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Relaxing With My Mac @ An Amazing Free Campsite Near V-Bar-V...



Relaxing With My Mac @ An Amazing Free Campsite Near V-Bar-V Archaeological Petroglyph Site, Rimrock, AZ (SE of Sedona)

#campsite #camping #boondocking #rvlife #digitalnomad #sedona #Sedona #arizona #redrockcountry #slickrock #geology #campinglife #wanderlust #wanderer #mac #offgrid #offgridliving #freecampsites #instagram #latergram



earthstory: This video was taken in a USGS server room during...

"For years, I opened my 11th-grade U.S. history classes by asking students, “What’s the name of that..."

For years, I opened my 11th-grade U.S. history classes by asking students, “What’s the name of that guy they say discovered America?” A few students might object to the word “discover,” but they all knew the fellow I was talking about. “Christopher Columbus!” several called out in unison.

“Right. So who did he find when he came here?” I asked. Usually, a few students would say, “Indians,” but I asked them to be specific: “Which nationality? What are their names?”

Silence.

In more than 30 years of teaching U.S. history and guest-teaching in others’ classes, I’ve never had a single student say, “TaĆ­nos.” So I ask them to think about that fact. “How do we explain that? We all know the name of the man who came here from Europe, but none of us knows the name of the people who were here first—and there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of them. Why haven’t you heard of them?”

This ignorance is an artifact of historical silencing—rendering invisible the lives and stories of entire peoples.



- Rethinking Columbus: Towards a True People’s History by Bill Bigelow (via bestoffates)

My DIY Homemade A-Frame Popup Truck Camper Prototype (With Hella...



My DIY Homemade A-Frame Popup Truck Camper Prototype (With Hella Headroom!) @ Wickenburg, AZ. #camper #DIY #digitalnomad #rvlife #boondocking #camping #popup



naturepunk: strangebiology: The Google Cultural Institute...





















naturepunk:

strangebiology:

The Google Cultural Institute documents the world’s art and other cultural treasures. At the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Google workers 3D scanned these skulls, which you can view at any angle.

WHAT



tuxedoducklinq: hockpock: qualiachameleon: rocketumbl: Theo...











tuxedoducklinq:

hockpock:

qualiachameleon:

rocketumbl:

Theo Jansen  Strandbeest

Side note: These don’t have motors. They’re completely momentum/wind-powered and literally just wander around beaches unsupervised like giant abstract monsters.

these are both amazing and COMPLETELY TERRIFYING

IF I SAW ONE OF THESE COMING I WOULD CRY



Hiking To Wind Caves From Fish Creek Camp, Anza-Borrego Desert...



Hiking To Wind Caves From Fish Creek Camp, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA

#anzaborrego #hiking #geology #nature #rocks #rockformations #backpacking #boondocking #rvlife #sandiego #instagram #latergram



Crazy Rock Formations (Hoodoos) @ Cliff Dwellers, 89A Near...



Crazy Rock Formations (Hoodoos) @ Cliff Dwellers, 89A Near Marble Canyon, AZ Under The Vermillion Cliffs

#rocks #rockformations #boulders #geology #cliffs #arizona #hiking #backpacking #nature #rvlife #instagram #latergram



Hiking @ Horseshoe Bend, Page, AZ #arizona #hiking #backpacking...



Hiking @ Horseshoe Bend, Page, AZ #arizona #hiking #backpacking #canyon #navajonation #lakepowell #geocaching #instagram #latergram



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Make An Easy And Powerful Micro Cooking Stove From A Cat Food Can



Hey Mini-RVers — Ever thought of downsizing your camp kitchen?
Seriously, why have a cooking range taking up valuable space in your tiny house? Even if you’re “just” using a portable camp-stove sitting on a countertop, it’s possible you can downsize even more. By... ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: Make An Easy And Powerful Micro Cooking Stove From A Cat Food Can

DIY "On Demand" Instant Warm Water Heater For Camping


Need ideas for quickly generating warm shower water? Watch this amusing video showing a simple system using a water pump and heat exchanger coil.

