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The “O Captain! my Captain!” scene from — Dead Poet Society (1989)

This is no Westeros. On April 8, 2019, the Landsat 8 satellite acquired a scene of contrasts in Russia: a fire surrounded by ice.

Between chunks of frozen land and lakes in the Magadan Oblast district of Siberia, a fire burned and billowed smoke plumes that were visible from space.

Not much is known about the cause of the fire, east of the town of Evensk. Forest fires are common in this heavily forested region, and the season usually starts in April or May. Farmers also burn old crops to clear fields and replenish the soil with nutrients, also known as ‘slash and burn agriculture’; such fires occasionally burn out of control. Land cover maps, however, show that this fire region is mainly comprised of shrublands, not croplands.

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Sky details in Ivan Aivazovsky’s paintings

“You’re too pretty for your own good. That’s why you destroy everything you touch.”

Kurt Cobain

Sunrise by James Pillion Via Flickr: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA