Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.
I captured a really interesting optical phenomena yesterday: "Looming"
These are the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah NP from ~70 miles away. A dramatic temperature inversion makes the summits look MUCH taller and steeper.
It looked like the Front Range of the Rockies!