Important weather clarification from the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Not that Las Vegas. The other original Las Vegas. You know, the one with adobe buildings, monsoon storms, and probably zero Elvis impersonators. ⛈️🌄 #nmwx #weather forecast.weather.gov/product.php?...

Paradise Divide near Crested Butte, Colorado. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflection #photography #landscape #CO 📷 #nature

I’m sure I’ve shown a similar version of this one, but on reflection, I like it too much! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections NYC

Denver, Colorado - the “Queen City of the Plains.” #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQueens #photography #CO #urban #skyline #sunset 📷

Rodeo Queen, Granby Colorado 4th of July Parade #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQueens #photography #horse #Queen #rodeo #CO #Americana #equestrian

The 100th anniversary of Route 66 is coming up. If you're looking for a possible road trip, the Google search banner links to this map of attractions along the highway. #Route66 #Route66Centennial #NewMexico #TrueNM #RoadTrip #Americana #NM www.google.com/maps/@38.056...

Colorado Columbine, Yankee Boy Basin. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPurple #flowers #nature 📷 #photography #wildflower 🌾🧪🌱 #botany

#ElNiño outlook is encouraging for wetter conditions in late 2026–2027. Long range forecasts also point to an active summer monsoon season in the Four Corners. 🤞🌩️ #nmwx #cowx #azwx #utwx #weather #meteorology #water

Likely birthed in the Oort Cloud hundreds of thousands of years ago, Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) emerges into view. Captured Friday morning at the #edge of dawn. 🥱 #alphabetchallenge #WeekOforOld #astronomy #nature 📷🔭 #comet #NM #NewMexico #publiclands #astrophotography #landscape #BlueSkyArtShow

St Francis de Asis Catholic Church, Golden, NM Build in 1830s and renovated in 1960s. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOld #photography 📷 #newmexico #nmtrue #religion

Remember Cheesus Saves! #photography 📷 #alphabetchallenge #weeknfornonsense

This morning sunrise in Albuquerque NM. It's that time of the year.

This photo captions itself for the #AlphabetChallenge. The reality is we’re closer to The Last Picture Show. #WeekMforMovies #photography #americana 🙏

Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #photography #nature ⛏️ #geology

Jicarilla and Western Apache tribe baskets at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos represent generations of knowledge shaped by land and tradition. Skills declined under forced relocation/assimilation but continue to be preserved and revived today #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #photography #NM 🏛️

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #Photography #utah 📷⛏️ #geology #nature

Petrified wood with opal inclusions. Opal is by far my favourite gemstone; I think the fire is mesmerising. #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLayers #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #ECK #Geology #ROM #Macro #Photography

Layers of time revealed in light and shadow in Northern Arizona #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLayers #geology ⛏️ #AZ #badlands #erosion #strata #BlackandWhite #Southwest #photography 📷

Time lapse of Zodiacal light, which is the rare glow of the solar system. Cabezon Wilderness Study Area west of Albuquerque, NM. Captured while the aurora wasn't cooperating. 😁 Music: Everlasting Sunset by Max Brodie #photography #timelapse #video #astronomy 🔭 #nature youtu.be/wLcAzXoMCcs

静の夜 92 #art #photo #photography #nightphotography #temple #Tainan #EastCoastKin #culture #lanterns #LightAndShadow ©️skinskin

Fingers crossed! 3 day forecast of aurora. Peak levels 03-1200 UT on March 19 #aurora #sun #NOAA

Such joy! Yet, even in midair, the pup’s focus stays on the handler watching for the next cue, and where the next move, begins. Agility event, Albuquerque, New Mexico #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition #NM #athletic #attention #photography #dog #event 📷

Ancient and modern in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado Utah #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJForJuxtaposition #photography #nature #indigenous #art #publiclands #rockart #CO #UT

Just a position. 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO #Photography #Street #urban 📷 #AlphabetChallenge #weekJforJuxtaposition

Albuquerque Rail Yard #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIForInterior

@atls.city !set US-NM-Albuquerque

Wild horses near Craig, Colorado. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs #Photography #nature #winter #CO 📷 #wildlife

The shirt aged. Bernie Sanders’ message didn’t. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs #photography #politics 📷

Clearing storm on Easter Sunday. Kissing Camels, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs. The formations in this park feel like a mini-Moab. #BlueSkyArtShow #wood #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFramed #Photography 📷#Nature #CO ⛏️ #geology

Last night New Mexico Burlesque Festival at Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque. @nmburlesquefest.bsky.social #comedy #kimo #ABQ #Route66 #NMBF #nm

Mesa Verde, Square Tower House #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #photography 📷 #indigenous #cliffdwelling #CO

Solar farm near Alamosa, Colorado. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFramed #photography 📷 #CO

Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu, New Mexico #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFramed #photography 📷 #religion #sacred #church #nm

Pikes Peak, Colorado, from Greenland Ranch. This protected landscape lies between the sprawling front range cities of Denver and Colorado Springs. I-25 is out of view between the foreground and middle ridges. #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEponymous #CO #photography #nature

The Edsel was named for Edsel Ford, but after the car’s failure in the late 1950s, the name itself became an eponym for a costly mistake. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #AZ #Americana #Route66 #Automobile #ClassicCar

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #WaderWednesday The Wilson's Snipe is named after Alexander Wilson, a Scottish-American poet, naturalist, and illustrator widely regarded as the "father of American ornithology". #birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin

Fun find at Scream Ice Cream Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This vintage Hamilton Beach mixer is named for the founders of the manufacturing company. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #NM #Americana #retro #nostalgia

A great chill-out time lapse.

My abbreviated #timelapse for January 24-25, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Many flights have been cancelled because of Winter Storm Fern and the sky is darker for it. The Happy Undertaker by Mr Smith is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography

Mount Sneffels, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. #BlueSkyArtShow #Cold

Polished bands of marble on the wall of Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley. Ancient limestone transformed by heat and pressure, then sculpted smooth by repeated flash flooding. ⛏️ 📷 #Geology #Marble #Minerals #Photography #nature #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseup #Desert #ArtInNature

Fascinating! “In geology, you don’t absolutely prove. You eliminate other possibilities.” Help protect #PublicLands. Follow High Country News and support their reporting. #impact #geology #meteorites ⛏️ #grandcanyon #deeptime #science #naturalhistory #earthscience #arizona #space #crater #STEM

Stay safe out there! bsky.app/profile/abq....

Sandhill crane, Bernardo Wildlife Area, Bosque, New Mexico #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCloseUp #Birds 📷🦉 #nm #newmexico

Forecast Kp 8 aurora potential is very high for tonight in the U.S. There are already numerous reports from Europe, from as far south as Spain to Scotland. See aurorasaurus.org. #aurora #astrophotography

Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya Offering at a Descanso, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #photography 📷 #indigenous #native #religion #land #nm

No Country for Old Men -Cormac McCarthy #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks 📷 #photography #weather #nmwx #abandoned #rural #landscape #lightning #stormchasing #nm #newmexico

Taken sunset on the solstice as the Sun starts its journey north. Marking the holidays is a reminder that angels appear in many forms bringing light into shadow and guiding us toward calm. May your season be gentle as snow geese settle in winter light. #ChristmasEve #Photography #Wildlife #birds 📷🦉

Bright Geminid meteor streaking through the night sky above New Mexico last night. Single image. #Astrophotography #photography #publiclands 📷🔭 #NM #meteorshower #nightsky #astronomy #newmexicoskies #darkskies #landofenchantment

Sometimes I turn her around so she can look out the window.