Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

The Point Betsie Lighthouse on a partly cloudy moonlit night. The moon light is being reflected off some interesting cloud formations as the aurora competes for attention. Taken in the early hours of 10/2/2025. #northernlights #auroraborealis #nightphotography #michigan #puremichigan #photography

The Watchman reflecting the last of the warm light of the setting sun on an April day in 2017. The Virgin River curves gently toward the mountain guiding your gaze toward this wonderful scene in Zion National Park. #ZionNationalPark #photography #landscapephotography #nationalparks #Zion #sunset

Mouillee Creek sunset, Berlin Township, Monroe County, Michigan taken April 20, 2017. #michigan #photography #puremichigan #sunset #naturephotography

A roadside sighting.

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly on a Thistle plant, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 8/30/2025. #butterfly #SpicebushSwallowtail #michigan #puremichigan #blueskyphotography #photography #nature #blueskybutterflies #naturephotography

Monarch Butterfly on clover, Berlin Township, Monroe County, Michigan. 8/30/2025 #butterfly #michigan #MonarchButterfly #puremichigan #photography #nature #naturephotography

Sunset at Loon Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, with the smoke and haze the sun has been not much more than a red orb in the sky at sunset for much of the summer. Taken on 8/5/2025. #sunset #SleepingBearDunesNationalLakeshore #photography #puremichigan #michigan #nationalparks

Three Giant Swallowtail Butterflies captured in one photograph. Captured at Oakwood Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan on 7/29/2025. #insectThursday #butterflies #photography #Michigan #pureMichigan #giantswallowtail #butterfly #photography #nature #naturephotography #metroparks #insects #bugsky

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 7/29/2025. #butterfly #bugsky #puremichigan #michigan #photography #nature

Indigo Bunting, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 8/1/2025. #birds, #birding, #nature, #Michigan, #photography, #puremichigan, #naturephotography, #indigobunting

South Park has chosen violence 🤣

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, taken 7/23/2025 at Oakwoods, Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan. #puremichigan, #giantswallowtailbutterfly, #Michigan, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #giantswallowtail, #wings, #nature

Viceroy Butterfly, Lake Erie Metro Park, Brownstown Township, Michigan, 7/17/2025. #puremichigan, #viceroybutterfly, #Michigan, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #viceroy, #wings, #nature

Monarch Butterfly taken 7/23/2025 at Oakwoods, Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan. #puremichigan, #monarchbutterfly, #Michigan, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #Monarch, #wings, #nature

Here's an aurora image from the archive that I didn't process back in 24. Taken in the Waterloo State Recreation Area near Chelsea, Michigan on 8/12/2024 at 2:12 am. #northernlights, #auroraborealis, #aurora, #puremichigan, #michigan, #nightphotography, #nightskies, #michigandarkskies, #photography

Here's one more Black Swallowtail Butterfly that was in my flowers yesterday morning. South Rockwood, Michigan 7/14/2025. #puremichigan, #blackswallowtail, #Michigan, #MonroeCounty, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #nature, #flowers

Bluesky only post. Why you should NOT give up on Bluesky!

Here are four of my favorite pics of the Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. From the archives taken 8/29/2012, fresh edits 7/14/2025. #AcadiaNationalPark, #NationalParks, #Maine, #MaineLighthouses, #BassHarborLighthouse, #BassHarbor, #photography, #sunsets

Here's another Black Swallowtail Butterfly that was in my flowers this morning. South Rockwood, Michigan 7/14/2025. #puremichigan, #blackswallowtail, #Michigan, #MonroeCounty, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #nature, #flowers

I was doing yard work before the heat & air quality got too bad when I noticed Black Swallowtail Butterflies in my flowers. South Rockwood, Michigan 7/14/2025. #puremichigan, #blackswallowtail, #Michigan, #PointeMouillee, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #nature

Monarch Butterflies at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, Monroe County, Michigan. Below is one of the three best photos I was able to capture on 7/2/2025. #puremichigan, #monarchbutterfly, #Michigan, #PointeMouillee, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies, #nature

Last Friday's Monarch butterfly find captured the sunlight illuminating this butterfly's' wings like stained glass windows. Pointe Mouillee State Game Area 7/3/2025. #puremichigan, #monarchbutterfly, #Michigan, #PointeMouillee, #butterfly, #photography, #naturephotography, #butterflies

Here are three images I captured of the Round Island Lighthouse on June 15, 2025, a very hazy day. The first photo was taken during the golden hour as a sunset kayak tour was passing. The next two images are from the blue hour and dusk. #puremichigan, #Roundislandlighhouse, #photography, #Michigan

Jake and Elwood as they pull a Grand Hotel carriage down a Lilac lined street on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Taken 6/15/2025. #mackinacisland, #Michigan, #puremichigan, #horses, #jakeandelwood, #photography, #lakehuron, #summerfun, #grandhotel, #upnorth

The Round Island Lighthouse taken during the golden hour on an overcast & hazy day (wildfire smoke). Taken on June 15, 2025, from Mackinac Island, Michigan. #roundislandlighthouse, #Mackinacisland, #LakeHuron, #lighthouse, #michigan, #puremichigan, #photography, #greatlakeslighthouses, #greatlakes

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Captured 10/10/2024 as the moon was still high in the sky. Light from the moon silhouetted the trees in the foreground & added a pastel color to the auroras. Taken in Keweenaw County, Michigan. #aurora, #northernlights, #Michigan, #puremichigan, #michigandarkskies, #photography, #nightphotography

When Biden stumbled, the media was relentless

If Joe Biden had done this, it would've been a newscycle

This is a pre-planned operation in LA!

