crocuspics
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Nature stuff, astronomy, natural history, photos https://www.crocusphotography.com/ mostly in sw Canada—Treaty 4,6,7,8,10 territory. 📸 I take a lot of photos! (No post-production.)
So beautiful. #metalwork
The high quality of Hellenistic metalwork was applied to many everyday objects, including box mirrors, an example of which is below. This beautiful repoussé relief of a woman with a silver earring and necklace once covered a polished, reflective bronze surface within. 🏺 1/ #ancientbluesky
📸 me
📸 me
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So beautiful. #metalwork
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You can see over 8000 human made images (97% of them with AltText) posted by over 600 #ArtAdventCalendar participants just by clicking or long pressing on the hashtag and selecting See Posts.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I mean...just look at this. It goes on and on and on.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You can see over 8000 human made images (97% of them with AltText) posted by over 600 #ArtAdventCalendar participants just by clicking or long pressing on the hashtag and selecting See Posts.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
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Jupiter - Two hour time lapse showing 3 moons and the Great Red Spot. This was the 2nd of the night.
C6- ASI585 -IR720 Pass filter
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
C6- ASI585 -IR720 Pass filter
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Jupiter - Two hour time lapse showing 3 moons and the Great Red Spot. This was the 2nd of the night.
C6- ASI585 -IR720 Pass filter
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
C6- ASI585 -IR720 Pass filter
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
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White Bellied Sea Eagle, flying along the base of a cliff, recently.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
December 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
White Bellied Sea Eagle, flying along the base of a cliff, recently.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Mer de Glace (sea of ice) @ Chamonix France. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #glaciers
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Mer de Glace (sea of ice) @ Chamonix France. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #glaciers
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November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Abandoned coal mining town. Bankhead, AB (1903-1922). #abandoned #photography #liminalspaces #nature
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Abandoned coal mining town. Bankhead, AB (1903-1922). #abandoned #photography #liminalspaces #nature
Waterfall #7, Johnston Creek (Banff National Park, Canada). #waterfallwednesday #photography
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Waterfall #7, Johnston Creek (Banff National Park, Canada). #waterfallwednesday #photography
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Silver Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park.
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Silver Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park.
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
International Wombat Day
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
International Wombat Day
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Stunning imagery of lightning within Hurricane Erin.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
August 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Stunning imagery of lightning within Hurricane Erin.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
August 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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There is a large coronal hole facing Earth right now that is currently sending fast solar wind towers Earth! We may feel the first effects as early as August 17 or 18. It’s possible we see G1 or even G2-level storming and mid-latitude aurora. The moon will be less bright, too. Who’s ready?
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There is a large coronal hole facing Earth right now that is currently sending fast solar wind towers Earth! We may feel the first effects as early as August 17 or 18. It’s possible we see G1 or even G2-level storming and mid-latitude aurora. The moon will be less bright, too. Who’s ready?
The film “dramatically illustrates both the importance and process of science and journalism, at a time when both are under attack”
500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis
500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis
Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller. Yet this environmental catastrophe is real, as…
news.mongabay.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The film “dramatically illustrates both the importance and process of science and journalism, at a time when both are under attack”
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Now is the time to look for the #constellation Corona Borealis, aka the Northern Crown! From the Northern Hemisphere, it is high overhead during the evening hours, and from the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation is low in the northern sky. 🌌👑🔭
buff.ly/JndlYcy
📸 Fred Espenak.
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📸 Fred Espenak.
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now is the time to look for the #constellation Corona Borealis, aka the Northern Crown! From the Northern Hemisphere, it is high overhead during the evening hours, and from the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation is low in the northern sky. 🌌👑🔭
buff.ly/JndlYcy
📸 Fred Espenak.
buff.ly/JndlYcy
📸 Fred Espenak.
ICYMI
Last week I caught some of the most phenomenal events in the sky.
These sprites were so strong and so close that their colors reached maximum intensity from my vantage point.
The pink, purple, and blue colors at the lower 40-50km altitude are where the air is denser, meaning where molecules
These sprites were so strong and so close that their colors reached maximum intensity from my vantage point.
The pink, purple, and blue colors at the lower 40-50km altitude are where the air is denser, meaning where molecules
July 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ICYMI
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On #WorldConservationDay, we highlight nature’s crucial services 🐝 Pollination, water purification, & flood regulation provide trillions in economic value annually, yet these benefits are often overlooked in decision-making. Why valuing nature is key ⤵️
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Finding economic value in nature beyond carbon - Zero Carbon Analytics
Calculating the value of nature is complex. A collapse of essential ecosystem services could cost USD 2.7 trillion per year by 2030.
zerocarbon-analytics.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
On #WorldConservationDay, we highlight nature’s crucial services 🐝 Pollination, water purification, & flood regulation provide trillions in economic value annually, yet these benefits are often overlooked in decision-making. Why valuing nature is key ⤵️
zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/foo...
zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/foo...