Rachel Darker

Read about Ed Fairburn and his work in the March issue of Beautiful Bizarre art magazine, in an interview by @andykovacic."

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#beautifulbizarre #artmagazine #art #artist #artinspiration #drawing

Chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way has never looked so gorgeous Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail

Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail

Beautiful aurora last night on Maia’s aurora tour in Fairbanks, Alaska—the cloud forecast was 100% and for three guests, this was their last night here after three nights of snowstorm. This was a great first aurora for them and now they can go home successful!

Lake Superior agate, banded amethyst, and quartz. This is from Paradise Beach on the north shore of Lake Superior. Museum quality specimen.
#Photography #Agates #Amethyst #LakeSuperior

I was so excited to get this shot of the rare Black footed Albatross. Their wing span is 6-8 feet & they pair for a lifetime.

There are only 300 of them here in O'ahu, #Hawaii

#WingsWideOpen #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OMSystem #Birds

Theme by @alan678.bsky.social

@mightyathena.bsky.social 🤩!

The mist has cleared above the tree line bringing Winter’s blue sky into view. Mid tree line the mist is heavy and only visible because of the Suns rays flowing through creating a burst of morning light.

A feeling of two worlds joining forces 📷🕊️ ….

Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26022...
A long exposure from a dark location reveals the dust cloud surrounding the Pleiades star cluster. The featured 18-hour exposure, taken from Bory Tucholskie, Poland covers a sky area several times the size of the full moon.

Sandy beach edging rocky crags under cloud filled skies, cliffs cradle calm seas.

#dailyimageprompt 58

#art #muse #poetry #prompt #vss​​ #tanka #haiku

Beyond dense layer,
Solar stars burn wild and free,
Lustrous rays cascade

Pigment clouded waters muse,
Inward embers glow dazzling.

After the picture description, l have written a poem inspired by this shot. This is a dramatic black & white landscape photograph of open countryside beneath a vast, turbulent sky. In the foreground, wild grasses & leafy hedgerow plants grow thick and untamed, their textures sharp and tangled. Just beyond them, a narrow dirt path curves gently from the left side of the image & sweeps into the distance, disappearing into a broad field of low, uniform crops. The field stretches wide & flat toward the horizon. Along the middle distance, a line of mature trees forms a dark boundary between land & sky. Their rounded canopies appear almost silhouetted against the light breaking through the clouds. But the sky dominates the scene. Heavy, layered storm clouds roll and billow across nearly three-quarters of the image. They are dense & dramatic, with deep charcoal shadows and streaks of lighter grey where sunlight struggles to break through. The clouds feel low & pressing, as though the air itself is heavy with anticipation. The contrast between the dark sky & the pale field below gives the landscape a sense of tension & quiet resilience. The overall mood is powerful & contemplative, a moment just before rain, when the world holds its breath. Finally, our picture is finished with a simple white border frame. And now for my poem.. I call it…Navigating the Storm The path bends softly through the land, A quiet ribbon drawn by steady hand. Above, the clouds in fury rise, Great shadows marching through the skies. The wind may press, the light grow thin, And thunder murmur deep within Yet still the earth beneath our feet Holds firm where doubt and courage meet. For storms will gather, dark and wide, And hope may seem a shrinking tide, But like that road through field and seam, We curve, endure, and keep the dream. No sky can rage forevermore, No night but yields to dawn once more And every storm we travel through Carves stronger paths in me and you.

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ Take my hand as we navigate the storm of life together (poem in the Alt) Have a caring day friends 😌 #Stunday #Poem #Poetry #ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Nature
#PhotographyOfBlueSky #Storm #ClassicMono #Together #Clouds #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Life
#Caring

“...real people finding courage
to offer love and care
to those who are wounded.
Which is all of us.
That’s when I woke,
determined to audition
for that show every day
for the rest of my life”

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𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒
𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒
𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠

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Thx you, Lola--for your spirit and art 💜

90 minutes of the horsehead from Bortle 8 with the Seestar S30 Pro

90 minutes of the horsehead from Bortle 8 with the Seestar S30

Here's the Horsehead Nebula as seen through the Seestar S30 Pro vs the Seestar S30. Both around 90 minutes of data on the same night and processed similarly.

