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Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Palaeontology; or, A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations - Richard Owen - 1861 - via Internet Archive

A humpback whale in flipped perspective. (Source)

It was the end of the second day of cycling, about 200 km in. I had just had a large hamburger with fries at a gas station and was making my way up a valley at sunset, when I noticed this white horse standing in a meadow, like something out of a fairy tale. 

The Red Beach is located in the biggest wetland and reed marsh in the world, and actually hosts the most completed ecosystem that can be found: the area has become home to more than 260 kinds of birds and 399 kinds of wild animals. You can find the endangered Crown Cranes and Black Beaked Gulls there, which is why the area is even called home of the cranes. (Source)

Flannel moths live in North America and in the New World tropics. The caterpillars have venomous spines that can cause a painful sting and inflammation lasting for several days. In some cases, the sting may cause headache, nausea, and shock-like symptoms.

Mareridt / Nightmare (Detail), 1846 - Ditlev Blunck

art by Kat Philbin ( my edits )

Valle de la luna, Desierto de Atacama ,Chile

These pressed flowers were collected by George Marr whilst serving as a soldier in Salonika, Greece, during the First World War.

Thousands of torches are placed in terraced fields by villagers during a local festival praying for good harvest at Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, on June 3, 2017. Stringer

Hoh Rainforest in Washington