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We may be loving and merciful out of the kindness of our spirits. But it is practical, too. Kind deeds may return to us. They can fill the whole world, even in bitter times.

https://www.notzen.net/2012/01/not-zen-2-mercy-in-summer-when-land-was.html

#notzen #mercy #dao #taoism #love #nature

Not Zen 2: Mercy

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #love #taoism #notzen #dao #mercy

There is no virtue in arguing to prove one's cleverness but there's no virtue in ignorance, either.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/02/not-zen-148-immunity.html

#notzen #taoism #nature #disease #immunity #vaccination #laotze #zensunday

Not Zen 148: Immunity

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #taoism #notzen #zensunday #disease #immunity #vaccination #laotze

I think if I lived 678 years I would never get bored and I would have new projects to do all the time. I feel like I want to do a lot. And I do a lot every day, but the days are too short for my motivation and drive. The weeks, the months, are flying by so fast. The years, still more ahead than behind, but soon they will balance, and then you'll ride the ones ahead. But it's all about making the best of this ride, even tho too short.

This year we have a motorhome, very little money, and a lot of plans.

Make sure you follow us on Peertube https://videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/videos - we will go chase the darkest skies in Spain, meet with some wonderful friends from the project, volunteer, and do a lot.

#trom #tromsite #motorhome #spain #vanlife #exploring #nature #tromhome

#nature #Spain #trom #tromsite #vanlife #motorhome #tromhome #exploring

On dirait une forêt, mais il s'agit en réalité d'un seul arbre de 47 000 troncs qui couvre une superficie de 42,6 hectares dans l'Utah 🇺🇸.

Son âge est estimé entre 16 000 et 80 000 ans, faisant de lui le plus vieil organisme vivants sur Terre 👇

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03570-4

#nature #terre


The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest

A vast colony of aspen clones could hold clues about how ancient organisms protect their genomes from harmful mutations.
Kudiabor, Helena
#nature #terre

A little break from my recent Scotland photography run.

With the recent trend of murky, overcast and windless conditions here, we enjoyed a stroll around the Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail in Clapham, to capture the last of this year's autumn colours. 👍

#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #travel #yorkshiredales #northyorkshire #yorkshire #uk #britain #england #autumn #fall

A peaceful autumn woodland path through the Ingleborough Estate shows walkers strolling beneath a natural canopy of beech trees, their leaves displaying brilliant shades of amber and gold. The well-maintained gravel path, carpeted with fallen leaves, stretches into the misty distance whilst tall, grey-barked trees stand sentinel on either side, creating a tranquil tunnel effect that frames both the lone walker in the foreground and the small group of ramblers ahead. A moss-covered stone bridge with curved walls leads to traditional Yorkshire stone cottages in the village of Clapham, whilst two walkers pause on the path ahead. The narrow footbridge, dusted with autumn leaves, curves gently upward between weathered walls topped with verdant moss, creating a charming scene typical of Yorkshire Dales architecture, with the grey-stone houses and their distinctive sash windows providing a quintessentially British backdrop.
A stone footpath strewn with autumn leaves winds its way through verdant woodland towards a dramatic waterfall, which cascades through an ancient stone arch bridge in the Yorkshire Dales. The stepped path, bordered by a wooden handrail and lush vegetation, leads viewers' eyes naturally to the tumbling white waters of Clapham Beck as it flows through multiple tiers beneath the weathered stonework, whilst the surrounding trees display the golden hues of autumn. A dreamy woodland scene captures the essence of autumn in the Yorkshire Dales, where Japanese maples display vibrant coral-red leaves amongst the yellowing foliage of native trees. The misty atmosphere softens the forest's depths, whilst the rough-barked trunk of a silver birch stands prominently in the foreground, creating a striking contrast with the ethereal blend of emerald, amber and crimson leaves that dance throughout the composition.
#nature #Fall #Britain #landscape #UK #travel #autumn #landscapephotography #england #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #northyorkshire

I feel like we could all use some good news right now, so here you go: Bright comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will become visible in the evening sky starting tomorrow night.

