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@kdesert.bsky.social

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An old soul living in the desert. Enjoying the painted skies over Sombrero Peak and the alpenglow over on the Catalinas. I enjoy reading, photography, gardening, my dogs, music, and learning.

All photos are my own, unless RP.

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kdesert.bsky.social

@kdesert.bsky.social

#ArtYear #SocialJustice

February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

-Abraham Lincoln

February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM

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James Marvin Phelps

@jamesmarvinphelps.bsky.social

Granaries
House on Fire
South Fork Mule Canyon
Bears Ears National Monument
Utah
January 2026
#utah #bearsears #nationalmonument #nativeamerican #ruins #photography

February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM

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Chip

@chipgr.bsky.social

Hope you have a happy #mountainMonday
Nature photo day 385
#nature #photography #eastcoastkin #peace #hiking #photographersofBluesky #photographersunited #pnw #BlueskyMonday #NorthCascadesNP #backpacking #mountains #clouds

February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM

kdesert.bsky.social

@kdesert.bsky.social

#ColorADay #PinkMon

Sombrero Peak Sunset
Tucson, AZ

February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM

kdesert.bsky.social

@kdesert.bsky.social

#BlackHistoryMonth

Mae Jemison

February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM

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emmabeastie3-m.bsky.social

@emmabeastie3-m.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #Clouds #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Seascape #WestCoastKin #WestCoastPhotographers
#TheLostCoast #TheWildImages #BlueSkyPhotographers
#Serenity

Photo of blue sky and clouds over the sea.

January 31, 2026 at 8:39 PM

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burnzz

@13urnzz.bsky.social

#stunday
Kodachrome Basin State Park, #Utah
It doesn't get more Utah than this . . .
#photography #dirtroadphotography

Some shrubs and grasses foreground, red sandstone features under a partly cloudy sky

February 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM

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Bill Montei

@billmontei.bsky.social

North Sea Sunrise
#Stunday #photography

February 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM

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MJM Grand

@huntnfish8.bsky.social

Happy #stunday everyone 🙏

Three weeks ago this was my sunrise.. where I live I rarely get a view like this..and it lasted ten minutes

#Montana #Mountains #Imageandverse #scspe #artyear

“To walk beneath open sky is to remember that life is larger than its troubles.”-John Muir

This image shows a dramatic sunrise filling most of the frame with color and light, while the land below remains in deep shadow.

The lower portion of the scene is almost entirely black, forming the silhouettes of rolling hills and forested ridgelines. Pine trees stand out as jagged, uneven shapes against the sky, with a few individual trees clearly visible—one taller tree near the center and larger branches framing the right edge of the image. No details are visible on the ground itself; it appears still and quiet, before the sun has reached it.

Above the dark horizon, the sky is layered with thick clouds that stretch across the entire scene. The clouds are painted in intense colors: deep reds, fiery oranges, and bright coral tones dominate the lower sky, while higher clouds shift into pinks, purples, and soft lavender. These colors blend and overlap, creating a textured, almost brushed appearance, as if the sky were layered with wide strokes of paint.

The light is strongest near the horizon, where glowing orange and red clouds suggest the sun is just below or barely touching the edge of the land. Higher in the sky, the colors cool gradually, transitioning into purples and muted blues. The clouds vary in thickness—some appear dense and glowing, while others are thinner and more translucent.

Overall, the image conveys warmth and intensity above a calm, shadowed landscape. The contrast between the dark, silent land and the vivid, colorful sky emphasizes the moment just before full daylight, when the world is still but the sky is already alive with color.

February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social

For #stunday, a pic of the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, during a slight break in the rain (2025). Light's not perfect, but the rock colors! #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin

February 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM

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Ivan P.

@un-espejo.bsky.social

Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.

#photography #photo #fog #water #lake #mountains #nature #tree #morning

February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM

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danschyk

@danschyk.bsky.social

Alpenglow in Jasper

February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM

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theroux57.bsky.social

@theroux57.bsky.social

San Juan, Puerto Rico

#Stunday
#nature
#ocean
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBlueSky

February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos

@tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social

From the icefields down in #Patagonia, #Argentina near El Calafate, the bergs on the edge of the water have that cold look of #frost for #FebruArty2026.

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #landscape #glaciers

February 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM

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Nathan Cassell

@pyxorium.com

Boulder group run this am 🏃‍♂️. In solidarity for those unjustly killed by ICE.

Woman speaking into bullhorn to a crowd of people, at the corner of Broadway and Maxwell in Boulder, Colorado.

People running on street and sidewalks through residential neighborhood, in protest of inhumane ICE activity.

People running near the University Bicycles bike shop in Boulder, Colorado.

People gathered on grass lawn of Greenleaf Park at the finish of the anti-ICE group run. A few deciduous trees are in the background, with the Boulder Flatirons rock formations in the distance. Blue sky above with a large white cloud.

February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM

kdesert.bsky.social

@kdesert.bsky.social

#ArtYear #SocialJustice #BlackHistoryMonth

Thurgood Marshall

February 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM

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Dorota

@dorotapawlak.bsky.social

Old wooden wharf pilings on a dreamy, foggy morning.

#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #scape #ClassicMono #nature #seascape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #monochrome #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic

February 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM

kdesert.bsky.social

@kdesert.bsky.social

#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Clouds

Tucson, AZ
January 21, 2026

February 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos

@tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social

Some cumulus accumulating along the Thornburg Trail off Blue Lakes Road in the #SierraNevada of northern #California, for #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds.

#EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #landscape #mountains #hiking

January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM

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Paul Gundlach

@paulsgundlach.bsky.social

Happy Saturday! It's the weekend! The best part of this morning's 7° sunrise was the pre-show looking to the north. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!