Mother Nature
Microscopic Marijuana
Cool and surreal, these colorized images of a cannabis plant were taken with an electron microscope. I think they are mind blowingly beautiful. Wow!
Foreboding Skies
Mammatus clouds are pouch-like protrusions hanging from the undersides of clouds. Composed primarily of ice, these cloud pouches can extend hundreds of miles in any direction.
People associate them with severe weather, and it’s true they can appear around, before or after a storm. Mammatus clouds can appear ominous, but contrary to myth, they don’t continue extending downward to form tornadoes.
Spectacular Storm Clouds
You know that a bad ass storm is coming when the clouds look like this!
Beautiful Reflections
Here we have some spectacular nature photography, featuring a variety of beautiful reflections on still water.
Amazingly Detailed Scientific Art
These wonderfully detailed scientific paintings are pretty amazing. They come from a time when, instead of documenting the natural world with photographs, scientists made detailed drawings and paintings. Ernst Haeckel was one such scientist/artist. Here is a collection of some of his art.
Here’s a photograph of the artist:
I Carry You
This is an interesting collection of realistic and fantastic art that portrays a turtle carrying an ecosystem on his back. Reminds us that we are all in this together.
Storm Chasing
Wow! Amazing images captured by a storm chaser.
Beautiful Beaches That Glow In The Dark
Greek philosopher Anaximenes is thought to have made the first report of marine bioluminescence. This was back in circa 500 C.E., when he saw an inexplicable glow as his oar cut through the water at night. Modern scientific explanations describe the phenomenon as a type of chemiluminescence born when light-releasing luciferin generated by organisms interreacts with oxygen. In most, if not all, cases this reaction is accelerated by the presence of a luciferase enzyme.
Marine creatures, insects, algae, bacteria and fungi all produce the magical glow that is bioluminescence; and different species do so for different reasons – including disguise, communication, for lighting and as lure. Bacteria and fungi usually shine constantly during phases of bioluminescence, while algae and marine animals give off intermittent light. One of the most widely observed forms of the phenomenon is caused by dinoflagellates, a type of phytoplankton.
Spectacular Rice Paddies
This spectacular photography captures the beautiful reflections on the water of terraced rice fields of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in Yuanyang county, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest Chinas Yunnan province.
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Upon Reflection…
What follows is a great collection of photography illustrating Mother Nature’s Art of Reflection.
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