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Joshua Hallas (Toad Photography)
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Evolutionary biologist | educator | musician | photographer --> prints available.

FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/people/193231243@N04/

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Joshua Hallas (Toad Photography) @toad-photography.bsky.social · Jan 22
I have turned my passion of asking questions into a career as a research scientist and educator. I am now learning a new way to share my passion for nature through photography.

#photography #landscape #wildlife #music
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Panamint Reflection | Death Valley National Park | Dec 2025

A rare reflection of the Panamint Range in Lake Manly at Badwater Basin.

#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
December 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Co-author on a cool paper that just came out about invasive nutria population genetics.

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#populationgenetics #invasivespecies #genetics
Population Genomic Insights Into Recent Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Invasion Dynamics
Nutria (Myocastor coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents native to South America, introduced to the USA for fur farming during the early twentieth century. This species' herbivory can cause extensive damag....
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December 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Braided River | Lake Clark National Park and Preserve | June 2024

#BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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East of Chokosna Lake | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve | May 2025

#scape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #nationalparks
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Crocodylus acutus | Everglades National Park | May 2025

On the brink of extinction, a population of american crocs were found in the nuclear power plant canals.

#wildlifephotography #herpetology #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #MacroPhotography #macromonday
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Anolis carolinensis | Everglades National Park | May 2025

#wildlifephotography #wildlife #herpetology #salamander #amphibian #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #MacroPhotography #macromonday
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Antiquities Act created the nation's first national monument in Wyoming, Devil's Tower. However, this ability is no longer valid in the state.

#BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Santa Elena Canyon | Big Bend National Park | April 2023

#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Batrachoseps attenuatus (Slender salamander) | Bothe-Napa Valley State Park | Oct 2025

The first rain of the year marks the beginning of salamander season!

#wildlifephotography #herpetology #salamander #amphibian #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #MacroPhotography #macromonday
October 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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North Platform | Katmai National Park and Preserve | June 2024

#stunday #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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T'ssiyakka | Yosemite National Park | Jan 2025

"T’ssiyakka means “girl-cry” in Paiute

#BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #stunday
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Roosevelt National Park | 2022

#nationalparks #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #glow
October 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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R Street | Sacramento, CA | 2023

#BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #glow #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
October 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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San Joaquin Sunset | Berryessa Brewing Co. | 2022

#sunset #fall #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #glow
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Olympic Road | Olympic National Park | 2022

#nationalparks #glow #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow
October 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Dark Hollow Falls | Shenandoah National Park | Oct 2023

#nationalparks #waterfall #fall #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Relax
October 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Elk | Redwood National and State Parks | Oct 2022

#nationalparks #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #wildlifephotography #wildlife
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Aneides vagrans | Humboldt Redwoods State Park | April 2025

#wildlifephotography #wildlife #herpetology #salamander #amphibian #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #MacroPhotography
September 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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My Dark Places | Arches National Park Sept 2025

1st long exposure at 10pm during the lighting storm.

#stunday #nationalparks #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
September 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Katmai Grizzly | Katmai National Park and Preserve | June 2024

#nationalparks #theroad #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #wildlifephotography #wildlife
September 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Road Thru the Badlands | Badlands National Park | June 2023

#nationalpark #TheRoad #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Navajo Arch | Arches National Park | Sept 2025

Made a trip to Utah #nationalparks again to get photos for a landscape book I'm putting together.

#scape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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One of my favorite #nudibranchs and #seaslugs. Certodoris rosacea had a population in because of the 2014/2015 El Nino off of California. My research was to learn how climatic fluctuations influence local adaptation and genetic structure.

#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Midwest Mid-Fall | Bridalveil Falls | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Oct 2023

#nationalparks #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear #fall #waterfall #midwest
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Sweet West Bay | San Francisco, CA | Aug 2025

#urbanscape #urbanphotography #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #monochrome #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtYear
September 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM