enthusiasm unbridled

Astronomers report that they have taken the measure of the biggest, baddest black holes yet found in the universe, abyssal yawns 10 times the size of our solar system into which billions of Suns have vanished like a guilty thought. - Astronomers find biggest black holes yet, NY Times

Nicole Meyer is designing a logo a day for the 10,000 lakes in her great state of Minnesota. I like where this is going. 

kateoplis:

2011 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Garden Views winner: Marianne Majerus

Excited to procure a copy of The Cloud Collector’s Handbook. The NY Times has a fantastic slideshow of cloud types and article about the book, which also alerted me to the existence of The Cloud Appreciation Society. 

The book contains photographs of dozens of cloud types, with information on how they form and how they differ from their close relatives; a guide to rainbows and other optical effects of clouds; and a glossary of technical terms. A chart shows how meteorologists classify clouds by genus, species and variety, the way biologists classify flora and fauna.

Leaf Letter — leaves you can write on and send as letters. 

from Leanne Shapton’s paintings of tree leaves. [via The Paris Review]

Vintage plant prints by Bygg Studio.

(+ many other amazing projects not to be missed)