A video of this hospital: https://youtu.be/J7Q85yOg-DA

Abandoned hospital (Ehemaliges krankenhaus) Germany May 2024

#urbex #photography #abandoned #hospital #germany #lostplace #YouTube

This Tawny looks angry that he got rained on all night. aha
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofAustralia #BirdsofFediverse #FediBirds #Photography #Wildlife #BirdsofMastodon #AustralianBirds #BirdWatching #Fedibird #birdbot #Birding #darktable #wildoz #melbourne #oz #australia

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A Tawny Frogmouth perched on a horizontal tree branch beside a rough-barked trunk, against a blurred light background with faint branches.

Egret babies

#Birds #photography #wildphotography #birdphotography #WIldlifePhotography #Wildlife

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Egret babies in the nest

Thank you to everyone who has supported our land fundraiser. We’re now at 7%! We haven’t received any donations this week, yet so much remains. More families need food, and young people need training. Please give any amount or boost this post to reach more communities.
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#gardening #sustainability #agriculture #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #climateemergency #nature #NaturePhotography #solarpunk #Mastodon #linux #Photography #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Fediverse #food

#fensterfreitag

#mockfotos #photography #schwarzweiss #monochrome #licht #schatten

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das schwarz-weiß-foto zeigt das innere der romanischen kirche st. pantaleon in köln. im vordergrund stehen dunkle holzbänke in parallelen reihen, auf deren oberflächen sich das licht spiegelt. der blick richtet sich auf zwei große rundbogenfenster an der wand, durch die helles tageslicht in den abgedunkelten raum fällt. das einfallende licht erzeugt deutlich sichtbare, strahlenförmige lichtkegel, die sich fächerförmig im raum ausbreiten. über den fenstern spannen sich zwei mächtige rundbögen aus stein, die von einer zentralen säule getragen werden. an langen kabeln hängen zwei schlichte leuchten von der decke herab. die gesamte szenerie ist von starken kontrasten zwischen tiefen schatten und hellem licht geprägt.

Red Squirrel.

BOING!

#redsquirrel #highlands #photography

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A red squirrel jumping towards the camera, in a woodland in the Scottish Highlands.

Our cat spent the whole day staring at our sand bed and now we know why. It‘s the tiniest little weasel fellow living there. 🥰 #naturephotography #photography #nature

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A small weasel (I guess) standing on some tiles we used as border for our sand bed.

Pretty tired today, thanks to a storm around 1am last night which (a) meant there was no chance of going to sleep & (b) cried out to be photographed 🤷‍♂️

Here's my favourite shot, looking out over the Peterstal valley with the Königstuhl on the left. The centre is partly illuminated by Heidelberg beyond the hills, hence the range of colours.

Nikon Z6 III, Nikkor Z 24-200mm at 24mm, f/4, 10 sec, ISO 100 (I need a wider lens 🙂)

#Lightning ⛈️
#Heidelberg 🏰
#Photography 📷

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A night-time picture of the sky with a mostly dark hillside below, with a few lit houses. The sky is full of cloud, some darker above and to the left, illuminated by several bolts of lightning from the left and right sides. Most of the picture is blue grey, but the centre is a little more yellow, due to reflected streetlights from a city about 5km away.

Schöner Elbkitsch zum Thema "Pastell"

#FotoVorschlag #photography #Elbe #naturephotography

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Ein Sonnenuntergang an der Elbe mit rosa-babyblauem Himmel. A sunset on the Elbe with a sky of pink and baby blue.

#insects #photography #unedited

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A honeybee on a bright orange flower with green leaves and blurred orange flowers in the background.

Met my kitty friend on Viewforth again on the way home, but he was quite stand offish today.

Too much on his mind, clearly, probably considering the idiocy of TTT (The Tangerine Twatarse) renaming geographic locations.

#cats #chats #photography #photographie

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Large ginger cat with white tummy and paws, sitting in a small front garden of a tenement flat, looking to his right

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Large ginger cat with white tummy and paws, sitting in a small front garden of a tenement flat, looking to his left

As promised, my #Astronomy / #DarkSkies / #Astrophotography List [alpha order] for #FollowFriday ! Suggestions welcome! 🔭 🌌 🌟

@AlexSanterne
#Astronomer, working @IPAG & teaching at #University Grenoble-Alpes (France).
Interests: #photography #Astronomy #Space

@ArvitZ
Process Engineering Student, Amateur - #Astrophotographer, FPV-Quad Pilot
So in a nutshell I like STEM, watching our universe and flying around with fast drones basically...

@badastro
#Astronomer, #scicomm, #author, etc.

