"Clouds eating the Moon."

#astronomy #moon #astrophotography

Female common kestrel with prey - a vole.

#birding #birds #kestrel #N3MP #vogels #natgeo #raptors

Typical Dutch landscape: three windmills with some sheep and a great blue heron in front 😊

#dutch #landscape #photography #N3MP

Swan.

Another dragonfly from Kos: this time a red-veined darter, from Antimachia Castle. I just wish you could see the intricate details on its wings and attachment to its body. The castle is huge in itself, and contains two churches. More of that later.

Sandy Beach, Kos island, Greece. A bunker from the WW2-era on center-right, Turkey on the left in the distance. A small reminder of the heavy fighting that happened here between the Axis and the Allies in 1943.

A beautiful dragonfly on Kos, Greece: the male ruddy darter (sympetrum sanguineum). Patience helped photograph this one 😊

The recent Full Moon from The Netherlands, with Nikon D750 and Sigma 150-600.

#moon #nikon #sigma #astronomy #astrophotography #moonlovers

Sunset in Greece.

Really trying to get back into #astrophotography, but this shot of M31 (Andromeda nebula) in a fairly dark area was botched by a plane passing by. Oh well. #astrophotography #andromeda #M31

Mirrors in a reflector telescope like mine can get dusty: time to clean! What a difference a cleanup makes :)

#astronomy #astrophotography

Let's go birding :)

#birds #birding

Orion nebula from The Netherlands - reworking a 2021 set of shots (34x5 sec = 170 sec).🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography

Rotterdam is cool.

Been playing Dave the Diver recently. Pretty cool game, with quite some variation to keep you coming back.