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Rachel Darker

@racheldarker.bsky.social
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Earth denizen, drifting just off northwestern coast of continental Europe 🇬🇧 Environmental Science student 🌎 🩵 I support www.junglekeepers.org 🌳 🦧 and my local wildlife trust. #photography #ECK #beach #nature TY for shares & follows!! ✨🍃🌅

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 1h
Yes it is a thing! Arc or spark eye, I don’t think there was. Must remember my sunnies 😎 next time :) I saw 7 young surfers on their way to brave the raging incoming tide here yesterday ✨ there was some great swell!
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Nature is one of the most underutilized treasures in life. It has the power to unburden hearts and reconnect to that inner place of peace.” — Janice Anderson
A picnic table is sitting near bushes . There is a dirt road that curves with grasses on each side. A few trees and mountains are in the distance.
This are is near the Klamath River.
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This happened to me at sunrise yesterday 😝 😂 😂 ☀️
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Any Washington State residents out there that can spare a few minutes phone time - details of who to contact and what to say in the article 😊 🌳 🌍 ✨ 🦋
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Act Now to Prevent Tongass National Forest Privatization!
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to transfer 115,200 acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to corporations.We have alarming news. H.R. 41, known as the "landless bill," was just passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives by unanimous consent. This legislation would transfer 115,000 acres of public land into private ownership, including 80,000 acres of ancient forests containing trees up to 10 feet in diameter and more than 1,000 years old. 60,000 acres of these lands ar
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thankyou @robertspictures.bsky.social some absolute stunners in your collection this week! Beautiful 😍 honoured to be a part of this with the evening orange afterglow picture 🙏🏼 🌅
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Robert Loves Photography @robertspictures.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#SundayShout-Out #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography The - in my very subjective eyes - most stunning photos of the week 4/9 - 10/10 among the photos published by the photography accounts who I follow and who follow me. A maximum of one photo per account. Prepare to be amazed. 1/x
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I was ponderfence before wonderwall and oasis were a thing
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
20+mph winds blow a brisk onshore salute to the morning sun oblivious from 90,000 thousand miles away as it illuminates the cloud tops. Blowing in from Greenland, racing across the Celtic Sea, skating over Southern Ireland before crashing into the UK Atlantic Coast 🌊 #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather #waves
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dandelion clock sunset… make a wish ✨ #photography #ECK #Alttext
Wind blown dandelion clocks dance to and fro in strong winds as they watch the sky light up after a long night. Low camera angle give us a dandelions point of view of the sun rising above the green field horizon into a cloud busy sky. Suns light illuminates the tops of clouds pinky peach at first reach.
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@po3try.bsky.social thin boy 😝
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sorry digressing a bit - I was diggety before it got bagged up 🤛
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I was Otzi before the iceman carried mushrooms for his gut-worm 🍄‍🟫 🪓 🧊
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Beautiful 😻 I’m so glad spring has arrived for you! 🌺 ✨
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kestrel flying high beneath beautiful sky this afternoon. #ECK #BirdofPrey #SmallBirdSaturday #Bluesky
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
October grey skies 🌊 🍂 #Scape #ECK #Photography #PhotographersofBluesky #AltText
Towering cumulus clouds spiral over turbulent green seas creating eerie shadows at sunset. A wide squall far out to see connects the earth and the sky. White crests announce waves end and pale yellow skies peak out from underneath the swirling cloud mass of deepening greys.
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Adam is Gone Froggin @gonefroggin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) is a critiically endangered croc found only in the freshwater Zapata Swamp of Cuba. Rising sea water threatens to flood the swamp with salt water. inaturalist user: cabrochu learn more at buff.ly/ywdirzl
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
October squall at sunset 🌌 🌊 #ECK #clouds #stormyseas #sunsets
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stunning! 🤩 that opening in the foliage draws the eye… simply enchanting, is it acer? They’re my favourite
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feral cats hollerin' @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
half-awake cat caws to crow, who takes a corner of sleep-- flying it over my head like a parachute-- landing at the train stop where yesterday's dreams board the morning express to be forgotten again
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Was you more pavement before street @caterwaulerin.bsky.social 🐈 😉?
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you 🤩 it really was amazing colours and a cool feel to the evening 🦇 🌙
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I was the wild thing before the troggs, the eye of the tiger before survivor 🤘🏻
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sunsets in Maui are a lot like my lovely wife's art. Each one is different, yet they are all amazing. #sunset #nature #love #nokings #photography #marinelife #beach
Sunset on a coral beach. Greened water, black lava rock and lots of white coral. The sunset is very pastel.
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@mightyathena.bsky.social do you have any input here? 🦉
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like groovy before there were grooves ? 🕺💃💽
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is that like being rad before there was radiators? 🤔
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shadow play fairy theatre 🧚 🩵 🤩
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tropical lake frozen in rock withstands time 🪨 #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #AltText #Geology
One of the most amazing geological features in the UK is pictured here at the base of a cliff on the beach. Layered rock twists and turns, compressed in folds and layers over the years. Each layer reflects fluctuations in the ancient lakes formation at the time, affected by the waters depth and salinity of the Great Lake 300 million years ago. Sandstone and mudstone alternate in hues of red, blue and grey. A crevice of a beach cave in the cliff separates the layers. At the top of the magically formed cliff blue sky can be seen.
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Albert Ibars @albert-ibars.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
La bellesa dels girasols. #Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Stunday #ECK
Fotografia d'un grup de girasols en un camp. Només el primer pla està enfocat, la resta es difumina en la distància.
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feral cats hollerin' @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
here and there headed hither to yon one wanders
slate blue sky chalked with an accumulation of substantial cloud wisps whispering above weather vane adorned with a metal cutout of a whale following two fish -- directions reading here, there, hither, yon
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bluesky at dusk and orange afterglow 🤩 #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #alttext
An ethereal serene orange afterglow illuminates the horizon fading under deepening blue clear skies save for a draw of gathering clouds above the cliffs to the left of aged sea-stack. Tide pools coolly reflect a lighter blue tones amongst rocky crags leading down to low tide. The beach and sea-stack is completely silhouetted against the glowing sky as the last embers of day fade into night.
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thank you @robertspictures.bsky.social !! Amazing 🤩
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Funny enough you say that, we’ve come to the conclusion that Ronnie’s eyes look like pennywise - well especially when he’s looking up at us for treats 😝 hell hound - can’t really see it here but pug tax
Fawn coloured Pug looks longingly at the their owner, tongue lolling out of one side of mouth, hoping for treats.
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ace! I’ll just grab my snorkel 🤿 😊 🐠 😉
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Native to Africa, Elephant Shrews or sengis, are surprisingly more closely related to elephants than to true shrews or rodents. While they are in the same major evolutionary branch as elephants, they are still quite distant relatives genetically. IG: @ hertfordshirezoo
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That’s one cool sea-stack 😎 I’d love to explore that reef 🪸 🤩 🩵
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@po3try.bsky.social 😸
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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I give you calm water late afternoon light if not for kindnesses found under this blue sky I’d be an aimless wanderer Hugs & love to all pass it along when you can I know you will ❤️ cause that’s who we are givers of kindnesses
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Glad you like it 🤩 🌅 ✨
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🤩 I see what you mean. The mirror reflections in the pools certainly create some magic ! ✨
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hugs and love ❤️ 🪶 ✨ 🦋 💫
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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
May the protection and courage of a thousand seagulls carry you forwards 💔 🕊️
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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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yay 🙌 you’re welcome! ☺️
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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 Surfer heading out to sea at sunset. Cloudy reflections upon Sandy shoreline under a yellow, peach and blue sky at sunset.
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