The Para-Rigger

Trees For The Soul

https://www.elitereaders.com/20-most-beautiful-trees-in-the-world/

An army of trees from the crested hills,

March down the waves to the hungry mills.

Battalioned in cunning array they stride

To the cadence called by the wind and tide

And, sensitive as a gay ballet, 

To the maestro's wand, they curve and sway

To the will of the helmsman, who leads the way...

Gill Robb Wilson

Flying Magazine  April 1957

The Problem With Our Maps

https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/problem-our-maps

I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence. 

Vladimir Putin

The Impossible Mathematics Of The Real World

http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/the-impossible-mathematics-of-the-real-world

Where The Wind Comes Sweepin' Down The Plain...

https://boingboing.net/2017/06/03/dozens-of-prairie-storms-unfol.html

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. 

William Cowper

When Big Ben Strikes 13

http://www.mscroggs.co.uk/blog/44

4 dimensional toys

The Dos and Don'ts of Whale Vacuuming

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blue-whale-cleaning-museum-natural-history-new-york

Salvaging the USS Oklahoma

http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/Salvage%20of%20USS%20Oklahoma.pdf

The story behind "Final Salute"

https://thechive.com/2016/10/26/pulitzer-prize-winning-photo-husbands-final-request/

Places in the U.S. where nobody lives

http://mapsbynik.com/maps/census0pop/

And here's a map of how much of Australia is residential: