Beautiful Nature pics

[onawah]

And lest we forget we are a part of Nature
20 Winning Photos Of 2018 Birth Photography Contest Prove That Moms Are Badass
https://www.boredpanda.com/birth-becomes-her-2018-photography-contest-winners/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter

https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/birth-becomes-her-2018-photography-contest-winners-1-5a8bda7f71ac3__880.jpg

https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/birth-becomes-her-2018-photography-contest-winners-8-5a8bd258464bb__880.jpg

(Note the little hands already reaching for mother)
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/birth-becomes-her-2018-photography-contest-winners-2-5a8bd2498e179__880.jpg

https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/birth-becomes-her-2018-photography-contest-winners-7-5a8bd25563909__880.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_170518_958_a_flash_of_hope.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_90707.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_89715.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_48361.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_48365.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_71318.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_69995_2.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_68935.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_72678_2.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_71142_2.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_71578.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_72109_2.jpg

http://fireflyexperience.org/photos/firefly_80281.jpg

[uzn]

http://media.lelombrik.net/t/938c35047046f10f40519ef84bf466e1/f/938c35047046f10f40519ef84bf466e1.jpg

https://images.robertharding.com/preview/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/733-1937.jpg

[onawah]

A Friendly Arctic Fox Greets Explorers | National Geographic
Published on Mar 2, 2018

In the frozen landscape of the Canadian Arctic, one Arctic fox got very curious about one human visitor.

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[uzn]

Marocco at sunrise
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/u/fQYSUbVfts-T7odkrFJckdiFeHvab0GWOfzhj7tYdC0uglagsDNfMYI8Bn7eMV-XRW8-1n_MOROU7XsYCTDrxDkPDv2h8snpjHUjm4fSHPnpvdLSjAwFYSxccifPJFAAEtijRIEpkgy0ToSng3Ra_NpnOxkEFpcKtwQmE2Ra G509ah2ui98AMxAQ3UA7M1LarOFGnEdSNbj8digLzOUhl2meI-7PnA/

http://cdn2.spiegel.de/images/image-1258499-galleryV9-zxfj-1258499.jpg

[onawah]

Ireland - The Road Not Taken
I have Celtic roots, and have always wanted to go there...
ENuhNRe7b1s

[onawah]

I couldn't find the name of this amazing little bird, but Spanish speakers might find it here:
http://www.viajaratope.com/Noticias-15176-Quito-destino-perfecto-para-el-avistamiento-de-aves.html
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28378194_1921237904553914_8164019485871811926_n.jpg?oh=1138f204482c93cbd74fd25f53a59bc1&oe=5B4B8A29

[onawah]

Elephants Dancing
This is too cute not to post, though not quite "on topic"
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[onawah]

More wonderful birds https://tiredbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/28153127_2054748418077851_8825405237700329472_n.jpg
https://orig00.deviantart.net/bc2c/f/2012/202/5/0/blue_macaw_in_rainforest__very_rare_bird__by_artaddict101-d5830yw.png
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_y0erx_xA8pIbaVpvXveNw7JH4_gauacOBz6Qqrb-lsbonFjr
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRD7pGuyOwoIyaD4uMV7u1USAaAI0RtiSImZIuSRKLGQvu85_hR
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/39/56/a1/3956a1a01a327db67c53e60ea767c762--watercolor-bird-lilacs.jpg
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/2-rainbow-bird-daniel-kocian.jpg
http://https://i.pinimg.com/236x/bc/ea/f9/bceaf9a0e701789369a8286ace261bb6--roller-indian.jpg
http://travel.mongabay.com/costa_rica/600/cr_3924.JPG
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/32/20/ef/3220ef01c2c5a052cfd7bb2e32601b7e--pretty-birds-beautiful-birds.jpg

[uzn]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/c6/23/8dc623a22b202e469d8efe9785ddaf3f.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Circular_rainbow_in_the_sky_of_Pattaya.jpg

[uzn]

Frosty Slopes on Mars. Don´t forget to bring your winter gear.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/esp_039114_1115.jpg

http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/enlarge/image_2373_2e-Frosty-Mars.jpg

[uzn]

https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5569952.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/Sarychev-Peak-Eruption-Russia.jpg

https://tomorrowaugmented.com/medias/sites/16/2017/10/nasa-43567.jpg

[uzn]

https://www.kazanlak.com/common/images/20180306-HAFEFQUVYVN-1520330531.jpg

https://i0.wp.com/photoblog.william-darhy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pinnacle-of-existence-california.jpg

http://mygoodplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Smithsonian-Photography-Competition-a.jpg

[uzn]

https://i.huffpost.com/gen/698251/original.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2143/5702302313_8d5ec8c92c_b.jpg

[onawah]

Ghost Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time
(Not exactly beautiful, but certainly an interesting creature. I've never heard of anything before that has a retractable sex organ on its head!)
National Geographic
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Previously discovered in the deep sea near Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, researchers observed the pointy-nosed blue chimaera in the North Pacific for the first time in 2009. This footage was captured by a remotely operated vehicle as far as 6,700 feet below the ocean surface. Only recently were experts able to confirm that these fish were the same species as the ones that were previously discovered in the Southern Hemisphere. DNA sampling still needs to be conducted to be certain.

Read more about this odd-looking fish, which also sports a retractable sex organ on its head.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/20...

Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

[onawah]

Twenty minutes of beautiful birds, bird song and music:
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[onawah]

Spectacular Dancing Spiders Stayin' Alive!
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[onawah]

30 Powerful NSFW Photos From The 2018 Birth Photo Competition Prove That Moms Are Badass
https://www.boredpanda.com/professional-birth-photography-competition-winners-labor-2018/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter
such as:
https://imgrosetta.mynet.com.tr/file/2421102/728xauto.jpg

https://imgrosetta.mynet.com.tr/file/2419485/2419485-728xauto.jpg

https://imgrosetta.mynet.com.tr/file/2421108/728xauto.jpg
Mid contraction, OUCH!

https://imgrosetta.mynet.com.tr/file/2421126/728xauto.jpg
A Surrogate's Kiss

[onawah]

Guy Sees Hidden Place On OS Map In Middle Of Nowhere, Cannot Resist Urge To Investigate
(I am not a church goer, but for this church, I would make an exception....) See:
https://www.boredpanda.com/old-abandoned-church-gawanmac-st-margaret-north-downs-wychling/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter

[onawah]

Frozen wave in Greenland
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hmbPwYyi4ug/UY-9cXTN55I/AAAAAAAAJgU/P4KcWCqjPV0/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202013-05-12%20at%2011.01.14%20AM.png

[onawah]

Zigzag White Banded Noctuid Moth
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_owlmoths/WhiteBanded3.htm
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_owlmoths/images/DSC_1822t.jpg

[onawah]

Funny Owls And Cute Owls
( I especially like the yawning owl at 4:27)
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[onawah]

Certainly not beautiful, but interesting...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3W6YKqW8AEEwZf.jpg


The wrap-around spider (Dolophones pilosa)

is a species of spider in the family Araneidae indigenous to Australia. It is named for its ability to flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs as camouflage. It is found in Western Australia along with several other species from the genus Dolophones, and was first described in 1886.

photo credit: dustaway https://www.flickr.com/photos/50615476@N03/

[uzn]

https://bilder2.n-tv.de/img/incoming/origs19900869/9762539728-w1280-h960/91735367.jpg

http://view.stern.de/de/picture/3713438/alpen-oesterreich-tirol-alpenpanorama-milchstrasse-milky-way-1920.jpg

https://d.wpimg.pl/1600158442-1264220894/fotografia-sztuka.jpg

[uzn]

https://oddviser.com/photo/idea/1600/1498.jpg?1502963711

https://i3.wp.com/media0.trover.com/T/5639ef387eb4f469e5080277/fixedw_large_4x.jpg

https://funalive.com/uploads/files/article/images/Hallelujah_Mountains_in_Zhangjiajie_national_park_China_01.jpg

https://i2.wp.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/220963.jpg

https://www.hqwalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Zhangjiajie-National-Park-Hallelujah-Mountains-on-Earth-9.jpg

[uzn]

Blue Dunes of Mars

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA22512.jpg
NASA put out two versions of that Picture, the second one is "enhanced" (whateven that means, maybe with red filter ;))
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2018/details/cut/ESP_053894_2295.jpg

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/largesize/PIA18931_hires.jpg

https://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/ESP/ORB_055100_055199/ESP_055160_1995/ESP_055160_1995_RGB.NOMAP.browse.jpg

[onawah]

Uzn, where were those photos taken? Thanks.
https://oddviser.com/photo/idea/1600/1498.jpg?1502963711

[Bill Ryan]

Uzn, where were those photos taken? Thanks.
https://oddviser.com/photo/idea/1600/1498.jpg?1502963711

I'd checked it myself. :) Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangjiajie

[uzn]

This one is the Tianmen Mountain.

Called Heavens Gate ;) Largest natural Arch known to men.

https://feel-planet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Tianmenshan-Zhangjiajie-China.jpg

https://feel-planet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Tianmenshan-China.-Feel-the-Planet.jpg

https://feel-planet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/road-china.jpg

Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianmen_Mountain


Bill is also right, the Region is called Zhangjiajie. Zhangjiajie was used as inspiration for the flying Mountains in the movie Avatar.

[onawah]

Octopus: Aliens of the Deep Sea
https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/octopus-aliens-of-the-deep-sea/
6/28/18
"OK. We're sick of politics. I, for one can never get sick of The Octopus – and by that, I don't mean the "vast, interlocking network of criminal conspiracy that reaches into every branch and agency of the US government, many other national governments, and every sector of our societies," as the late (suicided) Danny Casolaro, investigative journalist called it.

I mean the large mollusks capable of abstract thinking but whose short lifespans range from 5 years and 6 months.

From Spain to Vancouver Island and finally to Capri, Italy, this film follows scientists as they try to understand how the octopus has evolved to have such intelligence, even by our bone-headed human standards.

