{"id":3049,"date":"2011-04-07T20:45:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T00:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2011\/04\/earths-eye\/"},"modified":"2011-04-07T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T00:45:44","slug":"earths-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2011\/04\/earths-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth&#8217;s Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I posted this image to the gallery Facebook page as emblematic of the space between seasons &#8211; no longer winter but not quite spring. The landscape is muted and monochromatic here in the northeast and not many images suggest themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The reflections in this vernal pool deep in the woods provided a nice counterpoint to an otherwise homogenous scene. &#0160;It&#39;s shape and setting, fringed by trees, recalls Thoreau&#39;s observation:<\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;A lake is the landscape\u2019s most expressive feature. It is earth\u2019s eye&#8230;&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpad-img-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b0147e3d129df970b-800wi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6051A\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01156f6c1fc1970b0147e3d129df970b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b0147e3d129df970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"6051A\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted this image to the gallery Facebook page as emblematic of the space between seasons &#8211; no longer winter but not quite spring. The landscape is muted and monochromatic here in the northeast and not many images suggest themselves. The reflections in this vernal pool deep in the woods provided a nice counterpoint to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-nature","category-new-paltz-ny","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}