Can you spot the penguin?

[Dataman]

Antarctica. A place where Lief can hide in plain sight.

https://mcusercontent.com/2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d/images/f0e3c146-10e7-137a-a26a-854e183217ab.jpg?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=f1a94e7161-briefing-dy-20210730&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-f1a94e7161-45627838 

[Mike Mitchell]

Is Lief actually in the picture? My idea was, he'd be the one without a shadow. It didn't help. 🤷‍♀️

[shift]

My wife managed to find him (I couldn't)

[Dataman]

Lief will be incognito until 8/20 (Summer break at the Nature Journal).

[Dataman]

Since Lief is gone for a bit, here's one to keep you in practice. 

Think lief is hard to find? Try to find the snake in this one.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a34383855/viral-snake-in-leaves-photo/

Cheaters (like me) can scroll down for the answer. 

[Mike Mitchell]

   That was tricky!!! It's camouflage was almost perfect. Only my stubbornness, at having lived in high snake population areas and survived, kept me going!!

[Dataman]

Relaxed, refreshed and hiding quite well in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, Leif is back!

https://mcusercontent.com/2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d/images/a602feae-23f5-885d-104c-0463d2bd44d5.jpg?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=86c75674aa-briefing-dy-20210820&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-86c75674aa-45627838

[Mick Lindsay]

There also seams to be a man sitting on the ledge top left hand side. ( he has been colorized )

[chooka03]

OOh they tricked me with this one! I wasn't expecting that.

[Mike Mitchell]

I can't find him, again. 

[tazzduke]

Hi Mike M

Here is a clue - Left hand side of picture.

Regards

[Dataman]

Another clue. Belly crawl. 

[Mike Mitchell]

Crickey! Found him. Did they break his neck to get him into that position?? Thanks Tazz & Dataman.

[Dataman]

Today Leif goes belly up in the Orkhon Valley in Central Mongolia.

https://mcusercontent.com/2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d/images/70bb39c0-01d5-bb60-4727-5bad47156412.jpg?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=8af1d88175-briefing-dy-20210827&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-8af1d88175-45627838

[Mike Mitchell]

    That was a bit easier. Funny position for Lief.