"In every thing that nature makes, nature records how it was made. In the rock is a record of how the rock was made. In man is the record of how man was made. When we are conscious of this, we have a sense of the laws of the universe." - Lobell, Between Silence and Light
imprinted upon the earth is what man has made. in a toy is the record of how the toy was made. in a house is a record of how the house was made. in a city is the record of how the city was made. when we become conscious that these man-made records will last far less time than the records earth has made herself, we have a sense of the laws of the universe.i have chosen to share the following pictures for several reasons. the first picture is one i took in alaska in the summer of 2004 of a small colony of lichen growing beside a mountain stream. i love this picture for its purity of color created by the intensity of the j
uly sun at mid-day at a very high latitude. also, i had never seen these tundra species, and this photo reminds me how i felt like i was on another planet when i was in alaska. of course, that experience just made me love this planet even more. the aspect of the picture i would like to focus on, however, is the pattern of growth the lichen has taken. now look at the similarities with the second photograph. the white cloud sweeping and growing across the earth is a satellite image of aurora borealis. natures patterns of growth can be found in the smallest and largest of places. if i included an image of an entire galaxy, the growth patterns would also be similar to the lichen and the northern lights.
uly sun at mid-day at a very high latitude. also, i had never seen these tundra species, and this photo reminds me how i felt like i was on another planet when i was in alaska. of course, that experience just made me love this planet even more. the aspect of the picture i would like to focus on, however, is the pattern of growth the lichen has taken. now look at the similarities with the second photograph. the white cloud sweeping and growing across the earth is a satellite image of aurora borealis. natures patterns of growth can be found in the smallest and largest of places. if i included an image of an entire galaxy, the growth patterns would also be similar to the lichen and the northern lights.my point is this. those patterns and miracles have been happening on earth for eons, much much longer than any living species on earth today, and they will continue long after the city lights seen in the second photograph have burned out. i do believe that nature will take its course
. we humans have become like a bacterial infection that continues to spread and poison the earth. compare the city lights in photo 2 to the bacterial growth in photo three. what happens when we get sick? we get a fever that helps kill off bad bacteria. do you think that global warming could be the earth's fever? i do. do you think that if we can begin to behave ourselves that earth will allow us to stay a little longer? it is the only chance we have.
. we humans have become like a bacterial infection that continues to spread and poison the earth. compare the city lights in photo 2 to the bacterial growth in photo three. what happens when we get sick? we get a fever that helps kill off bad bacteria. do you think that global warming could be the earth's fever? i do. do you think that if we can begin to behave ourselves that earth will allow us to stay a little longer? it is the only chance we have.photos 2 & 3 courtesy of: http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/16625/aurora_NA_lrg.jpg, http://www.seriousnerd.com/portfolio/demos/flash/bacteria-growth.png
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