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Alex Strachan
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Biogeographer. Digital nomad. Climate campaigner. Bourdainophile. Image maker at ©alexstrachan.net. Working on unfinished busyness.
"I regret that I had but one Twitter account to sacrifice for my principles."
On a Bluesky day, one can see forever.
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · Jun 21
For the record, this image — taken in #Kenya's Maasai Mara Nat. Reserve some 9 yrs ago — has not been Photoshopped or AI-ed in any way. This is just as it was.
#ukraine 🇺🇦 #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography ##trees @kyivindependent.com @official-nafo.bsky.social @marymcnamara.bsky.social
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Ele in the rain. 🐘
Etosha National Park #Namibia 🇳🇦

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeconservation #picperday #potd #blueskyphotographers #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #elephants #elephant #rain #elephantphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #stormclouds #stormcloudsgathering
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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No people!
Early, early morning, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, #Namibia 🇳🇦
#dunes #sossusvlei #namibdesert #desertscape #photography #landscapephotography #desertphotography #picperday #potd #bluesky #blueskyphotographers #remote #wilderness #photographersofbluesky #mornings #outdoorphotography #outdoors
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Over Serengeti.
Serengeti Balloon Safaris #serengeti #tanzania 🇹🇿#landscapes #potd #landscapephotography #photooftheday #photography #picperday #photographersofbluesky #blueskyphotographers #greenseason #serengetinationalpark Serengeti National Park Save the Serengeti Serengeti Cheetah Project
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Himba child with water gourd.
Opuwo, Namibia 🇳🇦
#himba #namibia #tribalphotography #peoplephotography #potd #picperday #blueskyphotographers #africanculture #bluesky #cultures #photographersofbluesky #anthropology #sociology #nomads #cultureafricaine
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Panthera pardus
Namibia 🇳🇦
#leopard 🐆 #namibia #dusternbrook #slidefilm #picperday #potd #wildlifephotography #captive #photography #bluesky #blueskyphotographers #wildlife #naturephotography #vintage #outdoorphotography #y2k #Y2KChallenge
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Himba convocation.
Opuwo, Namibia 🇳🇦
#himbatribe #himbaculture #ovahimba #himba #anthropology #sociology #streetphotography #outdoorphotography #peoplephotography #opuwo #namibia #community #family #culture #nomadiclife #tribal #triballife #triballifestyle #photography #potd #picperday
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Himba convocation.
Opuwo, Namibia 🇳🇦
#himbatribe #himbaculture #ovahimba #himba #anthropology #sociology #streetphotography #outdoorphotography #peoplephotography #opuwo #namibia #community #family #culture #nomadiclife #tribal #triballife #triballifestyle #photography #potd #picperday
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Uh-oh — looks like lions have got that part covered. Monkeys, watch out!
And they say lions don't climb trees...

