Humans constantly change and even destroy #ecosystems - what happens then? It's called 'novel ecosystems'. "They now exist as self-sustaining systems. These are wild but changed ecosystems. They have passed some critical threshold which means they are unlikely to ever go back to how they were before." #Hawaii has become a laboratory for #ecologists to study such "freakosystems": https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans

"Ancient Evening"

Evening light on the timeless sandstone banks, fossil reefs and mud hills of the Coyote Mountains Wilderness.

Another leftover from 2015 found in my archives, from a hike in April 2015.

Should've been part of this blog post all along! https://www.alex-kunz.com/domelands-east/ (where I've added it now)

Romanticising Romanticism: In reply to ‘The rise of new romanticism by Alex Roddie’ #scotland, #romanticism, #rewilding, #wilderness (https://aye.tf/2025/03/31/romanticising-romanticism)

https://www.kswild.org/conservation-efforts/ivm-win?emci=c25a4f85-b505-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=dca83471-480f-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=11909819
#Wilderness #Environment #ClimateChange #Forests #SaveTheOldGrowth #BlueCrew

Finally some good news

“Canyon Narrows Light” — Soft, filtered light illuminates the walls of a Death Valley slot canyon.

Desert canyon light is remarkable. A canyon like this one is a huge contrast with the world outside — the intense, harsh desert light gives way to soft, gentle light and shade. The temperature drops. The color of the ight changes, too. Deep in the canyon it often shifts to ward blue, especially when the canyon walls are black or gray. There are also changes and contrasts where different softs of light come together — as in this photograph where the deeply shaded blue tones contrast with the warmer tones of the higher walls…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/04/02/canyon-narrows-light/

I send thanks to the buyer from Utah who purchased a framed print of

Mule Deer Draw -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/mule-deer-draw-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

May the artwork take you out to a wild and remote place, one where the deer run freely and invite you to do the same.

Moonlit Desert Speaks to Empty Horizon