lower antelope canyon.
put it into perspective.
Lying just outside the Amazon Basin, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeastern Brazil is subject to a regular rain season during the beginning of the year. The fresh water collects in the valleys between sand dunes creating lagoons for half of the year and almost completely disappear during the dry season.
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Megan Carnes, composer: GIVEAWAAAAAAAY
Me! me! me!
Dear people of tumblr,
I have decided to do a giveaway! ZOMG!
My name is Megan Carnes and I compose instrumental music. For the winner of this contest, I will compose anything you want! Want your very own action hero theme song? Done. A love theme for your OTP? Donezo. A…
Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Lives Out His Dreams
Most children have big dreams. Maybe they want to meet their favorite athlete or go to Disney Land or be a princess.But 12 year old Luka dreams of doing things that most children take for granted- basic things like walking, getting dressed, and feeding himself. Luka was born with the degenerative disease muscular dystrophy and has just enough control of movements in his hands to operate his electric wheelchair and hold a pen in his hand to draw. Slovenian photographer Matej Peljhan helped Luka’s dreams come true through this fun photography project. Rather than working some photoshop magic, he used real props to make Luka look like he was break dancing, skateboarding, swimming, shooting hoops, walking up stairs, and flying away with a red balloon!
It’s a well known fact that whatever challenges or obstacles you have successfully overcome are the strengths you have to help others in similar situations. Perhaps that is what drew Matej Peljhan to work with special needs children. After an accident with explosives at the age of 10, he lost his right arm and an eye and spent the rest of his secondary education undergoing painful medical treatment and rehabilitation. He first became a clinical psychologist, specifically helping children with special needs. Peljhan never allowed his disabilities to prevent him from doing amazing things, including competing in the Iron Man triathlon twice. He believes photography allowed him to express himself and helped him show the beauty of life. Peljhan and a close friend opened The Institute of Photographic Therapy where he offers workshops for people with special needs and spreads his zest for life and photography. See more of his work on his website.
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| me rereading a book: | I hope nobody dies this time. |
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Chirp.
Sandy Skoglund (born September 11, 1946) is an American photographer and installation artist. Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets or tableaux, furnishing them with carefully selected small children and other objects, a process of which takes her months to complete. Finally, she photographs the set, complete with actors. The works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme.
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| (We’re taking a calculus final. The TA is a well-known Lord of the Rings fan, and we’ve had running LotR jokes all semester.) | |
| TA: | “Okay, guys, everyone look at me. We’ve been over the rules, but just in case: no notes, pencil your answers in on the scantron sheet, and graphing calculators only – no more ‘can I just used my cell phone’ nonsense.” |
| Student: | “[TA's name], my calculator batteries just died! What should I do?” |
| TA: | “Here, I’ve got a big box of spares.” |
| Student: | *struggling* “I can’t get this packaging open…” |
| Student 2: | “Here, I’ve got a pocket knife.” |
| TA: | “And I’ve got a pair of scissors if you need them.” |
| Student 3: | *from the back of the room* “OR MY AXE!” |
| (Everyone starts laughing.) | |
| TA: | “The only axes allowed on the exam are in the graph section.” |
| (Everyone groans.) | |
| TA: | “Oh, come on, you’re in a math class. Deal with the math jokes.” |
| (The professor enters with a stack of exams. With him are two exam proctors.) | |
| Professor: | “Tolkien jokes already, [TA's name]?” |
| TA: | “Hey, I didn’t start it.” |
| (The professor starts handing stacks of exams to the TA and proctors.) | |
| Professor: | “But I’m about to finish it. [TA], take these exams down the left flank. [Proctor 1], follow the desks down the center. [Proctor 2], take your exams right, along the wall.” |
| (At this point, many of the students have realized where this is going: | Theoden’s lines from ‘Return of the King.’) |
| Professor: | “Forth, and fear no problems! Solve! Solve, students of calculus! Points shall be taken, scores shall be splintered! A pencil day! A red-ink day! Until three thirty!” |
| (The professor pulls out a pencil, holding it out like a sword, and runs down the first row holding it out. Students hold up their pencils, hitting his as he passes.) | |
| Professor: | “Solve now! Solve now! Solve to good grades and the class ending! MAAATH!” |
| Entire Class: | “MAAATH!” |
| Professor: | “MAAAAATH!” |
| Entire Class: | “MAAAAAATH!” |
| Professor: | “Forth, exam-takers!” |
| (The entire class rises to their feet and gives him a standing ovation. A week later, we get an email from the professor.) | |
| Professor: | *at the end of the email* “PS: I appreciate all of you who wrote in their evaluations that I was the one professor to rule them all, but the best one yet was the student who called me ‘Mathrandir.’” |
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The Art Of the Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy, Ursus Wehrli
I’ve seen this before but not the beach one! I LOVE it
Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
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