Nature
The Dawn Howl. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for The Dawn Howl by April Bencze: Story Behind the Photograph: The Dawn Howl It is a sound that pierces your soul and echoes through your flesh; the landscape reverberating along with your bones long after the wolf lowers his head. The call of the wild; the way I know the howls will sound the same whether I am there to absorb them or not.
By April Bencze5 years ago in Earth
Clouds Over Changthang. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Clouds Over Changthang by Arati Kumar-Rao: Story Behind the Photograph: Clouds Over Changthang The northernmost region of India is the ‘land of high passes,’ Ladakh. Shielded from South Asia’s wet and humid monsoon by the Greater Himalayan range that stretches to its south and curves west, this Trans-Himalayan region is a vast cold desert.
By Arati Kumar-Rao5 years ago in Earth
Silent Extinction. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Silent Extinction by Arati Kumar-Rao: Story Behind the Photograph: Silent Extinction Tall, graceful, powerful and puzzlingly “silent,” much about vocal communication among giraffes is still a mystery. Long thought to be silent creatures, they seemed to communicate either in frequencies that are extremely low or even out of the hearing range of humans. More recent research indicates that they do make sounds in the human auditory range: they hum … and only at night. At 92Hz, the sound is at the low end of human hearing.
By Arati Kumar-Rao5 years ago in Earth
Everest. Top Story - May 2021. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Everest by Arati Kumar-Rao: Story Behind the Photograph: Everest I was heading due west, from the kingdom of Bhutan in the Indian subcontinent to the capital of India, New Delhi. Having made sure I had an “F” window seat on the plane, away from the wing, camera at the ready, I prayed for clear skies (and a clear window pane) and kept my eyes peeled. From the moment we took off till we begin to descend two-and-a-half hours later, the Great Himalayan range unfolded in front of my eyes.
By Arati Kumar-Rao5 years ago in Earth
When I learned to love the Desert
When I was a child, I was always told that the desert was ugly, dry, dusty…there was no beauty to be found in the desert. The only way I ever saw it was from the car as we drove through the empty landscape, so I believed the words I was told.
By Vicki Goodman5 years ago in Earth
Amazon, Eat Yer Heart Out
BUY & CONSUME & SELL & EARN & O' is it not so exhausting to repeat this cycle near-endlessly, and without break? Just imagine how warehouse workers feel. But so long as we know work, and value is created, and labor is oppressed, something something, Karl Marx might not have been as wrong as ol' Papa told me.
By Leonard Coseive5 years ago in Earth
Here's why these 7 animals and insects are important to our ecosystem
A lot of people are quite ignorant of the true importance of animals and insects and what roles they play. We see a wild animal and we call it our spirit animal, and we might know a few cool facts about it, but do we actually know why they are significant? Why they shouldn't be harmed or become close to endangered?
By Adrianna Anastasiades 5 years ago in Earth
Nature in the time of Pandemic
March 3rd, 2020. Early morning in the life of a growing Pandemic. Startled by a shower of wood chips, I yelled “What?” and looked up. A flicker couple, resplendent in their red mustaches and mottled feathers made a quick get-away from our towering silver maple. They had been scoping out the tree for weeks. Their distinctive call, a loud, rolling rattle with its piercing tone had disrupted the quiet in our little neighborhood. Flitting among the branches, they made a comforting, wick-a, wick-a murmur that seemed to say, “I’m here, love.”
By Gerry Pare'5 years ago in Earth
