Barely Real

[star01007]

[strathshepard]

Sky Ladder by Cai Guo-Qiang. The Sky Ladder was unveiled in 2016 over Quanzhou, China. It burned for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. It was the artist’s fourth and final attempt, as previous attempts had met only varying degrees of success. The artist says he had dreamt of a fire ladder 21 years prior and was very excited to see it come to life.

[herpsandbirds]

Starry Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles tatei), family Aegothelidae, order Aegotheliformes, Papua New Guinea (endemic)

Owlet-nightjars are not nightjars, and are not in the nightjar order Caprimulgiformes. (And are also not closely related to owls).

They are in their own order.

They are not as closely related to nightjars or frogmouths, as previously thought.

This species is beloved and deeply desired by birdwatchers, and if I saw one I would pee my pants. (One my top 10 birds!)

photograph by Lev Frid

[ghminerals]

Fluorite flower. Okorusu Mine, A Pit, Otjwarongo Dist., Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. https://goldenhourminerals.etsy.com/listing/1758094128

[lostfunzones]

Sylvia Plath at the beach, Summer 1953.

[red-lipstick]

Steve Adams - Moongazer (A hare staring at the rising moon in Kimberley Nottinghamshire), 2012    Photography

[mrscadaver]

[pmamtraveller]

The Great Mosque of Samarra during fog, Samarra, Iraq

[robert-hadley]

Cy Twombly’s 17th century house and studio at Bassano in Teverina. Photo by François Halard

[zay4ik]

[petersolarz]

Photography by Peter Solarz

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[petersolarz]

from the archives

[atlasofaffinities]

Andy Goldsworthy

Early morning calm

knotweed stalks

pushed into lake bottom

made complete by their own reflections

DERWENT WATER, CUMBRIA

20 FEBRUARY & 8-9 MARCH | 988

[9ine6ix-blog]

Octopus Car Wash.  Madison, WI 2009.

[sacred-portal]

[zegalba]

Heiko Hellwig: Silicon Cities (2017)

Colorful Circuit Cities Built From Motherboards, Processors, and Microchips. Hellwig built these cityscapes last year using the guts of old MacBooks, IBMs, and even PlayStations that he scavenged from eBay and friends' basements.

[screenshotsofdespair]

[bruzum]