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Massimo Marengo
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Astronomer / Faculty at #FSU. Pulsating stars and how to use them to reveal the universe. I use big telescope for work (HST, JWST, etc) and small lenses for play. Photography / Smartphone photography: https://photoblog.ornitorinko.org (He/Him/His)
A blue dasher dragonfly resting on a hot and humid summer Florida day.

#photography #photosky #flower #dragonfly #blue #bluedasher #macro @bskyphotos.bsky.social #nikon
June 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Venezuelan's paramo. When I could still visit that magnificent country and its kind people, suffering so much from their own government, and now ours.

#photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#Venezuela #Merida #paramo #nikon
April 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Closeup of a magnolia flower. Reminder that despite everything spring will eventually come.

#photography #photosky #flower #magnolia #pink #macro @bskyphotos.bsky.social #nikon
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Looking opposite to the setting sun from the sand dunes walkway. Crane Beach, Massachusetts.

#photography #photosky #sea #water #sunset #clouds #pink @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Massachussets #CraneBeach #Ipswich #nikon
February 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
January 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Fire and ice: like the spine of a fire-breathing dragon, the remnant of a sunken boat emerges from the ice-covered sea at Crane Beach, MA.

#photography #photosky #travelphotography #seawreck #sea #water #clouds #night #blue @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Massachussets #CraneBeach #Ipswich #nikon
January 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Split. White clouds hovering on a very dark Lake Superior. The photo has minimal processing, the water was really this dark.

#photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #lake #water #clouds @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Minnesota #LakeSuperior #GrandMarais #nikon
December 29, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Pristine snow in New Zealand Southern Alps. Views like this prove how the Lord of the Rings movies could not have been show anywhere else. Have a good break, y'all.

#photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains #snow @bskyphotos.bsky.social #NewZealand #nikon
December 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM
December 21, 2024 at 6:31 PM
The last ginkgo leaves, hanging on Spanish moss like golden butterfly. Fall has finally reached Northern Florida.

#photography #photosky #nature #leaves #fall @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Tallahassee #Florida #FSU #ginkgo #SpanishMoss #nikon
December 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Gias Soprano di Sestrera under the Margüareis massif, Alta Valle Pesio, in Summer 2016.

#photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountain @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Italy #VallePesio #Marguareis #mountain #nikon
December 17, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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December 7, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Captured on my way to the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile (La Serena region), along the Panamericana Highway. Peppers left drying in the desert next to a roadside capilla.

#photography #photosky #travelphotography @bskyphotos.bsky.social #chile #laserena #panamericana #desert #landscape
December 5, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Comet NEOWISE seen from #Ames, #Iowa in July 2020.

#astrophotography #photography #comet #stars
December 4, 2024 at 3:30 AM
White on white. If anybody wonders about the dog in my profile picture, that's Kero, our #samoyed. Lover of #snow, and #winter cold, here in one of our #skyjoring escapades in #Ames, #Iowa. The one in the family that least appreciated our move to FL. He left us at 14 years old, and is much missed.
December 3, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Reposted by Massimo Marengo
I am so glad @rossandersen.bsky.social took the time to write this. It is a thorough and accurate summary of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social situation. I have MANY FEELINGS about each and every facet of said situation, let me tell you. This won't be the last you hear of "telescope vs crap in orbit" 🔭
When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk
How do you know what you’re not allowed to see?
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:49 PM
After lurking on BlueSky for a while, it is time for an #introduction. I am an astronomer at #FSU working on stars, especially the ones that blink. On the bad site I used to post about #science and #photography. I am interested in good journalism and how to make the world safe and inclusive for all.
December 1, 2024 at 4:02 PM