Inspiration in Thailand. Zoom to full screen so you can read the subtitles. [via Kottke.org]

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This is a nice piece on cinematographer Brad Clement’s expedition to Mt. Everest. [via PBS NewsHour]

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Daniel Beltra I just finished reading Raffi Khatchadourian’s disturbing piece The Gulf War in The New Yorker and the front illustration is a spectacular aerial shot of a ship floating on the large BP Gulf oil spill taken by photojournalist Daniel Beltra. Beltra’s site doesn’t allow me to link to that particular photograph but you [...]

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I have lots of things I’d like to post on this site but I find pretty much everything including links to images of the devastation in Japan somehow distasteful at this time. What’s going on in Japan is overwhelming to me as I sit here in a warm house in rural Connecticut. In the face [...]

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Earthquake in Japan Alan Taylor at The Atlantic is compiling images of the earthquake in Japan. The collection will be updated.

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This is a nice video posted by Yosemite National Park which I’m assuming is an official park YouTube channel. The Glacier Point Fire falls were still happening when I first started going to Yosemite with my parents. Much later when I spent time at the base of and on El Capitan as a climber I [...]

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Bear Mountain, Connecticut. We hiked up Under-mountain trail onto the Appalachian Trail and up onto Bear Mountain the other day and the last 500 feet of elevation gain saw everything coated with ice. It was a beautiful scene and we stood around photographing so long our hands got cold and we had to get moving [...]

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Scavenging to survive in India’s belt of fire The Frame’s got a great feature on villagers scavenging for coal in Bokapahari, India.

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Cédric Villain’s wonderful animated film. Also available in French. See the Cliché web site for other credits and more information. See Cédric Villain’s web site for more of his work. [via Kottke.org]

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Wallflowers at the Revolution The social networking hype eventually had to subside for a simple reason: The Egyptian government pulled the plug on its four main Internet providers and yet the revolution only got stronger. “Let’s get a reality check here,” said Jim Clancy, a CNN International anchor, who broke through the bloviation on Jan. [...]

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Todd still hasn’t found the photographer(s) who took the images but the video he made led to quite a bit of interesting social networking. I like his commentary about it in the video above. Todd Bieber’s original video on Lost pictures of New York Blizzard.

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National Geographic Giant Traveling Maps Imagine a 26×33 foot vinyl map of Europe that can be walked on with socks. They won’t fit in a classroom, but have to be unfolded and unrolled in a gymnasium or something similarly large. I love it. [via Steve Splonskowski]

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Helmand province from above Helmand province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest region of the country. The Helmand River flows through the mainly desert region, providing water for irrigation. Much of the fighting between NATO and Taliban forces is taking place in this province and Helmand is said [...]

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This is the entrance roof at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It reminded me of a Japanese screen. The colors are wonderful.

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The images are great and the video is really great. [via Boing Boing]

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July, 1969, Yosemite Park, California. I took this out our car window against my father’s advice. We went to Yosemite as a family each year until I went away to college; my parents continued to go for many years after. Those were amazing years in Yosemite and we even experienced the famous Yosemite Firefall where [...]

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Professional photographer Joe McNally gets to the top of the beacon mast on top of the Empire State Building to get a shot.

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New York City. I don’t know if this building was standing pre-9/11 or was built later but it reminds me of the old Word Trade Center buildings in its outer skin.

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New York City. A group of us went into New York yesterday and one person wanted to see ground zero. I must say that besides helping a friend move out from Battery Park City right after 9/11 I’d not been to the site. it’s a fascinating thing to see with an incredible amount of construction [...]

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My flickr contact Jun has produced a wonderful image of trees and sky with holiday lights in Japan. Fantastic.

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