First time watching a Falcon Heavy launch. Pretty cool to see, several minutes after launch, the twin boosters firing their engines to return to earth, followed by two boom-booms (or is it booms-boom?) from their decelerations through the sound barrier.

#longexposurephotography #rocket #rocketlaunch #nightlaunch #capecanaveral #KennedySpaceCenter #spacecoast #cocoa #titusville #falconheavy #spacex

Clouds on the peaks above Bulnes, Asturias, northern Spain.

#timelapse timelapsephotography #picosdeeuropa #españa #Spain #mountains #nature #beauty #hiking #nikon

A crab spider up close.

#macro #macrophotography #florida #nature #naturephotography #spider #arachnid #nikon

A Perseid meteor enters this shot of the Galactic core over the Gulf of Mexico along Florida's "Big Bend".

Even after hours of staring up at the heavens (why do we say "space"?), I find I have to pull myself away from the beauty.

#astrophotography #landscapephotography #meteor #shootingstar #milkyway #galaxy #florida #gulfofmexico #nikon #longexposurephotography #stars #wideangle #nature #beauty

The night launch arc (previous post) is quite awesome, but I will take nature's version of it anytime.

Here's the arc of a rainbow over the Pacific Ocean on the Big Sur coastline.

#landscapephotography #rainbow #ocean #naturephotography #nature #bigsur #california #travelphotography #nikon

Night launch of an Atlas V rocket as the cars from Cocoa Beach return to the mainland across Highway 520.

#longexposurephotography #rocket #rocketlaunch #nightlaunch #capecanaveral #KennedySpaceCenter #spacecoast #cocoa #titusville

A marina on Lake Lanier this morning…

#Atlanta #Georgia #landscapephotography #water #sunrise #longexposurephotography

The Sea of Galilee sits nearly 700 feet below sea level. To the northeast, the land rises through the Golan Heights to Mount Hermon, a climb of almost 10,000 feet from sea to summit.

#landscapephotography #Israel #Tiberias #travel #travelphotography

Male Cape May Warbler

#MerlinBirdID: Small warbler with sharp bill that is very slightly downcurved. Plumages variable. Bright adult males are yellow below with black streaks, orange cheek patch, and white patch on wing. Dullest immature females are entirely gray with indistinct streaking below, usually with a hint of paler neck sides and greenish edges to wing feathers. Breeds in boreal forest of far northern U.S. and Canada. Winters in the Caribbean & Central America. #birdphotography #birds

Along the shore of Lake Knowles, an adult Limpkin (aramus guarauna) teaches this juvenile the delicacy of water snails (a limpkin’s main diet).

#limpkin #birds #bird #wildlifephotography #winterparkfl #florida #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdcaptures #auduban #nature #mastodonbirds #naturespotlight
#birdlovers #birdsmatter #nikon #nikonz9 #z9 #300pf #300mm