This rusty-patched bumble bee is one of the rarest bumble bees in the U.S. and is listed as an endangered species. Their population has plummeted in recent decades as the savanna habitat that they prefer has been converted to croplands or housing developments. The Decorah Prairie and similar grasslands filled with wildflowers in the summer provide the necessary pollen and nectar supplies to keep the local rusty-patched bumble bee colonies alive.

This was an odd little barn. Small. Very small, but still a barn and not a shed.

And it was right in the middle of the suburbs. To the left is a neighborhood of houses. Beyond it, factories. To the right, another neighborhood.

Strange...

(Textures by Kerstin Frank and Distressed Jewell)

This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region until this time, called the Orion Nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Some of them have never been seen in visible light. These stars reside in a dramatic dust-and-gas landscape of plateaus, mountains, and valleys that are reminiscent of the Grand Canyon.

The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The bright central region is the home of the four heftiest stars in the nebula. The stars are called the Trapezium because they are arranged in a trapezoid pattern. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars. Located near the Trapezium stars are stars still young enough to have disks of material encircling them. These disks are called protoplanetary disks or "proplyds" and are too small to see clearly in this image. The disks are the building blocks of solar systems.

Image Credit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

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This, the following morning, while Andrew took Paveena hiking up a mountainside, I elected for a lazy start and hung out at the beach near where we were staying. Would have been nice if I could have caught the fishing boat a few seconds earlier.

PS. Thank you for the invite to In Explore.

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This was the last shot walking back along Curbar edge. The weather had been pretty overcast and after being half chewed to death by midges I decided to leave. As I past these rocks the clouds broke a little and illuminated the rocks in a soft blue light.

This is a shot of the stone bridge at the gorge ‘Portitsa (Kanavi valley) near the city of Grevena. The double-arched bridge was constructed in 1743; it is a 112–ft / 34–m long, 9–ft / 2.7–m wide and 26–ft / 7.8–m high.

The river Venetikos runs through the gorge. Thanks to its bluey water, this river may have been named after the word “vénetos” (adjective for the azure / cerulean blue in ancient and medieval Greek; as a noun in plural “vénetoe” meant the blue-uniform-wearing charioteers of the Byzantine Empire). Venetikos is a tributary of Aliakmon, the longest river (185 miles / 297 km) in Greece.

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM @ 24mm

ISO 100 – f/13 – [ 1/30 sec & 1/13 sec ] HDR

137/365/2021, 3790 days in a row.

I've seen this book numerous times over the years and never bought it, but it seems lockdown was the perfect time to wreck this journal, a lot more fun than I expected!

This is a section from the 20 hours a day image. It is a blend between the original layer and a Fractalius filter layer with the expression changed slightly by redfield's free expression changing software.

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This is Ginger, who was recently adopted after a long stay at the shelter

This is the river Bode in Harz, the northernmost mountain range in Germany.

Using a neutral density filter, the exposure time was pushed to 3 seconds, to get the water soft. During processing, photomatix was used for some tone mapping.

You can witch this picture Large On Black.

#145 on Explore on 2008-11-16.

Having started out by Stillwell and finding out 396 was still a ways off we started driving west looking for the GTW Tri-lights but once turning onto S1150W road this nice scene came into sight making our short search for the tri-lights come to an end as this was a much nicer scene to be had.

This Black Browed Albatross was photographed somewhere in the Southern Atlantic Ocean between Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

Whilst others on the boat were knocking back their cocktails I was often to be found out on deck, constantly being blown around whilst on the look out for seabirds. There were good numbers at times but the Black Browed Albatross and the Southern Giant Petrels were the two species that came close and showed interest. As such most of the photographs I took were of these two species. Both species but in particular the albatross hardly seemed to move a muscle and simply wheeled around floating on the updraft from the ocean.

This is a panoramic drone photo of a haboob as it passed over the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas. This haboob was generated by severe storms more than 100 miles to our east and it hit us with no warning. I just happened to spot it as it began to pour over the mountains and I was able to quickly get my drone airborne to capture the scene. We were blanketed by this dust cloud just a few minutes later.

This is a Juvenile Sanderling.

The Pea Island Wildlife Sanctuary is an excellent place to see warblers and much larger birds like the Herons. There were thousands of White Pelicans which originate in Wyoming and come to North Carolina for winter.

I love this place... its shops, decor & vibes 💚 ... Nights in Huntington are mesmerizing & now they also have Huntington Spectacular!!! How awesome is that for a holiday season 🎄♥️

This is a Christmas card handmade by my daughter, inside lovely words were just for me. It was moving to receive it

this is nicole.

and yea um im pretty much in love with this (:

For me there is nothing better, on a dreary morning, than the recollection of a beautiful day spent in nature. It’s hard to beat the exhilaration of sharing space with bears in their own element. In a place where they have survived for millennia, we are only visitors, relegated to carving out small areas and brief seasons in which to live. Man, the most invasive species, has yet to this conquer this domain, and hopefully they never will. #BrownBears

This is a CN train running on CP's tracks in the directional running area of the Thompson/Fraser canyons. There was, of course, another engine on the head end of this train. In this photo you are looking at the unmanned tail end DPU.

