Gerri Whitley
@gerriwhitley.bsky.social
Chicago based Photographer, Visual Artist and Educator
I love adventures near and far, wild skies, bold colors and starry nights, I’m happiest outside
I love adventures near and far, wild skies, bold colors and starry nights, I’m happiest outside
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Hi! I’m a Chicago based Photographer and Visual Artist
I love wild skies, bold colors and starry nights, I’m happiest outside
here’s me last summer, under the stars on a camping trip to Badlands National Park
I love wild skies, bold colors and starry nights, I’m happiest outside
here’s me last summer, under the stars on a camping trip to Badlands National Park
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate. n.pr/3J0HVBC
Study: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.
n.pr
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate. n.pr/3J0HVBC
A few weeks ago, I drove over to the east shore of Lake Michigan on a good aurora forecast. I spent almost all night on the beach hoping for a show but it was not to be. I did shoot these star trails with some pink aurora on the horizon.
#startrails #lighthouse #stunday #blueskyartshow
#startrails #lighthouse #stunday #blueskyartshow
October 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A few weeks ago, I drove over to the east shore of Lake Michigan on a good aurora forecast. I spent almost all night on the beach hoping for a show but it was not to be. I did shoot these star trails with some pink aurora on the horizon.
#startrails #lighthouse #stunday #blueskyartshow
#startrails #lighthouse #stunday #blueskyartshow
summer nights lit by fireflies
bioluminescence is so incredible, I just stand in awe of nature and watch these tiny creatures create light to find each other.
#firefly #nightphotography #chicago #scape
bioluminescence is so incredible, I just stand in awe of nature and watch these tiny creatures create light to find each other.
#firefly #nightphotography #chicago #scape
July 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
summer nights lit by fireflies
bioluminescence is so incredible, I just stand in awe of nature and watch these tiny creatures create light to find each other.
#firefly #nightphotography #chicago #scape
bioluminescence is so incredible, I just stand in awe of nature and watch these tiny creatures create light to find each other.
#firefly #nightphotography #chicago #scape
moonset
captured just before the crescent moon set. Just enough light to give the foreground dimension
#scape #milkyway #nightphotography #visitutah
captured just before the crescent moon set. Just enough light to give the foreground dimension
#scape #milkyway #nightphotography #visitutah
July 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
moonset
captured just before the crescent moon set. Just enough light to give the foreground dimension
#scape #milkyway #nightphotography #visitutah
captured just before the crescent moon set. Just enough light to give the foreground dimension
#scape #milkyway #nightphotography #visitutah
summer nights lit by fireflies
last week I visited by parents in MO, it’s peak firefly time there and they danced across the pasture all night.
On my last night it was clear and the weather cooperated so I could leave the cameras out all night. 1/2
#firefly #summer #scape #nightphotography
last week I visited by parents in MO, it’s peak firefly time there and they danced across the pasture all night.
On my last night it was clear and the weather cooperated so I could leave the cameras out all night. 1/2
#firefly #summer #scape #nightphotography
June 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
summer nights lit by fireflies
last week I visited by parents in MO, it’s peak firefly time there and they danced across the pasture all night.
On my last night it was clear and the weather cooperated so I could leave the cameras out all night. 1/2
#firefly #summer #scape #nightphotography
last week I visited by parents in MO, it’s peak firefly time there and they danced across the pasture all night.
On my last night it was clear and the weather cooperated so I could leave the cameras out all night. 1/2
#firefly #summer #scape #nightphotography
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I just returned from a trip to Utah. My first night I got clear skies and aurora!
#nightphotography #astrophotography #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
#nightphotography #astrophotography #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I just returned from a trip to Utah. My first night I got clear skies and aurora!
#nightphotography #astrophotography #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
#nightphotography #astrophotography #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
Reposted by Gerri Whitley
Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a rescission package that will instantly gut all federal funding for public media. All of it, gone. Here’s more information:
protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...
protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...
Protect My Public Media
Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a rescission package that will instantly gut all federal funding for public media. All of it, gone. Here’s more information:
protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...
protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...
I’m in Escalante UT for a couple of days before heading to Kanab. My goal is lots of Milky Way photos. Here’s a shot from the last time I was in this area- drove by this today.
#photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
#photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
May 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’m in Escalante UT for a couple of days before heading to Kanab. My goal is lots of Milky Way photos. Here’s a shot from the last time I was in this area- drove by this today.
#photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
#photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #scape
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the view from a former Meta board member:
Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight,” Sir Nick Clegg has said. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight,” Sir Nick Clegg has said. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable
The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry
www.thetimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
the view from a former Meta board member:
Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight,” Sir Nick Clegg has said. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight,” Sir Nick Clegg has said. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
May 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I mean who wants the best and brightest from around the world in their universities?
China knows an own-goal when it sees one. www.newsweek.com/harvard-hkus...
Chinese college gives Harvard international students "unconditional offers"
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said it would be opening its doors to Harvard students "amid global academic shifts."
www.newsweek.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I mean who wants the best and brightest from around the world in their universities?
Amazing pink clouds and lightning as Wednesday storms rolled through Chicago
#lightning #stormphotography #scape #cloudporn
#lightning #stormphotography #scape #cloudporn
May 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Amazing pink clouds and lightning as Wednesday storms rolled through Chicago
#lightning #stormphotography #scape #cloudporn
#lightning #stormphotography #scape #cloudporn
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I managed one shot of the cotton candy cumulonimbus before darker, low-level clouds slid into the top of the frame. It was a gorgeous, surreal moment to see rain still falling over the east side of downtown, while fluffy pink clouds and blue sky belied the strength of the storm still in progress
May 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I managed one shot of the cotton candy cumulonimbus before darker, low-level clouds slid into the top of the frame. It was a gorgeous, surreal moment to see rain still falling over the east side of downtown, while fluffy pink clouds and blue sky belied the strength of the storm still in progress
it’s almost the end of the tulips here in Chicago. Plus, right now it’s 92 degrees
#nightphotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #urbangaze
#nightphotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #urbangaze
May 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
it’s almost the end of the tulips here in Chicago. Plus, right now it’s 92 degrees
#nightphotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #urbangaze
#nightphotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #urbangaze
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'Countdown to the next show' - Fénix Passage, Prague
#art #photography #architecture #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
#urbanphotography #architecturephotography #clock #time
📸©helene-cook.eu
#art #photography #architecture #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
#urbanphotography #architecturephotography #clock #time
📸©helene-cook.eu
May 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
'Countdown to the next show' - Fénix Passage, Prague
#art #photography #architecture #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
#urbanphotography #architecturephotography #clock #time
📸©helene-cook.eu
#art #photography #architecture #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
#urbanphotography #architecturephotography #clock #time
📸©helene-cook.eu
a year ago… what an amazing night
#stunday #aurora #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #greatlakes
#stunday #aurora #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #greatlakes
May 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
a year ago… what an amazing night
#stunday #aurora #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #greatlakes
#stunday #aurora #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited #greatlakes
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Sunday #Stunday ........an evening on the Washington State coast while one romantic couple share the view of spring setting sun. #Longbeach #EastCoastKin #Photography #Reflection
May 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sunday #Stunday ........an evening on the Washington State coast while one romantic couple share the view of spring setting sun. #Longbeach #EastCoastKin #Photography #Reflection
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Let it sink in that a student with a legal visa was detained for six weeks just for writing an editorial. In America.
May 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Let it sink in that a student with a legal visa was detained for six weeks just for writing an editorial. In America.
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May 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% …“Our findings therefore point to a misallocation of public capital, and substantial underinvestment in nondefense R&D.”
The NSF Is Being Dismantled — With Broad Implications For The American Economy
The economic consequences of cuts to the National Science Foundation and restricting scientific inquiry on this scale could be far-reaching.
www.forbes.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% …“Our findings therefore point to a misallocation of public capital, and substantial underinvestment in nondefense R&D.”
Early morning at Minerva Terrace. I had the place to myself which was amazing.
#yellowstone #scape #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited
#yellowstone #scape #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited
May 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Early morning at Minerva Terrace. I had the place to myself which was amazing.
#yellowstone #scape #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited
#yellowstone #scape #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#G+circle
#photographersunited
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Peacefulness. #Scape
The quiet at Anderson Japanese Gardens is wonderful.
#EastCoastKin #G+Circle #SeeWithLauri #ArcanumAlumni #PhotographersUnited #landscapephotography
The quiet at Anderson Japanese Gardens is wonderful.
#EastCoastKin #G+Circle #SeeWithLauri #ArcanumAlumni #PhotographersUnited #landscapephotography
May 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Peacefulness. #Scape
The quiet at Anderson Japanese Gardens is wonderful.
#EastCoastKin #G+Circle #SeeWithLauri #ArcanumAlumni #PhotographersUnited #landscapephotography
The quiet at Anderson Japanese Gardens is wonderful.
#EastCoastKin #G+Circle #SeeWithLauri #ArcanumAlumni #PhotographersUnited #landscapephotography