Picture of the Day - Speed Racer Snake

While helping out my friend Janet a couple of days ago I encountered this California Striped Racer trolling for food while I was catching my breath in the shade under some oak trees. This race car of a snake replete with racing stripes froze hoping I would not notice it. Once I was done taking capturing images of it then suddenly in an explosion of motion it 180'd in the opposite direction and "raced" back down the hillside and into a brush field. Photo by Kim Patrick Noyes by means of iPhone 3 (all rights reserved).