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Rosia Montana Gold Mine Project

The Rosia Montana gold mine project in Romania is designed to be Europe’s largest open cast gold mine. If built, it would displace hundreds of families, destroy many of Rosia Montana’s significant archaeological sites, and flood the valley with a cyanide leaching pond.

IS DESTROYING ONE OF ROMANIA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES WORTH OF ANY GOLD? SAVE IT, DON’T DESTROY IT!

Volcano National Park, Hawai’i. Nice surprise at the end of a long hike.

Pahoehoe lava field, Volcanoes National Park, Hawai’i

scienceisbeauty:

Suntipped Sand

On a cool crisp sunset along the Dublin Shoreline, the low angle of the evening sun illuminated the tips of the sand patterns made by the waves.

Photo Location: Dublin Coastline, Ireland

Photo and caption by Ronan Bree

Source, National Geographic Photo Contest 2011

scienceisbeauty:

The unique nature of human fingerprints was among the many discoveries of the great Czech physiologist and anatomist Johannes G.J. Purkinje (1787-1869), whose name is associated with many structures.

Source: The Fingerprint, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

(Sometimes beauty appears in the most unexpected places)

We are camping in Colorado this week. Everything here has a friendly face :)

Amazing - the electronic tracks of 19 shearwaters…

scienceisbeauty:

Long-Distance Drive-Through

Source: Discover Galleries / 8 Amazing Animal Migrations

Sunset in Hawai’i, the Big Island.