Bird’s-Eye: “Terra firma,” went the old joke, “the more firma, the less terra.” Here are three examples of times and places in which solid earth wasn’t so solid. We lead with Big Picture’s stunning photos of the rain storms in Guatemala (see # 34!), follow with a Youtube video of a landslide (collapse, really) in Malaysia, and end with a BBC story of a disputed island that ended the dispute by sinking

* A Rough Week for Guatemala The Big Picture

* Malaysia Landslide youtube

* Disputed Bay of Bengal island ‘vanishes’ say scientists BBC News