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Alex Strachan

@alexstrachan.bsky.social
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Biogeographer. Digital nomad. Climate campaigner. X escapee. Bourdainophile. Image-maker at ©alexstrachan.net. Working on unfinished busyness. Team Human — no AI allowed. "On a Bluesky day you can see forever."

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 10h
A tough place to grow. Fun fact: the Dawn of Man sequences in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey were filmed a stone's throw from here — literally. #spitzkoppe #namibia 🇳🇦 #landscapephotography #africanlandscape #photography #trees #naturelovers #potd #picperday #outdoorphotography #blueskyphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rhino, Ngorongoro Crater. Looks better alive than on some fat American dentist's wall, no? A morale booster for Christina Witvrouwen & her peeps. #rhinos 🦏 #ngorongoro #ngorongorocrater #tanzania 🇹🇿 @helpingrhinos.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography @actionforrhinos.bsky.social
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Sundowner" on the Mara. with wildebeest. #maasaimara #maasaimarakenya #kenya 🇰🇪 #wildebeest #wildlifemigration #sunsets #potd #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #naturelovers #equator #naturephotography #sunsetphotography #marariver Kenya Wildlife Service #kws Entim Camp #mara
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"out of Africa" The real deal, by the way. No AI, no weird photo processing, no Photoshop or Lightroom or anything like that. Basically what it looks like to the naked eye... #sunset #sunsetphotogeaphy #photogreaphy #maasaimara #kenya 🇰🇪 #picperday #potd #naturelovers #natural Kenya Wildlife Service
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I Love Animals @animals.pics · 25/09/2026
This wasn’t just the moment a dog found a home. It was the moment he realized someone had finally chosen him. The way he looks up at his new person says more than any caption ever could. 🥺❤️
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sunrise over Kilimanjaro. #kilimanjaro #kili #kenya 🇰🇪 #tanzania 🇹🇿 #landscapes #landscapephotography #potd #amboseli #amboselinationalpark #sunrise #sunrisephotography #naturelovers #dawn #picperday
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Tsavo placeholder" As seen at the Chyulu Hills gate to Tsavo West National Park. Kenya 🇰🇪 #buffalo 🐃 #tsavo #tsavowestnationalpark #tsavowest #wildlife #photography #skulls #kws Kenya Wildlife Service
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cheetah family in the Mara. #Caturday #cheetahs #CCF #cheetahconservation #maasaimara #kenya 🇰🇪 #photography #picperday #potd #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #africancats #outdoor#photography #bigcats @cheetah.org #KWS #KenyaWildlifeService #naturelovers #photography #saturday #entimcamp
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Loliondo on my mind. #loliondo #serengeti #ecosystem #tanzania 🇹🇿 #landscapes #potd #landscapephotography #africanlandscape #blueskyartshow #photography #picperday #naturelovers #stunday #sunday #blueskyphotography #photographersofinstagram #bluesky #outdoorphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Undulating desert waves. "The Dune Sea." #Namibia 🇳🇦 #BlueSkyArtShow #Scape #landscape #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #photography #bluesky #blueskyphotographers #photographersofbluesky #blueskyphtography #namib #deserts #desertdunes #dunes #dune
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My 1st — & only — capture of African wild dogs in the wild. Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, back in the days of slide film #wilddogs #wildlife #botswana 🇧🇼 #moremi #moremigamereserve #photography #potd #picperday #wildlifephotography #bluesky #naturelovers #naturephotography #outdoorphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The "snows" of Kilimanjaro. Things looked better in Hemingway's time... #kilimanjaro #kili #amboseli #kenya 🇰🇪 #tanzania 🇹🇿 #amboselinationalpark #landscape #landscapephtography #kws #potd #naturephotography Amboseli Trust for Elephants Kenya Wildlife Service #photography #hemingway Nature | PBS
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A place in the su— erm, make that shade. #africanwilddogs #naankuse #namibia 🇳🇦 #wildlife #potd #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #outdoorphotography #photography #picperday #endangeredspecies #nature #wild Namibian Nature Conservation Naankuse Foundation #wilddogs #africanwildlife #africanmammals
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Running dog" #africanwildog #wilddogs #namibia 🇳🇦 #africanwildlife #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #potd #picperday #naankuse #naankusefoundation Naankuse Naankuse N/a’an ku sê Foundation #africanmammals #naturephotography #photographersofinstagram #bluesky #outdoorphotography #stunday