@cosmos4u
Science writer in Germany since, gasp, 1982 specializing in all things space

@esa [bot]
This is an unofficial repeater of the RSS feed of the #EuropeanSpaceAgency [ #ESA ]

@esoastronomy
The European Southern Observatory designs, builds & operates world-class observatories on the ground for the benefit of society.

@JohnBarentine
#Astronomer. Historian. Author. Space environmentalist. Small business owner. Arizona native. Proud LGBT American. 🏳️‍🌈 Retiring to asteroid 14505. Questioning everything; occasionally getting in trouble for it. Toots about #Astronomy, #LightPollution, #DarkSkies, #Satellites, #SciencePolicy, #History and more.

@malcircuit
"This is where I share my #astrophotography without all of the drama."

@maxplanckgesellschaft
Germany's leading basic research organization. Toots in English and German.
#Astronomy #Physics

@mustapipa
Astronomer, researcher at Helsinki University, discoverer of dozens of planets, notably the candidate habitable world #Proximab around the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri.

@planet4589.bsky.social [bridge]
#Astrophysicist #LEO
Support the work of #JonathansSpaceReport
🌉 bridged from 🦋 planet4589.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

@salvabara
#LightPollution researcher. Former profesor titular de Óptica (retired) at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galiza (European Union).
Born at 317 ppm CO2

@space_environmentalism
The #CenterForSpaceEnvironmentalism ( #CSE ) increases awareness and understanding of space environmentalism issues and helps stakeholders make better decisions about them by pursuing research, education, outreach and advocacy. https://www.spaceenvironmentalism.org #Space #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism

@stargazersmith
Stargeezer, retired. Worked in computer science (PhD), aerospace engineering, and astronomy.
Interests: #amateurastronomy #scifi #software #perl #forth #linux #R #GnuOctave

@starrytimepod
Sisters Jordan and Kit (@kitirving) cohost this #podcast featuring #astronomy & ret-cons(tellations) of #mythology. Season 3: Into the Wild is afoot!
Follow for toots related to #astronomy, #space, #astrophotography, #StarLore, #mythology of the night sky, and, occasionally, other things we're into (e.g., #StarTrek #Grogu #DoctorWho #Basketball #celtics #ThemeParks #scifi #writing #dinosaurs #storytelling #Creatures etc.)

@sundogplanets
Professor of astronomy, farmer of goats. Asteroid (42910). She/her.
Living and learning on the land and under the skies of Treaty 4 (Saskatchewan, Canada).
Thanks to Saskatchewan's beautiful night sky, my research background in small body orbital dynamics, and a couple of really unfortunately placed SpaceX reentries, I spend a lot of time yelling about satellite pollution in international news media.

@wawn [bot]
This bot posts daily updates on Earth's distances from its awkward neighbors, along with other bizarre weekly bulletins from the #SolarSystem.

#Followerpower #FridayFollows #MastoScience

A video of this coal mine building: https://youtu.be/az7h5ZtNPJQ

Abandoned Coal mine (Charbonnage du Hasard Cheratte) Belgium Feb 2008

#abandoned #urbex #factory #belgium #YouTube #lostplace #photography

Stille
#365moments #smartphonepic #Photography #nofilter

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Set slightly higher up, overlooking a wide, empty beach and a pale blue, almost turquoise, virtually still sea. The sky is cloudy but undramatic, and only grows slightly darker towards the horizon. In the left-hand foreground, a few blades of grass protrude into the picture

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Dragonflies

An early afternoon walk just before heavy rain came. Very little wildlife except a group of Common Darters that were kind enough to pose for me.

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A Common Darter dragonfly poses nicely side on so all its body can be seen as it sits on a flower seed stalk.

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A Common Darter dragonfly posing nicely but refusing to turn around as it sits on a flower seed stalk in the patch of sunlight.

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A relatively close shot of a Common Darter dragonfly resting on a dead twig in a sunny patch.

📥 Photos have been sent. Work is done. Not too bad, and good to be back to the new office. They even rolled out the red carpet, or so it seems.

#photography #vsco
☁️ https://maique.eu/posts/2026-08-28-photos-have-been

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Grand hallway with arched doorways, marble floors, red carpet, and ornate hanging lanterns leading to double wooden doors with frosted glass panels.

Hundertwasserhaus

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Photography

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An architectural view of the colorful façade of the famous Hundreadwasserhaus in Vienna, Austria. Above, a warm, textured mustard-yellow plaster wall housing two dark-framed windows. Below, a contrasting cornflower-blue textured plaster wall featuring two dark-framed multi-pane windows. Small trapezoidal decorative accents in red, navy, and dark gray are positioned above the windows, reflecting Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s signature playful, organic design aesthetic.

#FotoVorschlag ‚Pastell‘

#nature #photography

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A dried flower stem with a delicate, intricate seed head on top, set against a soft, blurred background.

