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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 11h

Black Rock sea-stack watches another roaring tide roll amidst a kaleidoscope of colours 🤩 #scape #ECK #photography #photographersofbluesky #sunsets

Black Rock sea-stack sits amongst tide pool reflections, mirroring the colours of the sunset veiled by rain heavy blue cumulus. A kaleidoscope of orange, yellows and blues silhouette pressed with the ancient sea-stack taking centre stage.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 20h

I dedicate this to anyone facing difficult times today and wish everyone small wins or the honour of staying present with love and compassion throughout. May the protection and courage of a thousand seagulls carry you all forwards like feathers on a wing 🕊️ ✌️ ✨ #ECK #photography #hope #sunsets

A seagulls feather is planted in the sand, a conduit from the sky to earth, representing the journey of all that in between.

The sun blazes behind the tip of the feather, illuminating its delicate form. Pieces of stranded seaweed scattered and a medium sized rock sits to the left of the feather on sand that glows golden in the setting sun.

The waves and shoreline run along the centre of the image below a golden and blue sky peppered with puffy clouds and lines of cirrus cloud.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another day, another sunset 😊 surfers delight further out in the bay last night 🏄‍♂️ this was a calmer moment. #ECK #sunsets #clouds #relax

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If it seems like I take a lot of pics of crashing waves, it's actually because I take a lot of pics of crashing waves. #photography #Maui #nature #nokings #marinelife #love

Waves crashing against shoreline of lava rock inlets and coral.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Harvest moon rises in violet and pink skies above flora. This was a phenomenal view having turned from the sunset to see this on the other side. #ColorADay #PinkMon #ECK #photography

Long green grass populates lower two thirds of image and dried wild flowers. A large white flagpole can be seen reaching skyward on the right hand side, and almost centre, a small bright harvest moon rises into a vivid purple and pink sky.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wild waves and white water at last nights sunset 🌅 🩵 #BlueSkyMonday #ECK #photography

White water rushes up curving toward the camera in billowing foam, rapid movement causing it to leap and bubble skyward. An emerald green sea meets the horizon of pale peach clouds beneath a bright blue sky with a few puffy clouds dotted here and there.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gifting you all a free wallpaper for #stunday 😊 Not sure if this will work, but these are cropped to wallpaper size, so open the image up and select the three dots at top left of image and save to use as a wallpaper on your phone. #wallpaper #ECK

Dandelion clock rising from grass under full harvest moon.

Water filled rivulets on sandy beach at low tide reflecting blue skies

Cloudy reflections upon Sandy shoreline under a yellow, peach and blue sky at sunset.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day 12 and a half years ago I saw the coolest ever iceberg. Never seen one like it since. Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland

A six-foot (ish) high turquoise iceberg with a small friend on a black sand beach. Grey rainy day with some of the turquoise reflected in the blank sand, and long exposure smooth waves breaking.

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Gray @grays.art · 27/09/2026

Phaon crescent butterfly (Phyciodes phaon) on creeping oxeye (Sphagneticola trilobata) CREW pen flint strand lake trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-20-26 Basking in last Sunday’s radiance. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #StunDay #eck #macro #nature #orange #threeWordGenre #art #macroPhotography #bugsky

Macro of a butterfly resting with its wings wide open flat on the bright yellow disk center of a wildflower. Viewed from a top-down dorsal perspective, the insect displays a complex, checkered pattern of dark brown and vibrant orange bands across its wings. A highly distinct, pale cream-colored median band stretches horizontally across the middle of its upper forewings. Its slender black-and-white striped antennae extend forward, while its dark torso aligns with the textured center florets. The background transitions into a smooth, dark green bokeh blur.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Amazed to be included amongst some incredible images this week. Love ❤️ this photography community 🦋 ✨ thank you @robertspictures.bsky.social 🙏🏼 🤩

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑦 – 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑛’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ColorADay | #OrangeSun #mobilephotography #photography #inkMine | survive #emoetry | lonesome #vss365 | reckon #tanka #poetry #micropoetry

