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Amazingly surreal Las Pozas in the rainforest by Xilitla in the Mexico mountains. Created by Edward James in the 40′s, it includes more than 80 acres of natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering surrealist sculptures and buildings. The many trails throughout the garden site are composed of steps, ramps, bridges and narrow, winding walkways that traverse the valley walls. It was supposed to be a “Garden of Eden” containing a huge variety of plants and animals.
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A Stark Forest Of Standing Stones
The Pinnacles, a stark forest of standing stones on a plain of bright yellow sand.
Thousands of limestone pillars stand in groups in the silence of Western Australia’s south-west ‘Painted Desert’, part of the Nambung National Park. Nothing but the sighing and moaning of the wind breaks the eerie silence of the Pinnacles Desert. Any science fiction writer seeking a setting of a spinechiller need look no further than this alien spot, perhaps the inspiration of the blockbuster movie ‘Pitch Black’?
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Stormy skies at Maroon Bells a couple years ago.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
“Did I not say that you would be a burden? That you would not survive in the wild? That you had no place amongst us?”
In western lands beneath the Sun
In western lands beneath the Sun the flowers may rise in Spring, the trees may bud, the waters run, the merry finches sing. Or there maybe ‘tis cloudless night and swaying beeches bear the Elven-stars as jewels white amid their branching hair. Though here at journey’s end I lie in darkness buried deep, beyond all towers strong and high, beyond all mountains steep, above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell.
–J. R. R. Tolkien, from Return of the King
The deep sea is radical. Two miles below the surface and not yet to the bottom, this Paraphyllina sp. jellyfish hovers in the vastness of inner-space. At home in the dark water world that covers most of the planet, the beautiful, bizarre beasties that the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovers in our backyard give us sunlit surface-dwellers a run for what it means to be an “Earthling.”
Fluorite - Schacht 78 Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg, Saxony, Germany
Obi on Shane Madej’s instastory on April 29, 2019.
Let him wander around the house. Thought I lost him but he was next to the potatoes
Bug-free™ season is over and I am Afraid
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers | Battle of Helm’s Deep
art by Serena Malyon
“Erebor – A3, watercolour and gouache. My depiction of The Lonely Mountain (Erebor), from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Deep within the dwarven keep lies Smaug the dragon, perched upon his hoard of treasures. The smell of someone unfamiliar rouses him from sleep, but Bilbo stays hidden, watching.
Rivendell – A3, watercolour and acryla gouache. My depiction of Rivendell from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.”
Watercolour and gouache fossil study and life reconstruction - Elrathia kingii, a very common trilobite from the Wheeler Shale Formation, Utah. Excited to be starting a short course in natural history illustration with @newcastlexnhi this week!
I now have some availability for illustration work! 🖌 My focus is Earth sciences, but I also take design and personal commissions. If you are interested, dm or visit my website: cameron-brideoake.com
Peering back in time over 420 million years ago into the Silurian Period when the first land plants emerged. Pictured in the foreground are Baragwanathia and Zosterophyllum with their pinkish coloured sporangia for dispersing spores. More to come soon from this project with biologist and fellow fossil plant enthusiast Ken Kwak.
Stomata as a Proxy for Atmospheric CO2 Levels
These strange, mouth-like structures are called stomata. Stomata are specialized pore structures found on plant leaves that permit the exchange of gases such as CO2, O2 and H2O, between the inside and outside of the leaf. They do so through the opening and closing of stomatal guard cells.
Plants convert visible light into sugars via the process of photosynthesis, which uses CO2 as a reactant. Along with light availability and temperature, CO2 is a limiting reactant of photosynthesis which means that the quantity of this compound controls the number of reactions that can take place.
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Happy Earth Day! Let’s take good care of this beautiful planet we call home, today and everyday 🌿
Wtf does modern interior design have against back support