Clear view to the west essential. Sharp eyes highly recommended. Pointers at the link.

https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/bright-comet-evening-view/ #space #science #astronomy #nature #photography

The bright Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will first become visible in the evening sky on October 11th, appearing between Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, and Arcturus, the brightest star in Boötes. While opening night will have it competing against twilight, it will be both higher in the sky and more visible against darker skies on subsequent evenings.
#photography #nature #science #Space #Astronomy

The Grab - https://www.videoneat.com/documentaries/26145/the-grab/

Watch this documentary to see how governments and companies go after buying Earth resources from other tribes, in all sorts of terrible ways. From arable land to water. In a crazy race to get enough for their own tribe because of the impacts of climate change that will devastate vast areas on this planet.

This terrible mentality of trying to survive and thrive at the expense of the rest, as if we are not living on the same planet. Same spaceship.

Very telling documentary. Some 10 years in the making.

#documentary #nature #resources #water #agriculture #TradeRuinsEverything #climatechange #climate

#nature #ClimateChange #water #climate #resources #TradeRuinsEverything #documentary #agriculture

An early morning visitor. Think it flew in while I had the windows open last night. Description in alt-text.

📍 #Aizawl, #Mizoram

#Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Mothstodon #mothmania #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Lepidoptera

A moth sits still on the left corner of a wide monitor. It is light brown in color with patterns of a dead leaf. You also see three small prominent black spots on each of its wings. On the monitor, you see the fediverse site open.
#nature #Wildlife #insects #lepidoptera #aizawl #mizoram #mothsmatter #mothstodon #teammoth #mothmania

What is "normal" anyway?

Astronomers have found multi-planet systems around a number of nearby stars, but none that's much like our own. They're not a lot like each other, either.

We still don't know what a normal planetary system looks like, or if there even is such a thing.

https://astrobiology.com/2024/01/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-planet-formation-and-evolution-in-a-distant-solar-system.html #science #nature #astronomy

We highlight the disparate architectures of the highest-known multiplicity planetary systems, as well as a few systems similar to TOI-1136. We highlight that the candidate seventh planet in TOI-1136 does not have a confidently detected orbital distance. Planet and stellar radii are scaled for comparison to other systems, though we emphasize that the planet-star size is not to scale. None of the systems exhibits a clear analog to any of the others, and all have the potential for very interesting, future study. — UC Irvine

Unraveling The Mysteries Of Planet Formation And Evolution In A Distant Solar System - Astrobiology

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers’ knowledge of planet formation and evolution.
Keith Cowing (Astrobiology)
#nature #science #Astronomy

Young marmot, last year somewhere in Switzerland. We spent the night nearby, and were planning to shoot the Milky Way in the night. Unfortunately, the night turned out cloudy, so no luck there! But the luck returned in the morning, with a family of young marmots frolicking around.

#cute #marmot #mountains #nature #pets #switzerland #wildanimals #wildlife #wildlifephotography

#nature #Cute #pets #Wildlife #wildlifephotography #mountains #switzerland #Marmot #wildanimals

Dreaming of Provence
By Ludmila Gorbunova ©

#art #nature #landscape #France

Painting of a landscape with a lot of bright blue and purple foliage in the foreground, and mountains on the horizon. Behind the blue and purple foliage, the field is coloured mainly in shades of green, with touches of purple and yellow. In the background on the left is a small white house with a purple roof with many green trees behind it. In the background on the right is a small light green and brown coloured hill with two green trees on it. On the horizon are two high greyish green and purple coloured mountains with touches of white on them. The sky is blue with some white clouds.
#France #art #nature #landscape

Lieu de Reve
By Lee Campbell ©

leecampbell.co.uk

#art #nature #landscape

Bit dreamy painting of a lake in nature. The lake is coloured soft pink, with some soft blue at the edges. In the foreground is a lot of dark blue foliage, among which a big plant on the right, of which your see the small blue leaves above in the painting. At the water front is a small strip of yellow grass. On the left in the middle of the painting is soft green coloured soil, with several mainly soft purple coloured full trees on it. On te horizon are soft blue coloured mountains with blue foliage in front of them on the right. The sky is coloured in light shades of pink, yellow and blue.
#art #nature #landscape

