The “Gumdrop” is a formation of vibrant, swirling layers of red, orange, and pink sandstone in the Coyotte Buttes South area of the Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Getting there requires a permit, a high-clearance 4WD vehicle, and a hike through remote desert terrain. #naturephotography

Very narrow focal plane with this Plateau side-blotched lizard. Homolovi State Park, #Arizona #naturephotography

A pine warbler with a mosquito, Jersey City Reservoir #3 #birdphotography

Bittersweet decision, but I’m done with #birdphotography. After years of frustration and thousands of blurry shots chasing erratic birds, I’m throwing in the towel to focus on slower moving subjects. #SlowAndSteady #ChasingGlaciers #MovingMountains

A mallard flies by a wood duck in West Orange, #NewJersey. #birdphotography

Urban nature - in Hudson County, #NewJersey a pair of yellow-crowned night herons nests high above the bustle of the street below. #birdphotography

Does it get better than a crisp mountain sunrise with a stroopwafel warming on hot coffee in a folding mug? Unlikely, but I’m searching.

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

(In the voice of Dennis) Listen. Glorified squirrels that dig holes are no basis for a meteorological forecast. Atmospheric modeling comes from advanced climatological systems, not some furry rodent popping out of a hole. #mammals #naturephotography

🚨 only 50 days until spring

Great blue heron spear fishing a white perch in the #NewJersey Meadowlands #birdphotography

Bison jam in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park #naturephotography

Snow goose in Tenafly, New Jersey #birdphotography

Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building during tonight’s sunset

A snowy owl on the dunes at the Jersey Shore #birdphotography #newjersey

Harlequin ducks wintering at Barnegat Light, New Jersey.

Wildlife of Jersey City, New Jersey. A harbor seal sunning on the rocks at low tide in Liberty State Park in front of the Port Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal.

A breeze lifted a snow bunting's feathers to briefly reveal its ear canal. These arctic songbird are wintering in Liberty State Park, New Jersey. #bird #birdphotography #naturephotography

6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

Tuesday sunrise in New York City seen from Hoboken, NJ #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #sunrise #hoboken

Sunrise over a field of wildflowers in Grand Teton National Park, #Wyoming #Naturephotography

I liveskyed the 2024 Martial Law Declaration of Korea. This is the thread.

The New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur crossing the Hackensack Meadowlands

I talked to journalists and writers who have found a larger and more engaged audience for their work on Bluesky, without having to see “AI bots and Nazis” at the top of their replies. www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

New York Harbor 🗽 #photography

Kori bustard, Africa’s heaviest flying bird in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania #birdphotography

👀 20” of snow reported at High Point Monument, New Jersey

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American bittern - motionless, bill pointed upward, trying to blend into the grasses #addBirder

White-tailed deer swimming across Doughty Creek in Edwin Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Behold: the New Jerseyist part of New Jersey

Sandhill cranes, one with a mouse, in Walkill River National Wildlife Refuge, #NewYork #birdphotography #naturephotography

“Una,” a female peregrine falcon perched on the cliffs of the Hudson Palisades in Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey. blog.juanmelli.com/2024/11/12/p... #birdphotograpy #birds #newjersey

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to post their grainy fireworks photos

I accidentally put a ball of yarn in my bank account and a year later they gave me two back That’s interestring

"Why in my day, we used to put our thing down, flip it, and reverse it..."

Blue crab selfie

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