Running Time: 45 min

https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/octopus-aliens-of-the-deep-sea/'
Alexandra Bruce

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[onawah]

Butterfly eggs
http://cdn.babamail.co.il/Images/2011/12/4/93d0de60-7e20-451a-868a-dbe33e61c795.jpg

Pollen
http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/1/21/78/58/20150615/ob_ef12f8_different-sizes-1619051i.jpg

Dragonfly covered in dew
http://stixovoli.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/17-apisteutes-foto-xoris-photoshop14.jpg

https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/91632191/m%3D900/d18d164e5826ca19054de374cd575c73

Mirror Spider
https://cdn4.lostateminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mirror-spider-thwaitesia-argentiopunctata-8.jpg

Tiny Creature Captured Using Laser-Scanning Microscope
https://www.demilked.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/insect-microscope-photography-igor-siwanowicz-thumb640.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HawkweedFrontYard_3666.jpg
(my front yard, a couple of weeks ago)

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HawkweedSquare_3647.jpg
Hieracium aurantiacum (Orange Hawkweed)

[uzn]

The President tree is the name of a giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. It is not the tallest giant sequoia tree in the world with a height of about 247 feet (75 m), nor the widest at about 27 feet (8.2 m) in diameter at the base, but it is the second-largest tree in the world, measured by volume of trunk, and the oldest-known living sequoia, about 3,200 years old.

https://francoiseconscience.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/sequoia-geant-president-3200-ans.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/f5/87/5bf58765f3406bdf6992b262411d1d10.jpg

[uzn]

https://cdn.fishki.net/upload/post/2018/01/23/2490704/8ygehbi4zpb01.jpg

http://thebuddy.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2-327.jpg

https://www.heise.de/imgs/71/2/4/6/8/1/3/6/Holding_Due_North___9516___Jake_Mosher-2102acd2d1573c9c.jpg

[uzn]

https://www.heise.de/imgs/71/2/4/6/8/1/3/6/Empyreal___9516___Paul_Wilson_k-ea1a08bc728597ac.jpg


https://www.heise.de/imgs/71/2/4/6/8/1/3/6/Earth_Shine___9516___Peter_Ward-61399d2d04621d85.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/10/5005B20100000578-0-image-a-69_1536658017366.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/10/5005B21500000578-0-image-a-73_1536658136752.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/10/5005B22100000578-0-image-a-75_1536658145433.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/10/5005B26A00000578-0-image-a-79_1536658177573.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/10/5005B2A500000578-0-image-a-81_1536658187704.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/10/5005B2B900000578-0-image-a-83_1536658195604.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/11/20/5005B28100000578-6154617-The_estimated_breeding_population_of_King_penguins_on_the_island-a-14_1536695405083.jpg

[genevieve]

onawah--
Can you please give any more info about the "Butterfly Eggs" and the "Tiny Creature"--what are they, where did they come from--anything?

Everyone--
Thank you for sharing these gorgeous images!

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

[onawah]

Hi Genevieve, If you google "microscopic photography" you will find lots of images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=microscopic+photography&hl=en&authuser=0&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS713US713&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwic4omQlMHdAhVIalAKHRCmAzoQ7AkoAXoECAYQDQ&biw=1152&bih=610
http://www.fubiz.net/2012/10/02/microscopic-nature/microscopic-nature6/
Here are a few more:
Barnacle appendages
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-Barnacle-appendages.jpg
No name for this one
https://i.imgur.com/5UhG6MG.jpg
Or this one
http://theinspirationgrid.com/app/uploads/2016/10/photography-igorsiwanowicz-02-768x576.jpg
Humped Bladderwort
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/32/b5/54/32b554e18d49634967204a4401decc22.jpg



onawah--
Can you please give any more info about the "Butterfly Eggs" and the "Tiny Creature"--what are they, where did they come from--anything?

Everyone--
Thank you for sharing these gorgeous images!

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

[onawah]

I just happened across this close up video of a simply gorgeous domesticated cougar, interacting with its human captor starting at 1 minutes 15 seconds in:
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[onawah]

Scientists' Hilarious Reaction to Bizarre Deep-Sea Fish | National Geographic
Sep 21, 2018
(the strange creature is a "gopher eel")
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This should be an amazing film:
"Exclusive: A Conversation with Alex Honnold and Co-Directors of “Free Solo” | National Geographic
National Geographic
Published on Oct 6, 2018

Take a look behind the scenes of the National Geographic documentary film "Free Solo," which chronicles Alex Honnold's unbelievable free-solo climb up El Capitan. He is the first person to summit the near-vertical 3,000-foot face without any ropes or safety gear."
➡
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A few years ago, I worked part time at Turpentine Creek, a wild animal refuge that rescued mostly big cats. I learned about the problems that are created by people who keep big cats at home until they can no longer take care of them for some reason (or end up being bitten or worse) and why it's really not a good idea in the first place. But certainly tempting since cats are such beautiful and interesting creatures. The subject of this video may provide a viable alternative, and the cats are certainly gorgeous, though obviously, not so big or dangerous.
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[onawah]

I think those are tree roots reaching down from above to the cave floor
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2uutvYIYAApe8_.jpg

[onawah]

Mind control, bower bird style:
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This little guy has got some moves!
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[Bill Ryan]

These, continued below, are some of the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2018/index.html) awards.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/16/23/5109162-0-_The_golden_couple_by_Marsel_van_Oosten_from_The_Netherlands_is_-a-140_1539730571900.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109178-6284163-_Lounging_leopard_by_Skye_Meaker_from_South_Africa_which_is_the_-a-165_1539731560643.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109142-6284163-_Desert_relic_by_Jen_Guyton_from_Germany_USA_which_is_the_2018_w-a-167_1539731569094.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109174-6284163-_Kuhirwa_mourns_her_baby_by_Ricardo_Nunez_Montero_of_Spain_which-a-169_1539731585124.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109154-0-_Mother_defender_by_Javier_Aznar_Gonzalez_de_Rueda_Spain_which_i-a-153_1539730843858.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/11/5109152-6284163-_Signature_Tree_by_Mexican_photographer_Alejandro_Prieto_which_i-a-14_1539772472921.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109150-6284163-_Pipe_owls_by_Arshdeep_Singh_of_India_which_is_the_2018_winner_f-a-170_1539731607011.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109148-6284163-image-a-179_1539731712435.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/00/5109146-6284163-image-a-183_1539731801592.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/11/5109164-6284163-_Dream_duel_by_Michel_d_Oultremont_from_Belgium_which_is_the_201-a-13_1539772472920.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/17/11/5109166-6284163-_Night_flight_by_Michael_Patrick_O_Neill_of_the_USA_the_2018_win-a-16_1539772472929.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/30/15/5574222-6333453-This_jaw_dropping_photo_of_a_group_of_sperm_whales_was_snapped_b-a-100_1540915192867.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/30/16/5581130-6333453-image-a-116_1540916576404.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/30/16/5574224-6333453-This_heartwarming_image_of_a_pair_of_hoopoe_birds_was_snapped_by-a-103_1540915386932.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/30/16/5574262-6333453-A_pair_of_leopards_keep_their_kill_high_up_in_a_tree_away_from_a-a-110_1540916168583.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/30/16/5574260-6333453-Photographer_Md_Zakirul_Mazed_Konok_gained_an_honourable_mention-a-106_1540915585660.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/30/16/5574242-6333453-image-a-111_1540916232714.jpg

[onawah]

Rare Dumbo Octopus Shows Off for Deep-sea Submersible
National Geographic
Published on Oct 29, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4pqu5FTaI
"The rarely observed, ghostly white cephalopod delights scientists remotely exploring an underwater volcano."

"Commonly called a ‘dumbo’ octopus, this deep-sea cephalopod has lateral fins that resemble big ears. Little is known about the ghostly white Grimpoteuthis octopus's behavior, because it's rarely observed. Crew aboard the E/V Nautilus had an exciting encounter with the rare, ghostly white cephalopod. The Nautilus is surveying an unexplored area of Davidson Seamount, an inactive volcano. The rocky habitat hosts large coral forests, sponge fields, and abundant unidentified species.

Read more in "Mesmerizing, rare dumbo octopus filmed in the deep sea"
https://on.natgeo.com/2z7G4CT "

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( It does appear to have a rather coy expression--I wonder if it really is showing off--octopi are reported to be remarkably intelligent.)

[onawah]

AURORA TAKES THE SHAPE OF A PHOENIX: "Last night's amazing aurora show over Senja, Norway, was nothing short of magical," reports photographer Adrien Mauduit on Nov. 11th. "During one outburst of lights, this image appeared. Huge colorful pillars took the shape of a fiery bird."
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yA6k76bsKlo/W-raWC0bXdI/AAAAAAAA8mc/3tljf-Mu-Pw_nh9OGMHyRqeYdHoHgzIZwCLcBGAs/s640/46147270_2134505373466509_7249125753005015040_n.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom/?__xts__[0]=68.ARB1ZwvuTv0DYfOblY4DD6v-Tztk0A_exT4FDAPQ5TzVXpGRX7YL4xUdrh0e1Cw8Jfw3VaplLSZA7dH9PgiakBy_DO7

[Innocent Warrior]

https://i.postimg.cc/qMzCvyB8/A3-D7-B365-79-A0-49-A1-A836-058120-E804-D6.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Great Grey Owl, the world’s largest owl with a wingspan of five ft.

[Dennis Leahy]

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/RussianTrilobite.jpg


Trilobite from Russia - Boedaspis ensifer WHITTINGTON & BOHLIN 1960
Size: trilobite - 7.5 x 5 cm (in straight projection with spines); specimen - 12 x 11 x 12 cm
Age: Lower Ordovician (Volkhovian level)
Locality: Putilovo quarry, St. Petersburg region, Russia

Quick funny/embarrassing story:
I have been to the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show a couple of times, stunned and overwhelmed by the mineral and fossil specimens on display and for sale. I have heard stories of people finding outrageous bargains/finds at the show - such as the guy who bought a "rock" that turned out to be one of the largest sapphire crystals ever found. So, with my "bargain shopper" eye and a few $20 bills to spend, I happened into a hotel room in the hotel where virtually every room was fossils for sale. I saw an amazing trilobite fossil with long spines (not as grandiose as the pictured trilobite, but impressive and beautiful) in a display case, and when my eyes met the price tag $10, my heart raced. I said, "I'll take it!", and started pulling my wallet out of my pocket. I guess I didn't look like a rich fossil collector, so the dealer knew I had misread the price tag. I missed the "k" next to the $10. It was $10,000. I didn't buy it.

[onawah]

Gorgeous Minerals https://i.pinimg.com/750x/7e/a1/61/7ea16166765b5b7217e3f37109bab33c.jpg
Calcite on Fluorite from Yaogangxian, China (specimen: Fine Mineral International, photography: James Elliott)

https://i.pinimg.com/345x/d4/00/cf/d400cfe5e864e0f3dbb977ac82042115.jpg
Apophyllite

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/f0/36/74/f036747de0ea648aeb69183438357815.jpg
Spessartine with Muscovite and Albite from Apo Ali Gun, Braldu, Pakistan

https://i.pinimg.com/345x/59/7c/6a/597c6a4130432002bfc88b30d05ac0eb.jpg
Rhodochrosite

https://i.pinimg.com/345x/63/22/35/632235612e1fe2eac9eafc15a6cbd1f8.jpg
Beryl/ Emerald


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/da/71/e2/da71e293b72d2f4561cfab553911ff65.jpg
Agate and petrified Wood

https://i.pinimg.com/345x/50/f9/f8/50f9f8c0c6c0e5398bec2eee2955931d.jpg
Cerussite

https://i.pinimg.com/345x/0d/40/27/0d402711892a26d474c0b5ba2602b775.jpg
Quartz with Hematite

https://i.pinimg.com/345x/39/f4/03/39f403b77a15d40e761eaee547fb9420.jpg
Fluorite with Quartz

More here: http://pikby.com/media/120893571230499130/

[Bill Ryan]

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary1-thomas-rajan.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary2-shubham-alave.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary3-aditya-padhye-1.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary3-abhishek-jain-1.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary-sm-kiran-poonacha1-1.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary-sm-rohit-nagar.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary-sm-kiran-poonacha2-1.jpg

https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2015/dec/18sanctuary-sm-mitash-biswas.jpg

[TargeT]

