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Nikita
@nikitakitty.bsky.social
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Teacher. Researcher. Photographer. Soundscaper.
Warrior🏹 Equality-Human Rights {nonnegotiable}
{{Here to find tribes of kindred spirits}}
BA, BS- Soc, Psych; MBA/IR, Marketing, Strategy
E-RYT Yoga|Meditation (Hot*•Vin•Yin•Nidrā•PSM)
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Nazaré, Portugal 🇵🇹❤️

#photography #travel #portugal #nature #ocean #bigwave
#goldenhour #sunset #iconic
Cliffside view of a beach at Nazaré Graffiti that spells out “fuck Trump” on a building near the iconic big wave surf competitions Stunning view of Nazaré, a couple of people look tiny in the left corner. Statue at Nazaré big wave competition area, a huge man-beast with huge antlers holds a surfboard
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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In her beauty we find our way.

#blueskyartshow #road #fall #fallcolors #nature #art #therapy #beauty #natureisart #thisistheway #washington #pnw #pov
A road that curves to the right and disappears into brightly colored gold, orange, and red fall foliage.
September 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security.

Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad.

Otherwise what is there to defend?”

- Robert Redford

#quotes #nature #ocean #coast #oregon #pnw #pov #dof #love #beauty #peaceful #calming #soothing
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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“Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#quotes #photography #nature #sunset #ocean #waves #pacific #pnw #westcoast #oregon #beach
September 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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“We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom, and light.”

- Hafez

#poetry #quotes #photography #photographersunited #nature #art #natureisart #colors #colours #fall #autumn #beautiful #lovely #scape
September 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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One of my favorite markets.

#seattle
#pnw
#market
September 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Love when we are close..

#majestic #nature
#bluesky #clouds #scape
#pnw
September 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#joshuatree
#sunset
#timelapse
September 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Don't force things.
Let life flow.
Learn the lessons.
Notice the blessings.

#photography #nature #waterfall #waterfallwednesday #wisdom #inspiring #hope #mood #iceland
A massive waterfall flows in front of a person who looks tiny in comparison. They have their arms out as if in embrace. Pure joy. Like a tiny stick figure!
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The world is nothing but a moment.

- Rumi

#photography #photographersunited #nature #poetry #quotes #water #rain #raindrops #fall #fallcolors #leaves #fish #koipond #natureisart
A dark koi pond with a vibrant yellow/orange maple leaf floating, a large drop of rain bouncing back upwards with a perfect bead of water frozen in space, gently surrounded by other raindrops and bounces. An orange koi fish swims underneath.
September 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Basking in her beauty, she brings me peace.

#blueskyartshow #shiny #photography #bluesky #art #nature #wet #garden #colors #plants #trees #bloomscrolling #beauty #beautiful #pov #dof #naturelovers #natureisart #red #orange #yellow #fall #fallisnear
Vibrant red leaves with tiny patches of yellow and orange and tiny black spots.
August 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Spirit quartz, (also called Cactus Quartz or Fairy Quartz) is a quartz crystal where a central point is overgrown with a layer of tiny, sparkling druzy crystals.

One of my favorites.

#photography #blueskyartshow #shiny #crystal #quartz #art #dof #pov #myprecious
A beautiful spirit quartz crystal sits on a glass table, gently reflecting below.
August 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Miss him so much.
My cat Tigger (2001-2020), sitting on his favorite blanket next to the window, the open tilted blinds are allowing sun rays on his face, illuminating only one eye. Creative Rembrandt.
August 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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This is Brain II.

She is roughly 20 years old.

We’ve had her for a little over 19 years, and is older than our kitty, Niko (18 yrs).

She is very gentle, and loves snacks.

Happy 20 years, sweet girl.
Here’s to the next 10.

#hi #happybirthday #spider #photography #pink #tarantula #rose #gentle
Close up of a rose-haired tarantula on a little log, she’s perched up and sitting in front of her wooden jungle gym.
August 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Austria.

#photography #bluesky #landscapes #scapes #clouds #sunrays #sunlight #reflection #heavenly #light #pov #austria #europe #alps #nature #natureisart #naturelover #mountains #throwback #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
A white church with a tall steeple sits surrounded by trees and neighboring cottages, all being dwarfed by giant, magnificent mountains (Austrian alps). Sun rays streaming through dense clouds above which a highlighting the church and grass field in the foreground. A man stokes a fire right at the edge of the lake, the Austrian alps and golden hour colors reflecting in front, with a golden retriever watching from elbow high in the water.
August 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Let your love out

“They want us to be small, so we have to stand tall. They want us to be invisible, so we have to be seen. They want us to be quiet, so we have to be heard. They want us to surrender, so we have to fight.”

