Happy #RockinTuesday. There are 15 islands in the #WestmanIslands in #Iceland. Everyone lives on the largest island, #Heimaey. However each of the smaller islands is privately owned and each has a small cabin on it. Access to these islands can be treacherous (zoom in for detail). #photography

Happy September Equinox! Not the 'fall equinox' - at least not for the Southern Hemisphere. Here's a brief read about equinoxes from NASA. Hope you all enjoy. #equniox science.nasa.gov/solar-system...

#Sunset this evening along the central coast of California was amazing. The light streaks are #virga, rainfall not reaching the ground. Remnants of TS Mario. The virga is high enough to be illuminated by the sun (already set for me). Cloud shadows on other clouds. #photography #MorroBay

Here's a Red-throated Loon. Taken in #Iceland in July of 2025. The second pic shows the adult and a chick. #birds #wildlife #photography #Nature #travel #waterfowl

Happy #RockinTuesday. To celebrate, here's a photo of the 15 #MoaiStatues at #AnuTongariki on #RapaNui Island (#EasterIsland). The largest display of Moai on the island, they are made primarily of volcanic tuff and were excavated at a nearby quarry (#RanoRaraku). #photography #geology #archaeology

While on safari in #Botswana, at #sunset, I happened to catch these crepuscular rays coming through holes in the cloud deck. The water in the foreground is the #ZambeziRiver at the beginning of flood stage. The land across the river is #Namibia. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Stunday

#BlueSkyArtShow. Today's theme is #home. Here's a #sunset shot from my home in #MorroBay. Photo taken earlier this year. #photography #PacificOcean #MorroRock

A Friday cleanse. Here's a #LeopardSeal popping up to see what is already on an iceberg. Perhaps looking for a #penguin. Leopard seals are one of the primary predators of penguins in #Antarctica.

#Valparaiso #Chile is a port city well known for its eclectic architecture, colorful buildings and #StreetMurals. For Thursday's #UrbanGaze, here are photos of a several of those murals. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #StreetScene #StreetArt

It's #RockinTuesday! Time for some #Iceland #geology. Although it's hard to state that this specific site is a #plateboundary, it certainly is within the boundary zone. Looking generally southward, so North America on the right and Eurasia on the left. #photography #Nature #travel

Welcome to #BlueSkyMonday. Two #AdelePenguins on some very #Blue ice in #Antarctica. #Birds. #BirdPhotography #Nature #glacier

It's #Stunday and time for a #landscape shot of #HeimaeyIsland, part of the #WestmanIslands. Looking towards the main island of Iceland proper, under clouds in the distance. This island experienced a major volcanic eruption in 1973 requiring all residents to be evacuated. #volcanoes #geology

For Saturday, here's a timeline cleanse with a #Zebra finding just the right place to scratch. #Zimbabwe #photography #wildlife #nature #GetOutside #travel

For #FeatheredFriday here's a Lilac-breasted roller. Photo taken on safari in #Zambia. #birds #BirdPhotography #photography #Nature

Tansy flowers (Tanacetum vulgare), an introduced species to #Iceland. #Flowers #ColorADay #YellowThu #photography

It's #TwosDay. To celebrate, here's two different photos of two #Puffins. One looking a little silly and the other peaking out from their burrow. #birds #Iceland #photography #BirdPhotography #Nature #Travel

It was so windy in #Greenland that the Common Cottongrass looks like bad hair on a windy day. #flowers #photography #BlueSkyPhotography

How about some Puffins to end the week? Puffins use burrows for nesting. They raise one chick, and then abandon it before it can fly. Once the chick gets hungry enough, it flys down to the ocean and begins to hunt. #penguins #Iceland #birds #photography #NaturePhotography #birdphotography

It's #scape Friday! Here's a shot of the toe of the Apusiajik Glacier in East #Greenland, near #Kulusuk. Our guide informed us that as recently as 100 years ago (during his grandfather's life), the ice extended over a mile further. #glacier #geology #glaciology #landscape #photography #Nature

Before the arrival of paper in East Greenland, indigenous peoples carved pieces of wood and used them as maps. From the Kusuluk Museum. #Greenland #Kusuluk. #maps #mapping #geography #anthropology

I’m currently traveling in #Iceland. So for #WorldPhotographyDay here’s a short clip of #Seljandsfoss waterfall. #photography #Nature

Traveling in Iceland now. Visited a glacier in Southern Iceland that is melting back rapidly. Our guide carried a Jerry Can on the hike. Turns out that the can was a bar in disguise, with a little glacial ice. #Iceland. #photography

Currently traveling in the Westman Islands of Iceland. So many Puffins! #birds. #photography. #Iceland. #WestmanIslands.

