Personal photos

My mother, Alla Dinets.

Military training, Lithuania.

Ichtyological research on coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch), Commander Islands.

Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, USA.

Caverns of Sonora, Texas, USA.

Ozernaya River, Kamchatka, Russia.

Mono Lake, California, USA.

Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada.

Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands.

Flight to Anjel Falls, Canaima, Venezuela.

Studying cobras (Naja philippensis), Angat Watershed, Luzon I., Philippines.

Patrolling SF Bay for botulism-infected birds in need of treatment.

Visiting Adelie penguins colony, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

After snorkeling with king penguins, Grytviken, South Georgia.

Communicating with a baby Magellanic penguin, San Julian, Patagonia.

Seagull nest counting at a breeding colony for SFBBO.

Studying bats and giant cave spiders, Makahambus Cave, Mindanao I.

A visit back to Russia. Research station in Zvenigorod, 2004.	Traveling in Tibet.	Ancient city of Pingyao, China.		In search of giant flying squirrels in Afghanistan.

Hitchhiking with the locals, Tanzania.

Climbing Ol'donyo Lengai, Tanzania.

Local kids, Madagascar.

Catta lemurs, Madagascar.

Driving to Oldonyo Lengai, Tanzania.

Looking for mantella frogs, Madagascar.

Bathing my elephant, Sumatra.

Performing tea ceremony, Japan.

In a ryokan inn, Japan.

Visiting Ainu village, Japan.

Mushroom hunting, Sumatra.

Riding two wild manatees, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Salisbury Cathedral, England.

Catching snakes, Madidi Nat'l Park, Bolivia.

Cactus at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.

Fishing for dinner, Madidi NP, Bolivia.

Isle of May, Scotland.

Hitchhiking in Sichuan, my favorite province of China.

Studying literature in the British Museum, England.

My ride and her calf, Lake Qinghai, China.

		Wolong Panda Center, Sichuan, China.

My tent on the deck of an Amazon river boat, Brazil.

Lahore, Pakistan.

Windy day at Kaieteur Falls, Guyana.

Golden Temple, Amritsar, India.

I use an inflatable kayak to quietly approach the animals.

Competing with snake charmers, India.

Traveling by ATV for many days can be a bit tiring. Chukotka, Russia.

Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador.

Looking for rare birds with Nikolai Melnikov, a Russian ornithologist. Chukotka.

Traveling from Congo to Gabon.

A pangolin is a rare find. Mamili National Park, Namibia.

Playing with feral hyenas, Ethiopia.

The Afar tribe of Ethiopia is known as the fiercest and most savage nomads in Africa.

Me and one of my Afar friends at Erta'Ale lava lake, Ethiopia.

Mosi-o-Tunya National Park, Zambia.

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

With a giant manta ray, Tofu, Mozambique.

Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Messum Crater, Namibia.

Catching a Burmese python, Everglades, Florida.

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

Nastia in Tajung Puting National Park, Kalimantan.

Kelimutu Volcano, Flores.

Diving in Lembeh Straight near Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Wedding-day photo.

Our wedding celebration in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.

Watching Krakatau eruption from a volcanic bomb crater, Java.

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