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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Catching up on editing photos from the past few months, starting with these from a recent walk in the forest. Always love opportunities to sit and photograph these barred owls. #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #birds #birding #owls

A barred owl rests in the branches of a maple tree on Vancouver Island.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

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🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Scenes from the garden - part 5 A few more photos of taken while surveying the increasing wildlife and insects that flourish in our once empty yard. #photography #wildlifephotography #macrophotography #garden #gardening #nature #naturephotography #portrait

A Eurasian Running Crab Spider hugs itself tightly against a bamboo trellis in our vegetable garden.

A Small White perches upon a lavender flower in the hot afternoon sun.

A Western Polished Lady Beetle climbs to the top of a flower’s foliage with the dark greens of a nearby strawberry plant as a backdrop.

A photograph of the lady beetle larvae that crawled onto my arm while I watched other larvae hunting aphids in the nearby flower pot.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Scenes from the garden - part 4. One big focus of our work has been to utilize natural relationships in nature to solve imbalances and other challenges. For example, creating habitat for these lady bugs to help control aphids and other pests. #gardening #ecologicalgardening #photography #nature

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Scenes from the garden - part 3. In the short time since starting this project, we have seen a huge increase in insects, pollinators and birds. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #insects #macrophotography #gardening #habitatrestoration #vancouverisland #canada

A carpenter ant drinks from a small drop of rainwater atop a strawberry leaf.

An Ichneumon Wasp rests in the tall grass next to a garden bed.

An American Robin fledgling rests on the fence in the morning sun while waiting for its mother to return.

A golden-crowned sparrow rests on the fence near our wildlife pond.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Scenes from the garden - part 2 Over four months we have added a wildlife pond, garden beds and pollinator friendly plants. We have also set up bird houses, mason bee houses and habitat, and just recently finished our first worm composting system! #gardening #photography #macrophotography #bees

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Scenes from the garden - Part 1. For the past 4 months we have been steadily working on rewilding our backyard. We moved into our home in September and the yard was typical: turf grass and limited biodiversity. But at least there were worms… #photography #nature #gardening

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Caught @canadianforces.bsky.social ‘s 442 Squadron SAR Techs out training last week on a sunny spring day! If you look real close, you can see the SAR techs at the ramp prior to jumping. #photography #aircraft #helicopter #searchandrescue #Canada

A Royal Canadian Airforce Cormorant helicopter with 442 Rescue Squadron flies overhead during a training exercise. Two SAR Techs can be seen on the rear ramp preparing to jump.

A Royal Canadian Airforce Cormorant helicopter with 442 Rescue Squadron flies overhead during a training exercise. Two SAR Techs can be seen skydiving.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

One month with Zoe. Things I’ve learned about her: She really likes stealing socks. She also likes stealing kisses. She likes to stop and smell the flowers. Also, she’s probably about to eat your flowers. Sleep is for the weak. Waking up Q2H for bathroom breaks is fun. #dog #puppy #photography

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Chris Hadfield @cmdr-hadfield.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

How it started - how it's going. Yuri Gagarin was the first, 65 years ago today. Artemis 2 crew, safely back from the Moon this week. I salute the bravery, and marvel at what we can do. We've only just begun.

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Michael Wilkinson @mwmathsci.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

And just like that #ArtemisII coverage goes from Bob Ross-esque serenity to edge of the seat, heart pounding, hold your breath intensity.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/04/2026

The #Artemis II livestream continues to be the best thing on the internet. 😍 The return-to-Earth live coverage begins at 6:30pm Eastern (in about 90 minutes) with splashdown in the Pacific scheduled for 8:07pm Eastern. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

A screenshot of the Artemis livestream with the Integrity module on the left and a half-illuminated Earth getting big on the screen in the center. The black of space is all around.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#Artemis II - A beautiful new image released The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a the solar eclipse. Captured by one of the cameras on Orion’s solar array wings. A bright spot visible below the Moon’s right edge is Saturn. Then a bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. 🚀🌓🌒

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

There are still very good people on Earth. And some off Earth. #ArtemisII

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The remarkable Artemis II mission isn’t making me more passionate about Mars. It’s making me more passionate about Earth.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 07/04/2026

The Artemis II crew just reported several impact flashes—explosions from hypervelocity impacts of meteoroids with the Moon—during the solar eclipse. We make a big effort to see a handful of these from Earth with telescopes. That astronauts flying by the Moon saw >4 in tens of minutes is AWESOME.

