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Named after two battleships in the American Civil War, these
ironclad warships met in the Battle of the Hamptons in March 1862, the first battle involving ironclad ships.
The battle had immediate effects on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships. Although Britain and France had been engaged in an iron-clad arms race since the 1830s, the Battle of Hampton Roads signaled a new age of naval warfare for the whole world. A new type of ironclad warship was produced on the principles of the original Monitor. The use of a small number of very heavy guns, mounted so that they could fire in all directions, was first demonstrated by Monitor and soon became standard in warships of all types.
The two formations in this image mark the beginning of the high plateau leading to Canyonlands National Park.
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Monitor lizard is a reptile with a long scaly body, movable eyelids, a long tapering tail and four legs, typically living in a hot dry region.
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Two meerkats keeping a close eye on their surroundings deep in he African bush. These animals are absolutely fascinating to watch and photograph.
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This one without a doubt was the largest one I've seen yet. Probably longer than 6 feet.
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Der Kapwaran bewohnt Süd- und Ostafrika. Er bewohnt vor allem trockene Steppen und Savannen. Der Waran ist ein aktiver Beutegreifer, der züngelnd nach Nahrung sucht.
The rock monitor is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Central, East, and southern Africa. It is the second-longest lizard found on the continent, and the heaviest-bodied.
We in Singapore is facing another drought and hit by haze from forest fires in Indonesia. Water level in this lake has subsided exposing the bottom surface. This huge monitor lizard is on the hunt for food. He just ate the left overs of fish from a gang of Otters - see below.
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Monitor lizard, Malaysia.
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Throw a blue tarp on that little hole in the roof and clean out the chimney...
Belmont, Nye County, Nevada. Belmont is on the eastern edge of the Toquima Range, this cabin has a nice view across Monitor Valley.
The 'Sand Motor' is a unique experiment. An artificial peninsula of sand should automatically maintain the beaches up north. The idea is that the Gulf Stream moves the sand up north, a slow process that is carefully monitored by this pole. Notice the tiny figure underneath.
Monitor Lizard, spotted yesterday at the sidewalk og a busy tourist place on Samui island, Thailand
I am not sure if this is a monitor lizard - if someone knows about, please correct me!
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Australian monitor lizards are commonly known simply as goannas. These reptiles are found on the eastern coast of Australia from Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to south-eastern South Australia.
They inhabit forests, woodlands, slopes and coastal tableland habitats.
They can reach over 6.8 ft (2.1 m) in total length. Being an arboreal species their toes have long, strong claws used for climbing trees. Much like that of snakes, they have a long forked tongue.
Lace monitors have a varied diet that includes small mammals, birds and their eggs, other reptiles and even insects. They travel over long distances of up to 3 km a day to forage.
Photographed Great Sandy National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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Low Key image of a Water Monitor Lizard lying on a branch on the banks of the river Chobe
Kasane, Botswana
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.
The water monitor is a large species of monitor lizard. Breeding maturity is attained for males when they are a relatively modest 40 cm (16 in) long and weigh 1 kg (2.2 lb), and for females at 50 cm (20 in). However, they grow much larger throughout life, with males being larger than females. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in–6 ft 7 in) in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m (10.5 ft).
The Asian water monitor is widely distributed from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the Chinese Guangxi and Hainan provinces, Malaysia, Singapore to the Sunda islands Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo and Sulawesi. It inhabits primarily lowland freshwater and brackish wetlands. It has been recorded up to an elevation of 1,800 m (5,900 ft).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
Conservation status: Least Concern
Comet 46P Wirtanen right side of mill blades. The windmill is a classic made by Baker industries steel windmill and pumps were their main business in the late 1800's and early 1900's
I've always found Northern Mocking birds at Lake Artemesia. This one might be a juvenile. They seem very protective of their territory and like perch and talk to you. This one seems to be keeping an eye on me.
Taken 17 July 2023 at Lake Artemesia, Maryland
California State Route 89 southeast of Lake Tahoe. We used this route to get to US 395 along the eastern Sierra. This photo is part of a series of photos taken during a recent trip to the Eastern Sierra.
Quickly moving from birds-in-flight to a not-quite-so-slow lizard, I still had short exposure time set, little time to get down to eye level and only few shots to capture the monitor. To my surprise, this high ISO version turned out quite acceptable. Slightly denoised with Lightroom and uncropped.
Came across this fella when out looking for spiders. A bit bigger than my usual photographic subjects nowadays( 3 to 5 mm), he was over a meter in length and seemed to have just shed his old skin as his colours were brilliant.
Minutes later he had shot up a nearby tree.
(Varanus Mertensi) Monitor lizards (from the Latin monere ‘to warn’) are so-called because of the way they raise their heads and upper body in an apparently watchful pose. As you see in the photo, the lizard does appear to be keeping a lookout. Mertens’ water monitors are found in coastal and inland waters across far northern Australia, from Broome to the western side of Cape York peninsula. They’re always near water, where they bask on rocks or overhanging branches, or amongst aquatic plants.
These lizards actually dig burrows at the water’s edge, where they shelter at night.
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An x-ray of the coiled tail of a lizard shows the many vertebrae and a bit of the scale pattern. A couple of toes on the left foot are visible in the lower right corner. This particular lizard is arboreal and likely uses its long tail for balance. I was the radiographer of this image.