Sometimes I like to go to our local museum and stare at this heat pump while pretending I'm in a sci-fi movie 🎬

📍 Museum of Making - Derby 🇬🇧

📷 iPhone
💻 Photomator

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #iphone #shotoniphone

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A black and white photo of the centre of a heat pump with circles radiating outwards.

Fijn weekend! 😺
#cat #cats #photography #katze #pet

Footpath in the background... 🚸 (and bonus petunias...💮)

#Photography #Photograph #Photo #FootPathFriday #petunia #bloomscrolling

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Background: Green trees, grass, and bushes... On the left, a set of tracks heading off into the distance... Middleground: White bridge footpath crossing over narrow waterway with a reflection in the water... Foreground: Magenta petunias and green leaves... Created: 6/23/2026 3:50pm Aperture: ƒ∕1.5 Exposure: 1∕894 s ISO: 50 Focal Length: 5.7 mm

Rice paddy pic No. 128.

#Nature #Photography #Japan

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Buttressing the left edge of this square format shot is a close up of four rice ears. The forms of other ears are also hinted at. The ears have a lemony beige tinge. The stem supporting them is green and accommodates the bulges of the rice by snaking around their curvatures. The lowest ear has a downy covering of hairs which are slightly backlit against a darker area of blurry background tones. The space to the right of the rice is empty except for soft green and lighter shading.

Cala Sa Tuna

#FensterFreitag #photography #architecture #CostaBrava #Catalonia #Spain

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Color photo of an angular white stucco village building with blue painted gate, windows, and doors. A sign on the wall says “Cami Vell” (“Old Road” in Catalan).

'ZEELAND BRIDGE I'
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Most people cross it. I went for a look underneath 🇳🇱
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🖨️ davebowmanphotography.com/featured/zeeland-bridge-i-dave-bowman.html
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#photography #photographersofmastodon #zeelandbrug #architecture #longexposure #minimalism #geometry #dailyphoto #photooftheday #wallart #buyintoart #artmatters

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A photograph of the underside of Zeelandbrug, where a series of large, repeating bridge supports and geometric shapes recede into the distance. The long exposure smooths the water and softens the sky, giving the scene a gentle, slightly abstract appearance and a calm, quiet atmosphere.

Sphinx
To express yourself, that would be a riddle.

Goethe, Faust

Photo: Kathrin Federer

#bookstodon #Literature #Photography

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Black-and-white waterscape: the upper half is reflected upside down in the water—a large white cloud against a black background, a thin brown strip, and in the center, a small tree with a short trunk and a lush crown. Photo by Kathrin Federer.

Just had lunch it was so delicious Salmon fish ❤️🐯 Milo is enjoying lunch #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #naturephotography #naturelovers #photography

Window in Florence, December 2025

#photography #dailyphoto #darktable #fensterfreitag

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Square image of a narrow window on an ocre wall. The light is almost parallel to the wall, making the window cast a large shadow with disproportionate relief. The light also casts shadows from a nearby grid (not in frame) creating some diagonal parallel shadow lines that cross over the window.

Killdeer patrolling the shore on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It takes its job seriously and can be very vocal about it.

#photography #nature #birds #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

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Ground-level view of a shorebird walking on rocks with tall yellow grass and a coastal forest in the background. The bird has long legs and a long black bill, it is mostly white except for a brown patch on its back and top of the head. It has two black rings around its neck and one over its eyes.

Good morning. Summer summers along. #Photography #Today #Chicago #Summer #butterfiles

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A black swallowtail butterfly with orange and blue wing spots perches on a pink zinnia flower against a soft green background.

Hangar Octave

Metis lighthouse. August 2026.

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #quebec #photography

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Photograph of a simple, rectangular shed on the shore, made of vertical white painted wooden slats, with a black shingle roof and two very small square windows with red frames and closed by red panels. The shed is set on wooden blocks and its condition is beginning to deteriorate. A rosehip with pink flowers grows nearby, just under the windows. Other plants, driftwood and rocks and pebbles surround the building. Photographie d'un hangar simple et rectangulaire sur la grève, en lattes verticales de bois peint en blanc, avec un toit de bardeaux noirs et deux toutes petites fenêtres carrées aux cadres rouges et fermées par des panneaux rouges. Le hangar est posé sur des blocs de bois et son état commence à se dégrader. Un églantier aux fleurs roses pousse tout près, juste sous les fenêtres. D'autres plantes, du bois de grève et des roches et cailloux entourent le bâtiment.

Nancy, septembre 2025.

#photography #dailyphotography #streetphotography #nancy

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Porte sinistre dans une ruelle de Nancy.

Nancy, septembre 2025.

#photography #dailyphotography #streetphotography #nancy #architecture

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Immeuble en angle, arrondi, datant sûrement des années 90.

