the elements

An aerial view of a family and buffalo in Central Vietnam, from brand <n>d'Annam</n>.

<n>Monte Moro - Carta nazionale della Svizzera</n>, a 1970 map by the <n>Swiss Federal Office of Topography</n>.

Poem by <n>Jarod K. Anderson</n> from his book <n>Book Of Earth</n>.

<n>Fjaðrárgljúfur</n> canyon in Iceland, titled <n>Icelandic jungle</n>.

<n>Battle in the petri dish</n>, a mycelium experiment by biodesign student <n>Moises Hernández</n>.

<n>Dandelions 1970s</n>, used as cover art by the band <n>Wild Child</n>.

<n>Brugmansia</n> flowers from <n>Datura Daze</n>, a creative project by <n>Sarah Laroche</n>.

Photograph of the <n>American badlands</n> by <n>Benjamin Everett</n>.

Artwork <n>Living With Birds</n> (1956) by <n>Len Howard</n>.

<n>Celosia argentea var cristata</n> (1928), a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

The rolling green hills of <n>Torre A Castello</n> in Siena, Italy.

<n>Big Sur</n>, 1974, by <n>Dennis Stock</n> from the book <n>California: The Golden Coast</n>.

A landscape sculpture carved from a book by artist <n>Guy Laramée</n>.

A scene from the 1996 documentary film <n>Microcosmos</n>.

A photograph of a Cempaka flower by <n>Xuebing Du</n>.

Close-up of a <n>Rainbow Eucalyptus</n> tree. Photo by <n>Megan Matsumoto</n>.

From the <n>Blue Nudes series/ 1952/ Matisse</n> by artist <n>Dasha Plesen</n>.

A time-lapse of the slime mold <n>Physarum polycephalum</n>. Courtesy of the <n>American Physical Society/Gallery of Fluid Motion</n>.