<< previous image | next image >>. People have become significant earth movers, outpacing all sources of natural erosion. More and more of our footprint can be seen from space in many forms, including cities, reservoirs, agriculture and deforestation. Among the most impressive human scars on the planet are open-pit mines.
Life and Death in Japanese is çæ­» which is read seishi.The Japanese word seishi means Life and Death and also translates as the Buddhist concept Samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) and is composed of the kanji (read sei) meaning life; birth and (read shi) meaning death; die.
The red spider lily is a sign that autumn has arrived, but in Japan, the higanbana is also known as the death flower. Funerals, graveyards and the afterlife are all connected to this beautiful bloom. The merciful drop in humidity is a welcome sign that after months of discomfort, summer is at last on the wane. However, a far more reliable indicator is the blossoming of red spider lilies. Higanbana to use one of its many Japanese names. Or simply the flower of death.