Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes beautiful hauntingly muir
When you get up into the crown of a redwood tree, you lose sight of the ground entirely. You also lose sight of the sky. And you're in a lost world. You're in an undiscovered, unexplored ecosystem, somewhere between Heaven and Earth, filled with forms of life, not all of which have been given names by scientists yet. Richard Preston crownearthecosystem share on social
Whatever happens to the great systems of nature will also be what happens to us. Richard Preston greatnaturesystem Change image and share on social
I don't believe in a biological apocalypse, but I think there is stormy biological weather ahead as the human population continues to grow. Richard Preston aheadapocalypsebiological Change image and share on social
I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said that my pictures looked like postcards. Galen Rowell dozeneditoressay share on social
Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful. Roman Coppola ancestralbeautifulbernalda Change image and share on social