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Here are some nice mushrooms

Goodnight Blue Sky

This is not a painting - its thd view from beneath an ancient pedunculate oak. Its over 400 years old www.facebook.com/615505373000...

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia umbellifera lichen, another photo from Thursday. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Nature's so cool

The lumpfish may look cute with its chubby body and big eyes, but its fierce attitude reveals a territorial nature in the Atlantic waters.

Last week, I met the Grandmother Oak of Cahermurphy Woods in co Clare, one of the largest, most charismatic wild trees I've ever seen in Ireland. Once commonplace, such wondrous beings are now vanishingly rare. So much lost, so little left. Time to start bringing some back, through *rewilding*.

Aurora threading through the spruce. October in Fairbanks. #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights #aurora

In case you’re also a fan of pansies and violas here are a few more. Dopamine from pansies= pansamine ✔️🌿

"Crown of Chumar Bakhoor" - large cluster of #Aquamarine, #Fluorite and #Muscovite from Sumayar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. #mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert #pegmatite

Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.

Head and shoulders above the crowd. Stand tall everyone!

Scrappy the marbled black and white cat for #Caturday Scrappy was a black cat, whose coat started getting white at the age of 7, due to vitiligo, which is a genetic mutation causing skin or fur to lose its natural pigment.

Changing just the portion of the Jones law could expand our merchant marine AND reduce highway truck traffic AND reduce bulk transportation costs

Barrel sponges are known as the "redwood of the reef," can live for over 2,000 years, growing up to 6 feet in diameter. Here you see a male barrel sponge spawning under the cover of darkness. TT: thegirlinglass

Spring bird migration is the LARGEST movement of living things on Earth. #TheOutpost 🐦🪶

Happy as a clam wearing a blue starfish

🧵Spotted on a Rainy Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (80s?) is about to leave a supermarket as rain pours outside. A checkout operator (50s?) asks if he has an umbrella and when he replies no, she tells him to wait and returns with hers, telling him to bring it back the next time he stops by. (1)

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia umbellifera lichen taken yesterday. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Scenes from “Star Wars: Revenge of the Chick” being filmed on our Island

Great Green Macaws are critically endangered, as is the Mountain Almond tree, making this nest a true rarity. This particular nest is protected and monitored by Macaw Recovery Network, an NGO dedicated to protecting and recovering endangered parrots in Costa Rica. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fdv...

White crested Pheasants in a breathtaking courtship of elegance and color. Original post

With randomly lace like patterns

Plates!! Spring you have given my life 🤎

Every library needs a Stacks Squirrel/Teddy/Koala. Or perhaps a multicolored Stacks Snake

Thanks for including the doodles! We all know people who are only happy hating

Amazing how deep mammals can dive. More amazing the variety of animals down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench

Here's another one for @chriswoodyard.bsky.social In Charleston South Carolina, William and George Hall had this section in their larger ad for Fall Goods in October 1811. #DressHistory #TextileHistory Calimanco (the thing I'm researching) is milled to have a decided sheen.

The Spanish name for Volcano Hummingbirds is chispita which means "little spark." They are one of the smallest birds in the world at just 2–3 g. Male on the left with a purplish-green gorget and female on the right with a delicately #speckled throat. San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica #BirdOfTheDay

A shark alive in Shakespeare’s time can be alive now “They live deep down and lead secret lives. Although they have been seen at the water’s surface, they prefer to be close to the bottom of the ocean, where it’s dark and cold: they’ve been found as far down as 2200 meters: six Eiffel Towers deep.”

Navajo pictorial baskets by Native American master weaver Elsie Holiday #WomensArt

'Landlines' print by Angela Harding, contemporary artist printmaker based in the UK #WomensArt #Spring

Starlings come in many colors-not the usual US black. Comments give multiple pictures and scientific links. Albino starling. Beautiful

🧵Spotted at a Poetry Night at a Small Country Inn in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (70s?) with shoulder-length silver hair, John Lennon spectacles and a sonorous voice approaches people sitting around a fire pit. Holding a board with names on it, asking if anyone has a story to tell. (1)

A gorgeous Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly visiting our blueberry shrubs. 🦓 🦋 #Eurytidesmarcellus

Ribbon eels are found in Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Known for their thin, ribbon-like body and vivid color changes, these fish are sequential hermaphrodites, maturing from black juveniles into blue males, and finally into yellow females.

It makes me wonder how this passion flower evolved to be this intricate #Roses #flower #FlowerReport #bloomsky #bloomscrolling #nature #naturephotography #photography 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

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I got the rejection email today. I didn't have any luck with the Australian Geographic photo comp this year. No need for sympathy. I'm used to it. It's very competitive. Here's one of my unsuccessful entries. A yellow-tailed rock wallaby at Boolcoomatta Reserve.

The Jetsons lied to us

Selenite, Mexico. Sold www.goldenhourminerals.com/shop

😆 Border collies are the best!

The saddest words in the world: what we could have done when it was still possible. What might have been, #Ecology #ClimateChange #Conservation #Restoration www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A little cheese sauce for mac & cheese? Sure look like macaroni

Explore the intricate beauty and complexity of spider webs, where nature's artistry meets engineering marvels. Discover their secrets today.

Some little blue stain fungi fruiting bodies hiding under bark. #Newfoundland Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Nearly twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been crawling ashore for over 450 million years. Sadly, their populations have plummeted by more than 70% in recent decades. So we just announced our intent to sue the federal government for denying them #ESA protections. bit.ly/41quLDj

Do not mess with this owl. He’s armed as a hoplite with a heavy spear, round shield and crested helmet. He will finish you, if you so much as look at his mouse larder. 🕰️c. 400 BC 🏛️📷Louvre #AncientBlueSky 🏺