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Onlyshootswithcameras @terririffle.bsky.social · 4h

Our version of Comet Lemmon. #astrophotography #astronomy #astrosky #astrobackyard

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 4h

Celestron C11 with Hyperstar 🔭
Andromeda Galaxy 1 hour
#astrophotography

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 4h

Celestron C11 with Hyperstar 🔭
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
M33 - Triangulum Galaxy 2 hours

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White Reindeer @mywhitereindeer.bsky.social · 19h

The gentle one

Čeʹvetjäuʹrr, Sevettijärvi, Sääʹmjânnam, Lapland

#WhiteReindeer #reindeer #SkyAndEarth #Čeʹvetjäuʹrr #Sevettijärvi #Sevettijärventie #Aanar #Sääʹmjânnam #Inari #Lapland #travel #snow #Arctic #winter #nature #scape #chatgpt

A white reindeer with dark eyes and straight antlers in winter light.

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 21h

golden hour #thicktrunktuesday

A large cottonwood tree glows in the afternoon sun. Trees and bushes can be seen in background.

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 15h

This Echeveria is a survivor. I planted it a few years ago in the hottest part of my yard. It struggled for a couple of years, but never gave up. Now it's looking better than ever after another long hot summer. 🌱

#Echeveria #plantsky #gardening

A group of small and round Echeveria florets. Possibly a hybrid of an E. secunda. It is blue green inside and orange on the outer leaves from the sun.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Gillmor (British, 1936–2022)
"Aerial Manoeuvres", 2002.
Linocut Colour Print, 26 × 34 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 2d

Moyie

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 22h

Sorry for length of video but this was the start of my day on the Isle of May…

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Ben McWhiskers @rockymtnman.bsky.social · 14h

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Usually my "good morning" posts are calm farm scenes. So...here's some chill to make up for starting the morning with bad stuff.

A bunch of goats and a small horse eating from a large hay bale. There is a black and white goat standing on the back of the horse, who barely seems to notice. The sky above is dark.

A view looking across very flat, misty farmland, with the sky just starting to turn orange from the coming sunrise. There's frost on everything.

A close-up view of bright orange and red leaves, each with frost around the edges, lit up orange by the rising sun.

A close up view of a scraggly plant with a few red leaves, each ringed with frost and back-lit by the rising sun. In the background is very flat farmland with mist, and a few clouds in the blue sky.

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Dannyboy wildlife @dannyboywesthawk.bsky.social · 14h

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 1d

A great blue heron scans the water at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW
#BlackandWhite #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · Aug 25

A mother great horned owl gives me the stink eye while perching on a fence at dusk in Longmont, Colorado, with her juvenile owl.

#bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets #wildlife

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 19h

A great blue heron gives me the side-eye at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #SideEye #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 19h

A cooper's hawk give me the side-eye while perching in a dead tree at Roger's Grove Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #SideEye #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #hawk #hawks

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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 15h

California Torreya (T. californica) fruit for #twosday. This California endemic conifer has a vulnerable conservation status.💚
Tree info. here...
calscape.org/Torreya-cali...

#Trees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🌲
(Off to the Sierras for a few days...pics soon!)

A pair of light green fleshy nuts dangle from thin conifer branches.

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Clara 🍓 @clarabelle.xyz · 15h

when I say I’m a 🌶️ creator…

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spicy thai peppers drying on a plate in the sun

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Joy @joyf.bsky.social · 15h

#CropReport #Gardening #Harvest #Autumn #GrowYourOwn #Vegetables
🌱So pleased with fall squash. Wishing bounty to all. 😍

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 15h

Dug up the last of my garden veggies yesterday - fat little carrots that taste better after a frost. Now, my gardening season is officially done.

🌱 🥕 #gardening #Alberta

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 2d

After 10 years of trail cams and more than 100,000 videos of bears, elk, bobcats, deer, coyotes and miscellany - we finally have seen a cougar at our house. So magnificent! 🦊🐈

#caturday #cats #mountainlion #mammals #photography #trailcam #pnw #seattle #nature #love #power #goodmorning #nokings