Seestar S30 Pro video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGw...

#astronomy #astrophotography #space #Seestar

What do you image when the clouds clear for only half an hour?
M42 of course.
Esprit 100ED, ASI2600MM Pro.

2x300s Red, Green and Blue and 50x5s Red, Green and Blue

#astronomy #astrophotography

Syenite rocks with sodalite fluorescing orange when exposed to UV light. They are often called "Yooperlite". [📹 greatlakesrockhounds]

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cloud tail frames top of snowy lane greeted by winter sun again against spruce holding cold roosts

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The towering mountains of the Canadian Rockies emerge and, briefly, nature manifests as art. Nature's endless artistic potential is all around us. It's not always easy to see, but when you do, it brings great joy.

#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature

Martian meteorite that fell to Earth is full of ancient water, new scans reveal A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red Pla...

Black Beauty Meteorite: Meteorite NWA 7034, more commonly known as Black Beauty contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. It fell to Earth from Mars, and could reveal clues about the Red Planet's watery past. www.livescience.com/space/mars/m...

Another day another 16th Century mouse. I know this is not an in-depth demo of riveting I’m just sharing my day. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #rivetedjewelry #miniatureartist #metalarts

The bat hanging upside down, laughs at the topsy turvy world ~ proverb 🖤

#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #animals #animism #harmnone

Thank you! 🤩

@mightyathena.bsky.social 🐘

A grey heron stands upright on a dark harbour rail in warm light, its long neck relaxed and yellow eye alert. Behind it, softly out of focus, a small gull perches on the pointed top of a white navigation marker, creating a layered composition with the heron sharp in the foreground and the gull blurred against a smooth brown background.

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OddCouples , two different birds in one capture, the alt is #Urban , birds in an urban environment. Good luck and have a great day. 😊 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Fantail in watercolour, playing with paint movement and colour samples. Painting on watercolour block next to paintbrush and palette.

Fantail on Blackberries in Watercolour

#AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin
#DailyArt #art #TraditionalArt #painting #drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #ArtChallenges #Watercolour #Fantail #Artist #Sketchbook

Thank you, I will! 🤩

For anyone who needs cheering up... here's Britain's smallest bird having a bath today in a woodland puddle. 😁😍🐦❤️
#birds 🪶

Photograph by Derek Culver @clanger_mcbanger (Instagram) of petroglyphs at night under the Milky Way

Derek Culver specializes in astro-photography and leads tours to teach others how to do the same. This image is of petroglyphs in the Mojave desert under the Milky Way (his images are strictly no AI).
www.blazingheavens.com/photoadventu...

I'm right here! Beam me up!!! How lucky these moss covered trees are finding themselves in the path of light. Grateful ferns and ivy absorb the lights essence breathing in, breathing out. The white water flowing between the forests add a symphony of rhythm, pulsating amid the rocky run. A tune for the ages each note a song, a moment that will never be again.

"Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around."
- Stephen King

#photography #quotes #nature #findjoy #art #lifeisbeautiful

Thank you! 🤩 🎨

Watercolour practice painting of sparrow in flight.

Fear loads brush belly,
Sedulous pigment washes,
Learn flight on paper.

#SmallBirdSaturday #EastCoastKin
#DailyArt #art #TraditionalArt #painting #drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #ArtChallenges #Watercolour #haiku #poetry #sparrow

BRIGHT COMET ALERT: It took a million years to get here, and now “this lovely comet is gracing southern skies,” reports Ian Griffin, who photographed Comet Wierzchoś (C/2024 E1) last night from Middlemarch, New Zealand spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...