Flowery Countryside
By Andrea Borella ©

modiarte.shop

#art #nature #flowers #trees #landscape
Painting of a countryside with two greyish purple houses with orange roofs in the background. In the foreground on the left is a big plant with many rather large pink and purple coloured flowers, with light green leaves. On the right is a sandy path with light green grass in it, leading to the houses. On the left of the path are more large purple flowers and a red bush. Left next to the houses are green and purple coloured trees. There is a brownish bordeaux stone wall behind these trees and the houses. Behind this wall are more trees in the colours dark green, and various shades of purple. Behind the houses you see the top of a green tree, and right next to the houses are little yellow trees and a pink tree. On the horizon are blue hills. The sky is blue with white clouds with some touches of light pink on them.
#art #nature #trees #landscape #Flowers

Campo de Amapolas al Atardecer
By Tomas Castano ©

#art #landscape #nature #flowers
Warm colouresd painting of a field full with red flowers. The sky is bright orange just above the horizon, with a little white sun. Above, the sky is blue, with white clouds with a touch of orange on them.
#art #nature #landscape #Flowers

Giverny in May
By Zoe Norman ©

zoeelizabethnorman.com

#art #landscape #nature
Colourful paintng of a blue pont in nature, with a lot of colourful foliage, flowers and trees in the background. Their colours are reflected in the pond. There are many light pink, purple and green leaves on the water. On the shore in the background are a yellow, a purple and a large green coloured tree. There are two dark pink bushes, and a light green bush with pink and yellow flowers in it. On the right is some high turquoise grass. In the middle the soil is green and yellow, with purple flowers on it. The sky is coloured blue and light pink.
#art #nature #landscape

Daisy Impasto Flowers Sunset
By Olga Kurbanova (OKoilArt) ©

#painting #flowers #nature #sunset
Oil painting of many bright blue flowers with yellow cores, standing in between rather abstract foliage in various shades of green. The sky is brightly coloured in shades of pink, red, yellow, orange and some grey.
#nature #sunset #painting #Flowers

Morning on Lake Garda
By Andrii Kovalyk ©

#art #Italy #lake #landscape #nature
Painting of the blue lake Garda in Italy, with mountains in various shades of purple on the horizon. There are a few small boats on the lake. On the left in the lake is a strip of soil with many green trees on it. The green of the trees is refelected in the lake. The sky is light yellow just above the horizon, and light blue above.
#Lake #art #nature #Italy #landscape

Blue Melody
By Ivailo Nikolov ©

#art #nature #trees #birds
Rather abstract painting of a tree branch in many colours, full with abstract mainly orange coloured leaves, and two bright blue birds on it. On the right you see some bright blue background with touches of red, green and purple in it.
#art #nature #trees #birds

Wings of Gold
By Catherine Ingleby ©

IG @Inglebyart

#art #birds #nature
Bright painting of two yellow and blue coloured parrots, sitting on a purple tree in a forest scenery. There is a lot of foliage in various shades of green around them. The background of the painting is coloured in shades of bright blue and purple.
#art #nature #birds

Andalucian Olive Grove
By Richard Harpum ©

#art #nature #landscape #flowers
Painting of a green field in nature, with many little red and yellow flowers in the foreground. There is also a big tree with green leaves. Further back in the field are many more trees with light green leaves. In the background on the left is a small white house with an orange roof. On the horizon on the left is a purple mountain. The sky is blue with some white clouds.
#art #nature #landscape #Flowers

Imaginative innovation. An oasis of charm gently enraptures a quiet country setting
Photo: Calke Abbey Garden Derbyshire United Kingdom
#friday
#Fridayvibes
#gardens
#abbey
#nature
#creativity
Gardens at Calke Abbey were laid out by Sir Harry Harpur and his son between 1770 & 1820. The formal garden has good bedding, herbaceous borders and Kitchen Garden provides a wide range of fruit and vegetables. In the walled garden there is the only surviving Auricula theatre, which was built to display these beautiful plants. Article: Great British Gardens
#nature #creativity #Friday #gardens #fridayvibes #abbey

Exciting news: a grass-carrying wasp (Isodontia sp.) has moved into the observation panel at my insect hotel. The shiny yellow object on the right is the wasp egg. The tree crickets are all alive but paralyzed. #wasps #insects #entomology #TreeCricket #nature #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #isodontia #sphecidae
Photograph of green tree crickets packed into a routered hole in a piece of wood covered with plexiglas. On one of the crickets there is small, elongate, yellow egg.
#nature #entomology #insects #wasps #treecricket #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #Isodontia #sphecidae

THE ILLUSION OF MORAL DECLINE by Adam M. Mastroianni and Daniel T. Gilbert (Nature, 2023).

