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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Venezuelan's paramo. When I could still visit that magnificent country and its kind people, suffering so much from their own government, and now ours. #photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Venezuela #Merida #paramo #nikon

A Valley in the Andes of Venezuela. In the foreground the flat bottom of a glacial valley, with scattered "frailejones" (espletia, a plant endemic in the high altitude "paramo" of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador). In the background the high peaks of the Andes in the state of Merida, Venezuela. Despite being close to the equator, this area has an Alpine climate due to the very high altitude, that can reach ~ 16,000 ft (5,000 m) altitude in the Pico Bolivar. The region was hosting several permanent glaciers, that have all but disappeared in the last decades due to climate change, destroying a unique ecosystem in the process. Nikon D100, December 22, 2004 (when it was still possible for my family to visit Venezuela).

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Closeup of a magnolia flower. Reminder that despite everything spring will eventually come. #photography #photosky #flower #magnolia #pink #macro @bskyphotos.bsky.social #nikon

Closeup of Magnolia flower. The pink center shows the pistils in focus. The rest of the flower and the white petals are in an area with soft focus. The photo was taken in Iowa in May, which is when magnolias bloom there. My magnolia tree in Florida instead bloomed in February... what 15 deg latitude difference make! Ames Iowa, May 4, 2014. Nikon D700.

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Fire and ice: like the spine of a fire-breathing dragon, the remnant of a sunken boat emerges from the ice-covered sea at Crane Beach, MA. #photography #photosky #travelphotography #seawreck #sea #water #clouds #night #blue @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Massachussets #CraneBeach #Ipswich #nikon

The skeleton of a sunken boat emerges from an ice-covered sea at Crane Beach, Massachusetts. The tone of the image is deep blue, with the sunset light in a shade of pink in the top of the image. The wreck is in the shape of the skeleton of a mythical beast, like a dragon. It is actually the wooden planks of the corroded hull of half the boat. It periodically emerges from the sands of Crane beach according to the tides.

The wreck was identified as the Ada K. Damon, a schooner that wrecked on Crane Beach on December 16, 1909, during the "Great Christmas Snowstorm" that hit the region, as far south as Maryland. Fortunately the crew of the ship was not on board during the storm, and no lives were lost.

March 19, 2005. Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA, USA. Nikon D100.

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Split. White clouds hovering on a very dark Lake Superior. The photo has minimal processing, the water was really this dark. #photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #lake #water #clouds @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Minnesota #LakeSuperior #GrandMarais #nikon

View of Lake Superior from Grand Marais, MN. The image is split horizontally in two: the bottom part is occupied by the lake's water, that appears very dark, almost black, with just some reflections from the clouds in the sky. In the top part the sky is cloudy, with some white clouds in the foreground hovering on the lake. August 18, 2016. Nikon D700.

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Pristine snow in New Zealand Southern Alps. Views like this prove how the Lord of the Rings movies could not have been show anywhere else. Have a good break, y'all. #photography #photosky #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains #snow @bskyphotos.bsky.social #NewZealand #nikon

A view of the New Zealand Southern Alps covered in pristine snow. In the foreground green pastures with cows on the top of the hill. The scene is sunny, with an deep blue sky. An unsealed road crosses the bottom of the image, framed by bushes and small trees. June 2008. Nikon D100.

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The last ginkgo leaves, hanging on Spanish moss like golden butterfly. Fall has finally reached Northern Florida. #photography #photosky #nature #leaves #fall @bskyphotos.bsky.social #Tallahassee #Florida #FSU #ginkgo #SpanishMoss #nikon

The last gold-colored Ginkgo leaves in fall, hanging on a branch covered in Spanish moss. They form a curved line crossing diagonally the square frame of the photograph. The light shines through them. They resemble Monarch butterflies at the end of their journey, when they congregate in the forest where they will spend winter. Photo taken in the Florida State University campus, Tallahassee, FL, on Dec 17, 2024. Nikon D850.

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Captured on my way to the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile (La Serena region), along the Panamericana Highway. Peppers left drying in the desert next to a roadside capilla. #photography #photosky #travelphotography @bskyphotos.bsky.social #chile #laserena #panamericana #desert #landscape

Rows of very red aji peppers left to dry on the side of the Panamericana highway near La Serena, Chile. The dry desert mountains of Chile's Norte Chico, sites for many astronomical observatories (La Silla, Las Campanas, Cerro Tololo), can be seen in the distance against the dark blue sky. May 2002. Nikon D100.

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

White on white. If anybody wonders about the dog in my profile picture, that's Kero, our #samoyed. Lover of #snow, and #winter cold, here in one of our #skyjoring escapades in #Ames, #Iowa. The one in the family that least appreciated our move to FL. He left us at 14 years old, and is much missed.

White dog on white snow and white sky. My late samoyed dog, Kero, on a snowfield in Ames, Iowa. March 2014, Nikon D700.

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I am so glad @rossandersen.bsky.social took the time to write this. It is a thorough and accurate summary of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social situation. I have MANY FEELINGS about each and every facet of said situation, let me tell you. This won't be the last you hear of "telescope vs crap in orbit" 🔭

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When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk

How do you know what you’re not allowed to see?

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Massimo Marengo @mmarengo.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

After lurking on BlueSky for a while, it is time for an #introduction. I am an astronomer at #FSU working on stars, especially the ones that blink. On the bad site I used to post about #science and #photography. I am interested in good journalism and how to make the world safe and inclusive for all.

Full frame of the photo I am using as BlueSky banner: sunrise at Las Campanas Observatory, Norte Chico, Chile. The dome in the foreground hosts the 1-m aperture Henrietta Swope telescope. Photo from January 2006, possibly taken from the terrace of the Magellan telescope.

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