A lone foraging emperor penguin 'toboggans' on its belly across the frozen Ross Sea, with the live volcano Mount Erebus in the background, off Ross Island, Antarctica, December 9, 2006.



Don't you just feel so POWERLESS to stop the ravaging of the earth when you see this picture? I mean, just look at the solitude and loneliness and you feel like you can't make a difference. Or maybe it's just me.


ps I'm tempted to use this as a markable entry. Brevity is wit, isn't it? But then there's the problem of the 350-500 word limit. Shackled by the need to score good marks....