In the case of the ivory-billed woodpecker, the wood needed to create our human niches led to the decimation of the Southern old-growth forests that the red-capped bird needed to survive.

Chateau Musar's vineyards in the Bekaa are stunning, the soil is terracotta red, and the vines - a luscious, almost lime green - are framed by snow-capped mountains.

At that time, the sky clouds, red sun, the white snow capped mountains west of Gongga, coral like Jinding, constitute a splendid picture.