Is a rogue wave more than a black swan?
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THE ORIGINAL QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE GARGANTUAN ROGUE WAVE
Friday, June 3, 2022
In today’s newsletter, we see terrifying rogue waves, recount the original
Queen Elizabeth (and an early ‘Dark Knight’), see toads turn into cannibals
…and walk into Shangri-La.
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
The swells come seemingly out of nowhere—amazingly steep and potentially
deadly. Sometimes the gargantuan waves emerge, puzzlingly, from calm waters.
“They resemble a wall of water rising out of the sea,” Ally Hirschlag writes
for Nat Geo.
For centuries, rogue waves were dismissed as maritime tales, but now the rare
phenomena (portrayed above) have been confirmed—and mathematicians are working
on predicting these sudden, towering waves. How? By combining real-world data
collected from monitoring buoys with statistical models.
Read the full story here.
PHOTOGRAPH BY VERONIQUE SARANO
Proof: A photograph of a breaking rogue wave in the Southern Ocean. The shape
is remarkably similar to that depicted in the iconic woodblock print (pictured
at top) by Katsushika Hokusai.
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PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS JACKSON, GETTY IMAGES
Queen Elizabeth II, celebrating her Platinum Jubilee above, owes a debt to her
royal namesake
Why did these toads turn into cannibals?
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Long before ‘The Dark Knight,’ this artist rode to Renaissance glory
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How the travel industry is embracing LGBTQ+ travelers
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PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL YAMASHITA, @YAMASHITAPHOTO
Why rush through Tuscany? These days, you can zip from Florence to Siena in an
hour. But why? That’s the question Vicky Hallett explores in her delightful
account of a road trip through the Italian countryside. Traveling fast, you
might miss these fields of sunflowers at sunrise near the pristine medieval
community of Buonconvento. Nearly 400,000 people have “liked” Michael
Yamashita’s photo (above), recently showcased with others on our Instagram page.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF CARIBBEING
(Not so) Little Caribbean: A corner of Brooklyn is home to the largest and most
diverse community of people of Caribbean ancestry outside the West Indies. Now
residents are seeking national historic status for the neighborhood, Melissa
Noel reports. “This area is like a one-stop shop for all things Caribbean,”
says McDonald “Big Mac” Romain, whose market sells island favorites from
cassava to callaloo. We’re hungry already. (Pictured above, a Haitian dance
troupe performs at Brooklyn Museum.)
A TASTE OF THE ISLANDS
IN A FEW WORDS
My lungs heave. They clutch at frozen air. I squint past ice-frosted prayer
flags clapping in razored winds. … I feel the Hengduan Mountains opening up as
landscapes sometimes do, only once, when you first step into them.
Paul Salopek
Nat Geo Explorer, Out of Eden Walk
From Walking into Shangri-La
LAST GLIMPSE
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
The Blue Ridge Craft Trail: More than 300 accomplished craft artists work in
the towns, forests, and mountains of western North Carolina. Now an online
guide points toward the shops and studios of traditional glassblowers, potters,
weavers, and wood carvers. “It’s not that making occurred in Southern
Appalachia because of the isolation—but it lasted here because of the
isolation,” craft historian Anna Fariello tells us. (Pictured above, the
intricate mats and vessels of basket maker Mary Thompson.)
HIT THE TRAIL
This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Jen Tse, Heather
Kim, and Monica Williams. Have an idea? We’d love to hear from you at
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