I've been soaking my legs every day to help my burns heal... some times I get some good pics

https://i.imgur.com/IjQbl3C.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostTree_4590.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBladesOnHerb_4558.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBladesLeafOnTree_4604.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostHerb_4545.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBladesBranch_4579.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBirch_4548.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBladesCrabapple_4537.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBladesCatkinsCurve2_4551.jpg


http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/HoarFrostBladesCrabapples_4528.jpg

Rime ice

[Constance]

The Malabar Squirrel


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[Dennis Leahy]

https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/praying-mantis-amber-heritage-auctions-4.jpeg
Praying Mantis in Amber

[Innocent Warrior]

https://i.postimg.cc/pTSzKC4J/316200-F4-2791-4-CE9-86-B5-CDB17-CA1-F934.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JDbsLN1s)

[Bill Ryan]

These (in this post and the next) are all from this year's International Landscape Photographer of the Year award (https://www.internationallandscapephotographer.com/)s.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808454-6704323-John_Finney_from_the_UK_took_this_stormy_image_while_travelling_-a-173_1550153614126.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808424-6704323-Adam_Gibbs_from_Canada_was_revealed_as_the_2018_International_La-a-174_1550153614127.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808438-6704323-Chung_Hu_from_the_U_S_took_this_atmospheric_aerial_shot_while_ex-a-176_1550153614133.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808450-6704323-American_Chris_Byrne_cast_his_camera_over_the_otherworldly_lands-a-177_1550153614133.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808434-6704323-Lazar_Ovidiu_took_this_stunning_shot_of_eerie_reflections_shimme-a-178_1550153614134.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808422-6704323-Daniel_Laan_from_the_Netherlands_captured_sheets_of_pancake_ice_-a-179_1550153614135.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808446-6704323-Xiao_Zhu_from_China_photographed_Mont_Fitz_Roy_in_Patagonia_look-a-161_1550153614087.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808430-6704323-Tania_Malkin_from_Australia_took_this_stunning_aerial_image_show-a-162_1550153614088.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808430-6704323-Tania_Malkin_from_Australia_took_this_stunning_aerial_image_show-a-162_1550153614088.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808472-6704323-Thorsten_Scheuermann_from_the_U_S_journeyed_to_the_southern_stat-a-180_1550153614135.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808452-6704323-Thorsten_Scheuermann_captured_a_tree_in_the_southern_U_S_covered-a-164_1550153614088.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808428-6704323-Nicola_Pirondini_focused_on_this_unusual_rock_formation_while_ex-a-165_1550153614089.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808426-6704323-It_s_difficult_to_see_where_these_tree_trunks_start_and_where_th-a-166_1550153614089.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808418-6704323-A_stunning_evening_sky_unfolds_over_a_field_of_lavender_in_Valen-a-167_1550153614090.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808420-6704323-Veselin_Atanasov_ventured_into_a_woodland_in_Bulgaria_s_Central_-a-168_1550153614090.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808448-6704323-A_wave_on_the_south_east_coast_of_Australia_is_perfectly_capture-a-169_1550153614090.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808440-6704323-Edward_Hyde_from_the_UK_captured_a_stormy_day_down_at_Newhaven_H-a-171_1550153614091.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/14/14/9808432-6704323-Nathaniel_Merz_from_Korea_used_two_trees_to_frame_his_shot_of_th-a-172_1550153614091.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

Some shortlisted entries for the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards (https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards?utm_source=worldphoto_org&utm_medium=enter_competitions_page):

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/09/9408450-6668721-image-a-3_1549357561892.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/09/9408438-6668721-Circle_of_Power_Photographer_Name_Sandi_Little_Year_2019_Image_D-a-54_1549359390100.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/10/9408428-6668721-image-a-65_1549362933135.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/10/9408446-6668721-Lauren_Hook_from_Australia_shot_a_large_tent_nestling_under_the_-a-66_1549363606650.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/10/9408426-6668721-Greg_Lecoeur_from_France_took_this_close_up_portrait_of_a_grey_s-a-61_1549361460003.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/10/9408408-6668721-This_stunning_photo_shows_Mount_Bromo_in_East_Java_Indonesia_Ros-a-60_1549361162532.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/11/9408440-6668721-Image_Name_Underwater_Gannets_Photographer_Name_Tracey_Lund_Year-a-72_1549364668400.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/10/9408434-6668721-image-a-68_1549363868013.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

These photos were all taken by professional photographer Jeff Milisen (https://www.konahonudivers.com/jeff-milisen-award-winning-underwater-photographer.htm), off Hawaii's Kona island.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/11/10303238-6746379-image-a-62_1551178899038.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/10/10301424-0-image-a-29_1551176182099.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/10/10301430-0-image-a-27_1551176182096.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/10/10301452-0-image-a-35_1551176182108.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/11/10303246-6746379-Sthenoteuthis_tug_o_war_This_is_a_genus_of_squid_part_of_the_sub-a-70_1551181655349.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/11/10301448-6746379-Callistoctopus_Aptly_called_the_Orange_Octopus_these_animals_are-a-69_1551181655345.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/11/10301442-6746379-Nomeid_in_Cephea_Marine_experts_refer_to_this_beautiful_species_-a-72_1551181655362.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/13/10301440-6746379-Lophiodes_fimbriatu_Also_called_Goosefish_these_are_anglerfishes-a-1_1551187770630.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/26/11/10301436-6746379-Bathypterois_longipes_The_abyssal_spiderfish_Bathypterois_longip-a-71_1551181655351.jpg

[onawah]

TRULY Weird, and Funny! World's Weirdest Bird Sounds - Part One
Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
Published on Feb 15, 2018

"Birds make some of the weirdest sounds in the natural world - here's just a handful of some of the most outrageous!

Check out Part Two for 16 more!

0:07 Grey Go-away-bird
0:40 Capuchinbird
1:08 American Bittern
1:29 Brown Sicklebill
1:40 Laughing Kookaburra
2:05 Great Potoo
2:35 Willow Grouse
3:13 Jack Snipe
3:44 Channel-billed Cuckoo
4:26 Black-footed Albatross
5:17 Western Capercaillie
6:10 Black-throated Loon
6:43 Northern Lapwing
7:11 Southern Cassowary
7:28 Tui
8:27 Montezuma Oropendola "
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Part 2

Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
Published on Mar 24, 2019
"0:00 Barred Owl
0:09 Swinhoe’s Snipe
0:54 Crested Oropendola
1:20 Dusky Grouse
2:00 Cory’s Shearwater
2:39 Emu
3:05 European Nightjar
3:42 Australian Magpie
4:15 Barred Owl
4:51 Gunnison Sage Grouse
5:33 Great-tailed Grackle
6:23 Common Eider
7:00 Greater Hoopoe-lark
7:33 Atlantic Puffin
8:07 Eurasian Bittern
8:36 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
9:24 Pin-tailed Snipe "
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[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/14/16/13485950-7028129-A_pride_of_lions_in_Serengeti_National_Park_Tanzania_recreate_th-a-17_1557849099781.jpg

That's a real photo, taken by Daniel Rosengren in Serengeti National Park. :)

(The ones he took just prior were these)

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/14/16/13485954-7028129-Photographer_Daniel_Rosengren_said_This_is_a_very_small_pride_ca-a-18_1557849107507.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/14/16/13485952-7028129-The_Swedish_photographer_added_I_couldn_t_believe_the_perfect_ov-a-19_1557849111354.jpg

[onawah]

6000 year old baobab tree in Senegal
https://muachung10.vcmedia.vn/thumb_w/640/gallery/26032/2012/5/10/0.430431001336641563.jpg

[Seabreeze]

..some pics I took lately....

[sunwings]

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[ulli]

https://scontent-mia3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/64547777_2322481081366647_9189678709907390464_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_eui2=AeHNWShUMxvWkS7Nknbst1hFiYT66zL0YCBeaf6xkUjeiFuwslXOVklX44HUiUpCaq2n8K4ksJinpKFRMNJu0qvUz66 a5OVvjHe8YgLQy5wUTQ&_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-1.xx&oh=669b4bffe1215b3c4b4eb8cc2b137e59&oe=5D998922

[TargeT]

https://i.imgur.com/ghswHSQ.jpg

My nightly ritual is to take my dog to the beach for sunset (https://imgur.com/user/RealRationalist). It's extremely variable and never is disappointing (to me, anyway).

https://i.imgur.com/tW16ZlE.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

http://projectavalon.net/Happy_Seal.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Lion_in_Flowers.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Orang-Utan.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

That Orangutan's portrait is a stunning photographic capture. One of the most moving animal portraits I've ever seen. One doesn't need to anthropomorphize to feel his sentience.

[Franny]

Joe Rogan made a comment a while back about apes, orangutans or chimps. He said that as many of them are using tools such as sticks and stones to gather food and other activities more and more, they are entering a stone age.

Never thought of it like that...

[Bill Ryan]

Joe Rogan made a comment a while back about apes, orangutans or chimps. He said that as many of them are using tools such as sticks and stones to gather food and other activities more and more, they are entering a stone age.

Never thought of it like that...

http://wafflesatnoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Orangutan-Fishing.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

http://projectavalon.net/Kalsoy_Island.jpg

[Franny]

Waipio Valley on Hawaii Island. Many of the horses are wild, they just live there.
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Fissure 8 from Mauna Kea in July 2018
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Not strictly nature, but mixing it up with Pahoa town. Many wild pigs and chickens all over the island. This is about 30 yards from the Post Office where you can hear strolling roosters crowing out the back door.
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Rainbow falls near Hilo. It's not usually quite this heavy.
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Rainbow Falls at Dawn on a calm day. The rainbow is best seen when the sun is rising. I have one somewhere, I'll post if if I can find it.
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[onawah]

Natural Wonder Only Discovered in 2009
Nov 3, 2019
Mobile Instinct

"Although the natural wonder Stuðlagil and the basalt columns have always been here, much of this fascinating landscape was underwater until only a few years ago. It is almost hard to believe when standing here that this was a terrifying place under the forceful pressure of a dominating and angry river. It is by any standard one of the most beautiful places in Iceland where you can see and photograph exceptional basalt columns.

