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Kamchatka 2024 (2) (3) (4) by mirrors are more fun

Via Flickr:

(1) (2) Mountain range Vachkazhec (4) Lava field nearby Gorely volcano     

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For those long winter nights ahead.

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Book recs

Here are some books we really recommend reading and/or buying:

📗 Living River: The Promise of the Mighty Colorado by Dave Showalter (Mountaineers Books) 📗 The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries and Deltas by Jim Best et. al. (Princeton University Press) 📗 The Atlas of a Changing Climate by Brian Buma (Timber Press) 📗 On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place by Paula Ochoa Espejo (Oxford University Press) 📗 Hydrate the Earth: The Forgotten Role of Water in the Climate Crisis by Ananda Fitzsimmons (La Butineuse) 📗 Takig Flight: History of Birds and People in the Heart of America by Michael Edmonds (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)

What do these books have in common? They are all written by amazing, enthusiastic people who really know their fields, are great storytellers, and can present facts and data in a genuinely enjoyable way. Each of these books features a map of ours, but we do not receive a commission on these sales. In fact, for most of them, we provided the map free of charge to support the important work they do. So if you too want to support a great cause while enjoying or giving away a good read, picking a book from this list is a good idea.

You can find more information about most of these books on our website.

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Ylläs, Finland | seffis

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Order deadlines

This is just a reminder for those of you who tagged our posts with #gift ideas and #for xmas or whatever, that your order deadlines are fast approaching.

Please note that these are not guaranteed dates and are for express shipping on all paper prints. Other items might take longer to ship. We strongly recommend that you place your order as soon as possible. And as always: feel free to contact us if you have any questions about a specific order. See our Shipping Policy for updates and for a screenreader-friendly version of the above image.

A little bit of background for those of you who are new here: We are a small family business of two working with a professional print on demand partner. Orders are fulfilled in print labs in the United States, Australia, the EU and the United Kingdom, so production happens as close to you as possible. This allows us to deliver the same high quality products to all of you, wherever you are in the world, while reducing shipping costs, waiting time and our carbon footprint. We do everything we can to make sure your orders get to the lab on time, but the holiday season is always demanding. Please place your orders in time, this is the only way we can guarantee it gets to your door by the 24th, or help you if it is delayed.

Thank you so much if you choose to gift our maps (or globes!) this holiday season. Every single order we receive warms our hearts, and we truly hope your loved ones will feel the same!

Website | Buy globes | Buy maps

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not again :(

WARNING

There is an account reposting stuff of various creators with virus links attached. If you see posts from this account, please report the account and do not follow any links!

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Total Eclipse of The Sun (Wilhelm Kranz, 1897)

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Tis the season

Pattern from here.

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Our river basin map of the contiguous US on the poster for Earth Science Week 2024

This year we were quite busy with launching the globes during ESW, but we really hope we can contribute next year as well. These guys are amazing, and deserve all the support.

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Order deadlines

This is just a reminder for those of you who tagged our posts with #gift ideas and #for xmas or whatever, that your order deadlines are fast approaching.

Please note that these are not guaranteed dates and are for express shipping on all paper prints. Other items might take longer to ship. We strongly recommend that you place your order as soon as possible. And as always: feel free to contact us if you have any questions about a specific order. See our Shipping Policy for updates and for a screenreader-friendly version of the above image.

A little bit of background for those of you who are new here: We are a small family business of two working with a professional print on demand partner. Orders are fulfilled in print labs in the United States, Australia, the EU and the United Kingdom, so production happens as close to you as possible. This allows us to deliver the same high quality products to all of you, wherever you are in the world, while reducing shipping costs, waiting time and our carbon footprint. We do everything we can to make sure your orders get to the lab on time, but the holiday season is always demanding. Please place your orders in time, this is the only way we can guarantee it gets to your door by the 24th, or help you if it is delayed.

Thank you so much if you choose to gift our maps (or globes!) this holiday season. Every single order we receive warms our hearts, and we truly hope your loved ones will feel the same!

Website | Buy globes | Buy maps

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Globes!!

So yeah, this happened. Took us 2 years, but we are finally here: we're selling globes with our very own river basin maps!

The globes are handcrafted in Germany, by the oldest globe manufacturer in the world. (It still feels really weird to say this. Like... my maps? on globes? made by Columbus Globus? no way!)

They are also the first ever globes that show all river basins of the Earth, nobody has made these before. And as we decided not to include any text or political borders, you can make sure they'll never get outdated, as other globes tend to.

Here is one of them in the making:

They also have a lightbulb inside, so they can be illuminated and used as an atmosphere lamp (or whatever you call those lamps that are not really / not only lamps).

It's been quite an effort to put everything together for this project, mostly because we had to work on it besides all the other stuff we've been dealing with in the last couple of years (like the ocean drainage basin maps you all liked so much, or moving and restarting our life and business in a new country). I'd appreciate if you could take a look at them, and share them with those you think would be interested in buying one. But no pressure, I'm already happy that you've stopped to read this post :)

My website | Buy globes | More about the collaboration

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Hey All,

So as I said a few days ago, we're adding a new dimension...

And the day has finally come! This is it! This is the day when we step out of the world of paper prints and 2D maps - and we step into the world of GLOBES! Real desktop globes you can touch and spin and put on your desk!

Like this:

We partnered with COLUMBUS Globes, the oldest globe manufacturer in the world, to create the world's first ever river basin globes that show all catchments on Earth. This was an immense amount of work and we really hope you find them as beautiful as we do!

I'm going to share more details with you in the coming days, but I'm very tired today.

Meanwhile, you can visit our website for more info on the collab, or to check out all the globes.

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Meanwhile, here's the latest version of the River Basin Map of the World, which I had to fully revise and update for this project we're launching on Tuesday.

Yesterday we uploaded it to the Map Shop as well, if you're interested in buying a print (or two).

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Stay tuned!

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Reverent Aphids - Submitted by SeesawSiya

#4b6059 #5b8a68 #8dbdb1 #d8f5df #e3d1a3

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Elevation map of Tennessee in unique colours.

Read more and buy prints here. Ko-fi | RedBubble | Etsy (digital prints)

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you can be peeling a boiled egg and think to yourself wow. that was so simple. and then you peel another one and it’s like being in the throes of war. shell everywhere. egg mangled. tears in your eyes. that’s how god keeps you humble