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Rangitoto Island from Mount Victoria, Auckland
New Zealand 'Sky Blue Mushroom', Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park
'Entoloma hochstetteri' http://www.kuriositas.com/2011/05/sky-blue-mushroom.html Seen while hiking to/from the 38 Degrees South, 168 Degrees East 'Degree Confluence Point': http://confluence.org/confluence.php?visitid=20585
Rocky Bay, Waiheke Island, Auckland
Tui, Waiheke Island, Auckland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tui_%28bird%29
On Waiheke Island, Auckland
Te Arai Point (the exact antipode of Gibraltar!), north of Auckland
Pakihi Track, near Opotiki, Bay of Plenty
Pakihi Track, near Opotiki, Bay of Plenty
Tolaga Bay, East Coast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolaga_Bay
Feral pigs near East Cape
East Cape lighthouse (said to be the easternmost lighthouse in the world)
Near East Cape
A well-camoflaged Coast Horned Lizard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_horned_lizard
Camouflaged
In the backcountry of California's Henry Coe State Park, I caught this remarkably camouflaged Coast Horned Lizard. (April 30, 2016. Nikon D5000, 1/640s @ f/9, 85 mm, ISO 200.)
Butterfly Mariposa Lily
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_venustus