miss-mary-quite-contrary:

Glass Beach is a unique beach, not because nature made it that way, but because time and the pounding surf have corrected one of man’s mistakes.

Beginning in 1949, the area around Glass Beach became a public dump. It is hard to imagine this happening today, but back then people dumped all kinds of refuse straight into the ocean, including old cars, and their household garbage, which of course included lots of glass.

By the early sixties, some attempts were made to control what was dumped, and dumping of any toxic items was banned. Finally in 1967, the North Coast Water Quality Board realized what a mistake it was and plans were begun for a new dump away from the ocean.

Now, over 30 years later, Mother Nature has reclaimed this beach. Years of pounding wave action have deposited tons of polished glass onto the beach. You’ll still see the occasional reminder of it earlier life, such as a rusted spark plug, but for the most part what you’ll see is millions of pieces of glass sparkling in the sun. (As part of MacKerricher State Park, collecting is no longer allowed).

I love this approach. He’s at the mercy of the material and embracing it. Maybe I don’t need to be quite a perfectionist!

adayinthelandofnobody:

Facet by Bloomming for 3form

un:

(via edgeperspectives)

TO UNDERSTAND IS TO PERCEIVE PATTERNS

Seeing the patterns - the more successful technology becomes, the more it looks like nature as Jason Silva breathlessly explains (one minute 1:45)

imindfuck:

This is a set of scans of some fruits and vegetables in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). 

1. Cucumber.
2. Pomegranate.
3. Onion.
4. Tangerine.
5. Starfruit or Carambola.
6. Kiwi (axial slice).
7. Kiwi (sagital slice).
8. Tomato (axial slice).
9. Tomato (sagital slice).

Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a medical imaging technique to acquire images from the human body —vegetables and fruits also =) —, and it is completely harmless (no radiation). If well applied, you can virtually scan any part of the human body. 

Those scans were made, when I was in college, being able to play around with an MRI. Yeah MRIs are fun =)

geneticist:

These images are part of a series of remarkable patterns that bacteria form when grown in a petri dish. The colony structures form as adaptive responses to laboratory-imposed stresses that mimic hostile environments faced in nature. (via)

For more data go to http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/

metaconscious:

Real-time Footage of Our Sun

Seen with AIA Composite Instruments 094, 335, 193 courtesy of the Solar Dynamic Observatory. May take more than a few seconds to load but it’s worth it if you haven’t seen this!