Ke’e Beach, Kauai (by redswept)
Ke’e Beach, Kauai (by redswept)
Ansel Adams, The Golden Gate Before the Bridge, San Francisco, California, ca. 1932
From SFMOMA’s online exhibition celebrating the Golden Gate at 75.
(via soemily)
This looks so peaceful.
Located just outside the small town of Tilting on the eastern end of Fogo Island, Squish Studio sits atop a rocky strip of coastline that could rival Italy’s western coast. The ground beneath the studio is so rocky and uneven that the southern end of the building is raised up by 20 feet to maintain a level floor surface inside.
Designed by Saunders Architecture, Squish Studio provides all its own heating and power. It is equipped with a compost toilet, a small kitchenette, and a wood-burning stove. Power is supplied by stand-alone solar panels, mounted on an adjacent hilltop. At night, the studio, illuminated by the soft glow of its solar-powered lighting, appears as a lantern or a lighthouse placed strategically on a rocky cliff, overlooking the North Atlantic.
“All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying above the stars.”
(via soemily)
Wooden Spiral Staircase, Pele’s Castle, Romania
photo by bob9billion
:O
Cool!
Ever wonder what Manhattan was like when it was just a cowtown ruled by farmers? Check out the Randel Farm Map, a collaboration between the Museum of the City of New York and the Manhattan Borough’s President’s Office:
Made between 1818 and 1820 by John Randel, Jr., these one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn and hand-colored maps from the collection of the Office of the Manhattan Borough President document the island of Manhattan from today’s Houston Street to its northernmost tip in meticulous detail.
By André Kertész
(via The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ballet Dancer, Roof Garden of Rockefeller Center)
Alatna River Valley, Gates of the Arctic
Photograph by Michael Christopher Brown, National Geographic
“I paddled across this deep, slow-moving river in my small pack raft,” says adventurer Andrew Skurka. The Alatna meanders south from the Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Cat Number One is all, “Oh SNAP.”
Portrait of two funny cats, undated. Source: Corbis.
Anonymous hero performs public karate ritual in thunderstorm while wearing business attire.
Osaka.
submission from omigodbirds
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