Juho Könkkölä, a Finnish origami artist, has been folding intricate paper sculptures for over 15 years. Using only a single square sheet of paper, he creates expressive human figures like samurai warriors, knights, and swordsmen, drawing inspiration from history, mythology, and real life. Könkkölä’s meticulous creative process involves months of planning and folding thousands of …
Month: October 2024
Wyoming
The Fallen Rock in Wyoming’s Bighorn Canyon is notable for its striking, almost geometric shape. This massive block, with its flat, rectangular surfaces and sharp edges, stands out dramatically against the rugged canyon landscape. It is believed that natural weathering and erosion contributed to its unusual, angular form, creating a contrast with the surrounding, more …
Passenger Pigeon Tree Tests
For decades, people thought the primary driver of these disturbance events that are so vital to the biodiversity of forests were mainly from storms and fires, but people had kind of forgotten about the passenger pigeon. These flocks of billions of birds would come into the forest, overcrowd on branches, break branches and entire trees …
THE PRAIRIE RESTORATION PROJECT
THE PRAIRIE RESTORATION PROJECT The Palouse prairie was once a “wild landscape of rolling hills carpeted by a vast medley of native flora.” Today, less than 1% of the original Palouse prairie remains. The rest has been eliminated by development. Eastern Washington University, located in Cheney, WA, is dedicating 120 acres, a third of its …
Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, again.
SURF’S UP?!? This incredible wave-like cloud/fog formation on Puget Sound behind Whidbey Island was captured Tuesday morning from Mukilteo.The formations are called Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds and occur when you have conflicting winds blowing on top of each other. In this case, it appears a north wind pushed across the fog bank being carried by a southerly …
More Murmurations
This is getting a lot of play lately. There may be a raptor in there an one point.
Mystery Ugartechea?
The two-position system reliable & safe, the Ugartechea Model 16 is exactly what you have been looking for! info: ugartechea@ugartecheashotguns.com Armas Ugartechea I don’t get what is going on here. It seems to be their group on FB but the gun is not on the Ugartechea web site. Anyone know why? What is the purpose …
Hunter with Pointer and Gordon Setter, 1906.
Fredrik Borgen (Norwegian, 1852 – 1907). Hunter with Pointer and Gordon Setter, 1906. Oil on canvas. Private Collection. Gordons are pretty much unheard of these days. Tom McGuane had one and wrote a good story about her. Gracie, maybe? Nothing online that I can find. I do remember it being in an obscure mag or …
Dolly
Fish porn from a summer long gone now.
A Fall like Spring
During the pandemic I took a trip to Nyanga in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe for no reason but to enjoy the Msasa spectable. It happens every year between August and September. The Shonas call it pfumvunza – spring. These are some pictures I took on that trip – mostly from Juliasdale and the …