@ethankocak.com the Desert Tegu has eluded me so far, it is unusually skittish.

I see tracks on the sand everywhere but I only see it from afar.

On the other hand, I took pictures of a Knobbed Iguana (at least that is what iNaturalist says), I would have guessed it was an anole of some kind.

@ethankocak.com these are the only pictures I have managed so far.

I miss having a real camera.

The local name for the Peruvian Desert Tegu is Cañan.

@ethankocak.com can I bother you with two questions?

Do you know if hawksbill turtles shed scales from the shell?

Found this one yesterday walking on the beach.

If I manage to take a decent picture of the Peruvian Desert Tegu that lives on the empty lot next door with my cell I'll share it.

Myself, my wife and two daughters were the only ones in our group to get into the water but it was a fun experience.

The sea lions get really close.

We are currently vacationing on the northern coast.

Here are some other pictures of places I can visit.

It may be an interesting experiment (or not, and then I'll stop).

#geology #biology #remotesensing

I had a silly idea, it may be original.

I am on the northern coast of Peru and, subject to legal constraints, the limitations of my Apollo era hardware, and toolset provided by the hotel, I may take a closer look where directed.

#geology #biology #remotesensing

Below is a sample of pictures.

This one from about 12 years ago was chill and sweet.

It lived on campus at Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, Venezuela, and was wild but used to people wandering the garden.

At some point lost part of its tail in a dust-up with a dog.

I wonder if it's still around.

It's been a while, but I've been busy grading so I forgot about the pictures.

The lone survivor is no more. Done in by a particularly humid Lima winter.

It never rains, but some drops fall from the sky occasionally and dew covers everything before mildew and mites take over.

I just noticed I got them two years ago, so they survived about a year and a half before they were watered to death by a well meaning but uninformed person.

Here they are after about a month of being replanted.

Yep, I get it.

I also get annoyed at documents in LaTeX where the math font is different enough from the text font so that periods are different.

Some are round dots, and some are tiny squares.

Since you are supposed to use punctuation in math just like you use it in text you end up mixing both.

Amazingly clear night in Lima, Peru (go ahead, laugh).

I can see Alpha Centauri and Hadar further up I can see the Southern Cross.

Here is a remarkably clear image taken with a handheld phone.

#AlphaCentauri #UrbanAstronomy #BetterThanNothing

If you see this, post a photo from your device, no explanation

Spectacular blood moon from Lima, Perú.

I am so lucky to be here and witness this amazing astronomical event.

#LunarEclipse2025