Trapped at the bottom of a black , plastic bucket, part filled with rainwater, were a lizard and a moth. As the lizard energetically scrambled about the bucket attempting to escape, the moth followed , at times climbing up on its head, going for a ride . On land , the lizard would almost certainly have eaten the moth with one swift chomp . But , facing death , they became close companions in the struggle to survive . The following shots show them in a crescent moon like setting with reflected foliage .
When the bucket was slowly tipped out , the moth fluttered away , the lizard rode the wave , just sat on the grass , panting , for ages, looking up at the photographer, who blew it a soothing kiss or two .
Then it made for the rocks to sunbake . Vallis series
