<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:09:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@beukaya/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hanksville]]></title><description><![CDATA[The desert surrounding Hanksville, Utah is a surreal mix of canyons, mountains and plateaus. Hanksville was first settled in the late 1800s and was a supply post for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/hanksville-99fd0b489bc47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/hanksville-99fd0b489bc47</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 16:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN1Hq4mPiX1XTa5s498hk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scotland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earth Day celebrations make me think of the great joy of being inside Fingal’s Cave on the Isle of Staffa, Scotland. Here I was surrounded by the basalt columns of the great volcanic flow that covered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@beukaya/scotland-d5a98276057e1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@beukaya/scotland-d5a98276057e1</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 03:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMdgXwarugqqDxJADrfwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antarctic]]></title><description><![CDATA[With flamboyant red-orange beaks, peach-coloured feet and white-feathered caps, the Gentoo Penguin stands out as one of the Antarctic species of penguins who call the Deep South home. These penguins typically]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/antarctic-305cb2c35c0e5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/antarctic-305cb2c35c0e5</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3wqYrnD343HprpSNZc2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shah Porir Dwip Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fishing boat, anchored in the shallow waters on Shah Porir Dwip Island, Bangladesh. It was just there, floating under the beauty of sky, while waiting to cross by another boat along a typhoon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/shah-porir-dwip-island-3b2e3c087c78f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/shah-porir-dwip-island-3b2e3c087c78f</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 07:42:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMyXdLC4fUKm1D1Ngoqyx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paddleboaring is my favorite way to explore the backwaters of the Everglades. Here I am standing on Fisheating Creek composing photographs of a cypress tree that embodies this mysterious and wild waterway.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/florida-6f0464ff9784f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/florida-6f0464ff9784f</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:57:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN4EKfMbAns7c886sLs4z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crawley Hampshire]]></title><description><![CDATA[St Mary’s Church in Crawley Hampshire. The church is a grade 2 listed building from the Norman period.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/crawley-hampshire-6a4fa581fe835</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/crawley-hampshire-6a4fa581fe835</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 03:55:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMftoGMqy2WYbMiqaowL2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenya]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mary Lengees is caring for orphaned elephants at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (@r.e.s.c.u.e) the first indigenous-owned and run elephant sanctuary in northern Kenya. Mary is one of the first indigenous Samburu]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/kenya-9363a680ac506</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/kenya-9363a680ac506</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:55:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3afFE6DygxyCE3nDSdC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tinghir in Marocco]]></title><description><![CDATA[A slither of light peaks out amongst storm clouds brewing over the town of Tinghir in Morocco.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/tinghir-in-marocco-ca339371cb202</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/tinghir-in-marocco-ca339371cb202</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMfAZyvNdQvNMTnQPkeeS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prayers in the Perfume Pagoda, a sacred Buddhist cave in northern Vietnam. To see more of my work from around the globe with National Geographic, follow me @beukaya]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/vietnam-61930e7e8df01</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/vietnam-61930e7e8df01</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 07:26:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxpKFrAPDtaNu5td6s7U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maldives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Late afternoon preparations at the underwater restaurant on Rangali Atoll, Maldives. With sea level expected to rise 1-2 meters by 2100, this may be a luxurious view of our future. To see more, follow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/maldives-53207b9d8d0de</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/maldives-53207b9d8d0de</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgGHfuex2BfddosB6sYr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicaragau]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking it all in at Playa Maderas in Nicaragua.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@beukaya/nicaragau-7f597b0909d9a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@beukaya/nicaragau-7f597b0909d9a</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:12:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN1NAMJzUhufNR1mxntUe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Supermoms"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cheetahs are the most vulnerable of the world’s big cats, with cub mortality as high as 95 percent, often due to predation by lions and hyenas. But studies have shown that a small number of cheetah females]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/supermoms-08d846a065a49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/supermoms-08d846a065a49</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:28:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxSaBHBqibh5VKcrMhdG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. This shows a realistic sky in 3D, like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or telescopes. It is used in planetarium projector. Just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/planet-fd2ffd95c3fcb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/planet-fd2ffd95c3fcb</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgYvoXQ2CmxjTCrFkRca?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></title><description><![CDATA[A coatimundi on the hunt for breakfast in front of Temple I in the Great Plaza of Tikal. Coatis are omnivores that often use their long pointy nose to search for grubs and other invertebrates found below]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/guatemala-558684175626c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/guatemala-558684175626c</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 05:44:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxS5LdSGoH6SdmNYaEFp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scotland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traveling Scotland for the last 20 years I find myself drawn further out into the wild islands. The Callanish Stones are one of the great rewards of the journey out to the Isles of Lewis and Harris, a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/scotland-dbde06f19ec44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/scotland-dbde06f19ec44</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:46:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN2mhaR5gMGbCVaWWfbC2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a recent story about the Gulf of Mexico, I explored Louisiana’s cypress swamps by stand up paddleboard with husband and wife local adventure guides, picture here in Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, near]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/gulf-of-mexico-fafd85a0d056c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@beukaya/gulf-of-mexico-fafd85a0d056c</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beukaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzfAE3TTY5MCdE4uA5A6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></title><description><![CDATA[we’re settling back in after a great trip exploring the marine ecosystems around San Salvador Island, Bahamas. 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