While it could certainly be improved upon with some easy modifications that would help it both heat up faster and be much safer, it’s a great illustration of creative thinking, and a simple demonstration of exactly how an on-demand hot water system works. It would be interesting to see something like this installed more permanently… Perhaps even running off of a small wood-burning rocket stove? ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: DIY "On Demand" Instant Warm Water Heater For Camping

Making DIY Solar Panels For My Homemade Truck Camper (This Was a...



Making DIY Solar Panels For My Homemade Truck Camper (This Was a From My a First Set)

#diy #solar #panels #solarpanels #camping #camper #rv #boondocking



Field Of a Flowers @ Dogtown Road, Williams, AZ. #flowers...



Field Of a Flowers @ Dogtown Road, Williams, AZ. #flowers #arizona #camping #hiking #backpacking #boondocking #instagram #latergram



Arizona Horned Lizard @ Kachina Trail, Flagstaff, AZ #lizard...



Arizona Horned Lizard @ Kachina Trail, Flagstaff, AZ

#lizard #reptile #reptiles #hiking #trail #arizona #flagstaff #backpacking #instagram #latergram



tastefullyoffensive: Video: Grizzler the Border Collie is the...





















tastefullyoffensive:

Video: Grizzler the Border Collie is the World’s First Canine Photographer



DIY Cheap Easy Solar Water Purification


Do you need to disinfect a few batches of water to make them safe to drink? You can do this easily by setting a few bottles of clear water out in the sun for the duration of the day (or over two days if it’s 1/2 cloudy). This method, called SODIS (i.e. “SO-lar DIS-infection”), uses the sun’s UVA rays to effectively kill bacteria and viruses. One requirement is that the water in the bottle be clear enough to read through. If you’re starting with dirty water, you should strain it through a clean cloth and let it settle first.

(Note that this method won’t actually filter the water — it will simply kill pathogens. But there are easy ways to filter water, using a quick sand filter or, if you have a more permanent stationary installation, a biosand water filter.) ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: DIY Cheap Easy Solar Water Purification

How To Make A Cheap Inverter For Your Truck Camper Out Of A Broken UPS


Interested in making a cheap AC inverter out of parts you can often get for free?If you happen to have a broken UPS backup computer power system lying around (or can find one cheap), you could possibly turn it into an inexpensive power inverter for your camper.

Uninterruptible Power Supplies... ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: How To Make A Cheap Inverter For Your Truck Camper Out Of A Broken UPS

spooky question #10

rebelghostalliance:

bogleech:

blinkpinkinc:

what is the most terrifying creature on this planet?
(if you can’t think of one, may i suggest looking up deep sea creatures?)

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It would be harmless to a human (and the pale, slimy fish we see here, which seems to spend its whole life as its symbiote) but the sheer idea of Stygiomedusa gigantea is so powerfully haunting it gives me chills to think about; especially from the perspective of its prey.

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What you see here is at least twenty feet in length, and they’re seen so rarely they could easily get bigger. Their red-black coloration makes them invisible in the abyss, and they don’t have any stinging tentacles - only the vast oral arms, which as in other jellies are an extension of the digestive lining.

Prey are simply folded up and smothered in the sheets of tissue, and already begin to digest without even being drawn into the bell.

They’re out there, right now, thousands of miles away in the freezing abyss, billowing like huge, empty cloaks, blind and thoughtless. They don’t need to chase their prey. Helpless little things just find themselves trapped in a sticky, living shadow, wrapping up tighter in the membranous jelly the more they struggle. They digest so slowly that exhaustion or suffocation probably kills them first.

“only 114 sightings in the last 110 years”



laughingsquid: Puzzled Dog Eventually Figures Out How to...



laughingsquid:

Puzzled Dog Eventually Figures Out How to Navigate His Giant Stick Through a Narrow Walkway



Beach Boondocking In My Homemade Truck Camper @ Telephone Cove,...



Beach Boondocking In My Homemade Truck Camper @ Telephone Cove, Lake Mead, AZ

#camping #boondocking #beach #lakemead #lake #diy #camper #camperlife #freecamping #drycamping #instagram #latergram