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Iain Maclean
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Gàidheal, fear naidheachd agus buachaille cat.

A Gael, journalist and cat wrangler.
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leathanach.bsky.social
Being judged by Rosie the cat. #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
Black cat giving serious side eye.
March 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
Been a while since i did a #Caturday so here's one comfy cat.
Upside down black cat having it's tummy rubbed.
December 21, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
A new JWST deep field.

All the eight-sided features are local stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GALAXY.
December 10, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Actually I preferred the prequel, Jimi Hendrviii.
December 5, 2024 at 7:59 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
Rocks and raking sunlight on the way out to Stac Pollaidh are probably enough to explain why i took this. I do enjoy the wisp of cloud that makes the hill a chimney though. #LandscapePhotography #StacPollaidh #Highlands
Stac Pollaidh on a sunny autumn afternoon. I think it was autumn anyway. This was ages ago. A pointy rock in the foreground echoes the shape of the hills and a wisp of cloud looks like smoke from a chimney...if Stac Pollaidh were a chimney.
December 4, 2024 at 6:01 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
In honour of #Caturday. Rosie.
Black cat with her mouth open beseeches human to please pay attention to her because she's been on this bannister for whole minutes without anybody noticing. White door and blue painted wall with a landscape photo hanging on it in the background.
November 30, 2024 at 10:25 AM
leathanach.bsky.social
I must have taken ceudan of dealbhan on the shore at Loch Clair in Toirbheartan. It's eadar dhealaichte every turas. ##LandscapePhotography #Torridon
Liathach and Beinn Eighe with a light covering of snow. A moss covered rock in the foreground and a sliver of Loch Clair on the left
November 29, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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dontattempt.bsky.social
“The river is half-full,” said the hippopoptimist
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
A pollag is a puddle. This is a pollag in a rock at a beach on an island with another island, Tarasaigh on the horizon. #LandscapePhotography #IsleOfHarris #Bilingual
A rock puddle reflects the grey skies over Niseabost in Harris. The island of Taransay is in the background.
November 26, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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jwstfeed.bsky.social
New JWST image: Sombrero galaxy.
esawebb.org/news/weic2427
🔭 🧪
Image of a galaxy on the black background of space. The galaxy is a very oblong, blue disk that extends from left to right at an angle (from about 10 o’clock to 5 o’clock). The galaxy has a small bright core at the centre. There is an inner disk that is clearer, with speckles of stars scattered throughout. The outer disk of the galaxy is whiteish-blue, and clumpy, like clouds in the sky. There are different coloured dots, distant galaxies, speckled among the black background of space surrounding the galaxy
November 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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christinehearach.bsky.social
Tail end of Storm Bert going over us today. It's a sunshine and blustery showers kind of day.

#LochLeurbost #StormBert #Crossbost #NorthLochs #IsleofLewis #WesternIsles #OuterHebrides #NovemberWeather
November 24, 2024 at 11:09 AM
leathanach.bsky.social
Before #Caturday runs out...i once caught Rosie yawning. Behold the terrifying maw of horror
Yawning black cat with enormous fangs.
November 23, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
You might not be able to afford an island, but for a small fee you can become the owner of a drawing of one!

www.worldofmoose.com/products/isl...
Island Cartoon
Original cartoon by Moose Allain from world of moose
www.worldofmoose.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:40 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
How about that! I'd have been about 3 so this probably is in a trough of the ragged edge of memory right enough!
dunringle.bsky.social Dunringle @dunringle.bsky.social · Nov 23
ET was showing in April/May 1983, according to an old Gazette 😊
November 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
I think i remember remembering seeing ET here. But i can't remember if i really do remember that or not.
dunringle.bsky.social Dunringle @dunringle.bsky.social · Nov 23
Stornoway Gazette advert and article about the Galaxy Cinema opening in Sep 1981.
Don’t recall anything about the movie but I’m guessing Superman probably won in the end. Look at the comfy seats!!!!
November 23, 2024 at 10:42 AM
leathanach.bsky.social
Chanain nach eil Hearach ann a tha measail air dealbhan a thogail nach do sheas, uair neo uaireigin, air a' chladach an Àird Àsaig le sùil air a' Chliseam.
I reckon every Hearach photographer has stood on the shore in Ardhasaig with an eye on the Clisham. #LandscapePhotography #IsleOfHarris
The hills of North Harris covered in cloud but sunlit. Foreground is a rocky shoreline covered in green seaweed.
November 23, 2024 at 8:52 AM
leathanach.bsky.social
Tarbat Ness lighthouse was always one of my favourite photo locations. Endless shapes and colours and the sky is nearly always dramatic. I'll get back to the cat photos when she's bored of the snow. #LandscapePhotography #Lighthouse #Scotland
Seaweed in a rockpool on a shoreline with a lighthouse in the distance. Broken clouds are illuminated in the late afternoon sun.
November 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
Years and years ago i stopped at a layby on the Inverness to Ullapool road and made what is probably still my favourite picture. It just caught a mood. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Scotland
Moon sits in a clear winter skye above Ben Wyvis. Foreground full of winter brown, frozen bracken.
November 20, 2024 at 1:15 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
Going back through my landscape photos..this one is from Loch Glascarnoch around 10 years ago. #LandscapePhotography #LochGlascarnoch
A grey, low hanging sky above Loch Glascarnoch. Hills in the distance are snow capped. A building in the middle distance sits above the loch.
November 19, 2024 at 4:57 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
Cats are graceful, independent and elegant. #Rosie #CatsOfBluesky
Quite a close up, wide angle view of my black cat and her bright yellow eyes. Her face is a bit out of focus.
November 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
I wonder if this'll work here?

Last Tango in Harris
Hoy Story
Barra-bie

#IslandFilms
November 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM
leathanach.bsky.social
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
Clach Mhicleòid at Àrd Niseaboist in Harris. Blue sky, some clouds and hills in the distance
November 16, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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beautysurroundsyou.com
A few reasons why I love Patagonia!📷

#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #patagonia #mountains
Patagonia is breathtaking, the ever changing light & weather is what makes it so very special. In Torres del Paine National Park, a spot lit iceberg is dwarfed by mountains already in the shade, except for the jagged summit, bathed in the warm afternoon sun. This is what I love about Patagonia! After a 3 am start and 12 km hike to mount Cerro Torre, I was surrounded by drizzle and clouds. It was miserable. But just a few minutes later I was graced by the most beautiful light!⁠ An unforgettable morning in Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park. Gale force winds transform the calm turquoise waters of Lago Pehoe into a raging sea, blowing away crashing waves and literally lifting the water off the surface! Glorious Mount Fitz Roy emerges from the clouds, as strong winds put an end to a cloudy morning. Patagonia is challenging to photograph, the mountains can be hidden for days, but when they clear, the beauty is unmatched!
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 AM
leathanach.bsky.social
#Caturday #Rosie
Black cat with yellow eyes stares balefully
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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xkcd.com
The Future of Orion xkcd.com/3012
November 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM