The Preservation of the World

Owen Hearn took this picture of a hare in the snow at his grandparents' farm.

Author, philosopher, abolitionist (and so much more) Henry David Thoreau famously said, "In wildness is the preservation of the world." These amazing winning photographs from the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition preserve that wildness and share it with the rest of us (slideshow): http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/10/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2012/100392/