Flowering yarrow in a churchyard setting.

Beautiful yarrow — & in pink form, especially so.

(Early for #wildflowerhour.)

This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and published in 2018, celebrated the Earth-orbiting observatory's 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens, giving us a window seat to the universe’s extraordinary tapestry of stellar birth and destruction. At the center of the photo, a monster young star 200,000 times brighter than our Sun is blasting powerful ultraviolet radiation and hurricane-like stellar winds, carving out a fantasy landscape of ridges, cavities, and mountains of gas and dust. This mayhem is all happening at the heart of the Lagoon Nebula, a vast stellar nursery located 4,000 light-years away and visible in binoculars simply as a smudge of light with a bright core. The giant star, called Herschel 36, is bursting out of its natal cocoon of material, unleashing blistering radiation and torrential stellar winds (streams of subatomic particles) that push dust away in curtain-like sheets. This action resembles the Sun bursting through the clouds at the end of an afternoon thunderstorm that showers sheets of rainfall. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI #NASA #NASAMarshall #Hubble #nebula #star Read more More about the Hubble Space Telescope NASA Media Usage Guidelines

A View to a Nebula - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2n9WJw2

Coastal views of the isles of Coll and Tiree off west coast of Scotland.

The magma chamber of the Ardnamurchan volcano in west Scotland, erupted 60 million years ago. Now exposed by erosion, when active it was 4 km below ground. This is part of crustal rifting and formation of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is awesome to be able to walk inside the ancient chamber now!

Hadrian’s Wall,built AD122 during the Roman occupation of Britain. The wall is to the right, the cliffs to the left are the Whin Sill, formed by magma intruding along sedimentary beds approx 300 million years ago. The Romans used this natural cliff as a foundation for the Roman wall. Awesome!

Chilean Flamingos looking for something, JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa, Palm Desert, August 22, 2025 More flora & photos https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Flamingo #Flamingos #ChileanFlamingo #PalmDesert

Chilean Flamingos looking for something, JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa, Palm Desert, August 22, 2025

More flora & photos

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#BirdsUS
#Flamingo
#Flamingos
#ChileanFlamingo
#PalmDesert

Fresh and juicy green grapes—nature's sweet treat! 🍇
#GreenGrapes #FreshFruits #HealthySnacks #FruitLover #SweetAndJuicy #Nature’sTreat #FruitPhotography #VibrantFoods #HealthyLiving #SnackTime

Today’s evening dog walk through the Cathedral of Pines as the setting sun caresses the tree bark. If your timeline needs a moment of peace, come walk with Monty and me, my friends. 😊

#woodland #trees #sunset #walk #calm #peace #dog #photography

Daisie the cat seems quite comfy on my wife's knee
#photography #cat #pet #comfy

Happy Thursday everyone
Nice summers day so far -the rain made nil impact yesterday
Little Jenny wren
Ive done the fortnightly food shop so now i just need to go up the allotment for lettuce and beans
Have a great day whatever you do today
Take care 🤗
#Birds #photography #NatureUK #Wildlife

Here’s an interesting Jackdaw exhibiting partial leucism - maybe it’s trying to impersonate a magpie!

A rainbow of flavors waiting to be enjoyed 🍦✨

Shadows of a maple tree projected through a window onto a white door inside.

morning sun
the maple’s shadow
comes inside for tea

#WindowsOnWednesday #haiku #micropoetry #nature

Enjoying a beautiful day in the park under clear skies and lush greenery. 🌤️🌳
#ParkDay #NatureLovers #SunnyDay #FreshAir #GreenSpaces #OutdoorEscape #RelaxAndUnwind #SpringVibes #NaturePhotography #PeacefulMoments

Love this photo of Monarch Butterflies in Ontario Canada probably Point Peel National that i went to yearly in Sept in my twenties as they gathered to cross Lake erie migrating south waited for the wind to change

Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here

Taken from Chain Bridge, which connects Virginia to DC. This is what you don’t see on TV 😀

There is light on the horizon (and happy clouds, too)

#photography #nature #cloudscape #river #rocks #bluesky #dc

A floral ascent to the clouds.

#photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #sky

A view to the horizon across empty fields, blue sky and puffy clouds.

Where rolling fields meet endless skies 💙☁️

#BlueSkyArtShow #skyline
#Photography #Landscape #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin

Overlander Falls on Fraser River, Mount Robson Provincial Park, BC. #hiking #river #mountains #photography #landscape

A waterfall crashes down a canyon in Yellowstone National Park . There are conifers above and on the upper left and lower right of the canyon and falls. A barely visible trail is winding its way through the bottom of the photo.

The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River,crashing 308 ft into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone . #WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Mountains #Hiking #Nature #HappyTrails #EastCoastKin #Photography #Outdoors

Two people sat looking over two lakes in a valley with a cloudy sky

Didn't get any spectacular sunset, but could still enjoy the view of warnscale bothy over Buttermere. #photography #landscape #lakedistrict #hiking

A huge, moss-covered tree fallen across a trail.

Along the Pacific Crest Trail in the North Cascades of Washington state. #ForestFriday
#hiking
#backpacking

I live in canyon country, so could post 8,637 #scape photos. I'll try to resist the urge. This is a scene along the lower Paria River in northern Arizona.
#backpacking
#hiking