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 05/04/2026

GOOD MORNING ARTEMIS As the crew wakes up to another day, and gets closer to the moon. NASA shared a number of images captured by the crew of the Crescent Earth as well as a image of of the moon including this Orientale basin on the far side of the moon

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HEXandra @maniacalstar.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

So excited that the Artemis II crew is excited to see and share their observations of the Moon! Lunar flyby starts around 1 pm ET on Monday. (from NASA Solar System on Instagram)

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“…copy, Moon joy.” 🌖

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Last night, I looked up at the moon and thought, “They’re almost there.” Such a special moment of wonder. Artemis II really has captured the imagination unlike nothing else in a long time.

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NASA (mirror) @handle.invalid · 05/04/2026

Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is a mission specialist, meaning he has trained for all roles to jump into action wherever needed, like Koch. Artemis II is his first spaceflight, and he is the first Canadian to fly to the Moon. Original post

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Orion Snaps a Selfie During External Inspection Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA flic.kr/p/2s5DQ7q 🧪🔭 #Artemis

A self portrait of the Orion Integrity spacecraft, captured April 3, 2026.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I came across a stump in the forest where someone had left out some bird seed and was rewarded with a few nice portraits of the chickadees that came to visit. #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography

A chestnut-backed chickadee feeds on peanuts and seeds left in the forest.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Up close and personal with a red-breasted nuthatch in the forests of Vancouver Island. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #photography

A red-breasted nuthatch peers downwards at nuts and seeds left on a tree stump in the forests of Vancouver Island.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My Summer of Macrophotography: www.aaronpengellyphotography.com/blog/backyar...

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

It's been a hectic but positive start to Fall here without much time for photography, but here are a few images from the past month. We purchased our first home and moved communities, I took and thankfully passed the NCLEX RN exam, and we are now settling into our new life in the Comox Valley.

An orchid rests in the window of our new home overlooking the backyard and the window bird feeders.

Our dog Tula the golden retriever/aussie shepherd mix.

A snapshot of my desk with my review schedule in preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It's been a busy start to fall and my photography has had to take a backseat to more important things lately. Lots of exciting things to share soon! In the meantime, here's a recent (ish) photo that I'm quite fond of.

A crow stands in a small field of grass, searching for food.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Some late summer macrophotography. This red-backed jumping spider was found hiding in the leaves of a blueberry bush and showed a great deal of curiosity towards the camera, often cocking its head in a curious manner as I took photos. #photography #macrophotography #spiders #wildlife

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

One of my new favourite photos: the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). A total of 49 minutes of combined exposure time and a further 2.5 hours of processing to pull out the details. See www.aaronpengellyphotography.com/blog/ for more astrophotography! #photography #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy sits against a backdrop of stars with M32, a second spiral galaxy visible just below it.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Check out this photographers incredible work. A stunning image of the Dumbbell Nebula.

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

HDR Moon. My daughter loved her first astronomy experience so much that we decided to do another on Quadra Island, complete with her own travel telescope! Read the full story at www.aaronpengellyphotography.com/blog/explori... #astronomy #photography #astrophotography #moon

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Met this very cute, very curious raccoon on a recent trip to Quadra Island. #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Exploring the night sky together. Read the stories behind our adventures: www.aaronpengellyphotography.com/blog/ #astronomy #photography #astrophotography #moon #stars #nightsky

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Join me for a BTS look at a night of astronomy and astrophotography, and watch to the end for some recent images! #photography #astrophotography #astronomy

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Aaron Pengelly Photography @aaronpengellyphoto.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Hey everyone, I figured it's time I introduce myself! My name is Aaron. I work as a paramedic and nurse, but I spend much of my spare time as a photographer with a focus on wildlife, macro, and astrophotography. Feel free to introduce yourself, and follow along if you enjoy photography!

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