Watching The World, by Thomas Blackheart

from the album The Lost Oxide Files

Thomas Blackheart
The sky glitches before major announcements. You call it clouds. They call it rendering. #BlueBeam #LookUp
Glück ist kein Ziel. Glück ist eine Art zu Leben.

#thereisaplacetobe #snowboard #lookup #perspektive
Up up and aWAIT – MY FISCHBRÖTCHEN!!

(𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘕𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘣𝘳ö𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰)


#Birbsbay #seagull #Möwe #bird #birds #birdsOfMastodon #birdsOfFediverse #birdsOfPixelfed #birdPhotography #Vogel #lookUp #lookingUp #MinimalismMonday #MöwenMittwoch #Birdsday
Looking up from the sunrise, my attention was pulled away by something unexpected… a jet streaking overhead. And just beyond that fleeting trace of human ingenuity, there it was — the other constant in our sky. The Moon.

Not just a distant object, but a part of our own story. Formed from a colossal impact billions of years ago, a piece of Earth itself cast outward and forever bound to us. Since then, it has shaped our planet in quiet but profound ways — stabilizing our axial tilt, driving the tides, and possibly even helping to create the conditions for life as we know it.

It’s strange to think that while we engineer machines to cross the skies, leaving temporary marks that fade within minutes, the Moon remains. Steady. Unmoving in its rhythm. A reminder of deep time compared to our brief presence.

Photographing it is always a balance. The Moon reflects intense sunlight, far brighter than the sky around it. To preserve its surface detail, I lowered my ISO to 250 and increased the shutter speed to 1/500, keeping the highlights from blowing out while still capturing the surrounding atmosphere — including that fleeting human signature crossing beneath it.

Two worlds in one frame. One ancient and enduring, the other momentary and evolving.

And somehow, both tell the story of us.

#Moon #Luna #Astrophotography #Space #NightSky #SkyWatching #EarthAndMoon #Celestial #Astronomy #SciencePhotography #NatureAndScience #SkyLovers #Universe #Cosmos #PlanetEarth #Humanity #Aviation #JetTrail #Contrail #LightAndShadow #Photography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #Telephoto #HandheldPhotography #OutdoorPhotography #NaturePhotography #SkyPhotography #ExploreTheSky #CuriousMind #ScienceIsBeautiful #OurPlaceInTheUniverse #Stargazing #SpaceAndTime #WanderingLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #DutchNature #Kampina #LookUp