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mauna loa observatory

Published: June 30, 2022 | Updated: August 16, 2023

The Mauna Loa Observatory is an atmospheric baseline station on Mauna Loa, on the island of Hawaii.

Scientists take continuous measurements of CO2 from Mauna Loa and more than 70 sites around the world.

These high-quality data sets provide vital environmental intelligence for understanding global weather and climate.

pathways:

07.04.2022 / Axios / Earth’s CO2 levels to hit alarming milestone

07.06.2021 / CIRES / NOAA: Carbon Dioxide Peaks Near 420 ppm at Mauna Loa Observatory

Nature is the original artist. Everything else is a response.

The Frame That Started Everything
Pale Blue Dot — NASA Voyager 1, 1990
Pale Blue Dot NASA Voyager 1 · 1990
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Frame
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That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.

Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

From 3.7 billion miles away, Earth is a pale blue dot.

Up close...

it's a tide,

a forest floor,

a field of spring flowers.

Earth Week Photo Journal
One week.
One white frame.
One collective exhale.

This upcoming Earth Week, Project White Frame is seeking artists, land stewards, and community members to document and celebrate what they love in their everyday Nature. The ask is simple: find a part of Nature you love — or something designed to protect it — and surround it with a white frame.

Somewhere along the way, Earth Day became a marketing tagline. A hashtag. A limited-edition product drop. This event is a small act of reclamation, designed to remember the why...

Nature is the art.
The white frame is a mark of unity and solidarity.
A border that says: this matters. Look here.
Remember this...
How to Participate
Find: a part of Nature you love or something designed to protect it.
Frame: surround it with a white frame. Get creative, a frame is anything that supports the subject.
Share: post and tag #ProjectWhiteFrame2026
Earth Week · April 18–26, 2026
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