Yvone Ænsus
In happier beauty; more pellucid streams -
An ampler ether - a diviner air,
And fields invested with purpureal gleams
An ampler ether - a diviner air,
And fields invested with purpureal gleams
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Souls ascending to Janus and Terminus holding the world, souls descending to hell. From Augustine, ‘The City of God’, in the translation of Raoul de Presles, 1478-80
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Looming out of the sky, its wings outstretched in the glare of the sun’s rays, it looked like there was an angel watching over Russia. But as quickly as it appeared, it faded away — it was the latest stunt from flying daredevils the Russian Knights. The haunting angel was the finale of a dazzling display to mark the team’s 22nd birthday over airfields in Kubinka, on the outskirts of Moscow.
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Diatoms are a major group of typically unicellular algae, and are one of the most common varieties of phytoplankton. Unique to diatoms, their cells are encased in a cell wall of silica (silicon dioxide), which is responsible for their crystalline appearance. Diatoms are autotrophic, meaning they derive their nutrition from their surroundings by means of photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. This places them in the role of producers in the food chain.
Classification:
Eukaryota > Chromalveolata > Heterokontophyta > Bacillariophyceae
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Ruben Bellinkx, Philodendron Xanad 02, 2008. In this installation a plant leaf grows literally through a wall. Installation view: 7x11, Heden, The Hague (NL).
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Ice cave with arctic algae, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. This lava tube is an active ice cave with a layer of arctic algae on the top. Ice goes down 20 feet deep now, but at one point in the 1940s ice miners carved it down to 12 feet.
Photo credit: Stephanie Fitzgerald
My arms were always tight and craving to embrace: I wanted to embrace and hold the light, the wind, the sun, the night, the whole world. I wanted to caress, to heal, to rock, to lull, to surround, to encompass. And I strained and I held so much that they broke; they broke away from me. Everything eluded me then. I was condemned not to hold.
Anaïs Nin, House of Incest (via emlll)
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Gregarious Orange Waffle Mushrooms On A Stick
Cutest mushrooms ever found in the most beautiful place in the world.
(Waipio Valley. Big Island, Hawaii - 2/2013)
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