Earth Day looks different depending on where you're standing.

I've lived on three continents: Oregon, Okinawa, and now Kigali, Rwanda, and each place has permanently changed how I see the natural world. These six images are from that journey.

1. Proxy Falls, Oregon, a mossy cascade in the Cascades
2. Oregon Coast, Cape Perpetua in marine layer fog
3. Kerama Islands, Okinawa, a panoramic stitch of that impossible blue
4. Tomato clownfish, Okinawa, shot on a dive
5. Plains zebra, Akagera National Park, Rwanda
6. L'Hoest's monkey, Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda

Same planet. Always worth protecting. 🌍

#EarthDay #EarthDay2026 #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #WildlifePhotography #UnderwaterPhotography #Fediverse #Photography #Oregon #Okinawa #Rwanda #Africa #Japan #Travel #Conservation #NikonD7200 #NikonZ6

Orchids in Kigali. 🌺 There's a tiny ant on the central bud, easy to miss at first glance.

Nikon D7200 · 105mm macro · Kigali, Rwanda

#MacroPhotography #Orchid #FlowerPhotography #Rwanda #NikonD7200 #NaturePhotography #Flowers #MacroWorld #Photography #AfricanNature #pixelfed

European Robin

#NikonD7200 | 600mm | f/6,3 | 1/1000 Sek. | ISO 400 | 09/2023
#Rotkehlchen #EuropeanRobin #Robin #ErithacusRubecula #Vogel #Wildvogel #Bird #WildBird #Birb #birdphotography #niezuvielerotkehlchen #niemalsniezuvielerotkehlchen #alttext

Ein Rotkehlchen namens Robin?
Über des Rotkehlchens Vornamen ist nix überliefert, nicht mal eine Schildkröte war in der Nähe zu sehen...


#NikonD7200 | 370mm | f/6 | 1/320 Sek. | ISO 1250 | 08/2022
#Rotkehlchen #Fliegenschnäpper #Robin #ErithacusRubecula #Vogel #Wildvogel #Bird #WildBird #Birb #birdphotography #niezuvielerotkehlchen #niemalsniezuvielerotkehlchen #alttext

Amsel

#NikonD7200 | 310mm | f/5,6 | 1/800 Sek. | ISO 1000 | 05/2022
#Amsel #Blackbird #TurdusMerula #Futter #Prey

Alle für Alle: Maskenpflicht auch am Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
Heute vor 5 Jahren zur Mittagszeit.

#NikonD7200 | 20mm | f/9 | 1/125 Sek. | ISO 100 | 12.03.2021
#WilhelmLeuschnerPlatz #Petersstraße #Uniriese #Heldenstadt #Leipzig #Sachsen #Deutschland #Saxony #Germany #throwbackthursday #5yearsago #covidyears #covid19 #alttext

Die Nikolaikirche vor 5 Jahren

#NikonD7200 | 10mm | f/9 | 1/250 Sek. | ISO 100 | 12.03.2021
#Nikolaikirche #Friedenskirche #Heldenstadt #Leipzig #Sachsen #Deutschland #Saxony #Germany #Kirche #church #5yearsago #throwbackthursday #covidyears #covid19 #alttext

All that flying water

#NikonD7200 | 120mm | f/9 | 1/1250 Sek. | ISO 800 | 11/2022
#GoldenRetriever #Hund #NasserHund #Doggo #dog #DogsOfPixelfed #DogsOfTheFediverse #goodboye #Ostseebad #Grömitz #Ostsee #BalticSea #Meer #Sea #alttext

Zungenschlag

#NikonD7200 | 550mm | f/6,3 | 1/640 Sek. | ISO 320 | 02/2025
#GoldenRetriever #Hund #Zunge #Schleck #Doggo #dog #DogsOfPixelfed #DogsOfTheFediverse #NoNoseDog #goodboye #Tongue #TongueOutTuesday #alttext