Maria Clara

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.

That is so beautiful!

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

My current favourite post. ❤️

Plenty of Earthshine in this capture of the Moon.

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

The whole world knows he is a war criminal.

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

160x60 second sub exposures. Celestron Celestar C8, Starizona Hyperstar v4, Antlia Triband ultra ii RGB filter, Vixen GP2, EQStarPro, Sharpcap Pro, GiMP F1.9 390mm Astrometry: Center (RA, Dec): (98.081, 4.858) Center (RA, hms): 06h 32m 19.353s Center (Dec, dms): +04° 51' 29.810" Size: 1.81 x 1.62 deg Radius: 1.213 deg Pixel scale: 2.45 arcsec/pixel captured by Wes Chadwick

Caldwell 50 is the star cluster, pictured here with the Rosette (or Skull) Nebula, in this photo from MMO, which was taken on the night of the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette...
#Astrophotography🔭
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a scene of red and black, some brilliant white stars and many smaller stars, more dim stars are seen on the left side of the image, which is divided by a wall of cloud. A dark bay juts out of the cloud, shaped like the head of a horse. a fine feathery cloud rises above it, and a nebula like a torch with dark lanes in the shape a tree trunk, the Flame nebula. Celestron C8, hyperstarV4, Antlia Triband Ultra II, ASI294mc PRO, Vixen GP2 with EQStarPRO, Sharpcap Pro,

Here's the #Horsehead nebula from the 7th, using my Antlia Triband Ultra II.
I will soon capture broadband lights to mix in and, I hope, bring the blue and yellow wavelengths out.

#Astrophotography🔭

Gorgeous!!

#Astrophotography🔭

Frog break

Tadpole Nebula NGC 1893, Data from 2021.

Close crop. Processed in HOO
Esprit 100ED ASI294 MC Pro, L-eXtreme Filter

#astronomy #astrophotography

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

Drusilla has a special #caturday message. 🖤

Oliver, an orange and white cat, is lying contentedly on my chest

Oliver made it difficult to get up out of bed this morning

A farm worker pruning grapevines

"Rafa" sent us this photo from where he was pruning grapevines in Santa Ynez, CA earlier this month, telling us, "It's been hailing a lot in the mornings. It's very cold and this makes the work harder." #WeFeedYou

NGC 2264-The Christmas Tree Cluster.

Data from 2024 reprocessed in HOO

Esprit 100ED, ASI294 MC Pro, Optolong L-Ultimate dual narrowband filter.

#astronomy #astrophotography

A sunset of Pink clouds with a slight blue sky.

August 28, 2025
Sunset in Knoxville, Tennessee

#ColorADay #PinkMon
#EastCoastKin #sunsets
#photography #sky #clouds

I was always looking
outside myself for
strength and confidence,
comes from within.
It is there all the time.
- ANNA FREUD

A blue sky, a mountain range and trees

#BlueSkyMonday
#MountainMonday

So wear your strongest posture now,
and see your hardest time
as more than just
the times you fell
but a range of mountains
you learned to climb.
—Morgan Harper Nichols

#photography #EastCoastKin
#mountains #blue #sky
#nature #EastTennessee

Hubble Observes Ghostly Cloud Alive with Star Formation www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it’s actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.

An orange raku fired skull that is slightly tilted to face the left on a white background.

The same orange skull that is slightly tilted to face right.

Latest work, 'Tangerine Palpatine'.

Orion Nebula, January 23rd 2026 #astrophotography

Pink aurora over Crater Lake

📍 Crater Lake Northern Lights

A rare show of color over Wizard Island at Crater Lake 🌌

#AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #AstroPhotography #NightPhotography #BskyPhotography

I have now seen multiple groups who have taken it upon themselves/their social groups to re-create the historical signs that the federal gov't took down in Philly yesterday.

The best way to get people to spread a message (especially in this anti-authority, fuck-you town), is to try to censor it.

a perfectly normal-seeming grove in the italian countryside on a clear sunny day, a farmhouse amid trees surrounded by vineyards. there is no evidence of anything untoward in the picture.

in light of today's events, i want to share a story i was told during a study abroad summer in italy, where i took a class on the rise of fascism.

the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.

The second photo I took.

#aurora #Ireland #photography #Lough #Derg #astrophotography #Olympus #Zuiko #12-40mm #F2.8

Aurora Australis, January 20th 2026 #aurora #astrophotography

“adaptive normalcy” = cowardice.