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RainbowCake

@rainbowcake.bsky.social

⋆˚࿔ 𐌼 ⓐ 𝕐 ᴲ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ @justmayemoramx.bsky.social · 23h

If you’re looking for a reason to smile today, I’ve got you! ✨

Let’s forget how heavy the world feels for a minute and just appreciate the simple things.

Wishing you all a peaceful & bright day!

#Dog #DogsOfBluesky
#DogsMakeLifeBetter #FYP

January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM

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David Hiller

@bodhihodi.bsky.social

Escape!

January 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM

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Rori!

@roricomics.bsky.social

Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗

comic:

when it happens I hope people ring bells and blow horns.

if I'm asleep I hope to be woken. I won't mind.

if I'm in traffic I hope to see revelers. If it causes a traffic jam I won't mind.

I don't want to exist a moment not knowing that it has happened.

January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM

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Sennamatic

@sennamatic.bsky.social

Oscar's interview 🎙️🖼️

A comic of an anthropomorphic lion talking about visual arts

A comic of an anthropomorphic lion talking about visual art

January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM

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Constance Lee Menefee

@conniemenefee.bsky.social

Bullfrog of the day!
Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026

Pond shallows with bits of leaves and little green plants with a bullfrog sitting straight up like a puppy

January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM

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Wil Deny

@wildeny.bsky.social

January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM

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Stickyfrogs

@stickyfrogs.bsky.social

Tomorrow is a Special Day for Beverley and Trevor! They have been practising their Synchronised Staring to prepare!

January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM

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Probably not a frog

@averagefrog.bsky.social

Today's frog is the convict tree frog.

January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM

RainbowCake

@rainbowcake.bsky.social

Why so grumpy?!?

Frog Squad Official @frogsquadofficial.bsky.social · 16h

Angry but still adorable 😤🐸

#frog #frogs #froglove #frogoftheday #frogsquadofficial

#frog #frogs #froglove #frogoftheday #froggyvibes #ilovefrogs #frogfans #frogworld #frogfun #frogobsessed #frogcollection #frogsareawesome #herping #animalplanet #earthbeauty #natureshots #frogsquadofficials

January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM

RainbowCake

@rainbowcake.bsky.social

@rendire.bsky.social

alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 1d

more lascaux honse worry stones, just in time for the year of the horse (honse)

reopening shop on jan 24, 2pm CT #ceramics

15 ceramic worry stones painted with lascaux horses

January 21, 2026 at 4:33 AM

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M Dv-us

@drdvus.bsky.social

January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM

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Probably not a frog

@averagefrog.bsky.social

Today's frog is the African giant toad.

January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM

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Trilobyter

@trilobyter.bsky.social

The weather has finally turned seasonably colder here so I was surprised to see this gray tree #frog out on our patio furniture (where it blended in with the fabric quite well).

#photography #nature #frogs #amphibians #BackyardWildlife

Closeup color photo of a gray tree frog lying on black and beige woven fabric.

January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM

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Frog Squad Official

@frogsquadofficial.bsky.social

When a Frog Meets Water Again 🐸💦

#frog #frogs #froglove #frogoftheday #frogsquadofficial

January 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM

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Oregon Randy

@oregonrandy.bsky.social

Last night was full of technical foibles and follies. 🤪 But considering this was the first telescopic astro session after moving, I'll take it! #Jupiter and its equatorial dark cloud bands.
#Astrophotography #📷 #🔭 #planet #SolarSystem #EastCoastKin #BackyardAstronomy #Astronomy #Stunday

A photo of the gas giant planet Jupiter.
Prominently featured are its Northern and Southern equatorial dark cloud bands, contrasting with much lighter colored equator clouds, and lighter areas toward the poles at top and bottom.
The planet occupies the center of the image in a circular area that you could cover with your finger.
The rest of the image is dark black.
I could have waited another hour or more to wait for the Great Red Spot to rotate into view on the face of the planet, but my feet and hands were getting numb from the cold out on this night. 🥶

January 18, 2026 at 11:27 PM

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles

@toadcialism.bsky.social

Someone is very happy I’m home today to give her lots of snuggles

Liora the Kimberley rock monitor sweetly resting her chin on her mommy’s hand

January 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM

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Oregon Randy

@oregonrandy.bsky.social

Three more "fun" images for #Stunday! Not because they are technically well done, but just because! 1st one is an out of focus close up of The Orion Nebula, 2nd is a jet running through a frame of one of the Pleiades, and 3rd is Polaris and one of it's 2 companions. Details in Alt. #📷 #🔭 #Astro #ECK

A photo of a slightly out of focus and close in view of The Orion Nebula.
Often photographers choose to reorient the image with the nebula facing "up" for aesthetics. But this is the direction it actually faces.
An array of a number of small stars in and around an area of nebulosity. The nebula gas and dust arc from upper right diagonally down to lower left, and also mainly on the right side of that diagonal. One star at top center is also surrounded by a circular area of purple nebulosity. The diagonal area is a dark blue, trending to lighter toward the lower right of the diagonal. Beyond the diagonal area is a gradient of purple nebulosity that fades to the upper and lower edges, as well as to the lower right corner.
In the middle of the image is a tight little knot of very bright, very close stars. These are known as The Trapezium Cluster. Bright young hot stars that light a lot of the surrounding gas and dust! They are so energetic that they ionize the gas so it glows.
The edges of the image show black curves in each corner, which is the round edge of the telescope tube.
All together the number of stars in this photo is around 60. Most to the right of the diagonal area.

$Another photo through the telescope with a variety of stars in it, and several stars close together in the center where one very bright star shows diffraction spikes. Diffraction spikes are caused by bright objects causing an interference pattern with the cross bracing for the secondary mirror inside the telescope. Telescope has 4, but you may have seen or read about The James Webb Telescope having 8. There are other things in the image, such as colored lines running diagonally from lower left to upper right, a bright green one near the stars in the middle, a faint one close to the green one, and a slightly brighter one from middle bottom to middle right. These lines are parallel. They are caused by a jet crossing the field of view while the camera shutter is open for about 60 seconds. On the right side there are a few bright red lights that are the aircraft trail lights that blink, with only the one blink being caught in the image. There are also some odd rainbow rays near the stars in the middle of the image. Those are caused by stray light hitting the lens glass from a nearby bright star that is out of frame to the left. The bright star at center is Alcyone in the open cluster of stars called The Pleiades, and the brightest star in that group. There are three smaller stars very near it to its right that are also part of the much larger group.$ $A photo with a bright star at center right with diffraction spikes, and close in to its left slightly is another star! The bright star is Polaris, the North Star. The tiny companion really is a companion to it, one of two others. The other companion star is far too close to see with my telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope can see it. The rest of the background in the image has no stars and is black.$