Monday, February 1, 2010

All Things Bright And Beautiful: What Photographer Found In One Cubic Foot

'It was like finding little gems' - just some of the creatures photographed by David Liittschwager for National Geographic. Photograph: David Liittschwager/National Geographic

From The Guardian:

David Liittschwager's amazing images – featured in next month's National Geographic magazine – capture Earth's ecosystems as never before.

Just how much life can you find in an ecosystem of one cubic foot? That is the question photographer David L­iittschwager set out to answer when he took a 12-inch metal frame to a range of different environments on land and in water, in tropical climes and temperate regions and began to chart the living organisms.

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