It’s #scape day. To celebrate here’s a #panorama of the #KafueRiver in #Zambia. Use landscape for the better view. #photography. #LandscapePhotography #Nature. #Africa

Good Night @Bluesky with a #sunset photo from the stern of our ship heading to port from Deception Island, Antarctica after an amazing adventure cruise. #photography #travel #PhotographersOfBlueSky. #Nature

Good night BlueSky. And good night elephants. In the #OkavangoDelta of #Botswana. #WildlifePhotography #Nature #photography #elephants #Africa

Let's go to #WildlifeWednesday. From our recent safari, here's a #NileCrocodile (who's looking at you?) on the left. For context, the same croc is in the lower left of the pic on the right and our tent cabin is in the background. Too close for comfort! #photography #Zambia #LufupaRiverCamp #Nature

Ready for #MacroMonday? Closer to home along the eastern side of the #SierraNevada Mountains. The flower is a Sulphur-flower buckwheat and the insect is a Thread-waisted wasp. #photography #NaturePhotography #Nature

Welcome to #Stunday. Here's a photo of one of the many #sunsets that we experienced on our recent #Africa safari. This one is from the #KafueRiver in #Zambia. Our tent camp was in the dark area along the right side of the photo. #photography #landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #travel

Well, it's Friday #FlyDay. So, here is a juvenile Cormorant stretching its wings in preparation for flight. Taken at #DeceptionIsland #Antarctica. #birds #photography #WildlifePhotography #Nature

#WaterfallWednesday. First up, #IguazuFalls from the #Brazil side. Unfortunately, the falls are so large, that one cannot get all of them in one shot. #LandscapePhotography #photogrphy #Nature #travel

For #TwosDay, here's two #AfricanFishEagles sharing the same dead tree. These were quite common along the waterways in #SouthernAfrica. #Zimbabwe #Zambia #Botswana #Birds #photography #NaturePhotography. #birdsphotography

It's #RockinTuesday And to celebrate, here's a winter shot of the breakwater at #MorroBay. The waves are large. See the person standing much too close in the lower right corner for scale. #bigwaves.

For #BlueSkyMonday, let's go back to #Africa. A tender moment with a female #giraffe nursing her (rather large) baby. All while a nearby #Impala looks on. Note, the Red-Billed Oxpeckers on her back. #photography. #WildlifePhotography #Nature. #Zambia #travel #birds

Welcome #Stunday. From the library, this is Isla Granito de Oro, along the #PacificCoast of #Panama. So idyllic! When we approached on zodiacs, I expected to see the Skipper and Gilligan come out to meet us! #photography #travel #island

#FridayFlyDay. Here's a Hammerkop flying low over a lake with Hippos in the lounging background. This small lake contained Hippos, Monitor Lizards, Terrapins, and at least one huge Nile Crocodile. #birds #photography #NaturePhotography. #SouthAfrica #Karongwe

Happy #TwosDay. To celebrate, here's a short video of a mother #ChacmaBaboon carrying her baby on her back. #Africa. #Zambia. #baboons. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature #travel #ThanksMom.

For #blueskymonday, let's go to #Chile and #Valparaiso. A beautiful city, situated on the #PacificOcean, known for its many hills, colorful buildings and many murals. #cityscape #architecture #streetart #streetphotography #photography #travel

One of the more interesting #birds that we encountered in #Botswana was the #MarabouStork. Unusual in that it eats carrion, in addition to other food that is living. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky. #Nature

Greetings. For #Stunday here's an aerial shot of a #glacier in #TierraDelFuego The glacier is flowing from bottom to top of the pic. Note the flow lines center-right and the two long, dark medial moraines in the center. The jumbled ice at the toe, upper right. #AerialPhotography #Nature

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow with a theme of #smooth, here is a shot of still water with a reflection of icebergs and #Antarctica in the distance. Not every day was this quiet, but more often than not, we had weather too warm, even for summer. #photography #Nature

People have asked me about the pic of a Yellow Hornbill that I posted. Yes there are other types of hornbills. Here are two: A Ground Hornbill (3 of them) and a Red Hornbill (AKA Flying Chili Pepper). #birds #photography #Africa #Zimbabwe #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature

One more for #FeatheredFriendsFriday. Here is a Yellow Hornbill, also known as a Zazu Bird (from the Lion King). Locals also call it a Flying Banana. Taken in South Africa in May of 2025. #Africa #SouthAfrica #birds #photography #WildlifePhotography #Nature

Well it's #FridayFlyDay. To celebrate, here's two Pied Kingfishers, one just taking off. #photography. #WildlifePhotography #Africa. #Zambia #PhotographersOfBlueSky. #Nature

Welome to #RockinTuesday. On a recent visit to #RapaNui, AKA #EasterIsland we visited #AhuTongariki a group of 15 Moai statues. All of these Moai are over 6 meters tall and were carved from volcanic tuff at a quarry about 4 km away. The second photo is of two Moai that were never completed.

For #SundayFunnies here's a Zebra practicing one of my fave sayings. 'If it itches, SCRATCH IT!'. Taken in Zimbabwe in May of 2025. #Zimbabwe #WildlifePhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature

Going through photos from my recent trip to Southern Africa and found these photos of a young elephant without a tail. We saw this in Zimbabwe and Botswana. The guides said likely due to a hyena attack when the elephant was much younger. #Africa #elephants #photography #WildlifePhotography ##Nature

Happy Friday! For #landscape, I decided to use an ice-scape from a recent trip to Antarctica. The face of the iceberg is at least 100 feet (30 meters) tall. Hope the panoramic photo comes through. #Antarctica. #panorama. #Icescapes #photography

For Wednesday, how about a little Meteorology? Here's a photo I took from a small plane while flying to a safari camp in Zambia. We are right at the 'lifting condensation level' (LCL). The level (altitude) at which the lifted air condenses. This is where we find the base of the clouds.

It's time for #Twosday. Here's two Chinstrap Penguins on the alert for any Skuas that may be trying to attack their nest. Taken on the continent of Antarctica in February of 2025. #Antarctica. #penguins #photography #wildlifephotography