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2 Minute Wonder – Perseverance
During expeditions to Northern California, Oregon, Washington and Canada over the past 25 years, I’ve had several opportunities to photograph the magnificent Pacific salmon. They are incredible creatures and optimal examples of intelligent design.
Initially, I knew little about salmon except for their spectacular leaping ability (I’d seen many pictures of them ascending waterfalls). But my limited perception changed dramatically when I dug into the research. These stunning creatures are truly biological
Packages of Life
In January 1983 (14 years before we started Illustra Media), a coworker at Moody Institute of Science stopped me in the hallway of our production facility to tell me about ”a really interesting” object he’d found in a forest near his home. I followed him to his office where he handed me the source of his enthusiasm … a pinecone.
As I examined the six-inch vessel, I tried hard to mask the fact that
Ode to Animals
Jerry Harned and I are grandfathers. Between us we have eight grandchildren (above), ranging in age from one to twelve. We enjoy them immensely. So much so that we decided to produce a film dedicated to each of them.
Recently, we took a brief detour from cell biology, genetics and cosmology to develop a short video that would make our grandchildren (and, hopefully, thousands of other kids) smile, laugh, and jump around the living