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A Bald Eagle looking straight down at me. I drove under this tree (staying on the road) and was able to get this shot shooting through my open sunroof. Seemed perfect for #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou.

#wildlifephotography #birds #naturephotography #eagles #raptors #ridgefieldnwr #nwr
A bald eagle in a tree looking straight down at the camera with his sharp black talons holding on to a moss and lichen covered branch.
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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For those who missed it: in 2023, the JWST gifted us with spectacular images of the Ring Nebula (M57 or NGC 6720), one of the most iconic wonders of the sky.

Reference➡️ esawebb.org/news/weic2320/

(MIRI) Image credits: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow, N. Cox, R. Wesson

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The Ring Nebula (M57), 2,500 light-years away, is a cloud of gas expelled from a dying star, observed in extraordinary detail by the JWST. It has the shape of a distorted doughnut, seen almost edge-on, with a center that appears empty but is filled with less dense gas, like a rugby ball. The main ring glows in warm hues, from red-orange to yellow, with intricate filaments and approximately 20,000 dense globules of molecular hydrogen. The outer regions shade blue-violet, with ten concentric arcs created by a distant stellar companion. Carbon molecules (PAHs) emit light in the ring, while the heart is made of extremely hot gas. A cosmic mosaic that tells the story of the end of a star.
July 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Summer solstice yesterday, & snap! The heat now works.
(Please like my post.)
June 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#Ukraine #UkrainianView

by @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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WHAT IF WE KISSED feed! bsky.app/profile/did:...
thesenesx.bsky.social Steph ✨ @thesenesx.bsky.social · Feb 22
what if we were russian and french soldiers 👉👈 and we kissed to take down the ottoman empire 🥺
An old painted medallion with a Russian and French soldier holding each other close. The description from wikipedia reads: A French medallion dating from the post-Tilsit period. It shows the French and Russian emperors embracing each other.
February 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM