20% of lizard species give LIVE BIRTH instead of laying eggs 🦎🥚
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20% of lizard species give LIVE BIRTH instead of laying eggs 🦎🥚
The Collybrook (stream name) that runs through Peter Tavy, filmed this week. #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
I am honored and delighted to announce that my image of two Springboks in a sandstorm that was raging in Namibia's coastal dunes has won the Grand prize of the2026 international Memorial Maria Luisa competition! 🥳🥂🍾
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #bluesky #nature #mammals
Green-throated Sunbird is a small, brightly colored nectar-feeding bird found across savannas, woodlands of subSaharan Africa. markscheflen.com #greenthroated #sunbirds #bwindiImpenetrableforest #albertinerift #Uganda #montaneforests #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #biodiversity #conservation
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The Devil’s Cataract is real - overwhelming, terrifying, beautiful. Yet it is only one fragment of the mighty Victoria Falls, our Mosi‑oa‑Tunya - the Smoke that Thunders.To stand before the whole of it is not sightseeing; it is a once‑in‑a‑lifetime encounter with nature’s own heartbeat.
A feeling of small
forged in awe
a roar that
echoes through bone
once you've seen it
you'll never forget
The Devil's #Cataract
still calls me home
#vss365
P.S. The Devil's Cataract is real, part of Victoria Falls - and it's overwhelming and terrifying and beautiful.
Delphiniums - Red Lark
#flowers #garden
A Cormorant perched on a tree branch
A rather handsome Cormorant perched on a tree by the lake at Newton Park (Bath Spa University campus), at Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Plenty of fish in that lake, which is the main diet of these birds.
#Nature #Wildlife #Bird #Birds #UKWildlife #Birdwatching #UKBirding
Florist's Chrysanthemum
September 29, 2025
Sika Deer 🦌 enjoying Sakura 🌸 Cherry Blossom Season in Nara Park Japan 🇯🇵
Malachite Kingfisher, Lake Matunda, #uganda markscheflen.com #birdsofafrica #birds #bird #kingishers #malachitekingfisher #birdphotography #wildbirdphotography #biodiversity #conservationphotography #birdsofdiversity #birdsseenin2026
Vibrant autumn foliage of maple trees at Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Vibrant autumn foliage at Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island. October 2025. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #iphone #iphonephotography #apple
Amazing 🤩 images!
In a spectacle of nature's infinite power, glorious Mount Fitz Roy, battered by furious winds, emerges from the clouds. Patagonia's mountains can be hidden for days, but when they clear, the beauty is endless!
No churning clouds, no furious winds, no dramatic light breaking through, just the sun's first rays dancing across one of our planet's most spectacular and imposing massifs. Torres del Paine, Patagonia.
After several attempts over a period of 6 years, patience finally paid off. For an all too brief moment, Argentinian Patagonia's vast, breathtaking Perito Moreno glacier is dressed in the most beautiful light!
It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light.
In 9 days I'm leaving for wild, amazing Patagonia to run my annual photography tours, timed for peak fall colors. Please visit my website at beautysurroundsyou.com/patagonia-ph... to find out more about our 2027 tours! I can't wait!
#photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #bluesky
May 28, 2022. Looking at the Atlantic in Lagos, Nigeria.
A stunning lake in the heart of the Norwegian mountains 🇳🇴
African Blue flycatcher, #Kisoro #uganda #africanflycatchers #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #bird #flycatchers #birdphotography #wildbirdphotography #biodiversity #birdsofeastafrica #conservationphotography #ornithology #montaneforests markscheflen.com
Sunrise in SE Arizona- shot on iPhone
Good Morning ☀️ 🏜️ Growing up in Michigan, this is NOT what I thought the desert looked like…
A fluffy grey Canada jay perches on the tip of a black spruce tree and looks into the soft light of a lovely winter day. Gorgeous bokeh sparkles in the background.
I will never tire of photographing Canada jays, especially when the lighting is just so lovely - taken at Wapusk Adventures near Churchill, Manitoba on a perfect winter day. #birds
Africa Daisy
#photography #flowers #plants #blossom
#BloomScrolling
Male Phainopepla with a Saguaro bokeh
Kicking off the week with a scene from yesterday morning 🪶
(Rosen Tantau 2023) A Nostalgie® rose that causes a sensation in our rose field. The deep purple-violet of its blooms and its intoxicating fragrance are special.
(Rosen Tantau 2023) A Nostalgie® rose that causes a sensation in our rose field. The deep purple-violet of its blooms and its intoxicating fragrance are special.
An orange strawflower blossom, cropped so that only the blossom a little green background (out of focus) shows. The blossom has mostly orange petals but also shades of yellow and dark orange and red. It is a round bloom and the petals in the middle are still tightly closed.
Strawflower #OrangeSun #macro #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
Very shy, Pale-throated Greenbul, a large, long-tailed, olive-green bird found in the forests, woodlands, and shrublands of east, west-central Africa. Photo: #LakeBunyuni #Uganda #birdsseenin2026 #greenbul #birdsofafrica #biodoversity #conservationphotography #birdphotography #bird markscheflen.com
#PaintedLady
#DetroitAbloom #Detroit #MI
#butterflies
#photography
#birdphotography
#butterfliesofbluesky
#nature
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography
📷 Zfc Nikon 🔍 Nokton VL 35mm f1.5 Voigtlander
#flowers #nature #photography
One of the things I love about photography is how it reveals details I may never have noticed otherwise. This photo shows the white tips of a Pileated Woodpecker wing, which can be difficult to see when the bird is in flight and viewed with the naked eye.
Grey-crowned Cranes (endangered) are unique among the 15 species of cranes for their ability to roost in trees, a behavior made possible by a long hind toe. markscheflen.com #lakebunyuni #Uganda #birdseenin2026 #birds #birdphotography #birdsofafrica #biodiversity #bird
#Stunday
#urbanscape #architecture
#mobilephotography #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #travel
Saint Augustin Church - Manila
San Agustin Church, located in Intramuros, Manila, is the oldest stone church in the Philippines, completed in 1607. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993.
White-tailed blue Flycatcher, Kisoro, Uganda #Uganda #birds #biodiversity #whitetailedblueflycatcher #africanflycatchers #bird #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #kisoro #wildbirdphotography #conservation #climatechange #conservationphotography #birdsofafrica #birdsofeastafrica markscheflen.com
