A wide view across the exposed lakebed of the Great Salt Lake from Antelope Island, the water receded far enough to leave pale cracked flats laced with shallow pools. Sagebrush and dry grass push up through the rocky foreground, and across the water the Wasatch Range holds its snowpack against a deep blue sky stacked with cumulus clouds working their way east.

Antelope Island in the morning. The Wasatch still has snow, the lake still has some water, both of those things feel more tenuous than they used to.

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #Utah #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #sunrise

Venus and the moon, rising in tandem over the trees at #sunset

#wawx #moonrise

A landscape with bright yellow flowers everywhere in the foreground on a descending slope. Above them are more distant areas of broad green grassy meadows on stepped terrain of balsalt cliffs descending from high plateau to the left, to a rugged canyon on the right. Some areas are lightly forested with tall conifers, and some oaks. Beyond the plateaus and cliffs is a ribbon of blue water from one side of the image to the other. That is the Columbia River between Oregon State and Washington State in the Pacific Northwest of the US. The foreground is all in Oregon. The opposite river bank is Washington State with similar basalt cliffs green grassy meadows and scattered forest. Above them stand low rolling mountainsides and shallow valleys full of denser forests of tall conifers. Beyond the lower mountains stands a high snow covered mountain peak called Mount Adams (known by the native first peoples as Klickitat, and Phato). Above, the sky is covered with diffuse clouds.

Hey! I'm back to posting the photos!
Fresh off the trail in the #ColumbiaGorge where #Spring is hitting! Big meadows of grasses and Arrow Leaf Balsam Root in flower!
#BloomScrolling #Oregon #PNW #Stunday #EastCoastKin #MountAdams #Nature #MountainMonday

Rocky and snow covered forested mountain slope with whisps of clouds filtering sunlight.

Sometimes it snows in April.

#photography #landscapephotogtraphy #mountain #wawx

The sun catches the rain falling against a hillside.

Taken on the road between Salmon Arm and Vernon. It’s not often that I’ll stop during my drive, but this hillside caught my eye and I had to pull over to enjoy the fresh air and take a few photos. I’m happy I did.

#nature #britishcolumbia #scenery #landscape #mindfulness

Snow and mammatus from Snoqualmie Ridge, WA ❄️ #wawx

LOTS of hail coming down right now by Snoqualmie, WA! Mostly pea sized #wawx

WATERSPOUT?? Taken 3:01 PM from UW Atmospheric Science building roof, looking towards Magnolia neighborhood. Look just over the hill. #wawx

This thunderstorm produced a waterspout over Puget Sound! Photo via Reddit.

A painting of a seagull walking brazenly out of a convenience store holding a bag of potato chips in beak. In her wake a brown tabby bodega cat is sitting shocked on top of two crates of fruit (but is not about to get up and do anything.) A small white dog in smaller green glasses also watches shocked from the floor. The shelves are stocked floor to ceiling with snacks.

A heist! 🍟🦅

A painting of a stoat standing up and smiling as a snowflake lands on their nose. The background is changing seasons, with spring flowers and neon green grass at the bottom, shifting to summer grass, autumn grass and red leaves, and a snow topped mountain and branches at the top. There are little bugs investigating throughout (a monarch butterfly, a ladybug, and a bee.) The stoat is in the middle, and their fur color changes from brown to white to match the seasons.

A stoat changing coats. ❄️🌷

A wide view across the Hood River Valley in early spring, orchards just coming into bloom spreading across the rolling hills in soft whites and yellows, with conifers and a budding deciduous tree filling the foreground. Mount Hood anchors the scene from above, its snow-covered summit rising cleanly into an unbroken blue sky, the rest of the Cascades fading into haze on either side.

Hood River Valley orchards just hitting peak bloom. Mount Hood, as usual, not subtle about its presence.

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #photography #pnw #oregon #landscape #landscapephotography #spring #oregon

@nature.com #thelions #twosisters #britishcolumbia #vancouver #canada amazing view of the lions mountain

Doing his part!

An orange cat looking up at the Integrity capsule reentry, thinking about pouncing, while a dog sits in the foreground ignoring everything. A painting of a nebula by Cat Machin is just on the edge of the frame, reinforcing the space obsession of the home where this was taken

We've got them surrounded on all sides!

A beautiful cat staring at the Orion space capsule on TV as it hurtles down to Earth

OH MY GOD SHE GOT IT! SHE GRABBED THE WHOLE CAPSULE WITH ONE TERRIFYING PAW! OH THE HUMANITY!

A black cat closely tracks the reentry of a lunar capsule on a TV screen.

I love that lunar capsules are irresistible to cats

Tabby stands on hind legs with one paw outstretched toward a TV displaying a capsule above water.

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

Kirby the cat in front of the tv showing the Artemis ii landing. The tv shows blue sky and the red and white parachutes, with Kirby looking up at them

Kirby concurs

A black cat pawing at a tv screen

My own Ramona did the exact same thing!

Ramona has become a big space fan. Welcome home, Artemis II. What an incredible quest.

Celebrating with Nutella #artemisII

I'm moonscrolling

The capsule splashing down onto the water with the three red and white parachutes above it

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

Today we are a brave girl #BusyBee #PNW

Heather Lake, an alpine lake in Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, at the base of Mount Pilchuck on a sunny, blue sky day.

perfect day to hike to Heather Lake 🥾🏔️ #pnw #hiking

Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos YouTube video by Hank Green

Love this video from @hankgreen.bsky.social - beautiful photos made all the more beautiful when you understand what's going on

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Beautiful day in Rockaway, Oregon

#PNW #OregonCoast #Nature #Photography

Snow covered Mt Rainier behind Lumen Field

I don't mean to brag, but my city has 3 Volcanoes ready to blow at any second. #volcano #seattle #pnw

Killer whales surfacing to take a breath

Beautiful day yesterday watching killer whales travel up the northern Orcas Island shoreline. The light was absolutely drool-worthy.
#orca #killerwhales #wildlife #wildlifephotography #pnw #pnwlife #salishsea #sanjuanislands