When Icelanders built the hydroelectric plant Kárahnjúkavirkjun the sources for the river Jökla were affected. Instead of running as a glacial river through the valley of Jökuldalur, its source in the north-eastern highlands was diverted into the Hálslón reservoir. From the reservoir, its flows with its former force through 60 kilometers of underground tunnels to drive the hydro-electric turbines of the power plant. So, most of the old sources of the river Jökulsá á Brú don't reach Jökuldalur anymore. "
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[EFO]

The beauty of winter

I took this picture today at noon and I entitled it "Frozen fog"

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[onawah]

Photo of the day - Wildlife photographer Nitish Madan's beautiful image during a December morning at Ranthambore National Park in northwest India.

https://www.facebook.com/TheOwlReport/photos/a.276064152422399/3232644923430959/?type=3&theater

https://scontent.fgye1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/82182713_3232644926764292_5335072641239744512_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ohc=8HkUxVbTG1kAQn32t3J4Oo1q_09Empa7ps4afnlYe7V3xm2qHSybFFNVw&_nc_ht=scontent.fgye1-1.fna&_nc_tp=1&oh=1d5e39b6f50531a7c48b186771464b66&oe=5E8E4CBC

[lovelytony22]

Nature is simply beautiful. And one thing I love to see every single day is "sunset:sun:"

[onawah]

Taal Volcano erupting (Philippines)
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/82576135_2957665230951217_4963727080178057216_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=DBNK6JtTFl0AX82mZ3m&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&_nc_tp=1002&oh=51c32ffbc05b869f87f6752d5923fa34&oe=5E9D8076

[onawah]

Incredible! Australia's Green Birdflower Plant has flowers shaped like Hummingbirds
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/84522633_10221462776344692_5879527718160171008_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=f0WcmNsVfA8AX_LekQe&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=8c6f09a3f87d418f0bcfff441c4506cc&oe=5EC793AD

[onawah]

Huge, Stinky Flowers
World's BIGGEST Flowers! (World's Most Spectacular Plants episode 2 of 14)
May 2, 2019
(And they smell like rotting meat!)
"Redfern Natural History Productions
41.9K subscribers
World's Most Spectacular Plants Episode 2 of 14
www.spectacularplants.com

"What are the world's biggest flowers?

From palms with trailing flower scapes bearing millions of little flowers to giant Rafflesia flowers up to 1 m across, to gigantic arum lilies that stand over 3 metres tall!

Join Stewart McPherson on a quest to discover the world's biggest flowers!

This is the second of a series of fourteen "World's Most Spectacular Plants" videos. Visit www.spectacularplants.com to see the rest of the series! "
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[onawah]

Refreshing change from the post above!
https://www.facebook.com/nextobserver/videos/1013896002146886/UzpfSTUwNzQ0ODUzMToxMDE1OTEyMDI5NTYwMzUzMg/
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[onawah]

Eye of the Storm

Severe Weather Europe
"An interesting photo of Moon behind the cloud, giving the feel like its the eye (of the storm) Taken over Bolton, UK on Feb 11th. Thanks to Sarah Hodges for the report - posted with permission."
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/86853695_2767005166855900_5993746725515296768_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&_nc_sid=a61e81&_nc_ohc=WuqG1SDxuIwAX9Xj_NY&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=09480c32629bb78fbfe776272a01848e&oe=5EB57D56

[Franny]

Nature with a little nudge or two from Gravity Glue.

Impossible, but you see it with your own two eyes.

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[Bill Ryan]

One of many from this page (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8126011/Incredible-pictures-capture-power-ocean-best-surfing-moments-far-year.html). :sun:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/18/13/26118872-8126011-The_2020_Nikon_Surf_Photo_and_Video_of_the_Year_Awards_celebrate-a-22_1584539682961.jpg

[Anka]

Incredibly fantastic!
It makes me want to fly!

My dream is to put on a leather helmet, retro glasses or helmet and possibly a suit on a motorcycle at high speed in "overflight" of asphalt, in which the air to purify my skin pores and cover my lungs, in which dexterity and time to react "by itself" in thousands of seconds, before I can give my consent to maneuver.

Speed ​​in full reaction and thinking functionality is our human nature :) something fundamental that everyone has

I was preparing to buy my motorcycle already four years ago, and I managed to slip on the ice and ruin my spine just walking :), such a stupid accident for almost four years of trauma, it is shameful and at the same time obviously I would not have had the dexterity needed to ride a motorcycle.
But at least I was left with the feeling and the dream and that's something, maybe ...
:focus:

In the meantime, the water covers any sensation in harmony with any emotion of living in nature and I will think about it instead :)
Just some places I'd like to be now ...

https://cooldigital.photography/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Traditional-wooden-boat-in-a-picture-perfect-tropical-bay-on-Koh-Phi-Phi-Island.jpg

https://cooldigital.photography/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Jungle-landscape-with-flowing-turquoise-water.jpg

https://cooldigital.photography/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mountains-and-lake-940x627.jpg

https://cooldigital.photography/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mountain-View-Nature-Wallpaper-940x602.jpg

https://cooldigital.photography/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Beautiful-Sunset-on-the-beach-Nature-Wallpaper-940x624.jpg

And the bright sky in the sunset of a friend who invites me to go there to see the sunsets, but separates us a long enough distance for a lockdown so "intense" at present ...

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[Anka]

Spectacular video of the starry skies, and Nature is beautiful in full swing

The Milky Way, A Journey Through The Sky (5:25)

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"Down is up and up is down. Or is it the other way around? Earth and a fortiori the whole solar system, even our home galaxy- endlessly float into space as the universe expands. As the Earth rotates around the Sun and on itself, it gives the impression that the sky is actually moving for an observer on its surface. That’s probably why it took so long for humanity to accept that the Sun was at the center of the solar system and not the Earth! "

ORBEM TERRÆ - Earth rotation time-lapse compilation 4K(4:44)

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"The Arctic Autumn is back again on Senja island in Northern Norway. And it shows! Each year, September marks the beginning of the Arctic Fall. For many locals, this season is like a new beginning. Not that the summer wasn’t full of life and colors either, but the autumn is largely considered as a favorite time to go outdoors. It might seem odd, but as life progressively goes into its wintery sleep, the landscapes come back to life! "

THE ARCTIC AUTUMN - 4K timelapse(5:08)

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"Norway is home to some of the most spectacular fjords on Earth. These v-shaped valleys carved by glaciers during the last ice age harbor sharp mountain ridges and long arms of sea water turning into a very dramatic landscape during both day and night. "

NIGHTS IN THE FJORDS OF NORTHERN NORWAY - 4K(3:56)

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[wondering]

Dear Anka, That injury must have been devastating...I am so sorry to hear about it. Your photos are breathtaking...there is one that “has it all” to me. Water, mountains, trees, sky, an earthen path...OMG, bliss. Thank you for sharing. Diane

[Anka]

Dear Anka, That injury must have been devastating...I am so sorry to hear about it. Your photos are breathtaking...there is one that “has it all” to me. Water, mountains, trees, sky, an earthen path...OMG, bliss. Thank you for sharing. Diane

I'm sorry I didn't answer Diane, looking at that date, I know that a few hard days followed for me, I'm sorry I didn't see your post.
It's been 4 years since then and I feel better, but I'm not like I used to be, self-healing of the body requires time regardless of treatments.
Thank you for your care and good thoughts! Thank you very much ...
Here's a hug from me ...:bearhug: and some pictures I like!

A rainbow,:flower:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.lkQXFnoa1fPQ1ZbJOh4sMQEsCo%26pid%3DApi&f=1
and a rainbow photographed last night by me in the garden, above the hill :happy dog:

https://i.postimg.cc/wM58kyDG/m.jpg

El ojo de aguja - The eye of needle

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/17/68/3e/17683ee86560d3046c5b89e7f6e5731a--etretat-france-etretat-normandie.jpg

Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/1a/c4/1b/1ac41bc240fea6e76aa9e10258c27271--montepulciano-tuscany-italy.jpg


With gratitude and :heart:
Anca

[Anka]

A location I like.
Hallstatt - Austria - Europe

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[Sarah Rainsong]

I was looking through some old photos today, and found these, taken a couple years ago at a beach in Florida, and knew I had to share them:

https://i.postimg.cc/52jx2tNT/IMG-8575.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/yxPVkgR4/IMG-8522.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[rgray222]

Taken at our farm in Finland

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fdCrCJPO0M0/T_SjeSjdHxI/AAAAAAAAGek/Z5arhZr1WN8/s800/SANY1155.JPG

[Anka]

Wonderful free horses that graze on the field, not even 3 km away from where I live and landscapes that I like in my area.

https://i.postimg.cc/5NF2brLD/cai.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/LXHSc9M3/l1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/gc79DqrD/l2.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/17/08/29678034-8430933-image-a-36_1592380260083.jpg
The Paria Canyon—Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, known for its broad plateaux and deep canyons

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/17/08/29678040-8430933-image-a-33_1592380247432.jpg
Erg Chebbi, in Morocco. Here dunes can rise to 490 ft (150 m) high

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/17/08/29678044-8430933-image-a-34_1592380250917.jpg
Erg Chebbi, Morocco

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/17/08/29678052-8430933-image-a-35_1592380254736.jpg
Erg Chebbi, Morocco

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/17/08/29678050-8430933-image-a-38_1592380267334.jpg
White Sands National Park in New Mexico, 275 square miles of desert

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/17/08/29678048-8430933-image-a-39_1592380271007.jpg
White Sands National Park

[Sarah Rainsong]

Here a couple of videos that I often play on my TV, to have something besides a big empty black box staring back in the room:

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And for those in winter right now:)
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[Anka]

Beautiful Austria(8:11)

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And a great fog over a river in the distance, at the exit of the place where I live.

https://i.postimg.cc/MHKBhkQh/Lenovo-A1000-IMG-20200716-0909341.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Twcm72pV/Lenovo-A1000-IMG-20200716-0909521.jpg

[Antagenet]

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my beautiful bougainvillea

[Anka]

♪♫Flowers of the Forest ~ Mike Oldfield (5:58)

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[Anka]

Kyoto is considered the cultural capital of Japan and a major tourist destination. It is home to numerous Buddhist temples.
Among the most beautiful gardens in the world, this place is an oasis of peace, night illumination events held at Kyoto’s temples they're beautiful.

https://media.sharing-kyoto.com/articles/7XYaRU3oDu9JLyplpHQwGI6IyHTuGiKeShmA3lEp.jpeg

https://media.sharing-kyoto.com/articles/qoME7pJIXf8IXDb4Fb9fgHAQXhQWJrSsbili7StD.jpeg

https://media.sharing-kyoto.com/articles/uLid1cd0ZlkTGmIdnTOiu92vOsZCLhBbAz21Ymgq.jpeg

[Anka]

Lavender Fields of the Provence, France(1:00)

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[Gwin Ru]

...


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdzEzw8UMAAVsaF?format=jpg&name=medium (https://theheartysoul.com/spellbinding-image-captures-rare-comet-northern-lights-milky-way-and-bioluminescence/)

[onawah]

Mineralogical Society of America
Beautiful Mineral Collection
https://www.facebook.com/1282318138/videos/10218620075634723/
Twin Tourmaline Crystals in Albite
https://www.facebook.com/aisam.khan.925/videos/832107747546895

[Patient]

Here are some photos from our home. I recently got this camera and I have been experimenting with it.
(I really need a telephoto lens or something that will allow me to zoom in. Any advice welcomed!)

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I have also been experimenting with how to post them. Lol!

[Tracie (Bodhicee)]

https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1333917890504921089?s=20the wonder of it.

https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1333917890504921089?s=20

[Bill Ryan]

Frozen rocks on (or rather, above!) the ice on Lake Baikal. All real, nothing photoshopped. :sun:

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/125103491_10157636153160986_2618725409647997765_n.jpg

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/124838175_10157636153200986_3269154092965107594_n.jpg

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/124792523_10157636153395986_490702069848352332_n.jpg

[Eva2]

Beautiful pics on this thread - could really get lost in those pics.

Rainbow being diffused by scattered raindrops reflecting off the clouds.


