I didn't grow up near the ocean. There was a little river about 20 minutes from our house by bicycle, and a lake 20 minutes further than that, but the ocean lay hours away. Whenever we visited the coast I wondered: Why don't we live here all the time? The ocean was unfathomable then, and it still is. Words can't fully describe it, but maybe these pictures by Alessandro … [Read more...]
An implausibility of wildebeest
It looks unreal, or too real, or maybe not real enough. It looks like a painting. Bonnie Cheung's caption reads: In July each year, this heart-pounding scene of wildebeests migration repeats itself in Kenya. This photo sums up so much about what wild is, as well as what we stand to lose when we standardize and commodify and box nature in. Implausibility is the collective noun … [Read more...]
Top 10 Photos of Earth
For most of us, seeing the Earth from space is only possible in our imagination. This Top 10 List of Earth Photos will show you what it looks like out there. Thanks to NASA who share photos of our planet all year round, we can see some amazing images and come to our own conclusions about what's going on with the planet we live on. See for yourself what the effects of storms, … [Read more...]