Beautiful Nature pics

[Eva2]

'Giant lightning bolts over Manila bay ⚡
Photo by @anthony_mungcal'

[xidaijena]

Share some cute animals and views here:

[Eva2]

Impressive close up of the sun

'The clearest image of the Sun ever recorded!
The sun is not made of fire, its energy comes from the nuclear fusion in its core, where the temperature exceeds 15 million degrees and the pressure is huge. It melts hydrogen atoms, turning them into helium, releasing energy in the form of light and heat in the process.'

[Eva2]

A prophetic picture

'Eruption on Mount Etna (Sicily) gives the illusion of a Phoenix in the sky'

[Eva2]

A perfect alignment
'Alignment of 5 planets, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter, as seen from Africa at 4 am.'

[onawah]

Closeup of a Java Agate


Radial Goethite in quartz rough from Madagascar



Turkish agate


Black Australian Opal


Dendritic Opal


Montana Agate


Moss Agate
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Amethyst Quartz


Australian Boulder Opal

[Eva2]

I didn't know this and think this is one of nature's unique designs:
If you break a dry Cottonwood twig at it’s rings, you will find a star inside.

[Inversion]

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Guy looks terrified... I would be too, that's a massive Owl!

I imagine he stood there statue like and too scared to move, for how long though I wonder?



Some of those pictures earlier in the thread disappeared.. curious what's happening there. Specifically the ones Onawah posted with various crystals and Eva2's planet alignment shot.

Re: planet alignment, a few nights ago too some captures but just with phone, not telescope..

[onawah]

For some reason, images posted from Facebook don't last. There is probably some way around that, but I don't know what it is.
Anyway, is you are on FB, you can see many beautiful images from the Mineralogical Society here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107448624393

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Some of those pictures earlier in the thread disappeared.. curious what's happening there. Specifically the ones Onawah posted with various crystals and Eva2's planet alignment shot.

[Eva2]

'Trovants Romania’s Mysterious “Living” Stones'
https://fb.watch/d2wQ-gRF4y/

[onawah]

Colorado Rockies

[onawah]

Sunset in Arkansas (the Natural State)

[onawah]

Water drops caught in slow motion--a FB slide show
https://www.facebook.com/For-All-106...2453952475451/
Here are just a few:

[Inversion]

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best milky way photos 2022

[Frankie Pancakes]

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[Ankle Biter]

From botanical gardens in Adelaide, Australia.

[Kryztian]

A Strangler fig tree in a park in Nanning, Guangxi, China.



Strangler figs are named for their 'strangling' pattern of growth upon host trees, which often results in the host's death, as they suck up the nutrients from their victims. The strangler fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core when an original support tree dies. However, there is some evidence that shows that trees encased in strangler figs have a better chance of surviving storms.