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You're showing up too early once again. . .

Electrical plant and trucks down by the bay at dusk with an orange glow at the horizon.

3rd Ave under the expressway, car lights and traffic cones line the street at dusk.

What strikes me most about these photos is that it was 6 o'clock! How is it this dark at 6 o'clock? #Brooklyn #BringBackDaylightSavingTime

View of Sylvan pond from a cliff. A large evergreen tree to the right, calm water, the tops of tombstones in the foreground and autumn trees turning red in the background.

Tranquility in the city. #Brooklyn #Green-Wood.

A squirrel sits high above in a tree with orange leaves blurred in the background.

A squirrel sits on the front steps of a mausoleum eating a snack. Two marble pillars are to its right and grass and bushes are blurred in the background

A squirrel sits in the grass eating something with two tombstones blurred in the background.

Wildlife at the cemetery. #Brooklyn #nature #photography

A waxing moon at dusk in the blue sky over a fall tree with reddish leaves.

A waxing moon seen through the branches of a fall tree at dusk.

Couldn't resist the moon juxtaposed with the fall trees this evening in Green-Wood Cemetery. #Brooklyn #photography

A blue jay in a bare tree with a round object (berry?) in its mouth.

A bluejay on the ground looking straight the camera with a somewhat startled look on its face. Dried leaves are on the ground with a few bits of grass and tree trunks behind it.

Some fall photos of Bluejays at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. #birds

Dia de Muertos alter and art exhibit in the Green-Wood Cemetery chapel. Colorful skulls, paper and ribbons line the walls. People who enter the chapel are invited to honor their loved ones with messages on decorative paper skulls and ribbons that they then hang on the walls.

The alter of the Dia de Muertos exhibit at the Green-Wood cemetery chapel. The alter has ceramic skulls and paper skulls with dedications to lost loved ones.

An interactive spiritual art exhibit for Dia de Muertos by the Mexican artist Laura Anderson Barbata at the Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel.

Yes, I had never seen so many together in one place! It was a remarkable experience!

No, they kept their distance, which I was fine with!

Thank you!

Yay!!!!!! Celebrating with you!!

Whitetip shark in thermocline. There is sand below and a school of fish and the back end of another shark in the background. When you look at the edges of the sharks body, you can see they are rippled rather than sharp

A white tip shark swimming above the sand in the thermocline. The thermocline gives it a rippled somewhat blurred look.

Just a couple of shots to give a sense of what it was like swimming into the thermocline. Everything looks a bit rippled. You can see this by looking at the edge of the shark's body - it's especially clear on the top front portion of the shark in the left photo. #MarineLife #scuba

I won't lie - I was a bit nervous when we went down to see the bull sharks, but my curiosity won out! A little fear is healthy, but it's worth it to see the amazing underwater creatures. I'm glad that you enjoy the photos and videos! I enjoy going through them and reliving the experiences at home.

After seeing the bullsharks, the whitetips seemed pretty tame. We kept our distance, and they basically ignored us, but they were still cool to see.

Into the thermocline with some whitetip sharks. This trip was my first real thermocline experience, and it was wild to be able to see the water change. I felt like I was entering a portal into a different reality. #MarineLife #scuba #sharks

Off to school with the Grunts and Spade Fish in Costa Rica. #MarineLife

Goldenrod with a bee down by the ocean with light reflecting on the water in the background.

Goldenrod with the ocean water in the background

Goldenrod by the sea. Nature at the edge of the city. #Brooklyn #flowers #nature #photography

At least they’re cute! This one I’m afraid is going to lose its home soon. They’re developing the area into some sort of business hub.

A pigeon ready to go places.

Steadfastly holding his home. I hope they do not destroy it as they gentrify the area. He or she has lived there for years.

Geese out flying together before the big plunge.

fierce seagull in a hurry

A visit to the sea via Industry City. #birds #nature #pigeons #fierce #ready to take on the world. Places to gol

Two turtles making new turtles in Costa Rica

Two turtles making more turtles in Costa Rica. I believe they are Ridley sea turtles.

Two turtles in love.

Glad to see some turtle love. Not sure they look incredibly happy, but hopefully it'll be a fruitful turtle season in Costa Rica! #MarineLife #Turtles #photography

Yes! There were a lot of them out this weekend.

Thank you!

A bumble bee on small purple and yellow flowers.

A yellow beetle with black spots tucked into the petals of light purple flowers

A monarch butterfly sitting on a cluster of purple and yellow flowers.

Pollinators in the urban meadow of Green-Wood Cemetery. #nature #Brooklyn #photography

Oh no! I'm so sorry! Sending positive vibes your way ❤️

The head of a young scorpion fish on the bottom of the ocean. It's eye is peaking out. It's had and body are brownish with lace like blue scales all over. It blends in with the brownish red of the rocks below.

Masters of disguise. A juvenile scorpionfish hiding in plain sight on the bottom of the sea in Costa Rica. #MarineLife #scuba #photography

It was super exciting to see! Someone with better eyes than me spotted it on the last dive of our trip. It was especially nice because the dive shop said they hadn't seen any in a while, and this was a new one to them.

You have no idea how excited I was! I've only ever seen 4 in the wild.

A red seahorse with white stripes and spots hanging attached to some growth on a rock on the sea floor.

A red seahorse with white lines and spots attached to something growing on or around a rock on the sea floor.

A reddish-orange seahorse with a large belly hanging on to rope like growths on the sea floor. Tiny red creature to its right - looks like a flower. Perhaps it's a sea anemone?

Sometimes you get extra lucky and a seahorse brightens your day! #MarineLife #scuba #CostaRica #photography #nature

When you're diving and you don't know where to look because there are so many eagle rays! #MarineLife #scuba

Macro photo of white star shaped coral polyps.

Close up of white star shaped coral polyps on red-ish orange coral

Close up of white star shaped polyps on brownish-orange coral

Orange cup coral amidst the green algae.

The ocean floor in Costa Rica is more rocky than what I usually see in the Caribbean, but there were quite a few beautiful corals with vibrant colors and intricately shaped polyps that the macro lens helps reveal. #MarineLife #scuba #photography