Did you know it’s an exact match to human blood plasma in electrolyte composition?

And while the tortoise gets hydrated from Earth’s habitat above ground, it actually engineers an entire ecosystem underground. The tortoise’s architecture becomes a shelter that also serves as home for hundreds of other species of animals. It’s a often a refuge during drought and wildfire. A recent gopher tortoise burrow was measured at 65 feet long, 26 feet deep! Vamos!

Underground certainly isn’t always a choice. In the ruins of Warsaw, Wladysaw Szpilman built a new atmosphere when confronted by a German officer. The Nazi commanded the pianist to play a dusty old piano. He chose Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor. The emotional depth of his playing captivated the German, who not only spared the pianist’s life, but hid and fed him until the end of the war.

Sir Edward Elgar expresses music’s atmospheric power. “There is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.”

Yet there’s more. Claude Monet’s Impressionism emphasized atmosphere over object. His art focused on the living, interpretive soul of the observer and the unity of cosmic phenomena—light, air, movement, emotion, and interaction.