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Norway

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[Eva2]

Frozen Bubbles | Abraham Lake | Alberta Canada

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[Eva2]

'Norway 28.11/2020
Mosetertoppen
Amazing Parhelie.. with a magnificent solar pillar'

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[Constance]

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[Eva2]

[/COLOR]Creepy cracked pomegranate:
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[Eva2]

A couple of my "dream" homes: I think one is close to Bern, Switzerland and the other doesn't say but it looks like somewhere in the English countryside, maybe Devon?

https://scontent.fcxh2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/130893404_774217809836916_7721110323934160419_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=Eh9BonvP7x4AX_Rc1nk&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh2-1.fna&oh=d9ab0171dda75da012d9529bc1c600bf&oe=5FFB784B

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[Eva2]

Reindeer under the Northern Lights
https://scontent.fcxh2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/129691308_10224140857205457_2871845708664405191_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=66Vc-hvFD6UAX_oQHrk&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh2-1.fna&oh=7d0ba02daaeac9e20bfcd1d2a5957b21&oe=5FF9764F

[Tracie (Bodhicee)]

Jill, So many very beautiful pictures, thankyou. :bearhug: Bodhicee

[Eva2]

Jill, So many very beautiful pictures, thankyou. :bearhug: Bodhicee

Thank you Bodhicee - I find this and the Animals are Magical threads are kind of like sanctuaries from all the alarming news that is flooding in - I love checking in here regularly and getting lost in all the beautiful images that are posted. Great threads from Onawah :clapping:

[Bill Ryan]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XfwBSvRo60I/hqdefault.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, which I've climbed several times. (But not my photo!)

https://scontent.fgye1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/118778817_3558404160889332_2741576152774312783_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8024bb&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=lAkFABUyOEUAX86edoM&_nc_ht=scontent.fgye1-1.fna&tp=14&oh=5771f595975f95585861c71295c5e7d3&oe=5FFB3425

[Anka]

Steve Axford, the master mushroom photographer living in Australia.

https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-photography-steve-axford-110.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-photography-steve-axford-210.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-photography-steve-axford-310.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-photography-steve-axford-411.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-photography-steve-axford-610.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-photography-steve-axford-111.jpg

[Eva2]

The Wave (sandstone) - Marble Canyon, Arizona. On my "to see" list.
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/131380210_3441089349320790_8565815123517092369_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=ozv7eB_PP2YAX9J7nW4&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=28b347ffa44dea18332699891d3a03cb&oe=5FFE0468

[Eva2]

'A crack in the Earth's magnetic field over the weekend (not uncommon around the Equinox) allowed the Solar Wind to pour in over Norway. The result? A fantastic display of the Northern Lights, that look like it's almost flowing to the ground! Very cool. (spaceweather.com) This image is from Greenlander Tromsø'

https://scontent.fcxh2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/123547533_2795056354067214_4414315385947036098_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=-QzlsH9hy1IAX8shp-T&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh2-1.fna&oh=d62e98b279ee064432ab9fea15a56a24&oe=6001024C

[onawah]

Frozen waterfall makes huge Christmas tree in China (and a nice Xmas card photo) .
The wonders of Nature help to keep us inspired and remembering how dear is our Mother.
Keep the lovely photos coming, please, and thank you all for sharing.
Merry Christmas, Avalon! :star:

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[Eva2]

'Winners of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards Give Their Unique Perspective on the World'

https://mymodernmet.com/close-up-photographer-of-the-year-2020/?fbclid=IwAR3jKJWFGOmngl91BCsoEl_DkuwnYLfOEcQcV5mQV7kCdHAeU4Kyu1mGPUc

[Anka]

Southern Namibia
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.XB70V5e_CB1dLWU3h_Vw5wHaEF%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.JmM60_oYqKcFZdOBOXDELgHaEE%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Cape Melville, Australia
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.9y9eq8PuwJ_6hNP8CrmMtwHaEf%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Son Doong Cave, Vietnam
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.l8TnPP_DgZ6bPzEb_S9nMQHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1

[Franny]

Many have heard by now about the recent volcanic eruption at Halema‘uma‘u crater at Kīlauea's summit on the Big Island of Hawaii. Last measurement was early this morning, Dec 26, at 583 feet / 178 meters.

This first one was taken on Dec 21 I believe, the others are more recent.

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Just found this one and had to add it, Dec 21.

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[Eva2]

Amazing shot of storm Supercell near Leoti, Kansas, USA:

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/133775645_3522923374411388_8312182220262857547_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=31Sa00JMXNcAX9fGwyN&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=570638b084db460dead8bb93377f0b2f&oe=6011E030

[onawah]

Lenticular clouds at Sparks Lake, Oregon

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/133965834_3525101434193582_8418732585507897370_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=TEwE9TWjYGEAX8GGgnA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=230f84857cd178f5ca1b2994db6a6780&oe=6013BA0C

Lava from the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii crawling down towards the ocean as the Milky Way, a meteor, and moon shine above.
photographer by @mikemezphoto
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[Anka]

Nature has a way of grabbing our attention and leaving us with a million questions. Thanks to photographs taken by German photographer Daniel Biber, you will immediately realize that nature is not only beautiful but is a wonder that is around us all the time, if we’d take a moment to notice.:heart:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Rfa3EmEoSYBN4rDx-Xmo0gHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Lake in sabah Malaysia.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.iOQ1iZrLqwiNB034zUaaXwHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.5vV4Z2m1gbSwyac8JxnSXgHaE8%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Atmosphere change is in the air :flower:

https://forces.si.edu/Atmosphere/images/media/library_014_lg.jpg

[onawah]

Elephant Rock

https://www.facebook.com/eva.love.3344/videos/3189821137734308

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[Eva2]

Swiss Alps - 'Skier snaps a stunning image the moment ice crystals freeze in midair, creating a perfect ‘halo’ around the sun'

https://returntonow.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/23447424-7891033-image-a-11_1579120012024.jpg

[onawah]

What happens when a rainbow falls apart. A rainbow being diffused by scattered raindrops which reflect off the clouds behind it.
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/126520988_5235435006470429_3735647134521805486_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=3bRaqiCZUSMAX8zOvpq&_nc_oc=AQllcDfREVysr8casnFxFplHkVSWq53VsoLY03C0TsfYDbadx0HbeO1EXwzHqZoAz19zB-MnQ8OSXLpHJBVbwUTx&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=61d48b781b29fc0db83627fcbf39d2ab&oe=6022E784

[Anka]

Geyser of Nevada

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP._zLy5VSGsdNO-Ikg3tLwYwHaEr%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Moravia Czech Republic

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.28dSCUtBrr4tP_YSONTBdQHaE8%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Green Lake in Austria, Europe, is an underwater park.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.2kwjUO0ysSYI2LsEEL8MywHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Rucar Bran mountain corridor Piatra Craiului, Romania

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.RN9TbuboKLookjLu0W2-PAHaEc%26pid%3DApi&f=1

The statue of Decebalus on the Danube river Romania

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Karkonosze winter Mountains, Poland

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[Karen (Geophyz)]

I was on a geology field trip in the mountains in Spain and along came this cow. She stopped and looked at all of us measuring the rock section and drawing pictures, then she just shook her head and walked on.

The bird has been staring at me outside my window today as I work. The deer are behind my barn, looking for a handout.

[Eva2]

Just a beautiful pic of birds in a tree:

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/138067397_3600595810023382_2204852580238684770_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=YyXiQVw823QAX-yPHYA&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=4e69eb2a5220176d83f3bcf48cc9c349&oe=6022FA13

[Eva2]

Snow under a microscope:

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/138788313_1554459958073065_8327453241681605747_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=DOjtKqdHW60AX9Pzshp&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=25aeb852d1fa12a545ac2698801b1ea3&oe=60265723

[Anka]

Glass Beach simply proves that one man’s trash can become another man’s treasure - with more than 10 years and the powerful Pacific Ocean.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.P-tIuBasl7r8cKaZG7eFXwHaFj%26pid%3DApi&f=1
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An endless prospect of magic and wonder, something of the marvelous simple laws and possibility of explorations in this incomprehensibly beautiful Nature of ours :flower:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.rLD_Xx65VYhmL0dUzwUrwwHaFe%26pid%3DApi&f=1

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[Eva2]

Moon Bridge in Rakotzbrücke, Germany

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/138662909_250635133293556_7979994312939729700_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=38DZ4Q3OdLcAX_nE-LY&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=871d22e2c0813f93b118873a75c1f701&oe=60285E52

[Karen (Geophyz)]

What an incredibly beautiful photo Jill! So peaceful, it brought tears to my eyes.

[Eva2]

I think this is in Switzerland. Wherever it is, I want to live in that house :):
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/137565614_3865863300144749_2806380586228957122_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=VvCrqTIHvWMAX80igwc&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=acb59a201d240c37917afa542e7e1290&oe=602C5986

[Kryztian]

Lenticular clouds over Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia

photographer by Michael Fung

https://i.imgur.com/m5SyXtL.jpg?1

A sailboat shielded by a block of clouds. Chios Island, Greece

photographer by @avgoustidisermis

https://i.imgur.com/HS1MF7e.jpg?1

[Eva2]

Lenticular clouds over Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia

photographer by Michael Fung

https://i.imgur.com/m5SyXtL.jpg?1

A sailboat shielded by a block of clouds. Chios Island, Greece

photographer by @avgoustidisermis

https://i.imgur.com/HS1MF7e.jpg?1

Wow, that first photo is amazing and spectacular!!!

[Eva2]

'Finland has the best Aurora-light shows.
photographer by @juusohd'

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/140235813_444802920234610_2711266798990741826_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=zHqMqbC8TQwAX80Z24F&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=9e956ef28f6c99def9ffa18a09b3452e&oe=602F6B7F

[Sue (Ayt)]

Here are three pictures I took from when we lived in a cabin in Northern Michigan.

Beautiful place... but the winters were just too long and too cold.


