Daisy Geyser erupts for a group of tourists.
Yellowstone
1955
Approximately 1 billion light years across, the largest known structure in the universe consists of 830 galaxies nestled within 4 connecting galaxy clusters.
As above, so below.
Credits to the lovely people over at NASA and ESA. Image by Science Photo Library.
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The Galle Crater on Mars, aka the Happy Face Crater, imaged by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on January 28, 2008.
(Malin Space Science Systems)
This is Francis Kéré, an architect from Burkina Faso and at least in my eyes, the patron saint of "afro solar punk". He builds using local, sustainable materials, and uses the education he received in Germany to improve on traditional methods already known. His first project was a school in his home village, built to enable other children to receive an education like he once was. The school has a self-cooling mechanism that does not require AC and was built cost effectively together with the community. This year he won the Pritzker Prize. You know what, just watch his TED Talk, I highly recommend it.
Megaflora
"I'm on the moon!" 1969 Snoopy button
vintage view-master ad
Ant Farm, DOLON EMB 2 (drawing by Curtis Schreier), 1975. Hand colored brownline, 18 x 22 in. Courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Alt text: A colorful architectural rendering of an imaginary floating vessel.
"Although Dolphin Embassy was never realized beyond a blueprint, the enduring understandings are fascinating and serve as an educational model for future sustainable and relational architecture. With growing concerns regarding climate change and sea levels rising, there is a very real threat and high probability we will need to focus our efforts on building new habitats to address the displacement of both human and other animal species." Read more about the inter-species design of Dolphin Embassy in my latest Artfully Learning blog post "Architecture for All".