- Clare Pooley

#photography #art #streetart #graffiti #quotes #banksy #pov
Black and white graffiti art on a sidewalk in the heart of the city, downtown, of a woman in a cute black dress and black boots with an upright top bun (black hair); she is bending over slightly and seemingly vomiting a mass of red hearts of various sizes but tight together as if becoming a single stream.
August 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Time spent with the kindest of souls.

Please.

Boop the snoot. x

#hello #love #doggo #goodboi #boop
A majestic, giant floofy long haired white dog, adorable dirty paws, and the look of love. ❤️ A majestic, giant floofy long haired white dog, close up of his face, and the look of love. Please boop the snoot. ❤️
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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So much of poetry seems rooted in this tug-of-war between seeing a thing for what it is and our human impulse to see a thing for what it resembles.

- Carl Phillips

#photography #nature #scape #cloud #cloudscape #natureisart #nationalpark #pnw #pov #trees #mountain #beautyiseverywhere #reflection
A river reflecting the trees, backed by mountains, and adorned with foggy mist in the Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park (WA). Taken a few years back, but an image I often look to for peace and calm.
August 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Happy birthday to the National Park Service 🎂

Thank you for all you do, we are so grateful for you.

#photography #bluesky #photographersofbluesky #nature #art #natureisart #astrophotography #astro #nightsky #starrynight #milkyway #milkywaymonday #joshuatree #california #nationalpark #NPS #thankyou
A Joshua tree stands with shrubs surrounding, and the Milky Way band of stars seemingly passing through it in the background.
August 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Never seen a yellow lady bug before..
Pretty cute..

#photography #closeup #nature #art #natureisart #bugs #bugsofbluesky #colorful #yellow #ladybug #pov #spots #shiny #naturelovers
Close up of a yellow lady bug sitting on a woven outdoor blanket
August 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

- Carl Sagan

#photography #nature #sunset #clouds #goldenhour #trees #treehugger #joshuatree #california #quotes #wisdom #inspirational #pov
A field with four (or five) Joshua trees and surrounding shrubs and bushes, beautiful sunset colors behind and little dancing clouds swirling in the soft blue sky above.
August 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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In her beauty, I feel peace.

#photography #nature #flowers #dahlia #art #natureisart #photographersunited #pov #dof #beauty #beautiful #beautyiseverywhere #quotes #poetry #grace #graceful #peace #peaceful #colorful #colors #canon #bloom #blooming #bloomscroll #timelinecleanse
Close up of a beautiful fuchsia dahlia in full bloom.
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Even the tide retreats, not in defeat, but to gather its strength.
You are allowed to pause.
You will return stronger.

- Dipendra Tamang

#photography #art #bluesky #quotes #nature #art #natureisart #ocean #seascape #seafoam #bubbles #macro #macromonday #dof #pov #peace #poetry #wisdom #inspiration
Very narrow, high depth of field of sea foam, the edges glistening in the sun.
August 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I think we’re in the upside down..

Tiny mini #reflections of the Seattle skyline.

#skyline for #blueskyartshow
#photography #raindrops #bluesky #reflection #art #macro #abstract #dof #pov #quotes #seattle #pnw #tiny #upsidedown #scape #cityscape #spaceneedle #seattle
raindrops on a glass window that are reflecting tiny upside down reflections of the space needle and surrounding neighborhood in Seattle. High depth of field makes the background blurry with the sharper details in the raindrop reflections.
August 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Touch down.

Reaching a bit more into the archives for #worldphotographyday , a bit of reprieve, from everything..

“Neowise” #comet near the top of Mt Hood, Oregon

#Canon 5dmIV 100 mm f2.8 4s 12800iso

#photography #astro #astrophotography #archives #neowise #stars #nightsky #meteorite #pnw #pov
The Neowise comet which appears to reach and even touch the tops of the trees in the distance, with a smaller meteorite also lighting a short trajectory at the top of the frame, and closer, larger pine trees frame both sides.
August 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM