TBT: Wild Icelandic landscapes as you've never seen them

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  09.19.19 Iceland's icy fjords, green mountains, and craggy shores are already stunning. But reassembled in abstract form, they're more mesmerizing than ever. That's exactly what photographer Charlotta María Hauksdóttir has done, turning hundreds of snapshots into wild, jagged representations of her memory of the landscape. See Iceland as you've never seen it before, plus read the best WIRED stories from this month a year ago below.   Wild Icelandic Landscapes As You've Never Seen Them Charlotta Hauksdóttir creates complex photographic assemblages that evoke her native land. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year Google Wants to Kill the URL "Whatever we propose is going to be controversial. But it's important we do something, because everyone is unsatisfied by URLs. They kind of suck." How to Build a Floating Bridge in 12 Minutes When war and natural disasters like Hurricane Florence call for a quick crossing, military engineers hop to with one of their favorite tools—the improved ribbon bridge. The Science Behind Home Disaster Preparedness Kits Is a Disaster Officials are pushing for extreme self-sufficiency when the next hurricane, earthquake, or other catastrophe hits, but the advice can be unclear and impractical. Invisible Swarms of Particles Envelop Us All. Come Have a Look Scientists have demonstrated a promising technique for measuring and mapping your exposome—the flecks of animate and inanimate stuff that surround you at all times. This Hyper-Real Robot Will Cry and Bleed on Med Students A new robot named Hal is sending medical training straight into the uncanny valley. How to Sell Your Old iPhone for the Most Money Congrats on your new iPhone! Time to cash in on your old one. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for just $10.   When information is cheap, context is more valuable than ever.   Subscribe now     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions