A close-up photo showing a jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) gripping a green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).
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Photography by Vietnamese macro and nature photograph:
Nguyễn Trọng Quyết [FB]
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#insect #macro #fly #spider #nature #metallic #colors

Agami Herons.

Good morning!
Sunrise at Northport, Nova Scotia photographed by Diane Irwin..

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Youthful NGC 362
Image date: 24 October 2016, 06:00


Globular clusters offer some of the most spectacular sights in the night sky. These ornate spheres contain hundreds of thousands of stars, and reside in the outskirts of galaxies. The Milky Way contains over 150 such clusters — and the one sho...

NGC 602 and Beyond apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26041...
The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond. Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602.

My kids used to do that when I was at work! They used all the sofa cushions all the bed covers all the blankets and had a blast! 😂

Witness the breathtaking moment as two juvenile blue whales surface together in the ocean. A rare glimpse of these magnificent giants in their natural habitat.

The stray dog Amy happened to encounter followed her on her run... and the next day...

The Amazon river dolphin is pink. Some experts believe the pink skin is scar tissue. Males are known to fight a lot. They may turn pink as their bodies accumulate battle scars.

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This is a small painting I made several years ago after visiting Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario
Algonquin Sunset
12x12 acrylic on canvas

Smoky Hollow Falls,Ontario-Canada
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Red Fody, Madagascar Fody. (Foudia madagascariensis)...native to Madagascar, but introduced elsewhere...they're fond of farm fields, rice paddies, coastal scrubland and gardens.

Red Fody, Madagascar Fody. (Foudia madagascariensis)...native to Madagascar, but introduced elsewhere...they're fond of farm fields, rice paddies, coastal scrubland and gardens. #birds #nature #wildlife #photo #ecology

David Attenborough fans
Baby stingrays look like stuffed ravoilis.
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I've dabbled in Intentional Camera Movement before. But mostly in forests and with zooming and vertical pans. It was about time I tried a horizontal pan at the beach. This is right before sunrise. #photography #landscape #ECK #clouds #sky #Nikon #Z8 #ICM #art #abstract #sunrise #ICMPhotography

NA monarchs in 🇲🇽Mexico🇲🇽, they travel thousands of miles to this breeding ground.

Michelle Howell. - Blackbird.
#Watercolour

It's #BlueskyMonday. This beautiful and elegantly shaped old snag lays just off shore on a local beach in North Florida. Perfect for #longexposure image making. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #Nikon #Z8 #sunrise

Beautiful!

A wee blenny fish resting on some soft corals and looking up.

Ridiculously photogenic lad

I have always wanted to see the aurora borealis. After no luck in Finland in January, the skies above Norway delivered; a wonderful birthday present from the natural world.

Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) 16cm (6.3in) "The Blue-eared Kingfisher has recently drawn significant attention, captivating photographers with its striking plumage & elusive presence" Kelvin Leong. Thank you Kelvin for sharing this photo taken in Singapore #kingfisher #singapore #wildlife

A crazy looking bird with wild head feathers.

Me trying to figure out most @ replies.

Creative. 🌹

We present you with prairie dog Phred really enjoying his salad. 🥗

📹: Zookeeper Taylor T

This painting, a 1927 piece by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee, is called Limits of Reason (also known as Grenzen des Verstandes, or The Bounds of the Intellect).

Sea Kitten

This is a shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex), a real African wetland bird famous for its massive shoe-shaped beak and dinosaur-like vibe.