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"Wild is not a place. It’s a state of mind. Some find it in the city, and some find it one wrong turn away from arriving at their destination."

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[chrisamat]

Banff National Park, AB - www.chrisamat.com

[annaehrgott]

Bright street lights and loud cars kept us up all night so we told stories and giggled then got up at 6 to check the waves 

Sleeping on the road series - Santa Cruz, CA

[brianwhittington]

This one's for you, Grandpap. Thank you for always having something to share and always finding ways to bring people together. You were a loved man, and the work done in your lifetime will be remembered for many more. I love you, miss you, and have been thinking about you a lot. Rest peacefully. All the love, Brian

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[brianwhittington]

Looked at this for a long time, amazing how many colors you can find in some of them

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[ciderandsawdust]

Those are some interesting floors.

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[browsedankmemes]

14 Century Showdown

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Off the scale - new species of gecko with tear-away skin

A new species of gecko which evades predators by shedding its massive scales has been discovered by scientists working in Madagascar. 

The species, named Geckolepis megalepis by the team of American German and Colombian researchers, is a type of fish gecko. 

It has the largest scales of any gecko and skin specially adapted for tearing away at the slightest touch. The scales can grow back without scarring in a few weeks. 

In fact, they are so adept at shedding scientists have had to use bundles of cotton wool to catch them in the past so they wouldn’t shed all their scales. 

And the ease with which their scales come away makes describing and identifying the species a ‘nightmare’ according to the researchers because the scale pattern is one of the main ways to tell species apart. 

In the end they decided to resort to using micro-CT scans to get a 3D picture of their skeletons, and were able to identify some skull features that establish these geckos as a new species. 

Read the paper

Images:  Mark D. Scherz, Juan D. Daza and Frank Glaw.

[markscherz]

Yup, I definitely did a thing.

[cool-critters]

Congratulations to Mark Scherz!

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me: * has no friends * me: minimalism

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B I G B O Y S

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by @aspenthemountainpup Tag: #realfolklife #portraitfolk Chosen by @fabiooliveira #shzzz_hub

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MA House in Tepoztlán 

On a site in Tepoztlán, with views of two large mountain ranges (one, the more spectacular, being very close, and the other being on the other side of the valley) Cadaval & Sola-Morales were commissioned to build a house in stone. It was to be a sharp geometry which would convert the material into its pure tectonics. Openings would be made at both ends to incorporate views as well as using the buildings height to create strips from which the mountain range could be viewed in its entirety. The roof was to respond to weather conditions.

These four conditions of the project: the geometry of the stone, end windows, strips and roof; informed the design of the interior spaces strongly delimited by thick stone walls which open out into gardens and patios to incorporate them. 

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