“Sea Matryoshka (A whale eats a seal that eats a penguin that eats a fish that eats a calamari that eats a sea cucumber, and finally, there’s aplankton)” Nesting dolls created in Semenov, Russia for the Helsinki-based studio COMPANY.
A red desert plain abuts a colorful “quebrada” — a rugged, cliffy outcrop — near Llullaillaco National Park in Chile. Meaning “breaks” in Spanish, quebradas are common formations in this region, which is primarily a desert and devoid of vegetation. Despite its lack of rainfall, the area is a habitat for vicuñas, wild ancestors of the alpaca.
Fossil Sea Lily Plaque, From the Jurassic (248 - 146 million years ago),
Holzmaden, Germany,
The multiple specimens of Seirocrinus subangularis displaying fine detail and elegantly positioned in the slate matrix, displaying the fossilised flotsam wood to which they would have been anchored in life, the crown of the largest specimen measuring 11 inches, the matrix cut square to form large plaque, in metal frame.
