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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🎶”Everybody wants to be a cat…” 🎶 Okay, it’s me, I’m everybody. Is it Friday yet? #cat #petsofbluesky

My tiger striped tabby Ringo is curled into a croissant shape in my lap while he naps. His head is resting on one of his back legs, and you can see the toe beans of one of his front paws.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The earth awakens Sky awash with fiery tones Reflecting my dreams. #BlueSkyArtshow #Dreams

Sunrise from my backyard. The horizon is colored in golden tones with orange and red streaks. The sky of filled with dark gray and fiery red clouds.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

One of my favorite views from a local AT section for #scape day. The James River winding its way through the local peaks and valleys. #AppalachianTrail #backpacking

The James River winds around the valley in a silvery “z” shape among a backdrop of forested mountains. Its fall and the mountains are mostly brown save the evergreen trees.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It’s #RockinTuesday! No shortage of rocks on the AT. I was forewarned of this section in MD by my shuttle driver. I assured him we have rocks in VA. He laughed. I found out why. #AppalachianTrail #backpacking

A particularly rocky section of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. The rocks are anywhere from “large dog” to “hippopotamus” size. A nearby tree has a white blaze, the rocks are medium gray, many with light green lichen attached. There’s no bare earth to be seen, just rocks and more rocks.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Changing it up for this #BlueSkyMonday. Bob Weir from a Bob Weir & Wolf Bros show last fall in Charlottesville, Va. #gratefuldead

Bob Weir stands bathed in blue spotlight at a concert. He’s playing a black guitar, and there are speakers and other guitars on stands behind him.

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𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙼. 🌎 @davidpmolina.com · 14/04/2025

Sailboats begin docking for the season at 31st Street Harbor in Chicago, while unstable weather moves over lake Michigan. April 2025. #BlueSkyMonday #HappyMonday #Chicago #LakeMichigan #31stStreetHarbor #photography #travel #weather #landscape #sailboat #harbor #sky

Sailboats begin docking for the season at 31st Street Harbor in Chicago, while unstable weather moves over lake Michigan. Dark and patchy clouds linger on the skies above the lake

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

“And into the woods I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” John Muir #BlueSkyArtShow #peaceful #backpacking

The Appalachian Trail is flanked by fauna and trees in Shenandoah National Park. It’s spring and the sunlight filtering through is making the the grass and bushes beautiful shades of green.

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John David Fawcett @headbaby.com · 11/04/2025

Sharing for Friday #scape Day. Golden hour stroll — one gull, one tide, and a sky that forgot how to end. Ogunquit Beach, Maine, USA #photography #landscape #maine #ogunquit #seascape

A vivid photograph captures a tranquil beach scene at sunset, where the fading light transforms the natural world into a softly surreal canvas. In the foreground, a solitary seagull strolls across the wet sand, its delicate feet leaving small impressions near its reflection. The bird’s white feathers are tinged with a faint warmth from the sunset’s hues, while its beak and legs contrast in muted yellows and grays. It walks with casual intent, unaware of its accidental poetry.

The sand beneath the bird is wet and reflective, mirroring the sky’s rich gradient of colors — soft coral pinks, deepening lavenders, and glowing oranges. The water has receded just enough to create a glassy surface, like a liquid mirror, that reflects the entire lower portion of the image, doubling the seagull and the pastel sky.

Midway through the frame, gentle ocean waves roll toward the shore in layers of frothy white and sea-glass blue. The waves are calm but textured, catching the last rays of sunlight as they rise and curl. Beyond them, the open ocean stretches to the horizon, where a dark strip of distant land just barely separates sea from sky.

The upper third of the image is dominated by the sunset: a gradient of warm, candy-colored light bleeding from soft apricot into pale rose, lavender, and peach. There are no clouds, only a smooth atmospheric blend that adds a dreamlike stillness to the entire scene.

The photograph evokes peace, solitude, and contemplation, as though time has momentarily paused to let nature and silence speak uninterrupted. It’s an image that balances realism and ethereal beauty, offering a meditative visual space that feels at once grounded and otherworldly.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

It’s #Scape day! The first time I encountered a trail that had suffered a wildfire I expected devastation. There was, but there was also beauty. #trailscape #backpacking #AppalachianTrail

The trail is covered with pine needles. On either side the soil is black from a recent fire. As I hiked I could smell the charred wood and foliage. There are evergreens in the distance that were uneffected.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The start of section hike through Shenandoah National Park. I’m not a selfie girl, but occasionally the urge strikes. #HumansofBluesky #backpacking #AppalachianTrail

A selfie taken in front of an information kiosk for the Appalachian Trail in Front Royal,VA. My sun hoodie is aqua blue tie-dyed with a shade just a touch darker. You can see maps on the board behind me.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

When the sun is setting and the light comes above the clouds, it’s almost enough to make me believe. Always reminds me of a ceiling in some Italian cathedral. #sunset #stormcoming

Sunset on a cloudy evening. The sun has gone beneath some storm clouds and a pink-orange glow is emanating from the top of the dark clouds.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Office—he didn’t wear a suit! I mean, here’s a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Office—he looks like he’s about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.

