Earth never ceases to amaze me. Look at this sandstorm taking over the east Atlantic from the coast of Africa on January 19, 2012. At more than a million square kilometres, it could engulf the entire northeastern United States. More »
It seems like an amusing ailment: the major visible symptom is nodding a lot while you eat. Hell, I know plenty of healthy people that do that. But this new disease is spreading fast in Africa, and claiming lives as it goes. More »
A guy attached a camera to his DIY hexacopter and shot a bird’s eye video of Cameroon, West Africa. It looks stunning. Natural, colourful and bursting with life. I love how people react to seeing a hexacopter in front of their face. More »
An old woman had died. Before burying the her, the residents of the village of Obo – in southern Central African Republic, just north of the Congolese border – gathered around a campfire to eat, drink, cry and sing in celebration of the woman’s long life. It was a night in March 2008, just another beat in the slow rhythm of existence in this farming community of 13,000 people. More »
Filming animal documentaries must be gratifying, but there’s always that risk of a giant rhino goring you and knocking over your truck. Instead, why not use some graceful little drones? This is a much more pleasant application than killing people. More »
