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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2m

More #stunday. A beautiful leopard cub lying low in the brush, while mamma hunts up something for dinner. From Sabi Sands, at Kreuger National Park, South Africa. (2019) #BlueSkyArtShow #Dream #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlife #nature #photography #SouthAfrica #Africa #wildlifephotography #leopard

maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 10m

For #stunday. Mexico's Teotihuacan. The Avenue of the Dead leads to the Pyramid of the Moon, which mimics the mountains behind (2015) #photography #Mexico #Teotihuacan #nativeamerica #ruins #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #travelphotography #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 21h

More for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Glow. Dawn over the Indian Ocean, with a small fishing boat (2022). #ocean #photography #seascape #sunrise #IndianOcean

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 1d

Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Glow. Morning light setting the back of this slot canyon aglow in Bandelier National Monument (2025) #newmexico #bandelier #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 1d

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Glow. The marble columns of the Temple of Poseidon, at Sounion just outside of Athens, catching the glow of sunset (2023). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #archaeology #Greece #Athens

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2d

Also for #scape Friday, here's a #landscape ( or #riverscape?) of the St. Croix River valley, separating Minnesota and Wisconsin. Love the northwoods! (2020). #forestFriday #minnesota #wisconsin #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2d

For #scape Friday. Nothing like the Scottish Highlands to inspire you, here near the city of Mallaig (2025). #Scotland #Highlands #nature #photography #photographersofbluesky #thewildimages #landscape #landscapephotography

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2d

Another for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #Myth&Legend. The ruins of Scotland's Urquhart Castle, looming out over Loch Ness as the morning mist clears (1991). #photography #scotlandphotography #Scotland #castlephotography #castles #travel #travelphotography #Fog #ruins #LochNess

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2d

Some fun with the #PalacesandGardens #Myth&Legend theme, the Fountain of Diana the Huntress at Château de Fontainebleau outside Paris, featuring the "peeing dogs" (2018). #photography #paris #architecture #fontainebleau #france #palace #royalpalace #castle #chateau #château #history #unesco

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2d

More for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #Myth&Legend. From the Palais Garnier in Paris, with Apollo receiving his lyre (2018). #photography #Paris #France #operagarnier #opera #palaisgarnier #architecture #operadeparis

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 2d

For #PalacesAndGardens theme of #Myth&Legend. The Fountain of Neptune in Messina, a Renaissance masterpiece created in 1557 by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli. #Sicily #Neptune #Italy #photography #photographersofbluesky

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 3d

For #WaterfallWednesday, morning light on Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2019 #Africa #Zimbabwe #VictoriaFalls #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfalls

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 4d

For #WaterfallWednesday. The gardens at Dunvegan Castle, on Scotland's Isle of Skye (2025) #Scotland #Skye #nature #landscape #castle #Dunvegan #photography #photographersofbluesky

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 4d

For #rockinTuesday, this pic of a sandstone formation on the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico. With the stormclouds, it looks like I found the Dark Lord's Castle. #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 4d

For #rockinTuesday, a "decorated" rock -- petroglyphs from Chaco Canyon. The inscriptions are at least 1,500 years. #rock #NewMexico #nature #photography #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nationalpark #nativeamerica #archaeology #chacocanyon

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 6d

New Mexico mountains for #MountainMonday. The Sandia Mountains, with the Rio Grande in the foreground. #newmexico #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 6d

I know! It cartoonishly garish... looking just like the old "Road Runner" cartoons from Saturday mornings!

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 6d

For #stunday, a pic of stormclouds rolling in over the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico. #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 7d

For the #relax theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow. Enjoying a Puerto Vallarta sunset (2019) #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 8d

Another New Mexico landscape for #scape Friday. The Sandia Mountains, with a glimpse of the Rio Grande in the foreground. #newmexico #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 8d

For #scape Friday, a desert landscape. Tsankawi, part of Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. #newmexico #bandelier #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 9d

One more for the #PalacesandGardens theme #Gates. An open gate giving entrance to a historic home in the historic center of Charleston, SC (2024). Love the distinctive, "sideways" homes and gardens! #SouthCarolina #Charleston #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you! And ack! I don't know where my mind is... this is for or the #PalacesandGardens theme #gates, not seating!

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 10d

Also for the #PalacesandGardens theme #Seating. The gate at Stirling Castle in Scotland (2025). Stirling was developed as a principal royal seat by the Stewart kings James IV, James V and James VI. #Stirling #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #palace #royalpalace

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 10d

For #PalacesandGardens theme #gates. Not the formal entry gate, but the rear gate into the gardens at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

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