Amazonian forest and Renato River. Photo by Leonardo F. Freitas
Stuff to entertain and delight.
Vitória Régia Water Lily in the Pantanal - the World's Largest Wetland Area • Beautiful Blue Butterflies • The Amazon Winding Its Way through Ecuador • There Are Tons of Tree Frog Species in the Amazon • Sacha Jungle Lodge, Ecuador - Want to Stay Here? • More ...
The underside of the leaf of the giant Amazonian waterlily Victoria amazonica - Sir Joseph Paxton's inspiration for the architecture of the Crystal palace, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - for more details see digitalbotanicgarden.blogspot.com/2010/01/giant-amazonian...
Like those curious images that cruise by on the screen of an airport luggage scanner (only better), Steve Miller's x-ray photographs are a bit of the ordinary made extraordinary. These are a few images from Miller's most recent show - Fashion Animal - held at Galleria Tempo in Rio de Janiero. By juxtaposing x-ray imagery of local Amazonian wildlife with high fashion handbags and shoes, Miller attempts to marry themes of "consumption" and "exoticism" between the animate and the inanimate. Steve Miller's website here.
Retreatment Botanics Restore Serum Restore Serum reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles to promote youthful-looking skin. It's suitable for normal, dry, dehydrated and mature skin. This face oil features powerful ingredients including Amazonian Buriti Fruit, native Sandalwood seed, wild Rosella Flower and Kakadu Plum. These ingredients are rich in antioxidants and pro-vitamin A (beta-carotene), C, E and Omega 3 & 9 essential fatty acids. Made with natural and organic ingredients. Use in conjunction with the Retreatment Botanics Moisturiser of your choice. Vegan. Cruelty Free. Palm Oil Free. Made in Australia. Packaged in a recyclable glass bottle.
Magnificent and Striking Images of the People of the World (37 pics)
Primitive skills has intrigued me for decades...the fashioning of stone into cutting, chopping, scraping, and drilling implements. Twining fibers from the leaves and inner bark of plants forms cords and lines for fishing, hafting, and binding. Twirling wood upon wood grinds off heated particles of smoldering dust that is blown into flame. There is so much to learn and do. One area I feel drawn to is further learning the nature and uses of plants, particularly in the medicinal aspects. Having endured some minor illnesses I recognize how vulnerable we are without modern pharmaceuticals. This will be a new area of study this spring. (Pictured below are several small flint, chert, and obsidian knives I made this past week.)
Lyons explores how indigenous traditions and modern identity politics meet in his newly released monograph, ‘Like a River.’
The first mapping of carbon recovery in Amazonian forests following emissions released by commercial logging activities has been published by researchers.
