However, the version in this post isn’t the original (looks like someone threw it in Photoshop and fiddled with the contrast), so if you want to see the stunning original you can go to the photographer’s tweet here.
I did a quick fact
check and snopes confirms that
this photo is real!
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Holy shit the original is even better?? It looks less fake and therefore more terrifyingly unreal, if you get what I mean
Mother Nature, is this some kind of joke? I don’t recall anyone asking you to send Old Man Winter back onstage for an encore performance. Oh, well…let’s put another log on the fire, break out the eggnog, and adapt to the notion of six-month winters. (April 16, 2021 in eastern Connecticut.)
we just continue to live on this planet as if this is fine. fucking psychopaths.
YEP it’s springtime in the Northern Hemisphere, so time to reblog this!
(Remember: if you feel an electrical tingle on your head (or everywhere) while outdoors and it’s that kind of weather (or even if it’s not), the only thing you can do is literally just fall to the ground. You don’t have time for a soft landing. Just motherfuckin’ drop and hope you don’t die.)
natgeo Photo by @cristinamittermeier // Can you guess what is wrong with this penguin? We spent a month in Antarctica on assignment for @natgeo and it was not until the second week that I realized we had not seen snow once. Every day, however, we experienced several hours of incessant rain. As temperatures warm in Antarctica, the weather regime is changing from snow to rain. In the past, the penguin colony would be covered in snow but now, it is a large, muddy mess. Baby penguins are covered in fluffy down and they can easily preen themselves when it snows. When they get muddy and wet, their down loses its insulation ability and as temperatures drop at night, they become hypothermic and die. As the debate on weather or not to protect the Antarctic Peninsula starts to play out, I hope that the members of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), who will be voting on this issue are inspired to protect it for all humanity. #Followmeat@cristinamittermeier and follow the conversation at @Sea_legacy