Round Meditation

Blue ice...the result of snow falling on a glacier becoming compressed. Not a branch. It's a mammoth tusk unearthed from the ground. Not Legoland. It's a housing complex in San Buenaventura, Mexico. This looks like a piece of art, but it’s a honeycomb. An infrared photo of a garden.  This is what a bee sees. This giant cactus, Pachycereus weberi, is native to Mexico and southern Arizona. The stunning blue-ringed octopus, one of the most dangerous marine animals. The Iraqi Marshes: an aquatic landscape  in a desert climate. A 27,000-year-old hand print  discovered on the rocks of an Indonesian island. Looks like a tattoo? They're scars left after being struck by lightning! Bangledeshians get creative: a floating bridge made out of dinghies. What a difference a century makes: The daily commute, then and now. Lavender and wheat fields grow side by side in perfect harmony. This is the rarely seen ili pika  (Ochotona iliensis), a shy mountain animal from China that was recently spotted for the first time in 20 years. A rare sight: a sunset and eclipse at the same time. An ice cave formed by volcanic hot springs. To get an idea of how large the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is, it has been rendered next to a city. ========