Nancy, décembre 2025.

#photography #dailyphotography #streetphotography #nancy #architecture

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Portail de tree d'une maison, vieux et plutôt dégradé, en matériaux simples.

A video of this mountain railway track: https://youtu.be/H58bPeF9PeQ

Abandoned Mountain train (Talstation Malbergbahn) Germany May 2026

#urbex #abandoned #photography #YouTube #lostplace #Germany #railway

'Pastellfarben' #FotoVorschlag

"Irgendwo hatte ich noch welche....😬😅"

#photography #birds #nature

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Ein Flamingo mit seinem charakteristischen rosa Gefieder schwimmt in ruhigem, blauem Wasser. Sein langer Hals und sein Kopf sind stark verschmutzt und dreckige Wassertropfen fließen von seinem Schnabel.

Grid

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Photography

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An upward-angle architectural view of a modern skyscraper's metallic glass facade. The exterior features repeating rectangular glass panes separated by vertical bronze or gold-toned mullions and dark metallic horizontal spandrels. The central focal point is a sharp, vertical crease where two structural planes meet at an angle, creating an accordion-like fold. Along the vertical seam, triangular metal fins project outward at each floor line, reinforcing the architectural junction.

🔒 Windows LockScreen Images

📝 An atoll from above
📝 An alpine hairpin
📝 Of pecks and pest control
📝 A seafarer's stopover

#WindowsLockScreen, #LockScreen, #Wallpaper, #Microsoft, #Photography @sayed.page@bsky.brid.gy

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An atoll from above - © Sven Jakubith / Shutterstock

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An alpine hairpin - © Westend61 / Getty Images

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Of pecks and pest control - © Carol Hamilton / iStock / Getty Images Plus

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A seafarer's stopover - © Rob Tilley / SuperStock

A walk among giants.
I spent several hours in beech woodland on the slopes above Loch Libo yesterday, where the sunlight flickered through the dense canopy.
Beech understory is always rich in fungi, the soil beneath dark and fine from decades of leaf litter fallen at the massive feet of these ancient beings.
#Photography #WoodlandPhotography #Trees #Scotland #BlackAndWhite

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An image taken from ground level looking directly up along the towering trunk of an ancient beech tree, its mighty branches spread wide to touch those of its neighbours and forming a thick canopy of leaves. Only the wind moving the branches allows the sun to penetrate this shady kingdom.

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Bright sunlight occasionally pierces the beech leaf canopy, backlighting leaves on the edges as the wind makes the branches sway. The music for this dance is a constant whisper.

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Rich loamy soil created by decades of decaying leaf litter and beech mast husks is perfect territory for fungi to thrive, their subterranean mycorrhizal network connecting the trees mirrors the outstretched branches in the canopy above.

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Like the massive feet of dinosaurs, these enormous beech trees root themselves deeply on the steep slope in this woodland, clinging to the land through winds, rain and cold, surviving each year to thrive again.

My favorite pest control outfit round these parts. #wildlife #owl #photography

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Owl with white and brown and black and lots of feathers around its legs

#DoorsDay

Last week I found myself around Lexington and 74th St. and this very interesting door 🚪 #Photography #NYC #AltText #iPhonePhotography

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A color photo taken of the entryway to a brownstone. The door is a rich mahogany brown with a brass handle and a brass kick plate. There are two columns on either side of the door and a frame around it painted black. Above the door is a Stone relief sculpture in dark gray on a light gray background. It looks to be of a person swimming through waves. On the right side can be seen some black wrought iron posts and behind that a lighter stone wall with framed windows. On the left side is a window with ornate wrought iron grating over it. And above that must be the side of a little balcony where there is a green flowering bush.

Tonight is the night, Montana! The partial lunar eclipse begins ~8:30, peaks ~10:10 & ends ~11:50. PLUS: the northern lights should be visible (fewer clouds west than east). PLEASE send me your photos! I'll have your complete 7-day weather forecast tonight!

#eclipse #lunareclipse #moon #space #astronomy #aurora #northernlights #photography #Thursday #weather

20230506 | the patagonia fjords filled with rainbows and dolphins

as part of my Patagonia trip in 2023, I had the privilege of being on a small boat that launched us into the Chilean fjords of the Patagonia region. We had been in this spot for a while (it had been pouring down rain for a bit) and in addition to traveling up the fjords and riding a zodiac around, we did a lot of off-trail hiking. This area is so wild and untouched. Then, this rainbow was happening for literally hours. And then these dolphins started jumping around. Several folks were editing aboard and I was watching from the stern and captured this photo with my tele lens! It drips with the notion that anything is possible.

#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #patagonia #dolphins #rainbow #fjord

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the patagonia fjords filled with rainbows and dolphins