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[Eva2]

View from the forest floor:

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/139797097_1874776549336607_4312377531490422567_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=760enOzpZWcAX9zegmE&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=154572cb5c5e291625f989ba42102ec1&oe=60316B3D

[Bill Ryan]

Two very different images:

1) China's "Red Beach", one of the rarest sights in the world: a wetland on the bank of the Liaohe River in Liaoning Province. :heart:

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Panjin.jpg

2) A high resolution panorama I took myself a couple of days ago, high in the Andes in Ecuador. You could possibly take a moment to view it at full size, scanning from one side to the other to see the myriad of lakes in the valleys below. It was a cloudy day, but that somehow seemed to add to it all. :sun:

https://projectavalon.net/Bill's_hike_24_Jan_2021/summit_panorama.jpg

[Eva2]

The moon melting into a waterfall:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/143994764_5056133264428870_6292844976504891749_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=Xj7jYJf45C0AX-6uj9J&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=ccc6df1fd36de257d36f834a44ab53df&oe=603C46EB

[Eva2]

'Milky Way Over Mt. Rainer with lenticular cloud formation, Washington State, USA.
📷 by Matt Sahli'
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/145478143_5064495606925969_1909379803403985496_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=O3I82n4VmdAAX-RcYpw&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=66d1e5cc565625625d4d1a44d72424de&oe=603E8E10

[Eva2]

French Alps:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/145176385_724317934948040_1370267808308689193_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=Pl28Bw9mAQcAX8MFQJw&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=71991c6188cfcf7d0d654423355551a0&oe=603E3C34

[uzn]

https://heise.cloudimg.io/width/1140/q75.png-lossy-75.webp-lossy-75.foil1/_www-heise-de_/imgs/71/3/0/4/7/6/3/7/05_Mi_Bluetensymmetrie-60a7df21d012c3f1.jpg

[Eva2]

Grand Tetons, Wyoming
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132940615_3893861994010212_5816034456741834560_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=CLaNcHohGLMAX-SytS4&_nc_oc=AQnFIyNCdzYg-mIdfc604RvjnbgEwxizi8tkZ2xOhTrHS5eyGFqDo9wOdOywTJQTqilHGAuEGSgCsrYJHpGJrAFx&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=018124aaec107b0fcbccb3bdf1a8b949&oe=603F8A8B

[Eva2]

'Enchanted path in Sarajevo, Bosnia'
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/144726414_757921521494306_2094168101727278271_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=vCmT7t5pNLAAX85Wlu_&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=50d6498218fafa6ecf5542b99bf7a537&oe=603E4ED8

[Eva2]

Moth orchids:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/145595224_4921895261185019_3103761916999854690_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=dmB-0swkG2UAX_hXL7j&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=15b2c8854cc7f033b846c2733c077364&oe=60410629

[Anka]

The Untersberg( Or Hitler's mountain) is the northernmost massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps, a prominent spur straddling the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. The highest peak of the table-top mountain is the Berchtesgaden Hochthron at 1,973 metres (6,473 ft).

I woke up on a morning like this.:)

https://i.postimg.cc/FKWvLS7w/muntele.jpg

I climbed the mountain on that sunny day.

https://i.postimg.cc/9F4X2JgK/123.jpg

I went down from the mountain to take my bike home and I was caught in such a storm (storms in the area are frequent, short and cold) the storm and small pieces of hail caught me in the middle of the field and "whipped" me a little the skin until I reached under a tree.
Nature really has its greatness.:flower::flower:

https://i.postimg.cc/9fPFS0gf/1342-1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZRVYbgSt/1342-2.jpg

The storm lasted only a few minutes, but the air is very clean and the waters in the area are sweet and nutritious.
I'm such a "fanatic" of Nature that I think only nature can "kill" me:)

[Eva2]

Lake Moraine, Banff, Alberta, Canada:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132806526_3893886584007753_1088458951749244646_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=fQBS6xxRcmIAX8wcgXR&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=dcb509fee65479978a6c090cd1c29f83&oe=603F6FB3

[uzn]

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7We3miwBiUHa42A5o8T6qX.jpg

[uzn]

https://cdn.prod.www.spiegel.de/images/8727ccd9-fa47-4611-b050-e77b2ee20c5a_w1600_r1.4347202295552368_fpx39_fpy50.jpg

[Constance]

ffffffffffffffffffffffffff

[Franny]

This is what beach sand looks like when magnified by about 300 times.


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[Eva2]

Wanaka Lake, New Zealand.
Photo by Everlook Photography
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/147450737_5092484390793757_3641275425375962237_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=VOYosqyl3rIAX-B6BEX&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=611aa5a0e675625540e06202a55a0141&oe=60499572

[Bill Ryan]

Laila Peak, in the Karakoram Himalayas. It's exceptional inasmuch as even in these days of GPS and to-the-inch satellite measurements, its true height is still controversial and disputed.

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/lela-by-Musa-Khan-Haidari.jpg

[uzn]

https://cdn.prod.www.spiegel.de/images/68693421-3677-4b57-9f70-150e6c8dfd37_w1280_r1.77_fpx68_fpy56.jpg

[Anka]

Mushrooms, unlike many other organisms, have survived all the cataclysms that have taken place on our planet. And they have a good chance of continuing to do so. Mushrooms are able to release spores into the air even in the absolute absence of wind.

7 000 000 000 000 spores - such an amount of spores is contained in a single specimen of fungus, e.g. "Langermannia gigantea"; If each of these spores were to grow and give birth to another generation of spores, then by the third generation the common mass of all fungi would exceed 800 times the mass of our planet.
-5 millimetre per minute is the growth rate of some varieties;
-80 years - the maximum age of Polypore fungi, which grow on trees. The largest of them weighed 500 kilograms.
-20 000 g - the gravitational acceleration of the spores of Pilobolus fungi. Cosmonauts support the acceleration of 3 g, Formula-1 drivers - up to 5 g.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F64.media.tumblr.com%2F2395972815991fffff4f27508c02b0c8%2Ff85021080d51ec5e-59%2Fs640x960%2F3a5d5397759a5493ea73c76443b904578ed669fb.gifv&f=1&nofb=1

Time lapse growing, they can absorb water extremely quickly.

https://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/541988_81_58219_GFNK3FKqJ.gif

https://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/541987_81_58219_yk65zHBhg.gif

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Nature has always been a beautifully engineered design.:flower::flower:

[onawah]

Amazing avalanche on Annapurna and a rainbow too
Massive Shockwave - Everest region Avalanche
1,121,061 views•Jan 20, 2021
14K
David Snow
6.84K subscribers
"World's largest and biggest Avalanche-not caused by set charges.
No hikers you hear and see were injured by the shockwave.
Filmed from Kapuche Lake, Nepal. Avalanche slide from the face of Annapurna"

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[Kryztian]

https://i.imgur.com/aczF5St.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/ybeYp4o.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/DMcLUrn.jpg

[Anka]

Cave Pearls in Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.1N_wbAT7BLdmAcYHCfjUWQHaJP%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Frozen Flower Buds
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/31/74/89/3174895ebf36184964f9eb256ccb9f13.jpg

Eucalyptus deglupta
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.nHuEqAS1-mHKtkyghjat0QHaEo%26pid%3DApi&f=1

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/48/1e/31/481e31c45c802c49ab2dd56ce64a2685.jpg
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[onawah]

Incredible lightning strikes!
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[Eva2]

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s1080x2048/147885125_3769583403078178_3177435802055509784_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=ct9aKM2nodwAX_86AVj&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&tp=7&oh=4cfcfffd2e72b0cee8f66d921f487d71&oe=604D2A48

[Eva2]

Manitou Springs, Colorado
Beautiful photo by Philipp Reiter
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/149013422_3910771075715023_1201247813333070349_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=SOnybezSwRMAX_6NfMA&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=f8131bbb94e27d0d8f9f2a8d97d120c8&oe=604F3E18

[Eva2]

Cactus Garden
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/131058892_994913350999195_4939579010303038953_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=-2ihDVsj-LUAX855W9m&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=501a6b422e815def27c9c036904a4bbc&oe=6050149E

[Eva2]

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/149696461_10208014073907000_3374076772024271756_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=HQbGjakyknYAX80bqW9&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=680bc92f22961804f97e3c37c69ed731&oe=604E978B

[uzn]

https://sm.mashable.com/mashable_sea/image/default/uploads252fcard252fimage252f1598108252f26a08172-ebfa-4899-a2_ytat.jpg

[uzn]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NINTCHDBPICT000635090128.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

The Zhangye Danxia hills in China:

https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2020/06/shutterstock_1459726691_cmyk-crop-d2854ed.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C414

[Anka]

MILLPU LAGOONS (Ayacucho) Peru:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.a0CaC-Me22kxQ3UpjvthyQHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

The Spotted Lake (Kliluk), Osoyoos, Canada:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.edqYvbuJ8EjE9jJbRkWd9QHaD4%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Painted Dunes of Lassen Volcanic National Park, California:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.OlJQKgIP7hnH-RMV8p8QWAHaFi%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Lake Natron, Monduli, Tanzania:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP._vfvMM6VC0B3iI3I8zvpFQHaE6%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.B603CdqDGSqEL4FpnxlZCAHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

[Eva2]

'Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatian: Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera, is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register.'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/150157761_227763528988407_7111910604023614597_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=dWOM8IMs_3kAX_-y2qT&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=d76396e79d1cd27b7065f0c84fed46f5&oe=6051A283

[Eva2]

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/152145813_1330209293998734_3115153783856082129_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=DH2fGXJEq1cAX-qL6_O&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=4e2a8be8067f13e940b254e8c67f483a&oe=6053E93E

Lonely swan on a misty day:
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/151348803_5129691407073055_9198733188231199344_n.png?_nc_cat=1&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=PlEulaL5uA8AX_pzsYZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=084cd2fe6300d5b07fc683623cdc7934&oe=60533A3C

[Eva2]

A village in Italy:
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/150466234_3964937996903945_4710113506362195069_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=hQDoG5OGx_4AX-koG6F&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=2457c706c6ec183cfa45154d47ed176c&oe=60549CBF

[uzn]

https://i0.web.de/image/060/35530060,pd=4.jpg

[Eva2]

'The world’s biggest flower, Rafflesia arnoldii, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Indeed the largest flower but also the smelliest! And, to the human nose, not in a good way: its gigantic petals emit a putrid scent like rotting flesh to attract pollinators and prey.'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/147046469_3801007816612976_184827122879182079_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=sm4ohT6dVGoAX8yr-CW&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=96c07ab1a2f8e7a8b56431cb9bfaec89&oe=60581FB0

[Eva2]

Mount Etna, Sicily Feb. 21, 2021
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153750433_1708681592652689_997620984812705210_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=qzUo3coaIloAX8jMqKY&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=162e7c94f6fc33ed77fe2384b6354e44&oe=605B1855

[Eva2]

'Magical morning at Policeman’s Creek in Canmore, Alberta'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/154953923_737610740285426_8073573870914051816_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=3wlg0Bwkq9AAX-EEIdD&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=bb4bf13cb057e85a67b422fb14819cd6&oe=60620B6F

[Eva2]

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/155940014_1976482189158345_4527941437730711003_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=TMu0JQv0IzMAX8HctNp&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=622b93c4e43e25e6b55f778cdcf8af61&oe=60648146

[Eva2]

Mount Etna - February 17, 2021
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[Eva2]

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[Eva2]

I thought this was a neat picture - the mushrooms are so evenly and precisely placed - nature is so organized":
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[Gwin Ru]

Other-worldly weather and spooky scuba dives: New international photo contest gets off to a sensational start - as the winning pictures show (http://www.scoopyweb.com/2021/03/other-worldly-weather-and-spooky-scuba.html)


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/01/09/39895394-9311773-image-a-57_1614591031831.jpg+23
Photographer Clement Chua was the winner of the nature category thanks to this incredible shot of a flying fox - a type of bat - skimming across the water in Sydney's Centennial Park

[Gwin Ru]

...

