Art of a water shaped planet
December 12, 2018 9:32 PM Subscribe
Water · Shapes · Earth "A project that combines power of aerial photography and storytelling to rediscover the beauty of our planet, and to show how water shapes Earth and influences our lives."
Water makes up the majority of the Earth, shaping the planet and its life in plenty of ways. When seen from above, waterways can create stunning unseen images that tell stories of our home planet.
Water.Shapes.Earth project by photographer Milan Radisics turns the meandering waterways all over the world into amazing visuals on the border of the abstract and documents.
They won’t just grab your attention with their beauty, but also make you rethink about how important water is and how much we should all try to save it in the face of climate change and our destructive tendencies.
The story revolves entirely around water and the ways it shapes our lives and our planet in 22 chapters.
From the melting ice to the traces of disappeared water, in chapters we can follow beauty, joy, coexistence, pollution, suffering until the dry planet.
I've only flown cross-country (within the continental US) a few times, but every time I do it's blatantly obvious how much water shapes (or has shaped at some point in the past, even in the driest parts of the west such as Nevada) the surface of the earth. Driving through western Oregon there are places where I can easily imagine I'm in a submarine as I follow a winding road descending from flat tablelands toward the bottom of what could have once been deep sea canyons, as in Warm Springs for just one example. It's endlessly fascinating to see and think about.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:10 PM on December 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:10 PM on December 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
I wrote an Ask MeFi question a time back about what percent of the earth is covered by water, taking into account not just oceans, but snow-capped and cloud-covered land.
The best answer is about 90%.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 4:50 AM on December 13, 2018
The best answer is about 90%.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 4:50 AM on December 13, 2018
Driving through western Oregon... as in Warm Springs for just one example.
I think you mean "eastern" here, but yes, that area is beautiful.
A few of their descriptions seemed slightly incorrect but that might just be translation imperfections. Regardless, the photos are really striking. I love low-altitude aerial photography, and they have an especially good eye for human-influenced landscapes.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:56 AM on December 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
I think you mean "eastern" here, but yes, that area is beautiful.
A few of their descriptions seemed slightly incorrect but that might just be translation imperfections. Regardless, the photos are really striking. I love low-altitude aerial photography, and they have an especially good eye for human-influenced landscapes.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:56 AM on December 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
I think you mean "eastern" here
Argh, yes, eastern. Or maybe, the western portion of eastern Oregon....
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:09 PM on December 13, 2018
Argh, yes, eastern. Or maybe, the western portion of eastern Oregon....
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:09 PM on December 13, 2018
Reminds me of the Okavango Delta chapter of Planet Earth, the most striking and beautiful sequence I've ever seen in a documentary. Every year, the rains of Angola bring fresh water to the desiccated wasteland of the Kalahari, with the unusual inland delta it creates transforming a huge swath of desert into a lush, verdant paradise. As Attenborough puts it, "nowhere on our planet is the life-giving power of water so clearly demonstrated."
posted by Rhaomi at 5:47 PM on December 17, 2018
posted by Rhaomi at 5:47 PM on December 17, 2018
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