Clipmarks | kkcapricorn's 'nature' clips

Evil Democrats Pray that Gustav will flood New Orleans

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:03:07 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news story parodies as represented above are written as satire or parody. They are, of course, fictitious.

Clip Source: www.unconfirmedsources.com

Godless Democrats Pray for New Orleans' Final Judgment

UnconfirmedSources report the Obama/Biden campaign is holding daily prayer circles asking for the holy father to visit destruction upon New Orleans...again.

the solemn players request the storm's path to once again pass over Lake Pontchartrain during the Republican Party's Nation Convention.

In the words of David Axelrod, "We(Democrates) have been blessed by Katrina, Now every time a huricane flattens a gulf city everyone will be reminded on the Republican Bush Administrations colossal failure."

Some critics are suggesting President Bush was as least partly responsible for the flooding in New Orleans

damage wrought by the hurricane may not entirely be the result of an act of nature

John McCain blasted Obama for wishing destruction upon the City of New Orleans and State of Louisiana. McCain declared "Louisiana is a red state no matter how deep the water is."

Tags: satire, unconfirmedsources

The Secret - Planet Earth

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:01:40 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: There are still some beautiful places on the planet. Relax and enjoy them

Clip Source: au.youtube.com

[Video]

Tags: video, nature, earth

Landscapes

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:15:55 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Enjoy nature's beauty, while its still here.

Clip Source: www.largeformatphotography.info

Tags: nature, landscapes

Frozen Waves

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:47:53 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Awesome

Clip Source: www.night4joy.com

Antarctica Frozen Wave Pixs - Nature is amazing! The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice. That's what it is like in Anmtarctica where it is the coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the
water is already some degrees below freezing.
Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!!

Sound The Alarm: Landscapes in Distress Enviro-Exhibit

Sun, 04 May 2008 10:30:26 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: www.inhabitat.com

This carefully curated photography and painting exhibition at Wavehill’s Glyndor Gallery in the Bronx is strikingly powerful

Set amidst a lush garden estate and thriving cultural center, Sound the Alarm: Landscapes in Distress is proof that ‘interpreting’ nature and our relationship to and with it, is perhaps better understood while in the throes of nature and all its eco-messiness rather than in a gallery’s sleek, sanitized, white box.

features an impressive roster of international photographers who have painstakingly documented the state of our environment - in all is fragility and resilient robustness

Alarming enviro-circumstances from the Artic to the Equator are boldly represented as are man-made imprints like rock quarrying, wildfires, burnt farmland, subterranean coal mines, and peoples displaced by some serious climate shift.

Biomonitors like moss and lichen are also shockingly off-color in the photos displayed

and

communities

seem to be a former charred shadow of their vibrant selves

Clip Source: www.wavehill.org

Tags: environment, green, photography, exhibition

Celebrate the Earth

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:25:27 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

Happy Earth Day: Beautiful Pictures of Our Planet

There she is, Planet Earth. Isn't she beautiful?

Note: The high-resolution links from the original pages are truly high-resolution. Perfect for large computer screens or prints. And please feel free to share links to your own favorite satellite images!

Tags: earth day, nature, planet

How Many Earth Days Do We Have Left?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:30:11 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: "We are crossing natural thresholds that we cannot see and violating deadlines that we do not recognize," says Brown. "These deadlines are set by nature. Nature is the timekeeper, but we cannot see the clock."

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Lester Brown, author of Plan B 3.0, shows us how we can change in enough time to save life on earth, as we know it.

Of all the resources needed to build an economy that will sustain economic progress, none is more scarce than time. That is one of the key messages of PLAN-B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, the newest book by Lester Brown -- available as a free download at earthpolicy.org.

Plan A -- the western fossil-fuel-based, auto-centered, throwaway economic model -- is not going to work for China, India, or the 3 billion other people in developing countries, and it will not continue to work for the industrial countries either.

It's time for Plan B -- an all-out response at wartime speed proportionate to the magnitude of threats facing civilization.

The four overriding goals of PLAN B 3.0 are to stabilize climate and population, eradicate poverty, and restore the earth's damaged ecosystems. Failure to reach any one of these goals will likely mean failure to reach the others

One of those moments

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:34:39 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: puppy love translated means I love puppy.

Clip Source: incredimazing.com

Tags: puppy, nature

The tsunami that destroyed ancient world

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:16:06 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Just another catastrophic event to look forward to.