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Serenity" #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography #saturday #namibia 🇳🇦 #deserts #namibdesert #solitude #sacredlandscapes #dunes alexstrachan.net #solitude #peace #peaceful Namibia from the Roadside Sesriem Camp, Sossusvlei, Namibia Dune 45, Sesriem, Namibia Namibian Nature Conservation
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Serenity" #landscapes #landscapephotographyt #photography #saturday #namibia 🇳🇦 #deserts #namibdesert #solitude #sacredlandscapes #dunes alexstrachan.net #solitude #peace #peaceful
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Early evening in the sheltering desert. Namibia 🇳🇦 Gondwana Collection Namibia Namibia from the Roadside My Namibia #sesriem #potd #namibdesert #picperday #Namibia Namibian Nature Conservation #desert #sunset #landscapephotography #photography #blueskyphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mine! (with insert assists from Landsat/Copernicus) #kilimanjaro #tanzania 🇹🇿 #landscapes #lamndscapephotography #photography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Early morning wildebeest in the elephant boneyard. Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania #ngorongorocrater #tanzania 🇹🇿 #wildlife #landscapes #photography #naturelovers #potd #blueskyphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildebeest #boneyard #grasslands
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Leopard (Panthera pardus) 🐆 Namibia 🇳🇦 #STUNday #sunday #willdlifephotography #wildlife #potd #picperday #leopard #namibia #okonjima #africancats #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #caturday #outdoorphotography #photography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ngorongoro lion. Early morning, and cold. He's just waking up and, for now, he has the place to himself. #ngorongoro #ngorongorocrater #tanzania 🇹🇿 #lion #wildlife #potd #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #naturelovers #picperday #naturephotography #africancats #wild #outdoorphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Amboseli lions. #lion 🦁 #lions #lioness #amboseli #amboselinationalpark #nature #kenya 🇰🇪 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #potd #photography #picperday #naturelovers #africanwildlife #naturephotography #africancats #caturday #saturday #africanwildlifephotography #conservation @lionAID
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Amani lioness, Namibia. #lions #lioness #namibia 🇳🇦 #amani #wildlife #potd #caturday #tgif #wildlifephotography #africancats #nature #naturelovers #outdoorphotography #naturephotography #photography @travellingafrica.bsky.social @namibia.bsky.social
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sunrise over Kilimanjaro. (well ... a little to the left. Over Kili's shoulder, more like) #kilimanjaro #amboseli #landscapes #landscapephotography #potd #naturelovers #sunrise #dawn #sunrisephotography #outdoorphotography #africaphotography Amboseli Trust for Elephants #bluesky #blueskyphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Etosha lioness "on the prowl" #Namibia 🇳🇦 #lioness #wildlifephotography Lion Guardians #etoshawildlife #etosha #wildlife #potd #photography Etosha National Park Etosha Tour Guides Etosha Namibian Nature Conservation Namibia from the Roadside
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This.
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Amboseli ele #elephant #amboseli #amboselinationalpark #kenya 🇰🇪 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #potd #photography #picperday #naturelovers #africanwildlife #africanwildlifephotography Amboseli Trust for Elephants Save the Elephants Sauvez Les Elephants
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Rain over Etosha. Etosha National Park #Namibia 🇳🇦 #landscapes #landscapephotography #naturelovers #weather #photography #friday #TGIF #africanlandscapes Namibia Travel & Tourism Forum #Climate
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#caturday
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Follow the leader" Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 🇰🇪 #cheetah #wildlife #wildlifephotography #caturday #wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies #naturelovers #parenthood #motherhood #africancats #kenyawildifeservice #kws #criticallyendangered #bigcats #bigcatsofmasaimara #kenya #cheetahcubs
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Maasai enkai" Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania #maasaiculture #maasai #ngorongorocraterviews #ngorongoro #photography #tribal #tribalphotography #ceremonies #potd #picperday #thursdaythrowback #moran #peoplephotography #tanzania 🇹🇿 Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority Freddy Mushi Thomson Safaris
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@marymcnamara.bsky.social my take on Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude FYI (FWIW) ... alexstrachan.net/journal/8/10...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude revisited — Strachan Photography
Alex Garcia López’s adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s ode to life returns with its second act, and seldom has nature looked so haunting — or fragile. The Netflix version of Cien Años de Soledad ...
