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Imprecatory (adj., im-PRECK-uh-TORE-eee)
Something that calls evil upon something or curses it. Let's just define this one and move on, mmkay?
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Pouring a thermos near the Arctic Circle
Just look at this photo:
What a photo. It is -40ºC outside when this photo was taken. It was also towards the end of the two hours of light that day. The location is Pangnirtung, a fly-in community less than fifteen miles from the Arctic Circle. And lest you think this was done by chance, photographer Michael Davies asssures you it was not:
Around 1pm I jumped on my skidoo along with my friend Markus and we drove 45 minutes to the top of a nearby mountain where the light (which is almost always pink near the solstice) would hit the hills. Prepared with multiple thermoses filled with tea, we began tossing the water and shooting. Nothing of this shot was to chance, I followed the temperature, watched for calm wind, and planned the shot and set it up. Even the sun in the middle of the spray was something I was hoping for, even though it’s impossible to control.
There's a bigger version of the photo over at Colossal and other photos from Davies at his Flickr account.
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