Carved And Stacked, Grise Fjord, Canada, 23 March 1989 By Andy Goldsworthy, 1989

Colors of Earth

When we think of our globe from a distance, we generally visualize two colors: blue and green. Water and land. Mostly water, consequently, our planet’s nickname of the blue marble.

Traveling around the globe every 90 minutes covering millions of miles with a focused lens on our beautiful planet from 250 miles above, I’ve captured many beautiful colors beyond blue and green that showcase Earth in new and interesting ways. Some colors are indicative of nature like desert sands and weather like snow. Other colors tell stories of Earth’s climate in bright splashes of yellows and greens of pollen and muted grey tones and clouded filters of pollution.

Blue and green still remain vivid and beautiful colors on Earth from the vantage point of the International Space Station, but here are some other colors that have caught my eye from my orbital perspective.

African violet

Bahamas blues

Tropical in Africa

Yellow desert

Orange in Egypt

Red surprise 

Snow white 

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Ephermal manipulation by Andy Goldsworthy

Thorned dandelion resting on bluebell

Coming back here to retreat after so many years, love to have a place to post where it's really just for me <3

There’s something eerily beautiful about Goldsworthy’s snow and ice sculptures… I can’t quite put my finger on it (just as well, as I imagine it’d get very cold). There’s a quiet serenity about them that I simply love, and have loved for many years. I’d imagine that stumbling across one of them would be like walking into a snippet of space that had bled through from another world. It is not out of place, yet it is clearly there by purpose. It's wondrous but at the same time, a little somber… None of these marvels exist anymore, having succumb to the ravages of the sun and wind, and the relentless march of time, as all things shall… 

An adult?

Soundtrack: Of once and future kings - Pavlov’s Dog

Coming back to this because i’d love a place to write now i’ve finished school. 

I keep falling in love with everyone i meet, it feels like my heart is endless.

Last night i went with my family to this little italian restaurant in Brunswick. It had these amazing metal doors, lots of flickering candles and fairy lights. An Italian man was on this little stage playing the guitar, it was so angelic. We ate dinner and then it began to pour with rain but we were cosy with all the candles💕💕💕

The moss growth on parts of the footpath that don't get trodden on☆

Andy Goldsworthy, Red maple leaves held with water, Ouchiyama River, Japan, 1991