Alain Richert

Feb. 27, 2013 at 2:35pm with 4,080 notes

Reblogged from feed-well

feed-well:

ambre40:kamasitra:

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”

- Ernest Hemingway

MERCI*

ambre40:kamasitra:

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”

- Ernest Hemingway

MERCI*

2:33pm with 115 notes

Reblogged from rhamphotheca

explosionsoflife:

Beautiful and elegant, the Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) is native to a relatively small area in South Africa (where it is the national bird).

Populations of this bird have seriously declined since the 1970s for a number of anthropogenic reasons. They face habitat loss, bioaccumulation of toxins from insecticides, and life-threatening collisions with power lines. Conservation programs are now in place to aid the recovery of this species.

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11:15am with 20,401 notes

Reblogged from heracliteanfire

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abluegirl:

Eastern Emerald Elysia

Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered” marine sea slug that sequesters and retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the algae it eats and, remarkably, has incorporated algal genes into its own genetic code. It is emerald green in color often with small red or white markings, has a slender shape typical of members of its genus, and parapodia (lateral “wings”) that fold over its body in life. This sea slug is unique among animals to possess photosynthesis-specific genes and is an extraordinary example of symbiosis between an alga and mollusc as well as a genetic chimera of these two organisms.

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So. Cool.