the Oasis Visitor Center pond, BCNP
A gator rests along the banks of the Tamiami Canal
Bald cypress in the Gator Hook Strand, BCNP
Small adult gator floats in marsh near the Tamiami Canal
Cypress knees, Big Cypress National Preserve
A cardinal airplant (red bract) in bloom. Cardinal airplants are endangered, decimated by the Mexican bromeliad weevil and by poaching.
Canoeing West Lake, Everglades National Park
A shepherd on the hills of Maroun al-Ras, southern Lebanon
A boy sells chocolates for Eid al-Fitr. Sabra-Shatila Camp, Sept. 15, 2009
Lebanese Communist Party members rally in Beirut
PLO scouts at a ceremony in remembrance of victims of the Sabra-Shatila massacre. Sept. 18, 2009.
PLO scouts at a ceremony in remembrance on victims of the Sabra-Shatila massacre. Sept. 18, 2009.
A Lebanese Communist Party member shows off his tattoo at a rally in Beirut on Sept, 16, 2009
Fatah, PLF and PFLP flags at a remembrance ceremony for victims of the Sabra-Shatila massacre. Sept. 18, 2009
Alleyway, Sabra-Shatila, Beirut
The plaque at the Khiam compound says: “May 25: Resistance and Liberation Day”
The Khiam prison compound was hit by an Israeli airstrike in 2006.
Jonathan Simmons 