Stumbling Toward the Light

Out here in Mbabane, the US Embassy today marked the annual celebration of Earth Day by holding a free public screening of photographer James Balog's ground-breaking, jaw-dropping 2012 documentary, Chasing Ice. I was one of the heart-breakingly few who actually showed up for it...and was utterly, completely, abso-fucking-lutely blown away by the incredible true story of Balog's quest to visually document the effects of greenhouse gases on the climate by founding the Extreme Ice Survey.
( Cut for length and rantiness. )