Untamed Earth

A whistlestop tour of the Untamed Earth map

Here's a handy perspective on what Untamed Earth is - in the form of a short podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6RTx...

Looks almost organic 🤩

A basalt costal cliff in Iceland. The columns start at the beach and rise in rough steps to form a hillside.

Looking up at columns from the mouth of a small sea-cave. Both the long faces of the outer columns are visible as well as the tightly packed faces of the other layers of columns.

Looking down at the flat top of a single column. The inner two edges (where they meet the next column are very neat with just a few millimeters gap) - the outer edges are rougher, as they are being weathered away.

Basalt columns are a striking geological feature, caused by large lava flows slowly cooling; so wherever they're found - it's a sure sign of volcanic activity in the past.

Your cup runneth over! 😜

Stone steps lead down to the level of an old lava tunnel. The roof is partially collapsed but part of the tunnel remains at one end.

The curved top of the lava tunnel seen from today's ground level.

An intrepid explorer stands at ground level but we can see the open mouth of the tunnel beneath.

At ground level looking down through a hole of moss and rocks into the lava tunnel below. A face peers out of the gloom.

Who isn't tempted by a big cave entrance - this one the outskirts of Rèkyavik is a collapsed lava tunnel!

Actually the-untamed tag is already taken 😜

Try and stop me! Also top marks for the shuck pin 😍

Hoping to catch the show at the weekend 🤩

Just catching up, and was reminded of 🎶 "a shiver of sharks is just enough to give your kids a treat, a shiver of sharks is just enough until it's time to eat, is full of of maritime goodness and very small and neat..." 🎶 etc

Just catching up, and was reminded of 🎶 "a shiver of sharks is just enough to give your kids a treat, a shiver of sharks is just enough until it's time to eat, is full of of maritime goodness and very small and neat..." 🎶 etc

I imagine owls are quick readers so you'll get it back soon 🤓

The museum plaques suggested that some of the heads resemble fish (makes sense as it was a river-side community) so perhaps there's a water link with the well too! 🐟

Caaaaakkkkkeeeee 🧁

It represents a tuning fork, where the two prongs of the scientific and philosophic learning resonate together 🧘

The 12 knee high stones that make up the circle; under a blue sky streaked with clouds.

"The Twelve Apostles" is the first stone circle I've visited in a long while. Also made sure to see some of the many cup-and-ring marked boulders while up on Ilkley Moor. 📷 my own and CC0

As in "small revenue" (to date so please) buy tickets now. I can't make it but have a good one🎉

I read "small revenue so buy tickets now" which also makes sense 😁

A simplified stone head with a sombre expression

Head and neck with recognisable eyes nose and mouth

Very simple bun unmistakable face carved in a boulder

Carving of head, and torso with hands

These were all carved at least 6000 years ago. Found in a settlement on the banks of the Danube at Lepenski Vir, Serbia.

A simply decorated grave slab with a rounded cross before the inscription and a skull and crossbones after it.

I'll see your brass momento mori, and raise you one grave slab from 1799 (In the yard of a monastery. Sremski Karlovci, Serbia)

A black-and-white map of the main body of England, covered with the locations of hundreds of haunted hotels, inns and guesthouses.

Fancy staying somewhere extra exciting - well with permission from and thanks to www.facebook.com/UKHauntedHot... , the map now shows hundreds of haunted locations in the UK 👻

Rather than sticks - the version I like is when they used to take the youngsters of the village, turn them upside down and (gently) tap their heads on the boundary markers - literally putting the knowledge into their heads! 😀

Like barrows, there are so many ancient trees - they're not displayed by default. If you'd like to see them - head to untamed.earth, click the settings icon (bottom left) then select 'Ancient Trees' and save.

Closeup of a map with some scattered trees and a big mass of tree locations in the center.

Over 10,000 ancient trees have been added to the UK on untamed.earth - thanks to the Woodland Trust's open data. Where the trees are clustered, we get a hint of ancient forests 🍃🌳🌲🍃

I can only see this chap doing karate and giving a bit kiiiiAiiiii shout, he's probably punching the demon that was trying to get in his mouth 😁

Map of the UK showing locations of the first few locations where menento-mori can be found. The icon is a skull on a gravestone.

Based on a gratefully received suggestion from a friend - memento-mori locations are slowly being added the map. Skull and crossbones ☠️, hourglasses and coffins are all included.

Fab door, and the stonework looks like it's trying to consume the whole thing - tree-growth style. Thanks.

If it's an either/or... Take the reunion.

Naming is so tricky; for example, it beggars belief why you haven't shortened your moniker to the web 4.0 friendly "Andrew, Hurray! " 😁

And where's that camelopard heading? For a frappe of course...

+10 points for the symmetry 😍