Wow! “Dire Wolves” are (sort of) back! Gene-edited pups mimic the extinct giants. But they’re hybrids, not the real deal. And even if we could resurrect "true species"… what then? The ecosystems they belonged to are long gone. Where would they go?
#ConservationEthics #LostLandscapes #BiotechHype
The Drowned Roots "Beneath still waters, something ancient waits in silence." Beneath the still, sulfur-streaked waters of Lake Rotorua, the remains of a lost forest stretch toward a surface they will never reach. These skeletal trees, half-rotted and eroded by geothermal currents, twist unnaturally, their warped trunks betraying a history of slow suffocation beneath the weight of volcanic silt. Their branches, growing in impossible spirals, seem frozen mid-reach, as if they once clawed toward the sky before surrendering to the abyss. The lake’s surface is deceptively calm, yet something stirs beneath. As the mist rolls across the water, the reflections of the drowned trees do not match—some are distorted, elongated, bending like flesh, while others show shadows of things that do not exist in the world above. In the deeper parts of the lake, where the sun does not reach, something even older lingers, its form glimpsed only in the unnatural bends of submerged roots, where the wood has fused into something not entirely plant, not entirely bone. At dusk, the lake takes on a darker sentience. The ripples move against the wind, the water distorts sound, and the reflections whisper. No one knows how deep the roots go. No one has ever dared to find out. Rotorua, New Zealand, January 5, 2025, 12:00 PM Overcast Skies (Dread) 2025.01.05.WeatherVaults.SDA.Rotorua.NewZealand.D1.0025-D0005.0110-WV0034.LyraFlux
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January 05, 2025 12:00pm Overcast Noon (Dread)
Inspired by #Rotorua, #NewZealand
"The Drowned Roots"
Beneath still waters, something ancient waits in silence.
#LyraFlux #sda24 #dread
#LakeRotorua #DrownedForest #GeothermalMystery #DarkWaters #LostLandscapes
More than 500 people gather in the darkened Great Room of the Internet Archive, with a screen at the front showing Lost Landscapes.
Earlier this week, we hosted over 500 people at the Internet Archive for Lost Landscapes 2024: Streets, People, Play—a celebration of archival film, found footage, and community. Missed it? Watch the full film here: archive.org/details/ll-d... 🎥✨ #LostLandscapes
Last couple of days to vote for #iceageisland and #lostlandscapes in the 2018 Current Archaeology awards! The nomination means so much going into this big year for our project. https://www.archaeology.co.uk/vote
Cool! Our forthcoming book #LostLandscapes has a preview page at @HistoricEngland historicengland.org.uk/images-books/magazines/h... cc @beccyscottuk