This young buck watched me walk across the field until I was close enough to take his photo

This was the BA 777 which crash landed just short of runway 27L at Heathrow on January 17 2008, operating BAW38 from Beijing.

Seen here approaching the same runway back in December 2003. Photo uploaded on January 17 2025 - exactly 17 years after the accident.

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be embedded or used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from Bruce Finocchio.

This Grass Snake in my small pool in the garden, all the local water sources dried up,as this exceptional hot weather continues.

Beverley , East Yorkshire.

This Raven was hunting for lunch.

This is the first picture taken and edited by Lendariana Whitfield

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This Purple Gallinule, one of our prettiest wetland residents, was taken back in May, which seems like it was last year to me. Swamp Hens have established in Florida and look very much like the Purple Gallinule, but behave differently and aren’t quite as pretty. The Gallinules use those long toes to walk on floating vegetation and to climb flimsy stalks for the blossoms at their top. It’s fun to watch those big toes balance on thin stalks that are bending over from the weight of the bird. (Porphyrula martinica) (Sony a1, 400mm f/2.8 lens with a 1.4 extender yielding 560mm, f/4, 1/4000 second, ISO 640)

This is a shoot I done as a leaving present to Charlotte and Heather. Charlotte is moving to Manchester and she wanted some photo's to commemorate her and Heather's friendship through the years.

We based the shoot on the film, "The edge of Love" as the girls loved the clothing and concept so much and shot it in my home town of Troon.

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This image was taken through the windshield of a Hughes 500D helicopter about 34 years ago. I've done about all the processing possible with the original transparency. The image shows the Ruth Glacier before climate change really kicked in. The entire foreground in the image is the glacier; more than a mile wide.

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This is not a dumping location for your old broken skateboard but a memorial to two skateboarders Timothy Baxter and Gabriel Cornish.

Back on the 18th June 1999 the two lads spent time skateboarding around the Undercroft, underneath Queen Elizabeth Hall. Afterwards they went for drinks and around 4am headed home.

Over the Golden Jubilee Bridges but were confronted by a gang of six. The net result was the two lads were thrown off the bridge into the River Thames.

Gabriel's rucksack helped him survive - was found 2 miles downstream with hypothermia but sadly Timothy never regained consciousness and was found 36 hours later dead.

The six culprits were charge with murder and attempted murder and in April 2000 were all found guilty and given life sentences around May 2000.

Image taken with iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/47778916@N00/ for the info.

This building with birds painted on it is a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, as it is next to the spot where the house where he was born in once stood.

In the eye of the large bird is Hitchcock's iconic logo image.

Nikon F4. Mr. Negative 250D 35mm ECN2 film.

This is the Biosphere in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shot with a polarizing filter and minor Lightroom manipulation. I love the lines and colors...

This photo was taken on a 3 day photography trip to New England in New South Wales in April 2016.

Fuji G617

Velvia 50 f/32 0.5sec

Capture time: 22/4/16 2:50pm

This female American wigeon was on her own, but I bet not for long! Another shot from Commonwealth Lake in Beaverton, Oregon.

This White Ibis was returning to the Rookery at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in the evening light when I took this photo. Not all White Ibis get this beautiful dark red color in the face and legs. We are lucky at this Rookery because you are really close to the birds, in some places maybe 20 feet. Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy the image.

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This snow-capped fence keeps large animals -- big horn sheep and free range cattle -- from leaving the grasslands on the left and onto the road to the right.

This is a female cardinal at La Lomita Widlife Photography Ranch near Uvalde, Texas. There is a water line hidden behind the limb that drips into a pond to keep it full. Birds like this one enjoy poking their heads in and flinging the water around like this one.

This is one of the worlds most beautiful beaches according to national geographic. The only non tropical beach on the list. Black volcanic sands make it look weird!

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This bridge goes over the river "Walkham" in Merrivale, Dartmmor. It sits next to the "Merrivale Bridge", just a stones throw away from the Dartmoor Inn. The farmer uses this bridge in the image to get to the other side of his field.This is a wonderful little picturesque spot which to set up your tripod! A BIG thanks for looking!

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This male tree bumble bee was hanging around a nest that is somewhere in the middle of the garden Japanese anemone patch. Unlike the specimen posted previously he has managed to keep his hair on. He is furrier than the workers and has some brown hairs an his abdomen whereas they are all black.

This little guy needs to keep his strength up so he can chase the gray squirrels off, he knocked one off this feeder so he could get a peanut!!!!!