Clip Source: www.unexplained-mysteries.com

"The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD. "Huge masses of water flowed back when least expected, and now overwhelmed and killed many thousands of people...

Ancient documents show the great waves of July 21, 365 AD claimed lives from Greece, Sicily and Alexandria

Swamped by sea water, rich Nile delta farmland was abandoned and hilltop towns became ghost-like, inhabited only by hermits

The tsunami was generated by a massive quake that

occurred in

A subduction zone

where two of the Earth's plates meet. One plate rides over another plate which is gliding downward at an angle into the planet's mantle.

these zones can also deliver titanic quakes, displacing so much land that, when the slippage occurs on the ocean floor, a killer wave is generated

Tags: tsunami, nature

Beautiful nature photos 2

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:15:47 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: You just gotta luv em.

Clip Source: us.f339.mail.yahoo.com

Tags: animals, nature

Beautiful Nature clips 1

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:10:38 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: We share this planet with these creatures.
Let's show them the respect that they deserve.

Clip Source: us.f339.mail.yahoo.com

Tags: animals, nature

Vatican revisits the Inquisition

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:12:03 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

Back in the Middle Ages, the Inquisition was a byword for fear and terror in . Its tribunals, set up by the to ensure that "heretics" did not undermine the authority of the increasingly powerful Roman Catholic Church, burned and tortured witches, blasphemers and members of other faiths. Its judges condemned Galileo for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun and executed thousands over the course of several centuries.

Now, after centuries of secrecy on the subject, the Vatican has launched a new phase in its campaign to show that the Inquisition wasn't so bad after all. Church authorities have unveiled a temporary "Rare and Precious" exhibition at Rome's Vittoriano Museum to "expose some myths" about this dark chapter of its past.

Not only does the church have an obligation to expose its own mistakes, he says, but the exhibit is also meant to help foster understanding of the complex nature of the church's .

Tags: vatican, catholic, church, history, inquisition

Beautiful Skies, Beautiful Clouds

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:05:23 GMT

clipped by: mickfinn
clipper's remarks: Nature's canvas

Clip Source: cloudscapes.antville.org

Sunrise in Brasilia

Rain coming over Brasilia

Ilhabela, September 2007

Going to Interlaken, August 2007

Riomaggiore (Cinqueterre), July 2007

Hamburg, March 2006

From Salzburg to Brussels, January 2007

Brücken, Rheinland-Pfalz

jena, germany

Darmstadt 09DEC07

over the rhineriver near leverkusen

serpimora

Bottrop, December 2007

Brasilia, October 2007

Tags: photos

The Ohio Congressman can save the US

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:40:39 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: The more I read about him, the more I hear him speak, the more in awe I become of this man.

Clip Source: www.csmonitor.com

Dennis Kucinich: A peace-seeking idealist to the core

"All manners of belief and even non-belief come from a common font, and that is the transcendent power of the human heart.... All those things that would separate us are based on misunderstandings of our nature."

he is pushing for immediate withdrawal from Iraq and advocates cutting money from the defense budget.

he wants to establish a Department of Peace

He's the only Democratic presidential candidate who wants a Medicare system for all Americans, supports gay marriage, and advocates repealing the North American Free Trade Agreement and withdrawing from the World Trade Organization.

he introduced a bill to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney

Kucinich whipped out his pocket-size copy of the Constitution when questioned about his efforts.

"I see paths toward civic health that are practical…. I feel I'm a candidate of the mainstream because I'm not hobbled by those who would purchase or rent my opinion."

Tags: kucinich, peace

Honey makes comeback as medicinal agent

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:20:51 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: This is a good thing. Use of natural agents can help reduce dependence on drug companies

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

nature's original antibiotic — honey — is making a comeback.

Egyptians began applying honey to wounds

Medihoney, it is made from a highly absorbent seaweed-based material, saturated with manuka honey

manuka honey comes from hives of bees that collect nectar from manuka and jelly bushes in Australia and New Zealand.

Antibiotics becoming ineffective

Medihoney product has worked on about half the patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Medihoney dressing can also prevent the dangerous drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA from infecting open wounds

manuka honey can kill the toughest bacteria even when diluted 10 times and recommends it especially for people with weak immune systems.

Iraqi families soon preferred the honey over other treatments because it was natural and because the honey dressings don't need to be changed as often

children also healed more quickly and with fewer complications

Tags: honey, medicine, wounds