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Art, nature and Finland in harmony Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Most of these works combine with or use elements of the landscape to create something else.
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15 Inspiring Ecosystem Photoscapes Posted: 1 month ago by amabaie
Beautiful landscape photography, most with atmospheric elements like fog that make them truly awe-inspiring.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 71 [+].
Infrared Landscape Photography Posted: 10 months ago by equinox
Beautiful and surreal photographs taken using an infrared filter. The filter blocks most of the visible light spectrum but retains the infrared light reflections caused by clouds, foliage, tree leaves and grass.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 567 [+].
The Third View Project Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A series of "rephotographs" of over 100 historic landscape sites in the American West presenting 19th-century survey photographs, photographed again in the 70s, then again in the '90s
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Simulation of evolution Posted: 2 years ago by TheStep
A simulation of evolution that sees creatures wandering a landscape. You can change the landscape to force some selection to occur - only the best adapted creature will go on to the next round.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 209 [+].
Sonja Mueller Photography Gallery Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Very tranquil user interface leading to some great pictures.
Occasional surprise boobies, so maybe NSFW.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 119 [+].
John Chiara Photography Posted: 1 year ago by suckersklub
Mr. Chiara uses a hand-built camera big enough to handle it from the inside.
His prints are huge, of course.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 71 [+].
The Beauty of Africa Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
Photograph collection shows the beauty of Africa.
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Reservist is told to get landscaping or face legal action Posted: 1 year ago by arsphidius
Lt. Burke Jensen has been ordered to Kuwait, leaving behind a pregnant wife, a young son and a 2.5-acre lot with not a spot of landscaping. But he's been told to get lawn and an irrigation system -- or else! "I really don't give a [expletive] where he is or what his problem is," says the subdivision developer.
(theme pic not related)
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Joshus Hund Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Rather lush CGI landscapes.
I *ahem* borrowed a bit of one of his images for another post, and thought it only fair to link to the site in recognition.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 146 [+].
Wolves (and Likely Dogs) Poo in Prominent Places Posted: 9 months ago by Bornbad
Wolves do not do their business in any old place, but they instead choose locations that maximize visual impact and odor distribution, according to a new study that may also help to explain why dogs frequently relieve themselves on fire hydrants and other prominent urban landscape features.
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GreenFirst Solar Power Tower In U.S. Turned On Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
The hundreds of glass mirrors break the dusty field in Lancaster, a sea of silver in a landscape of brown. When switched on for the first time today at an opening gala with investors, local politicians and others, they'll make up the first operational solar tower energy facility in the United States.
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The artist who can turn a market stall into a masterpiece Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
Somewhere out to sea, the Good Ship Marrow ploughs through a mackerel ocean.
Elsewhere, garlic balloons float over fields of broccoli. At first glance, they may seem like ordinary landscape paintings.
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Is President Obama Turning Into Jimmy Carter? Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
Barely six months into his presidency, Barack Obama seems to be driving south into that political speed trap known as Carter Country: a sad-sack landscape in which every major initiative meets not just with failure but with scorn from political allies and foes alike.
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Midnight sun: Night-shining clouds light up dark skies of Britain Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
With the sun dappled across these white clouds and a deep blue sky, it appears dawn is about to break.
But this remarkable photograph of an English rural landscape near was taken at midnight and shows the rare phenomenon of 'night shining.'
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Home saved from fire -- against owner's will Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
Dr. Jorge Llorente became irritated recently when the fire department kept rejecting his plans to landscape his hacienda-style home with jacarandas and avocado trees.
(I put this under technology, though it's not the kind we normally think of, more innovative thinking)
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Colorado University Seeks Right-Wing Prof Posted: 2 years ago by ImNotBlue
Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson surveys this landscape with unease. A college that champions diversity, he believes, must think beyond courses in gay literature, Chicano studies and feminist theory. “We should also talk about intellectual diversity,” he says.
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Bizarre Saturn moon mottled like a Dalmatian Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
Iapetus has a landscape unlike anything else in the solar system: sharp-edged islands of dark material within pale regions, and patches of white ice on the dark mountainsides. "It is startling," says Carolyn Porco, head of the Cassini imaging team at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, US.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 170 [+].
Moore, Nugent, Wilson sound off on Detroit Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
Michael Moore says parts of it look like "the landscape of another planet."
Ted Nugent refers to its "embarrassing filth."
Mary Wilson speaks of its beauty and prosperity - from another time, long ago.
What is this woeful place? It's Detroit, a city they all know well and (believe it or not) love dearly.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 190 [+].
Armour Topped, Blood Squirting, Vomit Covered Crickets Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
The armored ground cricket of southern Africa are fat and flightless; two things that make them prime targets in the food scarce African landscape. To keep the crickets from becoming easy prey, evolution has equipped them with an amazing arsenal of self defense mechanisms, including vomiting and squirting blood in every direction.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 167 [+].
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