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#OneHundredYearsOfSolitude revisited... Alex López’s adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s ode to life returns with its 2nd act, and seldom has nature looked so haunting — or fragile. alexstrachan.net/journal/8/10... #onehundredyearsofsolitude #CienAñosDeSoledad #gabrielgarciamarquez @netflix.com
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When a leopard doesn't want to be "spotted" (sorry) it has an uncanny way of making the most out of the least amount of cover. Serengeti Nat. Park #Tanzania 🇹🇿 #leopards 🐆 #serengeti #serengetinationalpark #potd #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #africancats #naturelovers #naturephotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
River crossing. Sunset. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust Entim Camp #maasaimara #wildbeestmigration #rivercrossing #kenya 🇰🇪 #photography #wildlifephotography #bluesky #sunset #sunsetphotography #blueskyphotography #marariver #MaraRiverCrossing #wildlife
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"First day of school" Green season. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania #elephant #elephants 🐘 #tarangire #tanzania 🇹🇿 #nature #potd #wildlifephotography #africanwildlife #bluesky #wildlife #greenseason #blueskyphotography #naturelovers #wildlifeconservation #naturephotography k #elephantconservation
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
More from green season, Tarangire Nat. Park, Tanzania. What you don't see — the biting flies. Tsetse. On a scale I've never experienced before ... Thick skin required. #elephant #elephants 🐘 #tarangire #tanzania 🇹🇿 #nature #potd #wildlifephotography #blueskyphotography #photography #naturephotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Spring shower" Green season Tarangire National Park, Tanzania #elephant #elephants 🐘 #tarangire #tanzania 🇹🇿 #nature #potd #wildlifephotography #africanwildlife #bluesky #wildlife #greenseason #blueskyphotography #naturelovers #wildlifeconservation #naturephotography #elephantconservation
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hippo out of water! Unimpressed with humanity, sticks his tongue out. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. #kenya 🇰🇪 #hippo 🦛 #maasaimara #wildlife #photography #potd #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #africanwildlife #hippos #picperday #maasaimaranationalreserve
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Hippo out of water" Ngorongoro Crater at first light. #hippo 🦛 #ngorongoro #tanzania 🇹🇿 #wildlifephotography #potd #naturelovers #africanwildlife #photography #ngorongoro #naturephotography #outdoorphotography #UNESCO #wildlife #worldheritagesite Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Lone bull on Etosha National Park's scrub pan as a December storm rolls in. #elephant 🐘 #elephants #etosha #etoshanationalpark #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #naturelovers #photography #potd #landscapes #stormclouds #saltpan #scrubbrush #namibia 🇳🇦 #africanelephants #rainyseason
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Took me a while but I finally spotted it — lion in the grass. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. #lions #serengeti #serengetinationalpark #seronera #lioness #potd #grasslands #savannah #tanzania 🇹🇿 #photography #naturelovers #africancats #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #outdoorphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"That's enough that, then." Tarangire Nat. Park, Tanzania 🇹🇿 at 1st light. #caturday #lions #africancats #naturelovers #wildlife #cats #bigcats #wildlifephotography #outdoorphotography #nikon #tarangire #tarangirenationalpark #naturephotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"Eat my dust." aka, "How to Wreck a Manual Focus Nikon SLR in 3 Easy Steps," back in the days of slide film. Lake Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area. #lakendutu #ngorongoro #ndutu #wildebeest #potd #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #wildlife #tanzania 🇹🇿 #nikon #nikonphotographer #nikonphotography
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Serengeti "Eye in the Sky". Green season, during the short rains (late December). #landscapephotography #serengeti #siringet #TANAPA #marshland #seronera #tanzania 🇹🇿 #photography #picperday #potd #wildafrica #naturelovers #grasslands #GreenSeason #rains #serengetiballoonsafaris #hotairballoon
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Hey! You over there, quit yer bellyachin'!" #hippo 🦛 #ngorongorocrater #tanzania 🇹🇿 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #africanwildlife Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority #conservationphotography #eyes #naturephotography #nature #tanzaniawildlife #africanmammals
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Care for a swim?" #hippo 🦛 #ngorongorocrater #tanzania 🇹🇿 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #africanwildlife Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority #conservationphotography #eyes #naturephotography #nature #tanzaniawildlife #africanmammals
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Settle down over there!" Hippos, Serengeti National Park Tanzania #wildlife #wildlifephotography #blueskyphotography #bluesky #naturelovers #tanzania 🇹🇿 #serengeti #serengetinationalpark #hippos 🦛 #naturephotography #outdoorphotography #africanwildlife #nature #picperday #potd
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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Serengeti dreaming" Green season. Serengeti National Park Tanzania #serengeti #green #landscape #photography #picperday #view #tanzania 🇹🇿 #landscapephotography #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #potd #blueskyphotography #bluesky #serengetinationalpark Thomson Safaris Freddy Mushi @serengeti
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