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Mono Lake, nestled in California's eastern Sierra Nevada, is renowned for its extraordinary saline environment, dramatic tufa towers, and the incredibly productive ecosystem it sustains.
This highly alkaline lake provides a unique habitat for brine shrimp and alkali flies, which in turn support millions of migratory birds.
The striking tufa towers, formed by mineral deposits, stand as iconic, otherworldly sentinels around its shores.
Even in the frigid winter, Mono Lake remarkably remains unfrozen, a testament to its high salt concentrations.
Adding to its geological intrigue, the Mono Lake volcanic field, with vents on its northern shore and on Paoha and Negit Islands, was last active mere centuries ago.
(Nikon Z6III, Nikon 28-400/f4-8, 1/800 @ f/13, ISO 500, edited to taste)
Beautiful old Silk Road Middle Eastern Aghazadeh palace in Abarkuh, Iran. I'm not sure why the Iranian tourism industry markets these places as "houses" whereas in all right they truly are palaces.
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Artist: Emily Ding "Sustainable Fashion" Mural
The artwork features two people representing the alternatives for sustainable fashion. The woman holds a boat shuttle for handmade loom weaving and there is mending visible on the man's denim jacket. He is smelling marigolds which is a natural dye. Both figures are standing in front of mounds of clothes reminding us to support slow fashion and reduce the amount of textiles going into landfills and reduce fashion waste.
Mural commissioned by the organization Street Art For Mankind
While in Yellowstone NP, we encountered several bighorn sheep ram along the hillside grazing on the grasses sticking up through the snowy landscape. The light was so very beautiful and enabled us to capture that eye, which I always find so intriguing.
This ram had some pretty beat up horns too. Made me wonder how curled they would have been if they weren't so worn down. Of course, I also thought about what stories those curls could tell about the life of this beautiful bighorn sheep.
But getting back to that eye ... there are few animals that possess such a mesmerizing eye as the BHS, at least to me. Eye contact is generally locked and sustained. Such a thrill. :-)
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Avanti West Coast Pendolino Class 390 No. 390121 in their climate change livery applied for COP26 in Glasgow in 2021 approaches Greenholme on the climb to Shap Summit with 1S78, the 15:08 London Euston – Carlisle service on Sunday 10 May 2026.
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Sustainable and clean energy?
History shows that it is easy to do!
Watch this fossil machine,
grab it out of the blue.
Poem: Jan Elemans
2015
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Old Dutch windmill
Ewijk
The Netherlands
This is an adult pika "making hay while the sun shines," consuming vegetation but also collecting large amounts of grasses, leaves and flowers to dry cache within its den among the boulders to consume over the coming winter. As evidenced here by the dried chop-marks at the top of some of the grass, the pika nips off the tops of the blades, rather than grazing to the ground, so the grass is not essentially damaged and will still be there for future use.
Pikas, the smallest members of the rabbit family in North America, are a bellwether species in that they cannot survive in temperatures consistently above 78°F, which is one reason they are found only at high elevations. As average summertime highs rise throughout the globe, many pika colonies have disappeared when they cannot migrate to higher, cooler locations.
They are, fortunately, still thriving in the Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness. The colony I find easiest to photograph is near the 10,947 feet summit of the Beartooth Pass on US highway 212.
Photographed near the summit of the Beartooth Highway in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
Todays Our Daily Challenge: In The Future.
I had lots of different ideas for this challenge but nothing grabbed me. I finally decided to go with this idea and after I took this shot, was happy I went with it.
Trees are like the lungs of the earth, taking in the carbon dioxide and giving off oxygen via photosynthesis. One of the keys to reducing green houses gases is via the use of trees. Forestry is considered to be one of the most sustainable and renewable resources on the planet. In fact, you could say the future depends on them. In the future, thanks to much knowledge that has been gained over the years, perhaps we can hope that there will be more attention paid to how trees are used and how trees like this, in particular, that are many many years old, are a very valuable resource indeed.
Sustainability and neo-ecology are the megatrends of our time. The topic of sustainability will be addressed in a target-group-oriented way via modular approaches consisting of keynotes, empathetic inspirations and hands-on workshop sessions, and will lead to prototypical developments of new solution strategies in the participants’ own contexts. The workshop offers a complete package based on the artistic and technological approach of Ars Electronica and the technical, economic and systemic know-how of the Institute for Clean Technology.
Sustainability Thinking is part of Ars Electronica Home Delivery SERVICES. Find out more here: ars.electronica.art/homedelivery/en/sustainabilitythinking/
Photo showing a satellite image of the European Space Agency ESA at the Ars Electronica Center's Deep Space 8K.
Fotocredit: Ars Electronica - Robert Bauernhansl
Photo: Jacqueline Conrad, Smithsonian’s National Zoo
For the first time in 32 years, the Smithsonian's National Zoo’s American Trail team celebrated the arrival of a sea lion pup, born June 26 to 11-year-old mother Calli. Keepers watched the birth in an off-exhibit area and continue to closely monitor the pup, which appears to be nursing, moving and vocalizing well. Animal care staff are allowing Calli and pup time to bond, so it may be some time before keepers can determine the pup’s sex. This pup is the second for Calli and the first for 8-year-old father, Jetty.
Animal care staff are cautiously optimistic that the pup will thrive and are allowing Calli to care for her pup without interference. Both will remain off-exhibit until Calli’s behavior indicates that she is ready to introduce the pup to the other members of the colony. The Zoo’s three adult sea lions—Jetty and two unrelated females named Summer and Sidney—are able to see, smell and interact with mom and pup in an adjacent holding area. Once Calli demonstrates that she is ready to introduce the pup to the colony, they will join Summer and Sidney on exhibit later this summer. Jetty will meet the pup last; in the wild, males are typically absent from the beaches following pupping and breeding season.
Keepers suspected that Calli was pregnant based on her physical changes, appetite and weight gain, among other cues. Keepers have trained the sea lions to voluntarily participate in radiographs and ultrasounds with veterinarians present as part of their routine medical care. An April 20 radiograph confirmed Calli was pregnant, and animal care staff have been conducting intermittent ultrasounds and tracking the pup’s development. The Zoo announced Calli’s pregnancy May 31 through a broadcast via Facebook Live of her ultrasound; it will continue to provide updates on the sea lions through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Zoo received a recommendation to breed Calli and Jetty from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan (SSP). An SSP matches individual animals across the country for breeding in order to maintain a healthy, genetically diverse and self-sustaining population. Zoo visitors can see Jetty, Summer and Sidney daily at American Trail.
Native to the West Coast of North America, California sea lions range from Baja, Mexico, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Though they were once hunted for their skin, the International Union for Conservation of Nature now classifies them as a species of least concern.
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On the Bord na Mona peat railways, Boora/Blackwater system. It's the end of the line for Derrinough Briquette Factory which closes at the end of the month.
A train of peat heading for the factory passes the wind turbines which now provide a more sustainable energy source from the bogs.
Three Trees House
Passive daylighting, recycled lumber, recycled fly ash concrete, and grey water recycling
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