landscapelifescape:

Pearl Shoal Waterfall, Jiuzhaigou Valley, China

georgianadesign:

Whistler, BC

cabinporn:

Cottage in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada.

Photo by Mike Last.

(Source: oceansing)

ikenbot:

Elements

“Starting at Kalapana, Hawaii I walked for two hours right to the place on the coast where active lava flows were touching the ocean.

I was overwhelmed about the scene: Hot air touched my face as I stood at the edge of the cliff, steam drifted away by the strong wind, thunders in my ears as the waves crushed on the melted stones and water fought with fire.

I stood and watched the lava flows started to glow as it became darker. I wanted to express what happened there. All four elements – water, fire, air and earth came together at that point to show how they’re playing the game. — Jennifer Vahlbruch

shinimasu:

A tree’s root system merges with a brick walkway

thomforsyth:

SLOW MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY | Matt Molloy

cabinporn:

National Forest Service cabin on Denny Creek, WA.

Submitted by Jesse Gallanar

cabinporn:

Budding roof forest in Sitka, Alaska by Peter Baker.

allcreatures:

Grizzly bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, Canada

Picture: Alamy (via Animals in the wild: wildlife around the world - Telegraph)

cabinporn:

Converted barn workshop in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire by framebuilder Kristofer Henry of 44 Bikes.

cabinporn:

In 2010, Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum spent 9 months above the Arctic Circle surfing, snowboarding, and subsisting in a cabin they built of driftwood, stone, and sea debris.

Watch a trailer for their award-winning film on the adventure.

likeafieldmouse:

Giant driftwood on the beach at La Push, Washington (2010)

(Source: likeafieldmouse)

cabinporn:

The Patron Saint of Cabin Porn

Of all the many cabins and stories we’re lucky enough to receive, Richard Proenneke’s is easily submitted the most.  In 1968, at the age of 51, Dick left a life of ranching, carpentry and heavy machine repair to retire to Twin Lakes, Alaska in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Deposited by float plane, and carrying only the simplest of tools, he set out to build a homestead and survive the winter, alone in the wilderness.  

Proenneke documented his efforts and experiences exhaustively, through both journals and hundreds of hours of 16mm film, and his actions and words embody the highest virtues of cabin life: ingenuity, patience, vitality, reflection and craft.  Ultimately, he would spend the next 30 years living in his remote and challenging paradise.

More photos here and clips from the original documentary can be found on Youtube.

One Man’s Wilderness (adapted from Dick’s journals) as well as both of his films can also be purchased on Amazon. 

Please, please, please, if you have never seen this documentary on PBS, do yourself a huge favor and find it and watch it. I honestly can’t watch it enough. Seeing this clever, capable man make a life for himself out in the wilderness almost entirely by himself is, if I may be pretentious, like watching an artist at work.

Motherfucker knew what he was doing. Find a way to watch him do it.