... quantum synchronized swimming:


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/01/09/39895404-9311773-image-a-55_1614590875548.jpg+23
Australian photographer Andrew Dickman was declared the winner of the nature category thanks to this amazing snap of gentoo penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula

[Eva2]

Spring time at Kuju Flower Park, Japan
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[onawah]

This is a double solar halo, an upper tangent arc, two sun dogs, and a solar pillar, taken in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/135619753_10160713385334745_835462525732286367_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=-FqcigVMz4cAX-0pMW0&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=54b7fcd4915d1cb675199bc54d9986bb&oe=6068DEF3

[uzn]

Dragon
https://pic1.zhimg.com/80/v2-a47ae0f68eb054e6a5ebb0bbd808c8e4_1440w.jpg

[Eva2]

Bhutan is one of the top picks on my bucket list - Tiger's Nest Monastery, Paro, Bhutan:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30221892_430911064016953_8346843858272780288_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=07xVuEDIxzkAX9xEHUJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=b57e219c7cf3ccbbcb5d3168997c8108&oe=606BB8E2

[onawah]

Castle view in Budapest, Hungary
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158625810_266511628364317_5403633070055383264_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=F6tEROncW9AAX-JLA1X&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=07f7816740597ea8166e8e0ed617f524&oe=606C6D8B

[Eva2]

Shizuoka, Japan

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158201687_269408754746241_3896813436079608692_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=m0yz15gOT0sAX_etJLK&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=d8a17d1fcc9385adf75ea4467b12bd0c&oe=606EEB08

[Eva2]

A mountain of salt rock in Iran:

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/160820304_300325231493694_4427062364192019697_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=o8S4w4PCYs4AX_CZpBP&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=9400702fa699bbca7c49e66268baa47c&oe=6075586E

[Eva2]

The Kummakivi balancing rock in Ruokolahti, Finland.
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/156454289_1593545704164490_7226930405665612360_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=Fk-PIbXrqLIAX-MdS1O&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=586cd077df1f367dcf9975f5d5a7510d&oe=607898DB

[Eva2]

'Birdflower ...
(Crotalaria Cunninghamii)
Native to, and widespread, in inland northern Australia'
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/161458351_208306267556704_1175679788823924443_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=UNmQ4_wPtYEAX_C5w5u&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=46634e5eb5d8f58d9b2b9f1463ed1041&oe=6079D36F

[Eva2]

An amazing lenticular cloud hovers over Japan's Mount Fuji

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/161779669_795055241444463_6413975611064249394_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=5dksI1PpmwYAX8aMz3V&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=664c3b8962e4d60c2e09e482e54be772&oe=60791398

[Eva2]

National Geographic Award for best picture of the year
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/149420159_10228971424373168_1360008175515030684_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=8N2WrHrm6GkAX-R_8Ck&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=8e8417683133ba801a073436f5318ee2&oe=607F6DC3

[Eva2]

Hymenopus coronatus) Orchid mantis
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/160822027_716311869009492_4620216381925676339_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=7_f6RmZbGYQAX8PvqSQ&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=51728133e26fb28d60650782b02c7709&oe=6080502E

[Anka]

Usually associated with purity, royalty and devotion, the edelweiss is a rare and beautiful mountain flower. The edelweiss prefers rocky places at altitudes between 1,800 and 3,000 meters, being usually associated with the Alps and the Carpathians.
Protected in many countries, including in Romania, this flower has been having many symbolic uses in various areas, from military and commercial to monetary and tourism, becoming a quite popular flower despite (or maybe thanks to) being rare and hard to reach.
The plant was declared a monument of nature in 1931 in Romania, after becoming so rare that it was in danger of extinction. But this flower is also protected in other European countries as well, and this means that picking it is forbidden. However, picking continues to be the biggest danger for the edelweiss. Just like everything that grows in very rough conditions, these flowers are more vulnerable and so, if they’re picked intensively, they just start to disappear.:flower:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.u0I0rGAldMJpdHxK6eqKuwHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1

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-peaceful winter
Snow on Lake Bled, Slovenia, makes the scene look like something out of a fairy tale.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.JICsb1qeN3_9NklPMgDtNgHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1

-through the nature's horizons
The Tadami Line is a train route that stretches for 84 miles in Japan.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.k0U1MwBBRNuYG5F3R3IYqgHaFj%26pid%3DApi&f=1

-aerial terrace
Rice terraces form intricate patterns in Bali, Indonesia. Using terraces to farm in hilly or uneven areas of land prevent soil erosion and help with irrigation.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.rkjmsshFuU1dgNmq_pbGsAHaFj%26pid%3DApi&f=1

-between the lines
On the Basque Coast in Spain. Flysch alternates thin and coarse layers of sediment, making for a dramatic landscape.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.qCxHAo3hnffnivo5dLNSSQHaFP%26pid%3DApi&f=1

[meeradas]

some of my fav spots on the planet in this video.... enjoy

YGAsG6_JgAI

[Eva2]

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[uzn]

Sprites

https://images.twnmm.com/c55i45ef3o2a/1NNnJJ7Qz60geoQWqZTx1p/99c4837fd14f9766fdc38bf12dc7b0a0/Red-Sprite-West-Texas-July22020-crop-StephenHummel.jpg

https://science.nasa.gov/files/science-red/s3fs-public/styles/image_gallery_scale_960w/public/atoms/SpritesHD_Vetter_1000.jpg

[Eva2]

Walking into a forest with these sculptures reflecting that world must feel like an otherwordly, magical kind of experience.
'Mirror Sculptures Reflect The Forest by Scottish Artist Rob Mulholland'

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/118910047_2662525210675409_8847164395579864072_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=g4sLK0EUJ1cAX8vQ5KP&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=10f77c0b78e1ac9341dc44b0ea387ad6&oe=6084B9CF

[Eva2]

Atlas Butterfly
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/164899701_109416184572349_2621917895169998634_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=d40It5HWa6cAX-d4oq7&_nc_oc=AQmqjw84xYPot1Pi4rsoQc1XJBzQKEt11albenIGb5JkjKmFHddUWiOWQdJjk2ImsyzWXOcVCubCp_SbnIwaNYzc&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=e746094aa826a7f628c44b2fc60e09e2&oe=60850D4C

[Anka]

The shadow of the pyramid and the Way of Heaven in Ceahlau, Romania

A hologram phenomenon that reaches every year, the maximum intensity on August 6. At sunrise, for 80 minutes, a natural hologram phenomenon emerges under the appearance of a perfect pyramid.
In the play of light and shadow that accompanies the sunrise on the mountain, the top of the mountain is projected into the sky, the earth and the sky joining by a dark road, bordered on the left by a luminous parapet, named for sacred knowledge older than 5,000 years "The Way of Heaven", touristic is a big event anyway.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.gNnXotSshVy8OGmgpq5h-QHaEo%26pid%3DApi&f=1

The Sphinx, is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park,Romania

The image of the sphinx appears when the rock, having an 8 m height and a 12 m width, is observed from a certain angle. The megalith has its clearest outline on 21 November, at the time the sun goes down, it is the ancient Dacian king and the eternity of Romanian identity.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.a8TwWOrNPl035hciSXQKcAHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Trovants - the living rocks (In Romania also)
Is a natural museum and the locals noticed that the roundish stones grew every time it rained, as if they were alive :),stones have been a common knowledge for at least two centuries, but nobody really attached any importance to them, trovants are often used for construction purposes, sometimes with dramatic results also;the largest of the samples is about 10 meters tall.

http://tripfreakz.com/galleries/trovants-the-living-rocks-of-romania/tr01.jpg
http://tripfreakz.com/galleries/trovants-the-living-rocks-of-romania/tr02.jpg

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[Eva2]

'Vía Láctea
parque Condoriri. La Paz.'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s1080x2048/166332525_3829429750460020_3384015382763758683_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=zoKL1BevBo0AX8Jgaev&_nc_oc=AQlYc7SrlG5C3_M6HA_aYF4nwB6f9F2aHm1xaNhUr9hb_uWjpc-ouORWK76kZlT-D4mdVUAAMejoKka__8rLAoYQ&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&tp=7&oh=0d3ef2390487d6b12ece67bcaa96c9a6&oe=6089EBC2

[Anka]

Sailing Stones, California

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.PT-JeUznKRU2aJeUOVlwmQHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Pantanal Wetlands Brazil; The Largest Freshwater Wetland Ecosystems in the World

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.k4e1JYjS-PzukDjuP-1i7wHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Forest of knives Madagascar

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.io7Ost50ozbL47L2OR5vGwHaEx%26pid%3DApi&f=1

In Finnish Lapland the temperature drops sub-freezing and common trees become cloaked in snow. It landscape becomes almost alien.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.dNn12Hyhrxxo7RBNB__dGAHaE8%26pid%3DApi&f=1

The Hessdalen Light

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.tgN0CSKauqAyncNyQJi8KgHaEV%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Ice Stalactite

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.8Z_AdUXkTgDzilQPj5xdOQHaEL%26pid%3DApi&f=1

[Eva2]

'Massive Shockwave - Everest region Avalanche'
'World's largest and biggest Avalanche-not caused by set charges.
No hikers you hear and see were injured by the shockwave.
Filmed from Kapuche Lake, Nepal. Avalanche slide from the face of Annapurna'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbgv7ntfRUQ

[Icare]

2:22 minutes of spectacular northern lights seen in Scotland, breathtakingly beautiful:
fVsONlc3OUY


:

[Eva2]

A pretty shot
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/170186693_487933295952651_7749026738166507142_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=rR95IDfxvnIAX8E5drI&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=ed3230dbc285feb4b35e19d6f6570814&oe=60926F7D

[Eva2]

A lonely house in Iceland with a wonderful view:
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/171099030_4167100696645356_939494656124094048_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=CbjFsGc-kZoAX-dW_p0&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=b8b0d2df73a06d99385ce1fb1b273fa6&oe=6094E00D

[iota]

Dear Sue

i've been meaning to ask you if this is one of your photographs? i've been sharing images twice per day for over a decade and this is one of the images i had shared this on (4-16-17) so you would have had to take it prior to that date . the information i had for it reads:

fire rainbow cloud over Carolina


46532

love your avatar
:flower:

[onawah]

From Nassim Haramein's FB page at:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=300861341393089&set=a.291883805624176
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=46531&d=1617927835
"Patterns in nature are the essence of wisdom." ~ Dennis Prager

Study the fundamental patterns of nature and the structure of spacetime itself in the free Unified Science Course at:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=300861341393089&set=a.291883805624176 "

[Sue (Ayt)]

Dear Sue

i've been meaning to ask you if this is one of your photographs? i've been sharing images twice per day for over a decade and this is one of the images i shared on (4-16-17) and the information i had for it reads:

fire rainbow cloud over Carolina
Iota - The name doesn't sound familiar to me, but where is the image you are talking about?

[iota]

Dear Sue

i've been meaning to ask you if this is one of your photographs? i've been sharing images twice per day for over a decade and this is one of the images i shared on (4-16-17) and the information i had for it reads:

fire rainbow cloud over Carolina
Iota - The name doesn't sound familiar to me, but where is the image you are talking about?

i named it that .. wherever it is i came across it said it was from Carolina

and sorry i accidentally hit to post prior to realizing i wouldn't be able to upload image because i had maxed out my attachment allotment ~ so it took me a while to delete attachments and replace them with web images in prior posts so they wouldn't look "bare" without the attachment i had deleted to make space to be able to upload the image

it should be showing now .. :star:


46534

[Sue (Ayt)]

Dear Sue

i've been meaning to ask you if this is one of your photographs? i've been sharing images twice per day for over a decade and this is one of the images i shared on (4-16-17) and the information i had for it reads:

fire rainbow cloud over Carolina
Iota - The name doesn't sound familiar to me, but where is the image you are talking about?

i named it that .. wherever it is i came across it said it was from Carolina

and sorry i accidentally hit to post prior to realizing i wouldn't be able to upload image because i had maxed out my attachment allotment ~ so it took me a while to delete attachments and replace them with web images in prior posts so they wouldn't look "bare" without the attachment i had deleted to make space to be able to upload the image

it should be showing now .. :star:


46534

That is amazing, but no, not a pic that I took.
My avatar was the only time I witnessed something like that, and I took that pic in northern Michigan.
We were driving on a back road, when I spotted it and yelled for my husband to "Stop the car!"
We got out and watched and snapped pics until it slowly faded. There were no other people or cars around.
It was truly a Magic Moment.

