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Peak Walk by Tissot: A Bridge Between Alpine Viewpoints
Two nearby summits become one continuous viewpoint at Glacier 3000. The Peak Walk by Tissot makes the short gap between them the centre of ...
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Log-Pile Art: Owls, Trees and Other Shapes in Stacked Wood
A woodpile usually reads as a collection of separate pieces. These arrangements invite the eye to do something else: step back, join the sh...
A Bear Cub Investigates a Backyard Playset
A familiar backyard object becomes something rather different when a bear cub investigates it. The small visitor and the oversized playset ...
Preikestolen: Appreciating the View with Space Around You
From the side, Preikestolen looks like a stone platform pushed out over the fjord. From above, the people scattered across it reveal a broa...
The Bear in the Water Barrel: A Backyard Photo Sequence
First there is a barrel. Then there is a bear investigating it. By the final image, the animal has made itself the unmistakable centre of t...
Alpine Ibex on a Dam Wall: Paolo Seimandi’s Photographs
At first the wall seems almost empty. Then the small shapes resolve into ibex, standing on a surface that looks astonishingly steep from th...
Lake Puma Yumco: A Mosaic of Fractured Ice
From orbit, Lake Puma Yumco looks almost like a blue mosaic assembled from uneven pieces. Pale lines cross the surface, while darker blocks...
Raised Footprints in Snow: When the Surface Around a Step Disappears
A footprint normally goes down into snow. These appear to do the opposite, standing above the surface like tiny pedestals. The surprise com...
Tavurvur’s 2014 Eruption: A Powerful Sequence Across the Water
The bay initially gives the scene a sense of distance. Then an eruption plume rises above Tavurvur, and the quiet foreground becomes part o...
Cryoconite Holes: Small Habitats on a Glacier Surface
A glacier can look empty from a distance. Move closer to its surface and small dark pockets interrupt the pale ice. Cryoconite holes are a ...
The Orange Solar Tent Concept: Shelter with an Energy Budget
A tent with its own curved canopy of solar panels is an appealing idea: somewhere to sleep, with a little power gathered during the day. Or...
Sonja Hinrichsen’s Snow Drawings: Six Stages of a Growing Project
On the ground, the activity can look as simple as following the person ahead. From above, those steps become sweeping loops, repeated circl...
Yellowstone’s Wolves: Understanding a Trophic Cascade
A wolf steps into the story, and the consequences seem to travel through an entire landscape. Sustainable Human’s How Wolves Change Rivers ...