Our top nature images for 2013 – page 2

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24 Dec 2013

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With 2013 drawing to a close, here are 100 nature pictures taken during my various Mongabay reporting trips in 2013.

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  • Deadvlei in Namibia
  • Desert in Namibia
  • Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting in La Selva, Costa Rica
  • Young green iguana in Costa Rica
  • Katydid in Costa Rica
  • Blue water of Graves Creek in Washington State
  • Desert in Namibia
  • Male greater kudu in South Africa
  • Giraffe in South Africa
  • Lemur frog in Costa Rica
  • Plains zebra in South Africa
  • Spiny-headed tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) in Costa Rica
  • Sand dunes in the Namib Desert
  • White rhino in South Africa
  • Elephant eye
  • Strawberry dart frog in a red cap mushroom
  • Bornean orangutan
  • Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) in Costa rica
  • Boa constrictor camouflaged among leaves on the forest floor
  • Leopard in South Africa
  • Southern right whale with calf off South Africa
  • Vernal falls in Yosemite NP, California
  • Frog eggs
  • Hummingbird in Costa Rica
  • Sand dune in Sossusvlei
  • Hippo in South Africa
  • Nyala in South Africa
  • Transparent-winged butterfly in Costa Rica
  • Deadvlei in Namibia
  • Thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus) in Namibia
  • Aardwolf in Namibia
  • Baby green-and-black poison dart frog in Costa Rica
  • Glass frog on the Osa Peninsula
  • Beetlenut palms in Aceh
  • Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula
  • Green Jesus Christ lizard
  • Temperate rain forest in the Pacific Northwest
  • Red cup mushroom (Cookeina speciosa) in Costa Rica
  • Waterbuck in South Africa
  • Osa rainforest tree in Costa Rica
  • Snake in Costa Rica
  • Cicada in Costa Rica
  • Elephant near Kruger NP
  • Great white shark off South Africa
  • Bornean orangutan in Indonesian Borneo
  • Hoh rain forest
  • Sunset near Kruger National Park, South Africa
  • Babbling brook near the Hoh River

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