[Icare]

Iridescent clouds in China / Ecuador / Brasil / Indonesia

ssbzLbz2-3E

[Eva2]

'Delivering the Moon'
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/171939262_490787672333880_7977796907145664324_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=t-Un_27SN4YAX9EdNr-&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=0ff7a55399e6ba539e15d3ad00247986&oe=60987851

[Eva2]

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[Eva2]

Interesting - tree from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.growing in hexagonal patterns:

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/170027395_1958198527669414_6943883827806257207_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=nZ6vkOOETA0AX_qQTUA&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=3addbc3606adeaf7f98d582b6f62545c&oe=609A8920

[Eva2]

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[Anka]

Rafflesia Arnoldii

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/23/d2/ee/23d2ee14c826513f8dc43197028b1b82.jpg

Baobab flower

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.6P7lCvfJSPfOfj6-Z6p9oQHaFj%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Choke cherry tree flowers

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/cd/4a/85/cd4a853b82bc0e55e3961e03a1c9424d.jpg

Swaddled babies flower

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.ewCtVSJxK0dwiWliVtiYCAHaFj%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Lithops

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.UxExg3YOwljCr2hB5sNJ6QHaFj%26pid%3DApi&f=1

[uzn]

Supermassive Black Hole M87

https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/04/04/et-blk-hole-345-web-678.jpg

[Eva2]

Photo was taken at exact time lightening hit the water:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/172946005_305415690932363_1914092493356428640_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=fTRmzAM0BVcAX9-pTm-&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=9755ed1ca6e971107382b1fcec58a7c4&oe=60A03E44

[Eva2]

'This impressive photograph of the Colima Fire Volcano (3850 m high) was captured by Mexican photographer Sergio Tapiro Velasco on the night of December 13, 2015 after a long wait. Tapiro began taking the first shots from 7:30 at night and obtained this image four hours later from a safe position located 12 km from the volcano. '

The image shows the volcano expelling incandescent material and a large ash column. One of the most conspicuous elements is the 600 meter long bright beam that forms from the right side. Lightning is part of the phenomenon known as a dirty storm that occurs when mineral particles expelled by the volcano collide with each other causing electrical discharges. The photographer captured his image with a Canon EOS 6D camera, at a shutter speed of 8, a 2.8 aperture and an ISO ( sensitivity to light) of 3200. The same volcano contributed to the success of the photo, says Tapiro, as “ The beam worked like a giant flash ”.
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/173815049_915892305910065_5224253612339076273_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=aGpkfpCTRWoAX8WYZzr&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=ab0679e50ada850b3c116869eaffee39&oe=60A14854

[Eva2]

'Pink beach, Komodo Island, Indonesia.
The pink beach of Komodo Island, is one of seven pink sand beaches across the world. What makes the sand appear pink under the sun are microscopic residents, organisms called Foraminifera. They produce a red pigment on the coral reefs and leave small red particles behind that blend with the white sand.'

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/174057932_813525749597412_4855605525263564376_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=v3DVeAg6obcAX8o3iki&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=963471b02c5ae1f4411d4b61dc81175a&oe=60A0740E

[Eva2]

Not sure where this is - looks like it might be Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island. Anyway, beautiful gardens:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/174579980_10224747370420831_5149201510529782606_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=Iu1h5zf_EekAX8M6OxN&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=7ef3c3fd4de63e623967816271a1b2e5&oe=60A26028

[Eva2]

'This rare orchid named ‘Flower of the Holy Spirit’ only blooms once a year. Before blooming it looks like a Mother and Child, and once it blooms it turns into a Dove in Flight'
Just came across this with respect to these images. Well, still a sort of uplifting pic even if the images are unrelated:
'None of this is true. The first picture is a seed pod and not a bloom. Both picture are unrelated, completely different plants. The white bloom is a Habenaria radiata, known as the egret orchid, not the Holy Ghost...'
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/167649592_10226519768406795_2616350803849775607_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=ou-SZlNHDIcAX8sNXIw&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=98bdb82bf8e7d4a6aaf841c0047d471b&oe=60A0CD56

[Eva2]

Magical sunset:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/171277981_760814064631760_7594847411204655324_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=YNtYIeAYj60AX9ig6CG&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=4179d43b2eeb4c2266aac249dcddd219&oe=60A33489

[Eva2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPhXaXebTc

[Eva2]

A well camouflaged, Green Lynx Spider
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/174689970_4006608622735443_8378259128201899589_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=HqSF9L0VOO0AX8qz3mm&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=c984c27a1f5e664f3f5553f01b8ff9e6&oe=60A45124

[Eva2]

Just looking at this is making me sneeze!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIk1Oi3Azug

[Eva2]

'Scientists have found that the Hydnellum peckii (aka strawberries and cream, bleeding tooth fungus, the Devil's tooth) can be used as an anti-coagulant to keep blood clots from forming and may someday be used to treat bacterial pneumonia and Alzheimer's.'
(Sounds like a useful natural product for treating side effects from the vac)
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/176214508_2285911194874780_6460751815130298200_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=D2GerfzYU9MAX_vcxpT&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=10e37569a2233cbd14c9a8f6947a2aec&oe=60AA2347

[Eva2]

'Northern Lights above Austnesfjorden summit in northern Norway
photography by @maxrivephotography'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s1080x2048/176658280_3834546456582410_1663085370686569790_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=xoDDbDGVaq4AX9QIvc4&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&tp=7&oh=e54018c16b3142d64dc719502eed7dbe&oe=60AABF5F

[Eva2]

'A perfect image from Evan McKay⁠
"The last time I shot the Milky Way here I got quite a good reception so I thought I'd give it another go with the new gear that I have. It was just as challenging as last time and I think the spray was even worse, but somehow managed to get some clear shots of it. It's probably technically a composite since I moved the tripod further away from the waterfall for the Milky Way to avoid spray, but it's aligned where it should be and scaled correctly.⁠
⁠
Nikon D750/Sigma 40mm/Sigma 14-24mm⁠
Sky: 40mm, ISO 3200, f/1.8, 6 sec [x4]⁠
Ground: 20mm, ISO 3200, f/2.8, 120 sec [x2]⁠" '
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/176120355_4170210863030608_5985825534235899270_n.png?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=PcIsaI5NirIAX-SS4yK&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=9167818b47e94b0fda0501c3ef65faa2&oe=60AB29C8

[onawah]

A slideshow of incredible clouds
https://www.facebook.com/officialearth/photos/pcb.1602375296620512/1602375023287206

[Eva2]

Rainbow Falls in Yosemite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JCVyEAN5mY

[Eva2]

One of my favourite places:
Jasper National Park in Alberta
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/178210690_313575540337718_8558929038512923494_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=_KIAloWObWAAX_ofWqR&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=b95fbc8e442f4e624479990c39e4ce89&oe=60AD546B

[Bill Ryan]

One of my favourite places:
Jasper National Park in Alberta
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/178210690_313575540337718_8558929038512923494_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=_KIAloWObWAAX_ofWqR&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=b95fbc8e442f4e624479990c39e4ce89&oe=60AD546BThanks! I've stood at that exact spot (Maligne Lake) where the photo was taken. :sun:

[Eva2]

Fort Myers, Florida - an electrifying storm:
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/179788801_1375367462816250_3050278224146768499_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=xA91UkEDMF8AX97xPmK&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=914ad7f2a2523b77066cb529a8b51cd7&oe=60AF1F10

[Eva2]

'Shot of the Statue of Liberty balancing the Pink Supermoon over NYC'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s1080x2048/179336899_821709322112388_4278945993676325152_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=h4Vchb8dg9MAX9NFD__&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&tp=7&oh=9a69e85f23717f4df0292c9e124a337d&oe=60AEC62E

[Eva2]

'Moonlight Aurora, Norway'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/159238157_4109635182432891_5179284457113220772_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=GPSfX9aer7IAX9h-Ya2&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=8dca85776e70076fe100028bc8daac61&oe=60B00826

[uzn]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/5e/8e/3d5e8e0a25431f9a183a508f88d57c32.png

[Eva2]

'The best photo I’ve ever seen of volcanic lightning. The “dirty thunderstorm” shot at Calbuco volcano in April 2015, southern Chile.
photography by @francisconegroni_fotografia'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/179284489_503789231033724_2435014386869044967_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=UU4lAgZXMm4AX-0jFwc&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=2f10f086763313fd8f0ad4316d4eae1a&oe=60B2201A

And, just a dreamy shot somewhere in Turkey.
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/176782436_4000036276730327_2244685605068782295_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=vs5InjEJnrIAX-8m1HW&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=9318d10a64e2690c9fcca3e1dc7807f1&oe=60B20DAA

[Eva2]

Florida, USA
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/180740970_494188645270219_2070849570476146429_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=qBH_ygNT7HoAX83Is0E&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=388e96961bcab0474394c45984e2a6b5&oe=60B435D9

[onawah]

800 year old Bonsai tree
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=315378513274705&set=a.291883805624176
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=315378513274705&set=a.291883805624176

https://scontent.fuio1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/181209267_315378519941371_1827983247502013063_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=x5QtV7YGO3YAX_fgu_l&_nc_ht=scontent.fuio1-1.fna&oh=617161a32e654919ab90fb91dc2d7d1d&oe=60B3571F

[Eva2]

'Botanical Park of Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
Founded in 1808, it is considered one of the most important in the world.'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/179240578_141114787993702_3773843052044856598_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=xV2_TEF3MpkAX8TAxYt&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=fe3566cc56d503658f2bfe3de704886c&oe=60B44290

[Eva2]

'Aurora Borealis in Kitdalen, Norway'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/181468576_2571314503171833_1967469277677343629_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=2k6h10PtB4MAX85lBdb&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=91f5f2407293e6900d301a0aa18ac5c0&oe=60B51710

[Eva2]

British Columbia, Canada
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/178687229_3043766905845029_6570349050775347202_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=sipM4EVcWFoAX-nFjti&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=1d58dd41f9711fc6e56c22cb3e49b83f&oe=60B44DA1

[Eva2]

https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/181805729_4504745329540224_956477916219072975_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=cwoUPSqMbnYAX_Or6r3&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=6a8d189bce52c24765ef38ec84a48d8a&oe=60B6E3E0

[Eva2]

Reflection Lake, @m1rphotography [IG]
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/183064629_232243788699096_3177265534027826874_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=9VZGsB6qS6QAX8CNcSn&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=039c66934e5f4af499f9d624b5d8cd72&oe=60B9F80F