Daniel Stunell

Mountain ridge stretching away from the viewer with a narrow path.

Puy de Sancy, Massif Central, #France, October 2024. I hadn't previously realised France had a string of extinct and merely dormant volcanoes in the middle. #MountainMonday #mountains #photography #landscapes

Stacked brown mushrooms with fallen leaves piling up to disguise them.

Camouflage. These #mushrooms are perfectly coloured to blend in among the fallen #beech leaves. France, October 2024.
#fungi #forest #trees #autumn #photography #fungifriends

Layers of mountains fade into a mist haze, as seen from another mountaintop.

Misty Mountains. From last #spring in #Stirlingshire, #Scotland.
#Highlands #mountains #photography #MountainMonday

Tree trunk curves backwards over a path in a beech wood.

Arch. Spring in a beech forest. I love the way trees just grow with what life throws at them. #ForestFriday #trees #photography #beech

Seaside lights reflected in dark water

Llandudno pier. #TidesOutTuesday #photography #ocean #Wales #Llandudno

Dry glacier with jagged mountain peaks as backdrop.

Glacier Blanc at Barre des Ecrins, France. Mont Pelvoux is one of the background peaks. September 2025, and so sadly a somewhat depleted glacier - but still majestic #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #photography #mountains #France

Close up of yellow and black insect on knapweed.

The unsung pollinator. I haven't identified this #insect (French Alps for context) but in quietly going about its business, it's also providing pollination services the whole ecosystem (including us!) depends on. #photography #insects #flowers #macro #pollination #nature #biodiversity

I just took progressively closer shots thinking the butterfly would scarper each time (no zoom on the phone so had to be pretty close for detail)... I avoided casting a shadow and got away with it... This was the last shot - and the butterfly was still undisturbed.

Rain tomorrow?

High Alpine cliffs glow red orange in the setting sun

Le Garabut catches the setting sun. Orcières, France, late August. #MountainMonday #photography #mountains #France #Alps

Butterfly landed on a flower

Silver thistle and mountain fritillary butterfly (I think). French Alps. #flowers #butterflies #insects #mountains #photography

Orkney doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet... For seabirds at midsummer, amazing. Otherwise Mull, Skye, Western Isles etc have been mentioned. For landscapes I would add the northwest coast and mountains: Torridon, Loch Maree, An Teallach, the hills north of Ullapool, the coast at Durness

Close up of waterfall.

Torrent de la Combe de Narreyroux, France. #WaterfallWednesday #photography #mountains #Alps

Càrn Mòr Dearg and Ben Nevis, late September 2024. #MountainMonday #mountains #mountaineering #Scotland #photography #BlueSkyMonday

Can I ask if you know what year the permanent ice colouring on the IGN 1:25000 maps represents? (I have a 2018 IGN map for the central Ecrins and we were trying to work out how fast the ice had retreated on a visit this summer)

Dark tones post sunset sky and cloud reflected in water

Late evening light on the #RiverForth. Late summer. #Scotland #sunset #photography #Stunday

Dark cliff in shadow, casting varied shade on lighter scree, under blue skies.

Sunshine and shadows. On descent from Lac de Cedera, Parc National des Ecrins, France. #France #mountains #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #photography #Alps

Stoney mountains catching some sunset sunlight

Sunset in Orcières-Merlette, France. Today, for #MountainMonday...
#mountains #photography #France

Grey sky, grey sea, grey beach, with one sunny patch.

Hole in the sky. #TidesOutTuesday #ocean #Scotland #Barra #photography #Atlantic

Being above a cloud inversion is always an amazing experience!

Cloud lurks on the north side of Gleouraich, near Loch Cuaich. Autumn 2024. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #Scotland #Mountains #photography

Skye sunset. Late May. An 'if-you-don't-like-the-weather-wait-five-minutes' kind of evening. #Scotland #Skye #photography #mountains #sunset #sea

They're being sold as 'thinking' like us, 'understanding' the question etc. Their response tone is designed to support this illusion. So this misconception is unsurprising. We know the blueberry response is wrong and can prompt further, but people are using chat-gpt when they don't know the answer.

There's also convenient buses from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Fort William that basically follow the West Highland Way, and also access Glen Coe. My most recent 3 day hike was Glenfinnan to Inverie (bus, ferry, train for the logistics). Check out Walk Highlands for ideas across Scotland.

Do you want trails or summits? Are you looking for hostels or wildcamping? Snowdonia national park has some dedicated buses and trains along the coast. Scotland is trickier but the West Highland line gives some nice access, and the Cairngorms are very accessible by train/bus from Aviemore.

Nascent oyster bed on rusting metal

Life finds a way. Just give it time. Rusting wreckage on this beach is steadily being colonised. #ocean #photography #oysters #sealife #TidesOutTuesday

Colour bands. Barra, June 2025. #BlueSkyMonday #Barra #WesternIsles #Scotland #ocean #blue #green

This. Imagine all human actual communication and then a giant cloud of pointless AI-AI pointless noise dwarfing it, while racking up a catastrophic energy footprint and creating a string of real world snafus a human is eventually going to have to straighten out.

Many of them also believe AI super intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity. It's unclear why you'd think that is a risk worth running if this is the best case functionality on the upside... though it maybe reflects just how low they rate humanity I guess.

Sea shells and sand. This beach also doubles as Barra's airport. #Scotland #Barra #beach #seashells #photography #TidesOutTuesday