Nature is often messy, drab, dirty, harsh and chaotic. Powerful forces are at work and sometimes they wreak havoc, leaving paths of destruction.
You’ve probably seen videos showing the immense power of an avalanche racing down a steep mountainside – a white, roiling tumble of powdery acceleration, engulfing all in its path. They are beautiful and awe-inspiring to watch, from a distance. But at ground level, underneath all that pure white energy, rock and earth and tundra and spruce are being scoured off the mountain, shredded to bits and strewn in a jumble at the bottom of a pile when everything …
