Snow on the Sahara’s Edge: Karim Bouchetata’s Aïn Séfra Photographs
Orange dunes striped with white snow are a wonderful double take. In December 2016, photographer Karim Bouchetata captured that contrast ne...
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Norway’s Nature House: A Cob Home Inside a Glass Dome
A glass dome on a snowy Norwegian island sounds like the setting for a fairy tale. Inside this one, the details are delightfully domestic: ...
How an Igloo Slows Heat Loss: Snow, Air and Shelter
A shelter made of snow seems an unlikely place to warm up. Yet an igloo works because snow is much more than frozen water: it also contains...
A Wolf-Shaped Aurora: Marja-Terttu Karlsson’s Remarkable Photograph
First you see the green sweep of the northern lights. Then a pointed muzzle, an arched back and what looks remarkably like an animal boundi...