God Bless the Internet

God Bless the internet...why?

Because not only is it a wonderful collection of knowledge readily available to anyone after a few hits on a keyboard and a click or two here but it also features some rather strange things. Also, it is quite a distraction from getting anything done because once you click one thing, the sites post links to keep you clicking away, all the while they are keeping you plugged in and before you know it...three hours have gone by.

One such example of strangitude (yes I made that word up) is this lovely gem I found in my Facebook news feed, floating amongst the internet link debris that one finds on the home page.

http://gizmodo.com/any-animal-that-touches-this-lethal-lake-turns-to-stone-1436606506

This lovely gem was brought to my attention by another Facebook frequenter.

I figured, while I am not sharing art today, I can share an interesting link.

Here's my take on it: What it discusses is this particular lake that due to the pH balance of the water calcifies any animal that happens to have the misfortune of getting into it.

In short, the chemical make up turns the animals into stone.

What follows is a series of photographs taken of the lake's victims that are both hauntingly beautiful as well as crazily horrifying. Also, its sort of inspirational, like I feel like a movie idea could totally be made out of this rather strange phenomenon.

That's my opinion.

Let me know what you think.

The link features some photos but they are all from a book called Across the Ravaged Land.