celestial photos on Flickr

I wanted to share something interesting with you today. Have you ever heard of the Milwaukee Breakwater Light? It's a constant presence on the shores of Lake Michigan. Its simple design perfectly aligns with its practical purpose. One of my favorite things to do is take morning walks along the nearby shoreline and witness the breakwater light against the backdrop of a stunning sunrise. It quietly carries out its duty, unassuming yet crucial for maritime safety. For me, the breakwater light is more than just a functional structure; it has become a modest and cherished landmark for anyone exploring the waterfront. What are your thoughts?

celestial lights by MichaeLynn Borich

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I don't know why the heart, my friend, in its coiled musculature

and knot of soft tissue and sinew keeps on in you and me and

that lone flycatcher pillaging the rye grass, or those shrilling

crickets or the croakers in the marsh now starting their evening

doo wop or the Black Angus, like a procession of mourners,

dragging their shadows up from the creek before they buck and run

at our approach. Or the sun, now evanescing in the dusk, arteries

streaked across the western sky, what moves it in space, across

our retinas and into the convolutions of memory? I'm lost again

in the unbroken backbeat, my friend, perpetual in my adoration.

Follow me, if you will, up this ridge road, past the horse farm

and relay towers, with their daisy chains of red lights, pulsating

to warn away planes. I love how the landscape ripples away

in every direction, a tapestry we might float above

or disappear into, a dotting of yardlights like votive candles,

fields and valleys flowing away into darkness. We have come

this far to see the northern auroras, if conditions are right,

so we pick our fenceposts to watch the heavens fill with stars:

the empty dipperful, the seven daughters of Pleiades, a trillion

more I'll never know the names of as fireflies begin to luminesce

and drift about us. We wait and watch, you patient and content

to lick your paws, incarnation of the Buddha, I sometimes think,

here to shame my lack of virtue. And when wild dogs or

coyotes howl miles away, you tip your head up toward me with such

melancholy in your eyes I know whatever life dwells inside you

longs to cross the dark ocean that separates man from dog,

two animal souls on this hill searching the distant horizon

for arcs of light, like glowing fingers, to appear and touch us.

--Miguel de Ozarko

celestial debris by Andrea Smith

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if only...the kitchen window in late afternoon..the spiders and sink splashers have been busy

Celestial Dolomites by Touhidul Alam

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Celestial Transition by reader630

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Aren't eclipses the ultimate in transitions, watching our own moon slowly absorb our beautiful shadow over a 90-minute period?

Celestial Shangri-La by Eric Gail

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Hey my friends, it's so good to be back on flickr, so to speak. I'm not sure if you guys are having the same issues that i'm having but my account has been silent(dead) for the last 8 months. The only way I know of any type of activity is if I physically go and look on my laptop, no notifications, no e-mail, nothing. The silence is maddening!! Yeah, Yeah, of course I've checked the settings, I think that Insta-wreck(instagram) is somehow blocking my Flickr notifications. I uninstalled instagram but Flickr still remains silent. :-)

Speaking of silent, I spent weekend before last scouring the tablelands for petroglyphs to line up under the Milky Way. At this time of year the temperatures were in the 90's throughout the day so most of my time was spent searching during dusk or dawn. As I walked along the trail out of my last location I suddenly felt quite ill. I was having problems keeping my balance as if my equilibrium was on the fritz. I shook it off and soldiered off down the trial towards the car. About a mile later it happened again. Hmmm, why am I feeling so dizzy? I just had a big fat hamburger back in town not three or four hours ago, I can't be hungry already. I decided to stop off the trail and quickly scarf down a protein bar to see if that would help when my phone rang. It was my wife asking if I was O.K. Yeah I'm fine Why, I asked. She informed me that there where just a couple of 7+ magnitude earthquakes in ridgecrest just within the last hour less than 100 miles away as the crow flies......... Ah-hah!!!

Have you ever heard the expression " No one can hear you scream in space" (well they can't hear you out in the boondocks either). Well did you know that when your out in the middle of nowhere an earthquake is literally silent! It's true. I shit you not!! not a sound!! Just movement!!

