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Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should have some kind of feeling or sense of concern. Some sort of responsibility and with that, a sense of discipline.
~The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, quoted in Peter Swanson's Water: The Drop of Life, 2001
Only 2.5% of the world's water is not salty, and two-thirds of that is trapped in the icecaps and glaciers. Of what is left, about 20% is in remote areas and most of the rest comes at the wrong time and in the wrong place, as with monsoons and floods. The amount of fresh water available for human use is less than 0.08% of all the water on the planet. About 70% of the fresh water is already used for agriculture, and the report says the demands of industry and energy will grow rapidly. The World Water Council report estimates that in the next two decades the use of water by humans will increase by about 40%, and that 17% more water than is available will be needed to grow the world's food… The commission concludes that "only rapid and imaginative institutional and technological innovation can avoid the crisis".
-BBC News, "Water arithmetic 'doesn't add up'," 13 Mar 2000
I would have really liked this shot if I had closed the aperture a little. I was convinced that my shots were coming out at f/1.4, but the depth of field was too shallow to even get one full flower in focus. Oh well :( Note to self: Start reviewing shots in the field!
I still like this one anyway - even with the soft focus.