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𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙼. 🌎 @davidpmolina.com · 05/04/2025

The sun goes down behind Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, while passing clouds receive the pink and purple light of dusk. Timelapse, August 2019. #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette #MountRushmore #NationalParks #SouthDakota #PaháSápa #photography #timelapse #RoadTrip #camping #travel #video #sunset

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

One more for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #silhouette. Taken from the AT near Hay Rock. Sometimes the things that catch my eye surprise me. Another sunrise shot. The orange glow behind the towers made me think of electricity radiating from within the lines. #hiking #AppalachianTrail

Powerlines stand out against the sky near sunrise. There are three large towers supporting power lines silhouetted against a sky that goes from bright orange to light blue in the background. The towers are on a hill, and some trees can be seen of the far right of the photo, also silhouetted.

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myhouseofcats.bsky.social @myhouseofcats.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

. Buzz was using his heat-seeking radar again this morning. #cats #orangecat #silhouette

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Today’s theme for #BlueSkyArtshow is #silhouette. The Peaks of Otter just before sunrise on an AT section hike in VA last year. One advantage to being old and awake at 5 AM is getting an early start and catching moments like this. #backpacking #AppalachianTrail #BlueRidgeParkway

The Peaks of Otter just before sunrise. There are two large mountains silhouetted against a layer of light orange and red just starting to appear at their tops. The sky above moves from very light blue to darker blue at the top of the photo.

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Gnarled Barkley 🌳 @thomashugtree.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Dark days and evenings will pass. Everything is temporary 😶 #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette #Trees #ForTheLoveOfTrees #Peace #Love #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin ✌️🫶🌳

Trees silhouetted against a golden peachy sun down sky

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

It’s #Scape day! Fallingwater Cascades Trail, off the Blue Ridge Parkway in VA. This view actually isn’t the main attraction, but is my favorite part of the hike. #hiking #blueridgeparkway #landscape

A creek runs towards a drop-off, mountains can be seen in the distance. It’s winter and the trees on either side of the creek are bare and the sky is overcast and grey.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Looks Like Rain Clouds roll in over Moosehead Lake, Maine, one of my all time favorite places in the world. #WaterWednesday #ClassicMono #StormyWeather

A dock with a flagpole sitting on Moosehead Lake. The water is dark to match the grey storm clouds filling the sky.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’m not sure why I love a cloudy sunset so much, but Mother Nature delivered tonight. #stopthecar #sunset

The sun is hidden behind clouds as it sets over a field studded by evergreens. The clouds appear to glow from within, casting a golden hue.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

An abandoned Air Force radar tower sits atop Apple Orchard Mountain. The Appalachian Trail passes right by it. Today it’s used by the FAA to track commercial airline traffic. Virginia Tech also has a weather station there. #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #Backpacking

A radar tower shaped like a huge golf ball sits atop a mountain clearing. The sky is blue with gauzy white clouds.

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Sunset on Little Long Mtn, Uwharrie Trail, NC. #Stunday #backpacking

Sunset from the summit of Little Long Mtn. There are young trees in the foreground, and the sky is ablaze in bright orange hues.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Plaza de España in Sevilla is full of arches for #BlueSkyArtShow #Arch Taken with iPhone 6 so not the greatest quality. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #MobilePhotography #ClassicMono

A dramatic black and white photo of a brick building with arches on two sides and columns. You can see an ornate tower and bridge through the arch on the right and an ornate light post and more of the building through the set of arches on the left. A man is walking through the arch on the left. There are dark shadows coming across several areas of the walkway.

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Jeremy Sell @jeremysell.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Old Man's Creek working its way through Black Hand sandstone at the Upper Falls. These sediments were deposited in the early Carboniferous Period, about 350 million years ago. Hocking Hills State Park near Logan Ohio, 10 Mar 2018. #BlueSkyArtShow #Arch

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It’s #Caturday… Ringo did not appreciate me criticizing his skill with eyeliner. He had the gall to challenge me to try putting on eyeliner with no thumbs. The audacity.

A close-up of Ringo’s face. He is a grey tiger striped tabby with distinctive black markings that look like someone tried the “wing” eyeliner technique but it went wrong.

