It is dawn in the Andes. A grimy carpet of red dust stretches over rolling featureless hills towards a horizon dominated by the icy cone of Chile's Licancabur volcano.
Kaihalulu Beach is one of a very few red beaches in the world. The sand gets its brilliant color from the iron-rich cinder cone hills surrounding the bay.
A ravenous mountain pine beetle is massacring the Rockie's whitebark pines. Their pine cones are essential source of nutrition for grizzlies preparing for hibernation.
A ravenous mountain pine beetle is massacring the Rockie's whitebark pines. Their pine cones are essential source of nutrition for grizzlies preparing for hibernation.