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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

A fiery sunset over San Pablo Bay looking at the distant hills of Marin County, CA. Sky looks streaked with grey and white that morphs into fiery gold and orange that reflects in the water. In the foreground, the Standard Oil longwharf looks pretty good for a change.

A fiery sunset for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire. Taken c1970, Point Richmond, California.

Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky painting Empress Marie of Russia

After the Romanovs the richest family in Russia.

wonderful costumes in this movie and a great performance by Norma Shearer especially at the end.

She had the most amazing jewels.....

The Streatham Portrait which is thought to be of Lady Jane Grey, the nine days Queen of England and Ireland

Portrait by an unknown artist, 1590s

Queen Victoria in court dress, 1854

Snowdrop the cat, a favorite pet of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, in 1856

Another photo of Grand Duchess Olga in her Russian court dress.

Photograph of a woman, possibly Queen Min of Joseon (Empress Myeongseong of Korea), 1887-1892

A dramatic sky bursts with color at sunrise, casting hues of orange, pink, and teal across a wide expanse of rippling clouds. Below, calm swamp water mirrors the sky, broken by the silhouettes of bald cypress trees in the shallows. The scene is still and surreal.

This morning my weather app said 'clouds'. I said 'yes'.

#photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #stumpylake

#ReliefWednesday - Relief of a Rhodian trireme's stern carved into the rock at Lindos, Rhodes. Dating from the 2nd century BC, this was the work of the sculptor Pythokritos. It served as the base for a bronze statue of Hagesandros, honoured by the Lindians on the occasion of a naval victory.

one of those pieces you go "wow" at when you visit the museum. Some of the photos I took of this piece.

@aussiekerrie.bsky.social it's about time I started using this I think..... Here's something pretty to start...

Six stages of a decaying Conquistador for Indiana Jones 4 by Teves Design Studio, 2008

Here's a test post with a bit of Lapis, let's see what it does......