VAB Liftoff
Space shuttle Atlantis, STS-132, clears the tower as seen from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Remote 1 Liftoff
Space shuttle Atlantis, STS-132, soars into the clear Florida skies on her ‘first final flight’.
Prince Shoal Light
The Prince Shoal, or Haute-Fond Light, rises above the oily-calm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, offshore from Tadoussac, Quebec. An armored Goliath of concrete and steel, its unique shape helps it to shed the crushing sea ice of winter.
Moonrise Over Manarola
Part of a larger panorama, featuring moonrise over the seaside town of Manarola, Cinque Terra, Italy.
Steamy Ongiara
The ferry Ongiara plies the waters of Toronto’s inner harbour during a sudden February cold snap.
Broken Dreams
A broken goose egg sits empty in the dark water of a puddle on Georgian Bay’s Green Island.
Manners
A beaver poses for a Ms. Manners poster, displaying teeth stained red from a winter diet of bark.
Flight Lines
A mature black-crowned night heron wings its way past the camera, at the end of its long migration north for the summer.
Little Britt Willy
A groundhog surveys the rocky landscape of the Canadian Shield, offshore from Georgian Bay’s Byng Inlet.
L’il Face
A raccoon poses for the camera, taking a break from foraging in fields recently uncovered by the snowpack.
Featherstorm
A goose sits patiently on her nest, surrounded by feathers blown free by a recent windstorm.
1000 Hockey Nights
Almost 1000 saxophones playing the Hockey Night in Canada theme fill Toronto’s Dundas Square, led by the Shuffle Demons in an attempt to break the world record for most saxophones playing a song at the same time.
Thermonuclear Equinox
A single Christmas tree, dried out for three months, goes thermonuclear during the annual Spring equinox bonfire on Ward’s Island.
Nightmare on Mink St.
A perfectly preserved mink skull evokes monster movies of yore, just in time for Hallowe’en.
