Desert Surface

Believe it or not, what look like photographs of microscopic moss or trees laid against a snowy landscape are actually aerial shots of dried up, spiny rivers in Baja California, Mexico. The images, taken by photographer Adriana Franco for National Geographic, capture nature’s most wondrous beauty.

(images from National Geographic via My Modern Met)

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21 Comments

  1. Amazing!!!!! God is good.
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  2. Lisa wrote:

    wow that is crazy, i thought they were leaves with fuzz
    in dramatic fashion

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  3. they are so beautiful!

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  4. Vanita wrote:

    Beautiful photographs!

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  5. Tamberine wrote:

    wow they look like paintings…or 3D work. I wouldn’t have thought they were aerial photos.

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  6. science_nerd wrote:

    I love that you compared these to smaller things like moss/trees: great examples of how we see very similar patterns in nature at very different scales (hint: google “fractals”)!

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  7. Terra wrote:

    Amazing! Do you know if prints of these images can be purchased? Thanks!

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  8. Sara wrote:

    what a dreamy sort of mind “puzzle” – and beautiful too!
    -Sara

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  9. Moon Child wrote:

    Amazing work challenging perception…interesting how getting close & far away from something results in coming to the same point!

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  10. Zane wrote:

    beautiful

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  11. Stunning, just stunning!

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  12. This is an incredible post. I love Baja and this is so unique!

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  13. eiffel wrote:

    woah! that’s amazing! 🙂

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  14. Patricia wrote:

    Absolutely stunning!

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  15. wow! this is fabulous!! so very love it :))

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  16. Krista wrote:

    these are amazing!

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  17. Kat wrote:

    Beautiful?!?! Are you people stupid? Sorry, but they’re DRIED up rivers. Where is the beauty in that? You people just look at pictures and think ‘ahhh lovely’ but don’t realize what a serious environmental issue this is.

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