ecocides:

Here is a selection of photos of one of nature’s most important pollinators. (vie the guardian)

I love honey buzzer bums!

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fotojournalismus:

A man spread rose petals, which will be used to make incense sticks, on the floor to dry in a compound in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

[Credit : Mohsin Raza/Reuters]

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isaac-lonetree:

Soul in the Fire (by russell.tomlin)

this is erotic

crookedindifference:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

A secure seedbank located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) from the North Pole. The facility preserves a wide variety of plant seeds in an underground cavern. The seeds are duplicate samples, or “spare” copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. The seed vault is an attempt to provide insurance against the loss of seeds in genebanks, as well as a refuge for seeds in the case of large-scale regional or global crises. The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Norwegian government, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).

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clusterpod:

Autumn Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus moloccus

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shapenoid:

Fields of Gold

(via fleeckr)

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freshphotons:

80,000 volts through a flower, Via.

(via oldowan)

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prettybirds:

Streaked Spiderhunter

teresa-travel-blog:

‘The Desert Bloom’ Cholla and Prickly Pear

rhamphotheca:

Vine Tendrils

Vetches and passion flowers have modified some of their leaves and converted them into tendrils. These grope around in space until they touch the stem of another plant and swiftly coil around it. The tendrils then coil and pull the plant up towards the sunlight.

(via artmotherfuckers)