The Pleiades (M45) is one of the easiest deep sky objects to observe. located ~440 light-years from Earth.
A bright blue compact group of massive stars. Typically, 6-7 stars are visible without a telescope, though it contains over 1,000 stars!
📷Sony a6000
11 mins exposure
85mm F5.0

Look up at the night sky today! It's the first super moon of this year.
📸Sony a6000, 55-210mm F4.5-6.3
PiPP,AutoStakkert,Photoshop
#supermoon2025

I was lucky enough to have this memorable encounter with a Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) this evening.
I occasionally go out & photograph nature in my free time. It never fails to surprise me!

Very unfortunate to have the play button there...

GDPNow model predicts the U.S. economy will contract 2.8% in the first quarter. This is almost double last week’s prediction of a 1.5% drop.

The White-Rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)

📸: Sony a6000, Sony 55-210mm

24th Feb 2025, Sri Lanka.

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)

This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical Asia. Can be found in forests, scrub & gardens.

Conservation Status: Least Concern.
#Wildlife #Birds #Conservation #Zoology

As a child I was always fascinated by seeing the Hubble telescope's images of deep space objects like the Horsehead nebula. And now the James Webb Space Telescope has taken that legacy to the next level, capturing the sharpest image of Horsehead nebula to date.

Photographers, NEVER permanently delete your "unnecessary" images! Move them to the recycle bin instead. I just lost about 70 of my recently captured photos but was able to recover them all. Losing photos is the worst nightmare for a photographer. They're not just photos. They're memories...

Election day in #russia and its occupied territories. If you've ever thought your job is useless, remember that in russia people are paid to "count" votes.
#democracy #politics #russiaisaterroriststate

In 1996 Ukraine handed over nuclear weapons to Russia in exchange for a guarantee "Never to be threatened or invaded"
- Never trust russia!

ගෝලීය සමුද්‍ර මතුපිට උෂ්ණත්වයේ 1981 සිට මේ දක්වා වාර්තාගත වූ ඉහළම අගයය 2024 වසරේදී වාර්තා වෙලා තියනවා.මේක සුළුවෙන් හිතන්න පුළුවන් තත්ත්වයක් නෙවෙයි.මේ trend එක වෙනස් කරගන්න බැරි උනොත් අපේ civilization එක ඊළඟ අවුරුදු 100 වත් survive වෙයිද කියල හිතන්න අමාරුයි. අධික carbon emissions මේකට ප්‍රධාන හේතුවක්.

ඔයාලා මේ දවස් වල හඳ දිහා ටිකක් විමසිලිමත් ව බැලුව නම් වෙන පුරහඳ වලට වඩා ප්‍රමාණයෙන් කුඩා බව දකින්න ඇති.
මේ සංසිද්ධිය ට කියන්නෙ Micromoon කියල.

මේකට හේතුව තමයි හඳ පෘථිවිය වටා ගමන් කරන කක්ෂය ඉලිප්සාකාර වීම නිසා ඒ කකෂයෙ පෘථිවිය ට දුරින් ම (Apogee) හඳ ස්ථානගත වීම.

Supermoon එකකදි වෙන්නෙ චන්ද්‍ර කක්ෂයේ පෘථිවිය ට ලඟින් ම (Perigee) හඳ ස්ථානගත වීම.
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Today, on International #HolocaustMemorialDay, we pause to remember the millions of lives lost and the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the Holocaust. ️
Let's use this day to recommit ourselves to building a world where such atrocities never happen again.