I've been living in Southern California my whole life which is kinda like living on gods etch-a-sketch but had never realized that the noise associated with an earthquake is all the manmade crap rattling around you, LOL. :-)

Tale-of-The-Take:

Instead of sweltering in the tent or car down in the Owens Valley I decided to drive up to the Bristlecone forest and stay the night at the campground which is almost 10,000ft. in elevation which would help cool things off for the evening. It's a great place for night photography because it is a registered dark-sky location. I found this spot while wandering around the outskirts of the campground during a sunset on a previous trip and had marked it in Gaia GPS for later reference.

Here it is referenced!! Hope you like it!!!

I have started a Meet-up group for those of you who live in So Cal.

In an effort to bring my photography interests closer to home I have created this group to build a community of landscape, nightscape, and nature photographers here in the Southern California area.

Here's the link www.meetup.com/Adventure-Photography-Network-Group/

These are not workshops! This is hanging out together shooting the outdoors, sharing ideas, being creative, and growing a community…..together as friends and colleagues. Each participant will need to be self-sufficient!!

**To purchase prints click the link below, If not there contact me and I'll add it there.

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To find out more about the "Adventure Photography Network" click the link below.

ericgphotodude.wixsite.com/adventure

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Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, I am always thankful for your views, comments, faves, and support, they are greatly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)

Always Respect Mother Nature And Your Fellow Man, So:

****TreadLightly>LeaveNoTrace> PackItIn/PackItOut****

Celestial Sunset, Moonset by John Andersen

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Celestial Moon Venus and Jupiter, I may have caught Jupiters moons as well:)

Celestial spectacle by Della Fels

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Celestial Plane III by Michiel Bechir

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Celestial Starlight by Dora4S

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Welcome to Celestial Starlight.

What lies beyond the stars? ✨

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Celestial Landing by clubbinglawyer

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CELESTIAL LIGHTS by Rich Eye--RESIST!

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BEST LARGE ON BLACK

Celestial Nocturnal by Kirill ΞΚ Voloshin

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Many Moons away

Freshman's photojournal.

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Celestial showcase portrait by John Andersen

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The Moon between Jupiter and Venus, This shot during the late "Blue hour" the range of tones is very impressive

Celestial Navigation by magnetic_red

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Small fishing boat on the banks of the Eskifjörður fjord in southeastern Iceland.

A composite done for artistic effect.

Celestial Wonder by Robert Reaburn

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Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) ☄ as seen near Pyramid Hill on 22/1/2025, 10:06 PM (AEDT). Westerly winds during the previous days had created a lot of airborne dust and delivered thick smoke from the Grampians bushfires. This created some difficulty finding a suitably clear sky, but in return, it created very dramatic sunsets.

Celestial by Jeananne Martin

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Celestial showcase by John Andersen

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the Crescent moon, Venus (right) and Jupiter (left)

Moonlight Blue by j a n a.

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Celestial bodies breathe down on me

I'm hot and cold and hot and bothered

I'm ricocheting round in my mind can't hear nothing I see

Here walking a tightrope

Ain't looking down you got something to prove, do ya, do ya?

Well, them wayward stares they get mad out here yeah

Disarray, disarray, dis a way, dis a way

The light and the shade, fade

Two steps forward, one step back (Two steps forward, one step back)

Feel my body won't go back, no

► p l a y

Celestial Sky by Marco Marques

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Celestial Cemetery by Mike G

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I realised the Ohaupo cemetery would have the moon setting behind Mt Pirongia in the background. Just a touch of cloud added extra.

Celestial Dreams by Geoff Livingston

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Celestial by Aaron Groen

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Whoever it was who searched the heavens with a telescope and found no God would not have found the human mind if he had searched the brain with a microscope. --George Santayana

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Celestial geometry by Olivier

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Brives Charensac

Geométrie céleste

Celestial Hues by Susan Wahome

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#trees #grass #colorfulsky #water #pier #PicsArt @New Hampshire

Celestial Delivery [Explored] by Geoff Livingston

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A starry night in Terlingua, right outside of Big Bend National Park.

Celestial scribbles by John Andersen

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Jupiter the new Moon, and Venus reflecting in a lake NE Calgary, a Muskrat cruising around made the ripples. A spontaneous adventure with Brett Abernethy. 6D

Celestial Tempest by Razor Cure

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@ Celestial Beacon ✨ by Valerie Liard

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Moon&milkyway

Canon EOS Rebel T5i ( 700D )

Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm

ISO 800

ExpTime 30s

F/2.8

11mm

Celestial Desire by Jezebel Kraai