Native American Acoma pottery, vase, by ceramics artist Paula Estevan #WomensArt

Forget the kiln. Here's a laser The 1-step process could lead to high-performance ceramic coatings and 3D-printed structures

Researchers have made an ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) in minutes by blasting its liquid precursor with a laser. The process could be used to add ceramic coatings to carbon composites or to 3D print complex ceramic structures. cen.acs.org/materials/La... #chemsky 🧪

White River

A little white church reflected in the water with a beautiful raincloud over it

When I think of the Netherlands.... ❤️🤍💙
Captured at one of my fav locations
The little white church with an amazing sky

Simonshaven, Netherlands

Support my work, please repost

#photography #netherlands

A symphony of bright orange, white, purple, and yellow spring blooms greet the still waters of a Lake Kawaguchi, as Mount Fuji watches from afar, cloaked in snow beneath a boundless blue sky.

People often stop me in the street (never happened) and ask: “What do people like on Bluesky?”

“Mountains and flowers,” comes my reply.

Mt. Fuji with a sprinkle of flowers for #stunday.

❤️ ✌🏽

#photography #nature #art #eastcoastkin #stormhour #photohour #fuji #japan #flowers #bloomscrolling #scape

Repetition

Forests, guarantee for

-clean oxygen-rich air
-CO2storage
-biodiversity
-water purification and regulation
-lowering of temperatures
-wind breakers
-enrichment of healthy soil
-Medicine for our body and mind💚☘️🌱🌿🌲🌳🍀💚

Painting of red pink and whiteflowers in a grassy meadow

US painter Maria Oakey Dewing,
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt

Aster - One of my favorite flowers.
#flowers #gardening #photography

Facts,

Storm arrives at high Himalayas 💙
#nature #photography #himalayas #mountains #photographersofBluesky #scape #mountainscape #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant

Ring of Brodgar #Orkney #Scotland #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #Nikon #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #monochrome #bnw

Forests have a healthy influence on us. Not only do trees filter our air, the sight of a tree lowers our stress level. The air in a coniferous forest is particularly germ-free and even anti-inflammatory due to the many essential oils they emit - comparable to a natural antibiotic

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees

Brown-crested Flycatcher outside of her nesting cavity

Brown-crested Flycatchers nest inside of vacant Saguaros. Stay tuned… 🪺 👀 🪶☀️🌵

A fairytale in Tuscany. Fun fact: Taken with my smartphone

Print featuring a stylised bird in flight facing left with oval shaped multicoloured feathers against a white background

Festive bird, 1970 by Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona #WomensArt

"Painted Trillium in the Rain"
#Wildflower #AlmostHeaven #WestVirginia #Highlands #ThePhotoHour #Rain #wet #Weather #beautyinnature

'Ritme is alles' – 9 schrijftips van Virginia Woolf • ILFU Het internet staat vol met Virginia Woolf-citaten – over eten, over vrouwen, over het leven, maar toch vooral over schrijven. We selecteerden 9 uitspraken die de auteur deed over het schrijfproces:...

'Ritme is alles' – 9 schrijftips van Virginia Woolf

Columba Livia aka rock dove.
They were domesticated so long ago they're original range is unknown. They're referenced on Mesopotamian tablets.
They can also fly at 160kph!
Not bad for a flying rat!
#birds #photography #ontario #nature

The start of the tricycle race, from Marble Arch, London to Gelnbrook, Buckinghamshire
England
1930s

The fact that we’ve just collectively decided to ***ignore*** this is insane

Did you know that without trees we would hardly be able to breathe due to air pollution, traffic exhaust, heat and industrial fumes? Our air would be completely polluted. The forests and trees clean our air and filter out particles that are harmful to us.💚☘️🌱🌿🌲🌳🍀💚

A rainbow arc in a blue sky, over a tropical scene of palm trees on the island of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

A tropical blue sky and rainbow for #BlueSkyMonday. Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, 2023.

#scape #rainbow #photography

A view across a pond of the historic Blacksmith shop. Reflections of green grasses can be seen in pond

A glimpse of the historic Blacksmith Shop across the pond. Everything is so green after all the rain #Stunday #EastCoastKin #photography #Springs #reflections #longisland

A 4.30am sunrise to catch the first light on Bamburgh Castle Poppies and Lupins
#Northumberland #photography

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter | Climate crisis | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oval shaped ceramic wall hanging with a stylised image of a black bird on top of a tree in a row of four trees over black ground with round patterns

Karen Risby, UK artist creates contemporary ceramic sculpture, wall hangings and porcelain accessories #WomensArt

A small Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus) works its way around the belt of pollen-bearing flowers on a yellow Clasping Coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis). Its whole body is covered in bright yellow pollen except for the wings and the stripes on top of the black and white abdomen.

A furrow bee wearing pollen pantaloons for #SundayYellow.🐝🌱 #nativeplants