Aerial view of Cape Sable, FloridaMP3: Jesse Winchester - Midnight Bus (Thanks Rising Storm)
Cumberland Island
There was a time last February when I almost spent a few hundred dollars on a plane ticket to go visit the wild horses of Georgia's Cumberland Island. I ended up not going, but hear me roar, we'll all make it down there soon enough. A wild horse is nothing that these eyes have had the pleasure of bouncing up to this brain, but I hope that the sight is not nearly as disappointing as I imagine it to be. See you soon.MP3: Tyrannosaurus Rex - Great HorseBest Moment Ever Caught On Film
Colorado Yurts and Tipis
Our story began back in 1976 when owners Dan and Emma Kigar made their first tipi and called it home. They set their tipi on a mountainside and watched the stars pass and the seasons change. It wasn't long before some of their friends wanted the same experience and the adventure called Earthworks Tipis began. Living at 9,000 feet in harsh Colorado winters in a tipi gave them the first hand experience they needed to design and manufacture fabric structures that withstand extreme climate conditions while leaving a light footprint environmentally!
A 20 foot yurt on the Conejos River in ColoradoMP3: Trees Community - Jesus He Knows
The Gospel Truth
Melanie
Crescent City Groove Merchant
Oh De Lally
Needless to say, this is Disney's best. Watch it in full here.
The Mesa
In the New Mexico desert, 25 miles from the nearest town, lives Dreadie Jeff (pictured above) and the rest of the radical inhabitants of The Mesa.You can see Off The Grid: Life On The Mesa on Sundance On Demand.Trailer + Myspace + Official Site
Anchorage Daily News..
Cat Stevens
Looking For a Sunset Bird in Winter
The west was getting out of gold,The breath of air had died of cold,When shoeing home across the white,I thought I saw a bird alight.Looking For A Sunset Bird In Winter
Free Beer
Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly. - Ed AbbeyMP3: Free Beer - Cruisin
Anza Borrego Desert
People tend to have some vacation days around Christmas/New Year's so, if you ain't a skier, look to the desert...Anza Borrego Desert State Park:
The park is named after Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish name borrego, or bighorn sheep. The park features washes, wildflowers, palm groves, cacti and sweeping vistas. Visitors may also have the chance to see roadrunner, golden eagles, kit foxes, mule deer and bighorn sheep as well as iguanas, chuckwallas and the red diamond rattlesnake.
Related: My Wild Love Went RiiiiiiiiiiiiidinMP3: High Places - Sandy Feat (Thank You Covert Curiosity)
Best Microscopic Images of 2008
First Place - Diatom Rainbows:
Sinewy filaments within squirming microscopic diatoms, a type of algae, are artificially rainbow hued as a result of being photographed through polarizing light filters.Captured by retired British microscopist Michael Stringer, the photo took top prize--and U.S. $3,000--in the 2008 Small World Photomicrography Competition, organizers announced on October 15. Sponsored by Nikon, the annual contest showcases "the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope."
Second Place - Nanotube Factory:
Glowing-hot carbon nanotubes form an expanding orange ball in this image by Paul Marshall of Canada's Institute for Microstructural Sciences, a winner in the 2008 Small World photomicrography competition.The nanotubes are elongated, hollow cylinders of carbon atoms. To make a carbon nanotube--just 1/50,000 the width of a human hair--a piece of carbon (graphite) must be heated, for example by lasers or electricity. And sometimes, Marshall says, the heated mass of nanotubes grows like a bulb in the spring.
The Experiences Are Endless
"It gets real boring acting like animals all the time." - PSA from the Pacific Northwest Region National Park Service"One word says it all: Jeep" - Jeep (Not Grand) Wagoneer Commercial"Here comes the unstoppable Big 6" - Toyota Land Cruiser Commercial 1 and 2"The experiences are endless. The memories last a lifetime." - Ontario Camping Association Commercial"We've got some real bad guys in this country" - Preserving and Protecting National Parks and Public Land Video narrated by Lou Gossett Jr.
Storm King
Storm KingAndy Goldsworthy's WallYoutube: The Four Tops - Turn To Stone
Have A Good Weekend
MP3: Forest Fire - Sunshine City (Thank You Daniel via Brandon)
Buffalo Dance
According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film and others shot on the same day featured Native American Indian dancers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and constitutes the American Indian's first appearance before a motion picture camera.
Mountains And Buffalos
The only continuously wild bison herd in the United States resides within Yellowstone National Park. Numbering between 3,000 and 3,500, this herd is descended from a remnant population of 23 individual mountain bison that survived the mass slaughter of the 1800s by hiding out in the Pelican Valley of Yellowstone Park. In 1902, a captive herd of 21 Plains bison were introduced to the Lamar Valley and managed as livestock until the 1960s, when a policy of natural regulation was adopted by the park.
We're All Screwed
Whoever writes Steap and Cheap's Daily Dose is a genius. Today's email:
A guy I met said that he was looking through some photos he'd shot during a long solo hiking trip when he got back home, and he found a photo of himself sleeping peacefully in his tent from the middle of his trip. Either he has a camera remote or wolves have developed opposable thumbs and we're all screwed. The story creeped me out at first, but now it just seems funny that someone would go through a guy's pack while he's asleep, take a picture of him with his own camera, and then put the camera back. This kind of behavior is something I will definitely engage in if ever given a chance.
Tearjerker..MP3: Willie Nelson - Can I Sleep In Your Arms?