I can see the moon

Detail of the “Saffron Gatherers” 3,675-year-old fresco from Akrotiri, the Bronze Age city of Santorini entombed by volcanic ash.

The boys and the frogs. The Aesop for Children with Pictures. 1919. Illustrated by Milo Winter.

Paricutin volcano on the night of July 29, 1943. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945. Carl Fries, Jr.

Maxwell Ashby Armfield, R.W.S. (UK, 1881-1972)

Unpublished illustration to chapter VIII of The Armfield's Animal Book: 'The Badger'

pen & grey ink and watercolor

10¾ x 9¼ in. (27.3 x 23.5 cm)

The Martyrdom of Saint Eulalia, 1895

Gabriel Palencia y Ubanell, 1869-1934

Update: The neonazis were subsequently expelled from the city, and a statue was erected in her honor.

This week 34 years ago, Danuta Danielsson demonstrated how much respect fascists deserve.

stand up, especially if

it means standing out!

demonic pigs attack

Vincent of Beauvais, Le Mirouer historial (French translation of Speculum historiale), Paris 1463

The late tigress Machli. To quote the Photo Society: “She played a key role in the regeneration of the tiger population in the park in the early 2000s, and was celebrated with titles such as Queen Mother of Tigers, Tigress Queen of Ranthambore, Lady of the Lakes, and Crocodile Killer. She was considered India’s most famous tigress, and the world’s oldest tigress living in the wild.”

She passed away aged nineteen on August 2016.

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). Family Cathartidae, order Cathartiformes.