Alexspaeth Moonrise In The Devil’s Garden

Positives of High Functioning Anxiety/Depression: I can complete day-to-day tasks

Negatives of High Functioning Anxiety/Depression: Literally nobody has any sympathy for you when you’re depressed or having panic attacks because you’re so fine most of the time.

Piotr Rajchel

Glacial Striations and Stromatolites and Geology, oh my!

This photo is a two-fer: two awesome geology features in one! On the surface of this rock you will notice faint lines that stretch from the lower left hand corner of the image to the upper right hand corner. These lines are called glacial striations and they form as a glacier scratches the rock surface as it moves. 

The rock surface that was scratched by the moving glacier represents an entirely different time, waaay before the glaciers, when stromatolites dotted the shoreline of an ancient water body that covered Montana. The circles that you see in the rock are the tops of stromatolites, formed by ancient cyanobacteria. 

A great place to see stromatolites and striations is on the Grinnell Glacier Trail. For your best chance of seeing these features free of snow, try hiking the trail in late July or August. NPS Photo

[Image Description: Lines and circles etched into a rock surface.]

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Sittin at the desk

These Geometric Tarts Turn Patisserie Into Architecture.

Pastry chef Dinara Kasko uses sheets of chocolate to create stunning edible treats. See more at Dinara Kasko | José Margulis.

Ultra-thin sheets of chocolate are transformed into topographic works of art that taste just as good as they look. The project is a result of a collaboration between architect-turned-pastry chef Dinara Kasko and Miami-based artist José Margulis.

Margulis, who works with geometric abstractionism and kinetic art, created the initial patterns of what would eventually become edible sheets of chocolate using colorful 3D plastic sheets. Margulis focused on curved shapes with various volumetric geometries, transparencies and intense colors to create a rich, layered effect.

“Margulis’s utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the viewer accompanied by the philosophical notion that everything in life has diverse levels of narrative and spatial perceptions,” wrote Kasko in a blog post.

The chef then took Margulis’s initial designs and transformed them into edible treats using various cutting machines and tools to create 3D chocolate layers. These layers were then placed on top of four different flavored tart cakes, including blackberry-blueberry and cherry confit almond sponge cakes.

“I was transforming the object of art into something edible that would later perish, while emphasizing the ephemeral art, its fleetingness in our life,” said Kasko. “The appearance and, of course, the taste should leave a lasting impression and expand observer’s boundaries of what ‘cake’ can be. I like to surprise people.”

Shared from MATT VITONE at psfk.

lymeregisfossils Thursday lunchtime on the Jurassic 🦕Coast🌊 ! The “ammonite graveyard” -a limestone bed literally packed full of 190 million year old fossil ammonites!

Though less common than dogs and monkeys, parrots and other birds can be trained as service animals to do many everyday tasks for people of limited mobility. Service birds are able to do tasks other animals can’t such as banking