Creek Bottom - Oregon

here is a photo I took of an Indian flying fox in Sri Lanka, seven years ago. I've always like this photo because of the colour of the evening and the way the bat is framed by the palm leaves, ephemeral: it reminds me a bit of images of ufo sightings in postwar america, like something you'd find in an old local newspaper or pinned to the wall in a bunker in the desert

also changed my username :)

Water, earth, air: the Pewsey Vale white horse in Wiltshire.

Gulls from the ramparts at Essaouira

Sierra Madre Oriental: Geological Pink Tales, Nydia Lilian, 2024-2025

AHTARI, FINLAND.

Speaking of carcasses, here are three I saw on a beach in Suffolk on a hot day last year in the springtime. Everything was dry and smelly.

The first is a seal, curled up by a marshy tide pool above the dunes, long forgotten by the ocean. I think it might be a common seal, by it’s size and blondeish fur, but who can really tell at this stage. Note the little crab claw lying on its pelt, if you zoom in. Probably carried along by the same scavengers who picked the carcass clean!

The second is a little more difficult but I think it was a harbour porpoise. All distinguishing features (tail, dorsal fin, face) are missing but it has a blowhole and is about the right size. It's grey belly had gone leathery and tanned in the sun.

The last is a lesser-spotted dogfish, or small-spotted catshark, if you are so inclined. Dog for scale.

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.

genie

via Macbaconai