Poseur!

Please post what you'll wear when you become a dictator:

@astronomy.bsky.social

I was browsing around the Stellarium online sky map and when I zoomed in on Vega I saw this. Anyone have any idea what that big faded image could be?

The aliens won't show themselves because they see we still do genocide and that's not something they can allow to run loose in the Milky Way. At some point, they may determine we are a lost cause and send another rock like they did to the dinosaurs. Maybe the dolphins will do better.

How's about a surfer and his dogs calling it a day?

🦑🐍Baby marine iguana somehow ended up in the zodiac.

🐍🦑Galapagos marine iguana.

This species found on Espanola Island is also known as the Christmas iguana because they sport green and red markings during mating season in December. It's a vestigial trail left over from their Central American tree iguana ancestry.

🪶Three pairs of boobies just hanging out.

🪶Our pelicans sport a mowhawk!

🪶Juvenile red footed booby waiting for mom and dad to bring back some food.

🪶Fledgling Nazca booby, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

I've been down that trail dozens of times and the birds just look at us like we're the attraction.

🪶Nazca booby at the trailhead of Prince William's Steps, Genovesa Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

🪶Galapagos night heron waiting for the sunset.

🦑🪶Galapagos sea lion desperately trying to consume a tuna before it's picked apart by frigate birds, pelicans and a blue-footed booby.

I'll definitely post pics once I get settled in here. Gotta wrap up the work week first.

In the meantime, here's some sea lions hanging out on a deck built especially for them at Al Mar restaurant. No humans allowed in that roped off section.