In King Kong's Footsteps

according to one estimate, only 100,000 koalas remain                 Joel Sartore

If you happen to be within 20 blocks of the Empire State Building on the evening of August 1, look up. There, along the southern face of that iconic edifice, you'll see manta rays, snakes, elephants ~ a whole catalog of endangered species. It'll be the first time the building has been the canvas for moving images. The event is the brainchild of one Travis Threlkel and filmmaker and photographer Louie Psihoyos, who are referring to it as a "weapon of mass instruction." It all started four years ago, explains Psihoyos, as they were discussing extinction and trying to figure out “the most dramatic thing we could do to get the world to know about what we’re losing.” The point, says Threlkel, "is to create something beautiful. Not bum people out": http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/movies/illuminating-the-plight-of-endangered-species-at-the-empire-state-building.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0