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The Flaming Cliffs site, really Bayanzag (Mongolian: Баянзаг, rich in saxaul or Mongolian: Улаан Эрэг red cliffs), is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s. The area is most famous for yielding the first discovery of dinosaur eggs. Other finds in the area include specimens of Velociraptor.[1] The rock gives off a glowing orange colour, hence the nickname.[2][3]
Unmoved
From time without
End
You rest
There in the midst of the paths
In the midst of the winds
You rest
Covered with the droppings of birds
Grass growing from your feet
Your head decked with the down of birds
You rest
In the midst of the winds
You wait
Aged one.
- an Omaha elder addessing the rock
from 'The Spell of the Sensuous' by David Abram & Kenneth Lincoln
www.littlefolktales.org/reviews/spellsensuous.html
aspen.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture/page.cfm?key=55
'The Flaming Cliffs' of the Gobi Desert, Omnogovi Province. Once also an ocean bed, the site is famous for the first discovery of dinosaur eggs, hundreds of thousands of fossil bones, and the first preserved dinosaur footprints which were discovered in 1922. You'll notice that's our little 4WD is in distance.
Flaming Cactus was debuted at FIGMENT 2011 in the Governors Island Season-Long Sculpture Garden. Its awesomeness caught the eye of NYC’s Department of Transportation who tripled the size of the project for its “Summer Streets” program.
12+ Flaming Cactuses will sprout up in and around Astor Place for the month of August.
Flaming Cactus transforms lampposts with fluorescent colored cable ties. Cable ties (or “zip ties”) are linked together in order to go around the circumference of the lampposts. This done thousands of times creates a brightly colored lamppost with thousands of little “hairs” (the ends of the cable ties), just like a cactus. A neon psychedelic cactus.We as artists wanted to create something of beauty out of everyday items. We wanted to show that making art doesn’t require a lot of resources, formal education, or even money. Art and creativity are things we’re all capable of.
An old couple passed me twice because i was walking the same route as them but the opposite way. I felt really slow
According to Wikipedia, the Flaming Mountains (Chinese: 火焰山; pinyin: huǒyànshān) are barren, eroded, red sandstone hills in the Tian Shan Mountain range in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. They lie near the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert and east of the city of Turpan. Their striking gullies and trenches have been etched by years of volcanic activity that caused molten lava to course down the mountainsides, giving the mountains a flaming appearance at certain times of the day. The mountains are 98 kilometers (61 mi) long and 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) wide and cross the Tarim Basin from east to west. The average height of the Flaming Mountains is 500 meters (1640 ft). The mountain climate is harsh and the temperature is extremely hot in the summer, the hottest spot in China with frequent temperature reaching over 50° celsius or higher. One of the largest thermometer in China and a popular tourist spot is on display adjacent to the mountain and tracks the surrounding air temperature.
We had stopped to take this picture, but we didn’t stop for long, because the temperature was incredibly hot. Our truck read 47° in the shade, and the “biggest thermometer in China” read over 80°!
Location: Flaming Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى, Xīnjiāng Wéiwú’ěr Zìzhìqū, 新疆维吾尔自治区), People’s Republic of China (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó, 中华人民共和国).