NSFW! Pete Hegseth uses Omaha Beach as a prop while pissing on Medgar Evers, a veteran that actually landed there on D-Day.

Here are a couple corona photos I forgot to process. Taken on 10/8/2024 ca. 1:00 am, west of Ontonagon, Michigan. #puremichigan, #michigan, #michigandarkskies, #darkskies, #puremichigan, #northernlights, #photography, #nightphotography, #auroraborealis, #aurora, #southeastmichigan, #lakesuperior

Here are some images of the Northern Lights that I captured on the night of May 10, 2024, in Washtenaw County, Michigan. #puremichigan, #michigan, #michigandarkskies, #darkskies, #puremichigan, #northernlights, #photography, #nightphotography, #auroraborealis, #aurora, #southeastmichigan

Yellow Warbler, 5/7/2025 at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, Monroe Co., Michigan. #birds, #birding, #michigan, #puremichigan, #photography, #naturephotography, #nature, #warbler

Below are three photos of warblers & a Ruby-crowned Kinglet Taken 5/5/2025 out in Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, MI. 1. B&W Warbler 2. Yellow Rumped Warbler 3. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4. Chestnut Sided Warbler. #birds, #birding, #michigan, #puremichigan, #photography, #naturephotography, #nature

Green Heron, Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, Monroe County, Michigan taken on 4/30/2025. #bird, #birding, #puremichigan, #Michigan, #wildlifephotography, #photography, #Michiganbirding, #birds

TOMORROW- Make your voices heard at Indivisible's event, “NO KINGS! 50 State Nationwide Protest (250th Anniversary of the American Revolution)” - sign up NOW! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

A Turkey Vulture feeding on the carcasses of fish that someone tossed out on the side of the road. Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, Wayne County, Michigan 4/13/2025. #birds, #puremichigan, #Michigan, #birding, #vulture, #birdingmichigan

Here's an aurora photo I captured back on 8/12/24, the colors were incredible, Washtenaw County, Michigan. #northernlights, #nightphotography, #michigan, #aurora, #auroraborealis, #puremichigan, #photography, #nightskies, #MichiganDarkSkies, #MichiganAurora, #MichiganNorthernLights, #darksky

Here's another photo I bypassed when processing my aurora images taken on 8/12/24. Captured in Washtenaw County, Michigan. #northernlights, #nightphotography, #michigan, #aurora, #auroraborealis, #puremichigan, #photography, #nightskies, #MichiganDarkSkies, #MichiganAurora, #MichiganNorthernLights

Here's a photo I overlooked when processing my aurora images taken on 8/12/24. Captured in Washtenaw County, Michigan. #northernlights, #nightphotography, #michigan, #aurora, #auroraborealis, #puremichigan, #photography, #nightskies, #MichiganDarkSkies, #MichiganAurora, #MichiganNorthernLights

Here's a shot I neglected to process in 2024. Taken in Ontonagon County, Michigan on 10/8/2024 at 1:00 am. #nightphotography, #puremichigan, #michigan, #nightskies, #michigandarkskies, #aurora, #northernlights, #auroraborealis, #solarstorm, #upperpeninsula, #ontonagon

Non-breeding adult, American White Pelican Monroe County, Michigan 3/31/25. #birds, #birding, #birdingmichigan, #nature, #naturephotography, #michigan, #puremichigan, #easternbluebird, #bird, #photography, #americanwhitepelicans, #pelicans, #birdsinflight

Your moment of critically endangered beauty ❤️ With just 16 known to remain in the wild, Ginger could be the first (+ last) Red Wolf you see.

American White Pelican in flight 3/31/2025, Monroe Co., MI. This one decided to get a closer look at me uncropped image. #birds, #birding, #birdingmichigan, #nature, #naturephotography, #michigan, #puremichigan, #easternbluebird, #bird, #photography, #americanwhitepelicans, #pelicans, #birdsinflight

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

From the archives taken @ 2:30am, 3/20/2021 w/ a Rokinon 24mm lens, Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay from the beach @ Pendills Bay, Brimley, Michigan. #aurora, #northernlights, #auroraborealis, #photography, #michigan, #puremichigan, #lakesuperior, #upperpeninsula, #nightphotography, #michigandarkskies