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Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square miles in size, have disappeared in the span of a few days. Hillsides slump. Ice-rich ground collapses, leaving the landscape wavy where it once was flat, and in some locations creating vast fields of large, sunken polygons. It’s evidence that permafrost, […]
Using advanced geophysical imaging techniques, archaeologists found traces of an enormous circular structure, thought to be as old as 4,000 years. This prehistoric monument is believed to be a “henge” – a massive ceremonial enclosure – built from timber and stretching over 300 feet in diameter, encircling the top of the hill. No visible structure […]
Welcome to the Light Stalking weekly community update! Tersha announced a new photography challenge on the unseen perspective, or how we can explore popular venues in different ways. Beyond the notorious cliché, our visual thinking can improve by opening to new possibilities around a specific subject. For this week, we got a great response from […]
The conditions needed for photosynthesis to occur on Mars could exist beneath the surface of dusty ice at the Red Planet’s mid-latitudes, new research suggests. Photosynthesis is the process by which living things like plants, algae and cyanobacteria create chemical energy. It requires water and light to proceed and creates the majority of the oxygen […]