"Virunga," film on besieged African park, bids for Oscar

Battle of the Clouds


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Sometimes I get anxious to do something worthwhile, and sometimes I get the idea that it would be Really Cool to make awesome videos like you sometimes see here and on Youtube. Whenever I start down this path, reality intrudes and makes me realize that making cool videos is HARD WORK. I suspect that you have to learn to be happy if you get a minute of useable product out of a week of hard work.

So, I set the GoPro on the deck and took about 2.5 hours at 12 frames per minute. It looks kinda nice I think. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try some more.

(looking north toward the Jemez Mountains from Placitas, NM)

(Oh, the music is "Lakota’s Spirit", by Stefano Mocini.)

"Virunga," film on besieged African park, bids for Oscar

The documentary was released on Netflix in hopes of reaching the widest possible audience, and positive publicity has seemingly helped to tilt the conservation battle, and a broader effort to create a sustainable economy, in Virunga"s favor for now …
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Though Britain"s economy marked a healthy growth in 2014 even as rest of the Europe continued to battle with economic woes, a looming threat of deflation has unfurled before the growing economy. Britain had its fastest economic growth in 2014, for the …
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Out Of Eden Walk
Clouds blur the mountain peaks. It has begun to snow. Hard little beads of ice begin to form on the pelt of Kirkatir, our cargo mule. The sky darkens. Where the clouds tear apart—a deep high-altitude blue, like the bluing on a gun. A few frozen stars …
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"Virunga," film on besieged African park, bids for Oscar