17 Feb 2024. A visit to Ocean Beach in Kāwhia. It’s just after 8pm, and the sunset is stunningly uproarious as it paints the sky with buckets of colour. The black sand beach is a deep umber, and proof of earlier various recreational vehicles can be found in rows of tracks left behind. The Tasman is a deep blue. The wispy clouds are fantastic in their tones – peach, dark grey, off-white. The sun itself is half-sunk into a liquid horizon of dreams, and a mini reflection of orange can be seen in the shallows near the shore. From the larger orb, two arms reach and diagonally divide the frame from lower left to upper right. The smaller sphere tries to follow suit, managing one outstretched arm in solidarity. In the distance of the harbour on the left are rolling hills, dark and full of secrets.

𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙
𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑦 –
𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑛’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡
𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑

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#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#ColorADay | #OrangeSun
#mobilephotography #photography
#inkMine | survive
#emoetry | lonesome
#vss365 | reckon
#tanka #poetry #micropoetry

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A little green and full moon for #ColorADay #GreenSat 😊 Equinox blessings to all on this Harvest Moon 🌕 day ✨ 🦋 #ECK #Photography

A dried flower stands in centre frame, skeletal remnants of a hot summer sprouting from now lush green grass after recent rainfalls. The image is taken from below the 20cm high plant, lens pointed to the moon, sitting in a pink and blue sky, floating just above one of the dried flower heads.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Beach rivulets reflecting blue skies at sundown ✨ Happy Friday folks! 🩵 #scape #ECK #photography #AltText

In the image we see blue skies with a few white and grey clouds stretching across, with darker blue ones above the horizon, topped with puffy little grey cumulus with higher reaching white cirrus drawing diagonal broken lines.

On the right hand side the horizon and beach meet at cliffs edge where land feature reaches out midway from edge of frame, sloping off to shoreline.

The tide is receding and has left beautiful rivulets, filled with water reflecting the skies broken by rippling sands between.

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some of the best sunrises are those that make you wait a little while and make you glad you stayed. Quiet reflection and being in the moment. This morning's sunrise on Glastonbury Tor did just that.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Surfer silhouetted on silky sands heads out to catch a wave or two, sea soaked sediments squishing softly under foot. Electric energy frenetic, to be tamed under board as spirits soar loud beneath veil of dreamy blue cloud. #HumansOfBluesky #ColorADay #YellowThu #prose #photography

Surfer carries his board toward the shore, leaving a trace path of footsteps across beach from lower left of image to centre right. A whale blue strikes a long stroke underneath low hanging cloud layer on horizon and wispy cumulus evaporate on left and at centre across right, underneath bright yellow reflections on higher layers of cloud just left of centre, blue skies break above, and reflections on freshly withdrawn tide line paints the sands a mirror of pastel yellows and blues.

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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Once down to a single pair. Conservationists rescued them from oblivion. The flock is now 350 strong. New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year. cnn.it/4rqzZeL

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the Asylum Art @yvesbroeckx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I W H E R E T H E L I G H T S T I L L B U R N S I Even in the darkest landscapes, a fragile light finds a way to burn. — The Asylum Art — #AbstractArt #EmotionalArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtOfTheDay #GoldenLight #Resilience #SoulfulArt #art #cptsd #landscape #light #nature

Where the Light Still Burns is a moody, atmospheric exploration of beauty emerging from darkness. Against a weathered landscape of charcoal, rust, and burnt umber, a radiant sphere of golden light breaks through the shadows, casting warmth across delicate, withered seedpods.
The fragile silhouettes reach into the fading glow, evoking resilience, impermanence, and the quiet persistence of life. The distressed textures and gilded fragments suggest a world shaped by time, loss, and transformation, a reminder that even in the deepest darkness, something within us continues to burn.

Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx
This is digitally created art
concept and execution by Yves

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Jason @bloodraynes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ As usual for Sunday l have a capture with a poem l have written in the Alt. This week please enjoy: “The Quiet Within” Have a peaceful day friends 😌 #ECK #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #BlueSkyPoems

After the picture description today, I have written a poem inspired by this capture.

Our photograph captures a peaceful sunset over a tranquil lake, framed beneath the sweeping branches of a large, mature tree.

The upper half of the image is dominated by the tree's dark, sprawling branches and delicate, hanging leaves, creating a natural canopy.

Beyond them, the setting sun glows warmly in shades of golden yellow and soft orange, surrounded by a sky tinged with muted pink and lavender.

The sun's reflection stretches across the gently rippling surface of the lake, forming a shimmering golden pathway that leads towards the viewer.

The water reflects the pastel colours of the evening sky, while the distant shoreline appears as a dark silhouette of trees and vegetation.

Near the water's edge, reeds and grasses rise from the shadows. A few small water birds can be seen floating across the lake, their movements creating subtle ripples in the otherwise still water.

The foreground consists of a dark, grassy bank scattered with fallen leaves, adding a sense of autumn and quiet natural beauty.

The picture feels intimate, sheltered, and deeply serene, as though the world has paused to breathe. And finally our picture today is finished with a simple white border frame. Now for my poem…

I call it…The Quiet Within

Beneath the shelter of ancient branches,
the evening asks nothing of me.

The sun lowers itself gently,
leaving gold upon the water,
and the lake holds every reflection
without needing to possess it.

A bird moves quietly across the surface.
A breeze brushes through the leaves.

There is no urgency here,
no destination demanding arrival.

Only the soft rhythm of ripples,
the warmth of fading light,
and the gentle reminder
that peace can be found
when we stop reaching
and simply allow ourselves
to be still.

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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

anyone need more #Stunday stuff? maybe a #SymmetrySunday pic? #ECK #ponds #sunrise #reflections

sunrise over a pond at Lema Ranch in Redding, CA. same pond as the panoramic sunset pic. a fine pond with splendid POV from most all of its shoreline.

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The day begins Pamlico sound

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fiery Embers. Photo taken from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor as the sun rises.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thank you @robertspictures.bsky.social !! 🤩 🪨 ✨ honoured to receive a mention here 😊

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Marjo Slingerland-Boks @marjosl.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Good morning all, have a fine Saturday and weekend ✨️ Here is a golden sunset on a winterday back in 2025 for the #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden #ECK #mobilephonephotography Not everything that glitters is gold It is you who brings light to life.

A lovely golden sunset and beautiful sky that is reflected in the water. So as the naked trees and both side from the canal. Even in the winter the grass is still green and full with golden leaves.

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ForestFriday #ECK #Scape give me dark waters shadows under pines cool this anxiety heat brewing within us extinguish bright light horrors let the beaver swim me down to ancients waiting with salve gift the story to tell how to save this world

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Join me on a short excursion I went on with my dog, past some local trees left standing on a lane near to a residential area that cuts past farmland. It was amazing to see a lichen tree house with snoozing Gastropods 🐌 #ForestFriday #ECK #britishwildlife #nature #photography

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Moving picture of tonight’s sunset at 7:30pm GMT. It’s hard to believe that’s two hours less light already as we move seasons 🦋 #ECK #videography #TidesOutTuesday (but it’s Thursday) #sunsets #beach #relax

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A tribute to fall in North Florida. This image was made in a beautiful spot on a spring run in November. We still have some time before it looks like this again but I can't wait. We're no Vermont, but we do get a little fall color down here. #photography #landscape #ECK #autumn #longexposure

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I gift you all a wishing rock! Wearing band of quartz or calcite, its beauty formed over eons, to now be witnessed by the good people of #bluesky 🦋 Gift to others to grant good luck & wishes too! Ps: I didn’t make this up.. wishing rocks are actually a thing😊 #RockinTuesday #ECK #photography

A wishing rock - a rounded beach pebble with a ring of white quartz or calcite encircling its middle - sits atop a large boulder on the beach, also etched with minerals lines. These lines were formed millions of years ago when the stone was under immense pressure and heat near to tectonic plate boundaries.

