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The Forest Before Us @theforestbeforeus.bsky.social · May 31
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Millions of years ago during the Silurian period, the Sahara Desert was a shallow sea full of aquatic animals like crinoids. Don’t be fooled! Crinoids are commonly called "sea lilies" but they aren't plants! They are echinoderms, like starfish and sea urchins, and many species are still alive today!
Millions of years ago during the Silurian period, the Sahara Desert was a shallow sea full of aquatic animals like crinoids. Don’t be fooled! Crinoids are commonly called "sea lilies" but they aren't plants! They are echinoderms, like starfish and sea urchins, and many species are still alive today!
January 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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The sun has dropped behind the Grand Tetons and a warm sunset is underway. Wyoming, August 2025.

#GrandTetons #NationalParks #Wyoming #photography #travel #sunset #camping #mountains
The sun has dropped behind the Grand Tetons and a warm sunset is underway. The three visible peaks appear distant and seem very tall, with a small glacier between them and some snow patches. Trees grow on their lower slopes. On the plains before the mountains a forest and a grassy prairie are visible.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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I'm going with a Mr & Mrs Common Darter Dragonfly for #InsectThursday, captured at Brickcroft Nature Reserve in 2025.

#insects #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #naturetherapy #MacroPhotography #macro
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Bull Crag peninsular in January

#nature #naturephotography #winter #kielderforest #northumberland
winter woodland scene
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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#invertebrates
January 29, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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maskflowerprince.bsky.social
For #WaterfallWednesday. Minneapolis's celebrated Minnehaha Falls (2011). How our city *should* be remembered... #Minnesota #Minneapolis #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfalls #MinnehahaFalls #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
January 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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A calendula today. Represents optimism and protection. 🌱🌺🌿🌸 Also, a little weird is usually pretty fun.
An orange sherbet colored calendula flower that has three micro flowers growing from the base of the flower head. The underside of the orange sherbet colored calendula flower that has three micro flowers growing from the base of the flower head.
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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breeze420.bsky.social
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.”
— Alice Walker
Grasses grow in the middle of the water in the wetlands with short grasses in the foreground and mountains in the background.
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Tourmaline
from the Malkhan Mine
Ural, Russia

#tourmaline #gemstone #mineral #gemology #geology #mineralogy #mineralspecimen #beauty #nature #pink #orange #violet #color
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Eyelash Viper, Arenal
November 2025

#viper #snake #reptilephotography #costaricawildlife
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Jelly ear fungus in Shelf Woods, Halifax. #ThePhotoHour #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky
#fungifriends @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Jelly ear fungus grows on a mossy tree stump. Taller trees can be seen in the background.
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Lovely lichens 💚

Winter is a great time for spotting lichen. They're less hidden by foliage and increased rainfall rehydrates them, giving many species of lichen a brighter and more colourful appearance.

📷 Ben Porter, Les Binns, Niall Benvie/2020VISION
January 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Long Lane Wood #thicktrunktuesday #trees #woodland #treeclub
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Today's frog is the Levant water frog.
January 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
theforestbeforeus.bsky.social
"We are the cosmos made conscious, and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.” -Brian Cox
#videography #nature #cosmos #life #forest #quote #universe
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Layers of green ridges and open valleys, with early autumn color settling in. I’m always drawn to scenes like this. Quiet. Spacious. Beautiful in a steady way.

Mount Rainier National Park, Sept 2025.
#MountRainier #PNW #LandscapePhotography
A wide alpine landscape in Mount Rainier National Park, viewed from a high hillside overlooking a deep, forested valley. Dense evergreen trees fill the valley floor and climb the surrounding slopes, forming layered ridgelines that fade into bluish tones with distance. Rocky mountain peaks and exposed scree rise along the upper ridges, contrasting with the dark green forests below. In the foreground, scattered alpine firs stand among low shrubs and grasses showing early autumn colors, with greens blending into patches of yellow, rust, and deep red. The terrain slopes downward diagonally, guiding the eye into the center of the scene and toward the distant mountains. Above, a partly cloudy sky with soft white clouds and pale blue gaps casts gentle, uneven light across the landscape. The photo feels expansive and serene, evoking a quiet sense of depth, openness, and calm.
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus). Serve as an ‘early-warning-system’ for other birds & will become distressed while humans are still far away. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Perak #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social @greenspace01.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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The Cretaceous Period was the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, lasting from ~145 million years ago to 66 million yrs ago. It ended after an extinction event, which wiped out non-avian dinosaurs and many marine reptiles. The period featured a warm global climate with high seas.
#ai #nature
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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South Santiam River | Near Trout Creek Campground, Central Oregon
Camera: Canon EOS 6D MK II
Lens: Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM
ISO 50 | 1/250s | f4 | 11mm

#photography #photoaday
a view of the South Santiam River looking east. the foliage is taking on fall colors and is largely rust colored with some green trees in the background
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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North Fork Big Pine Creek Trail, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, California.
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel."

-Johnny Depp
A path with flowers and grasses on each side and trees in the background.
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Gentle Green

#photography #nature #ferns #green #peaceful #nikon
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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bar44.bsky.social
A walk through the tall ones at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. #ForestFriday #Photography #Trees #California 📷
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Black-crested Coquette at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #hummingbirds #nature
Close-up of a tiny hummingbird with long crest feathers and an orange ruff, perched on a green branch with water droplets against a soft green background.
January 23, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Christine Falls, in the Mount Rainier National Park, Washington state.
#pictureoftheday #christinefalls #mountrainiernationalpark #nature
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM