Nature

Film: Huelux

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/04/2014 • Comments

Huelux from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

Friday Catblogging: The Borneo Bay Cat

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/24/2014 • Comments

Sebastian Kennerknect, of the wild cat conservation group Panthera, took a photo recently of the rare Borneo Bay Cat, Pardofelis badia. It’s quite the photo — Sebastian Kennerknect, Panthera

Film: Ancients

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/21/2014 • Comments

The view from Northern Chile — Ancients from Nicholas Buer on Vimeo.

Film: Suddenly I Feel Light

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/07/2014 • Comments

Suddenly I Feel Light from Jeff Morris on Vimeo.

Film: Into the Atmosphere

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/17/2013 • Comments

Into The Atmosphere from Michael Shainblum on Vimeo.

Film: Winter

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/10/2013 • Comments

Winter from Paul Klaver on Vimeo.

Animation, Nature, Science/Nature

What Might Mars Have Been Like?

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/14/2013 • Comments

NASA scientists have tried to imagine how that planet might have looked when it once had flowing water (as they believe it did): In a dramatic new video out of the NASA Goddard Conceptual Image Lab, animators conceive of what Mars may have looked like when its atmosphere and surface temperature allowed for water. The…

Film, Nature

Film: Yellowstone in Time-Lapse

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/12/2013 • Comments

Timelapse: Yellowstone National Park from Roadtrippers on Vimeo.

City, Laws/Regulations, Local Government, Nature

The Leaves on the Streets PSA

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/11/2013 • Comments

Whitewater has a public service announcement about leaf collection, to remind residents not to sweep their leaves into the street. It’s a short, clever video. It does government a lot of good to remind someone of a policy without doing it in a heavy-handed way, but with a more light-hearted approach. This does the…

Animals, Nature

The Turkey Vultures of Devil’s Lake

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/19/2013 • Comments

Clicking a thumbnail opens a larger, full-size image.

Beautiful Whitewater, Nature

Scenes from the Whitewater Prairie

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/13/2013 • Comments

Scenes from the Whitewater Prairie from John Adams on Vimeo.

Cats, Nature, Photography

Photographing Lions

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/08/2013 • Comments

Nature

Sunday @ Lake La Grange

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/07/2013 • Comments

Charity, Government Spending, Nature, Walworth County

The Nature Conservancy

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/03/2013 • 2 Comments

If a man wanted to leave a legacy of land to remain forever in its natural state, then he could donate it to the Nature Conservancy (http://www.nature.org/), a charity that preserves donated nature land in exactly that way. I’m indebted to a sharp reader who offered this suggestion for proposed parkland for Walworth County. I’ve…