Folklore has it that these stones can grant wishes and good luck and they’re often collecting and used in displays or for keepsakes, people would leave them at sacred sites or in rivers as offerings for blessings.

A hazy, yellow sun sets on the horizon in a cloud dappled sky.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Quite a swell at yesterdays high tide. Snuck into this little cove and witnessed in awe the powerful waves creeping further up the shore. Enjoy 🦋 #ECK #nature #hightide #waves

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Protect All Wildlife @protectallwildlife.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🔊 SOUND UP 🔊 This beautiful video is of a mother Humpback Whale & her calf basking in the warm waters of Tonga. The sounds are absolutely mesmerising ~ a reminder of something deep within that connects each one of us to nature. 💙 🎦 Credit: paulnicklen.com #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty." -Albert Einstein

A photo of a calm area near a forest. There are trees on both sides of a stream and mountains with trees in the background. An area of grass is in the foreground.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Surfs up well today folks, and the Bluesky is hiding behind silver clouds ! #clouds #scape #waves #ocean #ECK #tidesin

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's #scape day. TGIF! This image was made on my favorite beach in coastal North Florida over the Gulf of Mexico. It's a great dark sky location. Look south from the beach and the milky way brightens the sky. #photography #landscape #ECK #AstroPhotography #MilkyWay #stars #astronomy #space #science

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Tom - Wild Cornwall @tom-and-his-camera.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Celebrating World Photography Day down on Polzeath Beach. 🌊✨ I'm always after that evening light as it catches the wet sand and breaks through the heavy clouds. There's nowhere else I'd rather capture! 📸🌅 #WorldPhotographyDay #Photography #Polzeath #Cornwall #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #ECK

A landscape photograph of Polzeath beach at sunset for World Photography Day. The wet sand in the foreground acts as a mirror, reflecting the dramatic sky and the bright glow of the sun. Dark, heavy clouds loom over the horizon where a tiny silhouette of a person stands near the surf. The scene is framed with a wide white border.

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026

'Solitary Cove' (2026) -- Hillcrest Farmhouse Grounds, Harpswell Center, ME It Took a Scramble to Get Here, But It Was Totally Worth It ✨ #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford

A small, isolated muddy beach at the edge of the forest lies partially in shadow from overhanging pine trees, the water calm lapping at the shore

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sunset - a special time of day here in the south-west of England; where hopes and dreams merge as one, together with cloud reflections on watery sands under low sun ☀️ ✨ #scape #photography #ECK #sunsets #reflections #poetry #prose

Puffy cumulus of midnight blue reflect off watery sands creating symmetry beneath receding tide. Central yellow hues fade out from the horizon and warm ochre illuminates patches of cloud as the suns rays bounce off their highest peaks.

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the Asylum Art @yvesbroeckx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I W H E R E T H E S I L E N C E M E E T S T H E S E A I Where the silence meets the sea, there is nowhere left to hide—only the choice to keep walking. — The Asylum Art — #AbstractArt #Expressionism #Solitude #Melancholy #ContemporaryArt #Seascape #ArtOfTheDay #art #cptsd #sea

$A solitary figure walks where water meets the darkness of the shore, swallowed by fog and distance. The pale blues suggest fragility and fading hope, while the deep charcoal-black ground becomes a metaphor for the unknown. The fractured, layered textures echo an inner landscape: quiet, vast, and unresolved. Yet the figure keeps moving toward the horizon. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves$

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was snapping a pic of a nice water droplet post-rain and it wound up looking like a liquid spider. #arachnid #pnw #spider #love #nokings #photography #Seattle

Water drop on a leaf. Since the drop happens to be right in the middle of the leaf's arteries, they look like spider legs.

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