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San Francisco’s Incredible Stained Glass Salt Ponds

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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San Francisco’s Incredible Stained Glass Salt Ponds

‘Art imitates life’ – or so the old saying goes – but when the reverse appears true, as Oscar Wilde noted, the effect can be all the more striking. The vivid hues of the San Francisco Bay salt ponds remind us more of a crafted stained glass window than the sea’s naturally muted colour palette, and they produce some of the world’s most magnificent natural colourways…

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America’s Rivers from Above

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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America’s Rivers from Above

Rivers are amazing natural phenomena – they carry us on their glittering backs if not physically at least to far away shores in our dreams. Seen from above, one can truly see the amazing patterns, often snakelike, that these untamed phenomena weave over the face of the Earth. So join us on a stunning aerial tour of rivers from above.

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