"In a series of studies using both archival and original data (n = 12,492,983), we show that people in at least 60 nations around the world believe that morality is declining, that they have believed this for at least 70 years and that they attribute this decline both to the decreasing morality of individuals as they age and to the decreasing morality of successive generations. Next, we show that people’s reports of the morality of their contemporaries have not declined over time, suggesting that the perception of moral decline is an illusion. Finally, we show how a simple mechanism based on two well-established psychological phenomena (biased exposure to information and biased memory for information) can produce an illusion of moral decline."

#Nature #Illusion #Memory #Moral #Past #Psychology

@academicchatter
@histodons
@psychology

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x

The illusion of moral decline - Nature

We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social inf…
Nature
#nature #Illusion #moral #psychology #Memory #past @AcademicChatter group @u/histodons @psychology group

Sagres, Portugal is captivating in its natural beauty. Renowned for its pristine beaches & rock formations that stretch along the Algarve Coast & the Atlantic Ocean. Sagres is a surfers mecca with something to offer every level of surfer. Love the way the clouds mimic the waves of the sea.

The ART: https://tinyurl.com/3h94kjv3

#Nature #sunset #Photography #Art #MastoArt #ayearforart #Portugal #beach #fediart #Photo #Photographie #waves #Travel #surf
Rocky coast of Sagres, Portugal. Setting sun lights up the churning waves along the rocky coast. Orange sunset with clouds that curl just like the waves.

Sagres Portugal Sunset Matted Print - Etsy

This Wall Decor item is sold by RHPrintsCo. Ships from Santa Fe, NM. Listed on Apr 20, 2023
tinyurl.com
#photography #art #photo #nature #sunset #photographie #mastoart #fediart #portugal #travel #beach #ayearforart #waves #surf

Golden Light
By Lee Campbell ©

leecampbell.co.uk

#art #nature
Bright painting of a gold like yellow coloured lake with touches of orange, surrounded by dark pink coloured foliage. On the right is a thin brownish tree. On the horizon you vaguely see the shapes of some more trees on the left, and a purple mountain on the right. The sky is bright yellow with a small bright white sun.
#art #nature

Water Rocks
By Marty Husted ©

Martyhusted.com
IG @martyhustedpainting

#art #nature #trees #forest
Painting of a dark blue creek with some brown rocks, with a pink glow over them, in it. Further back there are touches of purple in the water. The soil on both sides of the creek is covered with snow. The snow has a glow over it in shades of blue, purple, yellow and pink. On the right are three leaveless trees. On the left are some green trees. In the background is a row of green trees. The sky is coloured in soft shades of pink, yellow and orange.
#art #nature #trees #forest

Bellano in Lake Como
By Guido Borelli ©

#art #landscape #ocean #nature #trees
Painting of the village Bellano at Lake Como in Italy. The lake is below in the paintings and is dark blue with hints of green, turquoise and yellow in it. On the shore are a couple of big light brown houses with orange roofs. Around them and in between them are green trees. Behind the village is a hill, covered with trees in various shades of green and some blue.
#art #nature #trees #landscape #ocean

#ClimateChange mitigation.

Wrong idea - The tech heads talk of constructing Carbon Capture machines. That would require hundreds of thousands of machines, more mining, more power consumption #fail

Right approach #nature

But, the photo of another deforested landscape. This is not wetland, Tree's used to & would grow here. Sheep keep it looking like this.

Photo taken in #Sheep District National Park, #England (officially called the Lake District National park)

#ClimateAction #ClimatePolicy
The photo shows a stream running through a deforested landscape. The only place where the odd tree grows is where humans or sheep couldn't get to them (e.g., on the vertical rocky crags). As Tree's grow they capture carbon. To mitigate climate change we need to use solutions, big & small, that don't emit & or sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide
#FAIL #nature #ClimateChange #england #climateaction #sheep #climatepolicy

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