Maria Clara

Maria Clara

@fantasticplanets.bsky.social

Amateur astronomer, sci-fi lover, STEM, art lover. More women in science. Working on my PhD #transrightsarehumanrights #loveistheanswer #BLM #landback

10,213 Followers 10,475 Following 80 Posts Joined Nov 2024
6 hours ago
A brown, blue, violet and metallic raku bear sculpture facing right A brown, blue, violet and metallic raku bear sculpture with face toward the camera A closeup of a brown, blue, violet and metallic raku bear sculpture A ceramic bear sculpture in the flames of the raku reduction container.

Indulge in the rich, velvety allure of "Cocoa", a raku pottery bear that embodies the warmth and depth of a perfectly crafted chocolate. 🍫

Their deep brown, violet, blue, metallic hues brings layered textures that feel both earthy and industrial; and a little sweet. 🐻

#bear

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Guillaume nous partage sa capture de #m42 la #nébuleuse d'Orion
Lunette ASKAR60F, monture ZWO AM3N, caméra ZWO 533MCPRO
Résultat obtenu avec 28 poses de 180 secondes et les filtres HA et OIII 3nano
#astronomy #astronomie #astrophotography #astrophotographie #nebula #pixinsight

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Three spiral galaxies of the Leo Triplet—two tilted and one edge-on with a dark dust lane—set in a dense star field.

Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628) captured with a Seestar S30. This wide-field view shows the contrasting structures of two bright spiral galaxies and the edge-on dust lane of NGC 3628 within a dense background star field.

#astrophotography #deepsky #astronomy #galaxies #seestar

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The Rosette Nebula (SH2-275) is an emission nebula ~5200 ly from Earth in the constellation Monoceros.This narrow band multi-spectral image shows the dominate areas of ionized  Sulfur(reds), Hydrogen(yellows) and Oxygen (blues) within the nebula.

 -Updated 03/10/26

Equipment:
Telescope: SVBony SV503 80ed
Camera: ZWO ASI533 mc pro
Mount: ZWO AM5
FIlters: ASKAR Colormagic Ha/Oiii and Sii/Oiii duo band
Skies Bortle 3

The Rosette Nebula (SH2-275) is an emission nebula ~5200 ly from Earth in the constellation Monoceros.This narrow band multi-spectral image shows the dominate areas of ionized Sulfur(reds), Hydrogen(yellows) and Oxygen (blues) within the nebula.

updated 03/10/2026

#astronomy #astrophotography

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M46 and M47
High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/o1n6h6

These two open star clusters are in the same field of view as my telescope and camera. It makes a nice composition, and stacking 800 images revealed an intense number of stars.

#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #eastcoastkin #photography

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I managed to capture the silhouette of the Golden Gate Bridge with the sun bursting through one of its pillars. ☺️

#landscape #landmark #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #california #urbanphotography #urban #travel #eastcoastkin #photography

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A macro shot looking straight into the center of a deep violet iris, revealing the intricate purple-veined falls, a white and yellow style arm, and a fuzzy golden beard at the throat.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The Secret Center of an Iris
Sebastopol, California
#art #photography #flowers #bloomscroll

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📷 Zfc Nikon
🔍 Nokton Classic 35mm f1.4 Voigtlander

#flowers #nature #photography

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1 week ago
3 varieties of lichen together on a stick in the snow

We are better together. 🥰🙏

#nature #love #trees #lichen

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3 weeks ago
6 raku vases in a grid with a white background in two rows of three.  There is a vase name in black text under each image, from left to, to right bottom, the names are Lagoon Nebula, Draconis, Skyfire, Pinwheel, Persueus'Cloud, Tethy's Tide. A closeup of 3 vases glowing in the reduction firing of the raku process.

The world feels very unsettled, and art isn’t always the priority in these trying times. Even so, I'm here and keep on making.

These are my latest one-of-a-kind raku vessels available now. A share or like to help them find their people would mean a great deal. 🙏

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1 week ago
Post image White spring blossoms in front of green and blue sky background.

Two days of ☀️☀️ and #spring #blossoms on trees for #scape day - seen during a #woodland walk. 🌸

Does the gentle awakening of nature also lift your spirits? 🌳🌼 🙂 🌱

#photography #nature #trees #Blueskykin #EastCoastKin #photography #bloomscrolling #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersonFriday

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1 month ago
Black cat with her mouth open wide and the works fuk ice to the right

Drusilla has a special #caturday message. 🖤

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6 days ago
staring cat plushie hiding in a bush staring cat plushie is no longer hiding, it’s staring into your soul

always watching

get your staring cat plushie here www.makeship.com/products/sta...

it’s limited edition! don’t miss it!

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Long cylindrical shaped body with four legs and flat spiral shaped tail. Applied eye on each side of head.

Goldweight [Quadruped with Spiral Tail] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/30293/

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Skylights - 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104513

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My handsome boy 🐾

Happy #caturday

#blackcats #cats

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6 days ago

Such a beautiful puffball!!!

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6 days ago
An orange, black, and white tiger lying down with its front paws crossed, looking directly into the camera with green grass behind it

Happy Caturday to all who celebrate 😻 🐅

#Caturday #Tiger @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social #Tacoma #PointDefiance #PNW #Washington #Photography #Purr #BigCat #StrikeAPose #Vogue

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1 week ago
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Mossy Tree Frogs will sit below the waterline, waiting to ambush their prey. They are both aquatic and arboreal, blending into their mossy environment.

#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #treefrog #frog #herps #eastcoastkin #photography

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1 week ago
An image of a raku fired vase that has a tiered pedestal.  It has shimmery irridescent greens, gold, blues reds and violets and some matte black areas from the reduction material. A close up view of the lower right portion of the same vase where you can see the blues/purples and reddish hues. A view of the other side of the vase. This is a photo of the raku process.  Several vases being placed in the flames, in a reduction bin. They are all on fire, as is the material in the bin.

Inspired by the cosmos. Born from the flames of raku. A symphony of light and movement captured.

'Skyfire' draws it inspiration from the shimmery irridescent greens, reds, golds and violets of the northern lights.

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1 week ago

That is so beautiful!

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Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Wikipedia, more info about the topic
"The Almagest t) is ......by Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) in Koine Greek....."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagest #astronomy #history

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6 months ago

My current favourite post. ❤️

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2 weeks ago
Plenty of Earthshine in this capture of the Moon. Post image

First sight this cycle! Tonight's waxing crescent Moon a few hours ago. Just 13% through a very brief gap in the cloud curtain 🙂
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago

The whole world knows he is a war criminal.

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3 weeks ago
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At the heart of the Virgo Cluster is the Markarian's Chain, a string of a dozen galaxies. My image contains it and dozens more outside it. The cluster contains nearly 2000. 🤩

#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #galaxy #eastcoastkin #photography

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3 weeks ago

Gorgeous!!

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3 weeks ago

#Astrophotography🔭

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3 weeks ago

Frog break

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