The Magpies are Singing
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Futon Cover, late 19th century. Plain weave cotton with rice-paste resist design (tsutsugaki). Unknown artist. Japan. Via Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix with a wave design; designs are drawn freehand in a rice paste that resists the indigo dye and colored pigments. These textiles, which traditionally formed part of a bride’s trousseau, were often decorated with bold designs that carry auspicious meaning.
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Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador The horned marsupial frog (Gastrotheca cornuta) is a nocturnal amphibian that lives high in the canopy of well-preserved tropical rainforests. Its persistence in western Ecuador is becoming more challenging due to habitat loss, mainly due to oil palm crops, timber, and mining.
A team of biologists discovered the frog while exploring a remote part of the Chocó region in western Ecuador, just outside the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve. The biologists, from the conservation and ecotour group Tropical Herping, heard frog calls they didn’t recognize, and turned their flashlights on the palm leaves…
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These Micro Christmas Trees were grown on a silicon wafer coated with layers of Tungsten and Gold. The Tungsten forms cone-shaped hillocks when annealed to 700C while gold de-wets the surface of the tungsten to create the decorations.
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whisperofvintage
Slinky friend
Ermine! White Woozel! A Stoat in Her/His White Winter Coat!
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‘’Sacred Vision’’
Finished my nesting dolls/Matryoshkas!
I’m very happy with how these came out :D
(via zooophagous)
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Gillian Anderson as Media as Marilyn Monroe in American Gods
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Olivia Colman photographed by Philip Montgomery for The New York Times Magazine
(via citrus-seltzer)
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Reading Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1927, Karnak Temple, Egypt
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Bénitier by GP111 living shell / close up
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David Tennant and Peter Capaldi at the London Premiere of You, Me, and Him
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REBLOG IF NAZIS OFFEND YOU MORE THAN NIPPLES.
A kkk nazi here on tumblr called me a retard today.
