Juan Melli

The “Gumdrop” is a formation of vibrant, swirling layers of red, orange, and pink sandstone in the Coyotte Buttes South area of the Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Getting there requires a permit, a high-clearance 4WD vehicle, and a hike through remote desert terrain. #naturephotography

Very narrow focal plane with this Plateau side-blotched lizard.
Homolovi State Park, #Arizona #naturephotography

A pine warbler with a mosquito, Jersey City Reservoir #3
#birdphotography

Bittersweet decision, but I’m done with #birdphotography. After years of frustration and thousands of blurry shots chasing erratic birds, I’m throwing in the towel to focus on slower moving subjects. #SlowAndSteady #ChasingGlaciers #MovingMountains

A mallard flies by a wood duck in West Orange, #NewJersey. #birdphotography

Thank you! 🍍

Urban nature - in Hudson County, #NewJersey a pair of yellow-crowned night herons nests high above the bustle of the street below. #birdphotography

I don't know who needs to hear this but you should probably drink water and go for a walk.

Does it get better than a crisp mountain sunrise with a stroopwafel warming on hot coffee in a folding mug? Unlikely, but I’m searching.

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

(In the voice of Dennis)

Listen. Glorified squirrels that dig holes are no basis for a meteorological forecast. Atmospheric modeling comes from advanced climatological systems, not some furry rodent popping out of a hole.

#mammals #naturephotography

🚨 only 50 days until spring

Thank you!

Great blue heron spear fishing a white perch in the #NewJersey Meadowlands #birdphotography

Bison jam in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park
#naturephotography

Snow goose in Tenafly, New Jersey
#birdphotography

Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building during tonight’s sunset

pizza is an open-faced sandwich

A snowy owl on the dunes at the Jersey Shore
#birdphotography #newjersey

Harlequin ducks wintering at Barnegat Light, New Jersey.

Wildlife of Jersey City, New Jersey. A harbor seal sunning on the rocks at low tide in Liberty State Park in front of the Port Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal.

A profile view of a snow bunting - a medium-size songbird - among dry grasses. The feathers over its ear have been lifted by wind, exposing its ear canal.

A breeze lifted a snow bunting's feathers to briefly reveal its ear canal. These arctic songbird are wintering in Liberty State Park, New Jersey. #bird #birdphotography #naturephotography

6 hours under martial law in Seoul On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building

6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

Tuesday sunrise in New York City seen from Hoboken, NJ #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #sunrise #hoboken

Sunrise over a field of wildflowers in Grand Teton National Park, #Wyoming
#Naturephotography

I liveskyed the 2024 Martial Law Declaration of Korea.

This is the thread.

The New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur crossing the Hackensack Meadowlands

Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

I talked to journalists and writers who have found a larger and more engaged audience for their work on Bluesky, without having to see “AI bots and Nazis” at the top of their replies.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

It’s from my Bayonne yacht

Taken from Bayonne