#lions #lakemanyara #tanzania #africa #evolution Lion Guardians / Ewaso Lions / Lions of Africa #monkeys #monkey 🐒🦁🙉🙈 #lakemanyaranationalpark #wildlifephotography #wildlife #evolution
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Lions don't climb trees! Right?🧐
#lakemanyara #tanzania 🇹🇿 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #lions 🦁 #naturephotography #bigcats Lions of Africa #lakemanyaranationalpark #nationalparks #potd #picperday
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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That's a helluva climb.
Good views, though.
#sossusvlei #namibia 🇳🇦 #desertscape #landscapephotography #photography #potd #picperday #outdoorphotography #hiking #desert #namibdesert Namibia Photographers Group #dunesea #sanddunes #dune #nature #naturelovers #sand #wind
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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"Shadows in the grass"
Panthera pardus, Namibia, Africa.
#wlidlifephotography #photography #leopard 🐆 #bigcats #bigcatphotography #picperday #potd #blueskyphotograhy #wild #namibia 🇳🇦 #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #outdoorphotography @bigcatrescue.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Flying over the Skeleton Coast/Damarland region of #Namibia in a light plane.
It is a harsh landscape, scorched & unforgiving, replete with billion-yr-old rocks & dry riverbeds.
Harsh, yes — but also strangely beautiful. Hope you agree.
#landscapephotography #photography #blueskyphotographers #potd
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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over Africa.
Damaraland, My Namibia 🇳🇦
#namibia #damaraland #kaokoveld #landscapes #overafrica #landscapephotography #mountains #desert #rocks #nature #naturelovers #photography #photographersofbluesky #potd #picperday #riverbeds #boulders #shadows #fromtheair #skeletoncoast
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The light in Tarangire.
Tanzania 🇹🇿
#tanzania #tarangire #landscapephotography #rainbow #nature #tarangirenationalpark #photography #blueskyphotography #potd #naturephotography #picperday #rain #naturelovers #wildafrica
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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"The Three Lions"
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania 🇹🇿
#lions #lionking #ngorongoroconservationarea #wildlife #nature #NgorongoroCrater #wildlifephotography #lionconservation #wild #tanzania #ThreeLions #naturelovers #naturephotography #photography #outdoorphotography #potd #picperday #Kingdom
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Storm season.
Etosha National Park, Namibia (a semi-arid desert country!)
#etosha #etoshanationpark #storms #landscape #photography #potd #landscapephotography #blueskyphotography #wildafrica #outdoorphotography #rain #thundershowers #namibia 🇳🇦 #photographersofbluesky #picperday #grayskies
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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5 out of 6 eles say a mud bath is a good idea.
Etosha Nat.l Park, Namibia 🇳🇦
@caitlinoconnell.bsky.social #elephant 🐘 #etosha #etoshanationalpark #namibia #elephants #elephantlovers #elephantsofinstagram #elephantsofafrica #bluesky #blueskyphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #potd #picperday
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Vic Falls, aka Most oa-Tunya ("The Smoke That Thunders") in a good rain year.

#VictoriaFalls #victoriafallszimbabwe #Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 #potd #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #naturevibes #rainbow #rainbows #mosioatunya #blueskyphotography #bluesky
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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For the birds.
Flamingos, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania 🇹🇿
#flamingos Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ngorongoroconservationarea #blueskyphotographers #potd #naturelovers #birdphotography #photography #wildnature #wildlifephotography #tanzania #africa #birds
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Sunrise, Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority #ngorongoro #ngorongorocrater #ngorongoroconservationarea #tanzania #landscapephotography #sunrise #naturephotography #nature #dawn #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #wildnature
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Himba child with beast of burden.
Opuwo, Namibia 🇳🇦

#himba #opuwo #namibia #ovahimba #streetphotography #potd #photography #tribal #tribalphotography #africa #bluesky #natural #blueskyphotography #picperday #photographersofbluesky #blueskyphotographers
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Twilight zone: eles & rhino at the waterhole.
Etosha National Park Namibia 🇳🇦
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeconservation #potd #nature #wildlifeplanet #photography #Namibia #sunset #sunsetphotography #twilight #blueskyphotography #bluesky #picperday #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Or rather, make that Thursday.
Easy to lose track time in these troubled times. ... 🤔
alexstrachan.bsky.social Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · Sep 17
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My aim — and I confess I don't always manage to follow through on what I promise — is to keep things positive and, if not cheerful exactly, uplifting. These are the times we're living in.
We need more positivity, lord knows.
@safety.bsky.app @jay.bsky.team #wednesday @marymcnamara.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Moments earlier ... December sunset.
Okonjima Nature Reserve - Home of AfriCat
AfriCat Namibia
#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #namibia #africa #okonjima #sunset #photography #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #cloudscape #clouds #outdoorphotography #nature #naturelovers
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Sunset
Okonjima Nature Reserve - Home of AfriCat
Namibia 🇳🇦

#sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #africa #namibia #okonjima #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #bluesky #picperday #photography #outdoorphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM