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Color variations in Nassarius seashells that I have collected. Nassa shells are the oldest gems known and used. Found in an ancient limestone cave. Rubbed with red ochre and pierced with holes so they could be strung. Remnants of our ancestors awareness and expression. #seashells #nassarius

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Plate XLII. “Cleaning skeletons.” Ring-necked snake, above, and Southern cricket frog, below. The University of Kansas science bulletin. Vol. XXVI. 1939.

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Japanese artist Shinji Nakaba carves pearls into skull-shaped jewelry. (Etsy)

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A Lonely Astronaut Wanders the Universe Right Here on Earth

Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth today after nearly a year aboard the International Space Station, where he orbited earth with cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov. That’s the way it is in space—you never go it alone. Unless you’re the fictional explorer in Diego Brambilla’s series, My First Dream, about an astronaut wandering the solar system in isolation.

The photographer uses sweeping landscapes like the desert to act as alien terrain. And while there are similar projects out there, Brambilla does a masterful job conveying the loneliness of space.

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