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Michelle @trailtotoday.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Beautiful Old City Hall Station In 1904, New York City's very first subway ride left from here. #Arch #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #Opposites #SensoryArt #Photography #MobilePhotography #CityScape #ILoveNY #NYC #NYTransitMuseum

There is a new subway car on the left and you can see the driver’s arm. The Subway car is heading through the old arched tunnel that is made with beautiful green and white tiles
To get this tour, you have to become a member of the NY Transit Museum https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/oldcityhall/
JEWEL IN THE CROWN: OLD CITY HALL STATION
As a member of the New York Transit Museum you have the rare opportunity to explore this decommissioned subway station with its elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves (it was closed in 1945).

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

National War Correspondents Memorial Arch, Crampton Gap, MD. (1896) Backpacking the AT through Maryland has been a favorite section so far because of all the historical sites right on the trail. #Arch #BlueSkyArtShow #backpacking

A large brick memorial made of purple stone and limestone. It’s about 50 ft high and 40 ft wide. There is a large arch at the base, with 3 smaller arches and a niche with a statue above it. It is inscribed with the names of fallen war correspondents.

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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Staying in the US for #blueskyartshow #arch theme… Light and shadows shape more than architecture — they define the moment we are in. Darkness may dominate now, but it teaches us about light. #photography #classicmono #monochrome #eastcoastkin #stormhour #photohour #art #NYC #streetphotography

A black and white image of Bethesda Terrace’s grand arches in Central Park, NYC. Two people can be seen walking beneath them with their shadows stretching across the ground. The interplay of shadow and light creates a striking contrast.

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DN @djneu.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Elgin Cathedral’s arches rise, empty yet grand, framing the sky where stained glass once glowed. Crumbling among the ruins, these Gothic remnants are little but echoes of Scotland’s sacred past. #ElginCathedral #Scotland #Architecture #Arch #Ruins #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

“The Guillotine” a feature of the Appalachian Trail in VA. I thought I’d be posting part of the green tunnel for this weeks #arch theme, luckily my phone saves the shots I forget about. #BlueSkyArtShow #Backpacking

A large round boulder is caught in the top of a space between two larger boulders, forming an archway beneath. Hikers must pass under it on the AT. It’s been nicknamed “the guillotine”.

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Gnarled Barkley 🌳 @thomashugtree.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hello 🦋 It's #BlueSkyArtShow again. Here's an #Arch or two, or 3 and so on🤭... I captured last month. A couple trees thrown in there for good measure. Have a fabby day friends 😊🙏 #Trees #ClassicMono #ForTheLoveOfTrees #Peace #Love #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin ✌️🫶🌳

Some arches and trees with the sun poking itself into the frame as well. Capture shown in B&W

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Tommi Ylamurto @ylamurto.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Someone who mostly photographs people have hard time participating in landscape challenges. But if there is any theme in my pictures it is space and how small we really are against the nature. That will fit today's #MarchIntoLandscapes topic of #vast. #NationalParks #BackPacking #hiking #landscape

Person watching mountain scenery on a ledge in Kings Canyon National Park's Ray Lakes area.

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Hairy Neil @rovingrollo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Another #Landscape for #Scape day Loch Laidon and Rannoch Moor (looking South East), Scotland. June 2024 #ClassicMono #Photography #Monochrome #BlackandWhite #Scotland #Rannoch #EastCoastKin #MarchIntoLandscape

Black and White. The foreground is dominated by thick stands of bracken with three young pines poking up through the undergrowth. In the middle distance the shimmering waters of the loch form an edge to the sprawling moorlands that stretch to a range of mountains. The sky is almost full of cloud, where it breaks it allows sunlight to cast patches of brightness onto the scene.

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 28/03/2025

#ForestFriday I was surprised to see a giant Redwood forest in Australia! This was one huge tree, so large I couldn't fit all of the trunk in into the frame! #LandscapePhotography #GiantRedwood #Australia

The frame of the photo is filled with the base of a giant redwood tree. It is the typical red color, but it also has moss and lichen growing on it. Ferns are growing alongside the tree.

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𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙼. 🌎 @davidpmolina.com · 27/03/2025

A fiery, vibrant sky seems to battle the enveloping coldness of a rising fog in a high altitude mountain valley. Andes mountains near Mount Piuquencillo, Chile. September 2005. #Andes #sunset #fog #mountains #Piuquencillo #Chile #valley #sky #snow #photography #travel #climbing #hiking #adventure

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Amanda @deadheadhiker.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“If I leave this leaf on my nose maybe I’ll blend in.” #BlueSkyDogs #Backpacking #Camouflage

My dog Lola taking a break among some yellow and orange fallen leaves. She’s been sniffing around and has a tiny piece of a yellow leave stuck to her nose. Pic taken on the Tuscarora Trail.

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