Is Nature photography both art and education? Yes.

Photographer James Balog's work in the Arctic, with documentary filmmakers, utilizing time lapse photography over several years - and continuing - will be featured on Tuesday evening, March 24th, on Nova. National Geographic sponsors the program, so it's likely on KQED (Channel 9 on cable TV) or National Geographic (Channel 273 on cable TV).

Balog was interviewed today (March 18th) on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. What he disclosed of his experience was fascinating. If interested in listening and you missed it, the link to the NPR Fresh Air site is www.npr.org. The Fresh Air program is "In The Arctic, A Time-Lapse View Of Climate Change."

Extreme Ice, the documentary, chronicles the breaking apart and disappearance of ice sheets and glaciers in the Arctic. Time lapse photography allows the viewer to see what, as Balog put it, we really aren't supposed to - because time is compressed and, thus, we witness the whole of what is occurring. Balog's experience, 25 years of Nature photography and now this endeavor, helps elucidate why we all must be attentive to climate change and proactive about addressing it.

He helps frame the information with Nature photography - art and education.