My Home, My Nation, by Easa ShamihThe Geography of Belonging
We often speak of home as a fixed point, a coordinate on a map that we can return to with our eyes closed. But consider the archipelago—a collection of islands held together by the very water that threatens to pull them apart. It is a fragile…
When the Tide is Coming in, by Felix KühbauchThe Architecture of Arrival
There is a quiet violence in the way water negotiates with land. We tend to think of the shoreline as a border, a fixed line drawn in the sand by geography, but it is actually a negotiation that never concludes. It is a conversation held in…

Yellow and Green by Luca Renoldi
Emerald Pool at Yellowstone National Park. The deep green color caused by algae living on the rocks at the bottom of the pool gives it an abstract look.
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | December 22
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