Hamilton Pool - Dripping Springs, TX

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Located about 30 miles west of Austin, Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve consists of 232 acres of protected natural habitat featuring a jade green pool into which a 50-foot waterfall flows. Formed long ago by the collapse of a large grotto (cave) into Hamilton Creek, the pool is surrounded by huge slabs of limestone that rest by the water's edge; large stalagtites grow from the ceiling high above. The ceiling and surrounding cliffs of the grotto are home to moss, maidenhair fern and cliff swallows. The Ashe juniper (cedar) uplands of the preserve are home to the endangered golden-cheeked warbler. (Source)

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Deer Have a Post-Rain Party

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A little background first: Because the drought in Texas lasted several months, several of these deer have probably never seen rain before, let alone enjoyed a huge water puddle such as this.

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The Olin Studio: Wild (x)ing

American architectural firm The Olin Studio has been selected as one of the five finalists for a next generation wildlife crossing at West Vail Pass, Colorado in the United States. The competition is intended to solve the problem of ensuring safe travel for humans and wildlife.

'Wild (x)ing' is based around the shape of a rhomboid, as it offers structural strength, dynamic flexibility, and efficient modular patterning.



The innovative use of the toroid, as a framework for the diagrid superstructure and habitat module offers adaptability to any wildlife crossing, using a universal geometry to generate the system's form. It will accommodate growth and change of the transportation infrastructure network, allowing highways to be increased in width and corresponding crossings to be enlarged, reduced or removed for re-use at any given time.

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