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Static Sky Travels
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I have on occasion been on the road and thought I’d share some photos of what I saw along the way. Photos by me or an immediate family member. If using my photos to train AI please tag them incorrectly and say they are of Mars. #Americana #Photography
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Hiding under the George Washington Bridge is the little red lighthouse.

Admittedly it really isn't necessary, because if you can't see the huge hulking lit up bridge a little lighthouse ain't really going to help.

Fort Washington Park, Manhattan, New York

#Photography
#NYC
#ColorADay #RedWed
on a very grey and misty day along the Hudson River a red lighthouse sits on the shore next to some trees, looking small and insignificant as the massive George Washington Bridge towers above on its way to New Jersey.
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Windows to the soul - of Butte, Montana

#Photography
#ColorADay
#CyanTue

Side note: the 2021's version of Siri's female Irish voice pronounced Butte much closer to Butt than Butte. Which made my inner 12 year old giggle.
A window sits on a grey cyan wall. The frame is a chipped and faded dark brick brown, the top panel of glass reflects a cloudy blue sky with some telephone poles visible. The bottom glass panel has a sign that says "A Vibrant Community is a Vaccinated Community" next to the sign the election of more telephone poles and some buildings are visible.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I thought they found a great way to show the different sizes of the birds you will find in The Great Swamp.

The Eastern Screech Owl, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Great Blue Heron, and the Bald Eagle.

#BlueSkyMonday
#Photography
#Blue
#NJ
Paper cut outs the size of 5 birds are shown on top of each to show their size and scale.
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A lone boat sits off of City Island, The Bronx.

#StunDay
#Photography
#NYC
An empty rowboat sits on the water on a grey day. A flat tree lined island is in the distance.
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Lincoln City, Oregon

#Warmth
#BlueSkyArtShow
#photography
Sunset on the beach
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Taking today’s #BlueSkyArtShow literally.

#Warmth

Stay warm this weekend

#Photography
a fire in a fireplace
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Okay, Thanksgiving is over - now you can put up the Christmas decorations.

A gazebo in the woods of Lenox, Massachusetts

#ForestFriday
#Photography
A few of a snow covered forest from a gazebo. On the posts of the gazebo are some Christmas decorations covered in snow.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Quick hide behind the rock! Do you know what day this is?

Happy Thanksgiving!!

#Photography
#Thanksgiving
A turkey walks by some trees towards a big boulder in suburban Oregon
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Thankfully this is art… for now.

New York City Storefront

#photography

Stop giving Silicon Valley ideas….
A chair with arm rests with claws at the ends and behind the headrest a tail like from a scorpion arches over where the head would be. At the end where the stinger would be is a massive flat screen monitor.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Trains to and from Washington, DC come by on these tracks.

Garrett Park, Maryland

#Photography
Train tracks with trees on either side
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon

It gets its name from the high amount of lithium found in the water of the stream that winds through the park.

#MushroomMonday
#Photography
Mushrooms grow up out of the undergrowth and fallen leaves. A stream is seen in the background.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Early Spring in Calistoga, California

#StunDay
#Photography
the rolling hills of Calistoga are green from the early spring rains. A small bit of valley is visible with what probably are grape vine plantings.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Officially in Long Island, and about a mile offshore from Hart Island (part of The Bronx) sits Stepping Stones lighthouse. Though far beyond the reaches of my phone's zoom the resulting photo makes it hard to believe New York City is just steps (and a swim) away.

#StunDay
#Photography
#NYC
a lighthouse that is just slightly smaller than the island on which it sits. It is a grey rainy day and there are the faint shadows of trees and buildings on land in the distance.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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1/2. A light snowstorm begins on a windy night in Stamford, New York. What's more Americana than the small town church next to a Family Dollar (one of the very few things that were open in the town at night).

#StunDay
#Photography
At night a small old church is lit yellow from street lights as some snow streaks across our view. In the distance to the side of the church a Family Dollar store is lit up for business.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Sure it may seem #small, but this is Millburn, New Jersey - it’s going to set you back close to a mil!

#BlueSkyArtShow
#photography
A small toy wood house about 6 inches tall sits nestled in the roots of tree
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Off on the side of a building in downtown Cold Spring, NY is a #small memorial.

In 1996 Jed Dellarmi lost his life in traffic accident. His memorial is lovingly maintained to this day.

#Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
A small shrine amongst vibes and grass along the side of a building. Where a statue of Virgin Mary might be is a Godzilla toy.
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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The towering buildings of Manhattan can even make a large church seem #small.

#Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NYC
A ornate church is dwarfed by the tall buildings looming behind her.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I got the old Pentax K1000 camera out to take a film photo in the year 2025.

And what is more 2025 than a castle in California? Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga. Construction began in 1994 and it opened in 2007.

#Photography
#BWFri
#ColorADay
A black and white photo of a castle. In front of the castle are the heavily trimmed back grape vines that are just beginning to grow back for the season.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Photo taken in Long Island City, Queens, New York. Queens in not only the name of the Borough, but also the name of the county - which isn't always that way in NYC. Sitting next to Queens County is Kings County - but you may know it as Brooklyn.

#NYC
#Photography
#Mural
A mural of a woman with a bird on her arm.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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High above Washington Heights in Manhattan is the High Bridge Water Tower a 200-foot octagonal tower, finished in 1872. It held 47,000 gallons of water and assisted the gravity water pressure system of New York City which was no under strain from all those flossing toilets.

#Photography
#NYC
an 150 year old stone tower juts out from behind some trees into the night sky.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Grand Haven, the red lighthouse
📍Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, Michigan, USA
📷PeeblesPair
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At Grand Haven, the red lighthouse stands firm against the fury, battered incessantly as the lake hurls itself against the pier. When the gales rise on Lake Michigan, the shoreline becomes a place of reckoning. When the spray explodes into the sky and light catches the chaos, strength and beauty meet in perfect defiance.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Freight trains still run on the remaining tracks at the abandoned Buffalo Central Terminal, but they just pass on by without comment.

Buffalo, New York

#Photography
#Trains
Newer tracks pass by decaying infrastructure
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Its getting colder and darker now, but in just 5 months....

#MacroModay
#BloomScrolling
#Photography
A close up of the bloom of the Common Hyacinth. Its purple with almost a metallic shine.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Deep in the forests of Lenox, Massachusetts the gorillas lay in wait.

#StunDay
statues of Gorillas in weeds
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Is it raining in New York
On 5th Avenue
… And off Broadway after dark
Love the lights don't you
I could walk you through the park .....
Roxy Music

Looking up 5th Avenue from Washington Square Park

#StunDay
#Photography
#NYC
A photo at night, the Washington Square Park Arch is lit up for the night, and it reflects off the side walk as there had just been a light rain. Far in the distance you can see the Empire State Building with mist around the top.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM