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@ruraldana.bsky.social
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Photography and art are created and produced by me (no AI) unless a repost, or otherwise stated. St’át’imc Territory, Turtle Island.

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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Canada just announced concluded negotiations for a free trade deal with the UAE, despite its documented role as the principal backer of the RSF: the force driving the genocide in Sudan. Canada is choosing profit over genocide. CEPA must not be ratified. actionnetwork.org/letters/cutt...
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Canada Must Cut Ties with the UAE, End Complicity in the War in Sudan
On Friday July 24, the Canadian government announced it had concluded negotiations for a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates in “record time”. By rushing to finalize this deal, CEPA, Ottawa...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🌍 The arrogance of humanity in our pursuit of development often blinds us to the consequences of our actions. We must recognize that our planet is fragile and requires our respect and care. #Sustainability #EarthCare
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Never ending love for this mountain range. #mountainscape #mountains #landscape #clouds
Photo shows a mountain range at dusk. There is a light dusting of snow on the mountains. The clouds above the mountains are both beautiful and ominous.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
On my walk, November 2, 2025. #blueskyartshow #mountainmonday #mondaymountain #landscape #landscapephotography #snowcapped #freshsnow #freshair #lightandshadow
The photo shows a view of overlapping mountain ranges. The furthest range has fresh snow on it. There is a small forested area at the front of the photo. There is light and shadow based upon the position of the sun.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The iconic curve. #autumn #blueskyartshow #blueskysaturday #saturday #landscapephotography
The landscape photo shows the view of a tight curve in a highway surrounded by forest turning colours in autumn. In the background is a lake and large mountain ridge.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Summer nights, warm winds…
A mountain is in the photograph. In the sky are grey, billowing clouds. At the bottom of the clouds is bright pink light from the sun going down. The bright pink clouds are formed in such a way that they look like pink rain is falling.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 08/07/2025
Military vets and civil servants say contamination at CFB Moose Jaw, home of the Snowbirds, have led to cancers, neurological disorders and more. @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social ‬spent eight months on an investigation into PFAS (forever chemicals) and more on the base thenarwhal.ca/canadian-arm...
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Staff at Canadian Armed Forces base say contamination made them sick | The Narwhal
CFB Moose Jaw is contaminated with forever chemicals (PFAS). Employees say toxins at the Canadian Armed Forces base caused cancers, neurological disorders and other illnesses
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Happy #macromonday ☀️🌻🐝 #macro #macrophotograpgy #nature #bees
A close up, macro shot of a bee feasting on a sunflower.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/06/2025
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up. Powerful video…
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Happy Saturday night (or Sunday for some)! #blueskyartshow #bluesky #getoutside #clouds #landscape
Some funky looking clouds are the main part of the photo. The clouds are set in a blue sky with mountain ranges and trees at the base of the photograph.
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Valsal @valsal18.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Clownin around and squeezing into a narrow Boston alley way. #photography #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #narrow #Bostonart
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Les B @foto-les.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
#narrow #blueskyartshow
Narrow spiral staircase on the left hand side of a building.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Happy #stunday! #ocean #novascotia #boats #waterscape
Up close in the photo is yellow sea grass or sea weed. In the distance are a few boats and buoys. Finally, in the misty foreground are some trees.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
First sunflower of 2025! #sunflower #summer #summer2025 #garden #flowers
A little sunflower has started to open. The summer sunlight highlights the yellow leaves on the sunflower.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Frozen #narrow valley of the Fraser River, B.C., Canada. #blueskysaturdayartshow #blueskyart #photography #blueskyphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #blueskylandscapephotography
A deep, mountainous, and narrow valley is shown with a frozen river in the middle.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
A very very late #stunday post. Have a great week! #blueskyart #blueskyphotography #mountains #rockies #arielview #snowcappedmountains #landscape
A photograph taken from a plane looking down on the snowcapped Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada.
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Kirke D'Alessandro @ziggy5309.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Untitled marked up landscape 11x14" Acrylic/oil pastel/ink Gallery canvas #abstracted #scape #markedup #surreal #arte #painter #painting #acrylic
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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LGBTQ Syracuse @lgbtqsyracuse.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Suz @suzescapes.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A stunning end to a stunning Sunday in the paradise that is #Pembrokeshire 🧡 #stunday #stormhour #thephotohour #seascape #seascapes #eastcoastkin #landscape #newportsands #newportpembrokeshire #newportpembs #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #sensoryart #contrast #artyear
This is a unprocessed photo of a dramatic twilight at Newport Bay taken from Newport Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales on 4 May 2025. The sky is varying shades of deep orange. The sand is pale orange. The sea is a little rough, and the water and waves are varying shades of blue, grey and white.
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I throw wishes Into the molten horizon And wait for the stars To sew them into constellations… #photography #Eveningview #westcoast
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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Black Cat Monet Waterlilly, Allan Brakus, n.d. #art #painting #caturday #cat
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
One more photo for #caturday and #blueskyartshow . This is my Nova. He doesn’t like his #green vegetables! lol
A grey and white cat sits on an outdoor compost made of bricks. In front of him lay a handful of freshly picked snow peas. The cat frowns as if to state, “I’m not eating those!”.
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Artemis Kellogg @artemiskellogg.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
To dream in the drift Of lucent waters, To rest in the scent Of earthen moss. 🌿 #BlueSkyArtShow #green #EastCoastKin #artyear #Landscape #photography #nature #PhotoHour #poetry #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small stream of fresh spring snowmelt trickles through a canopy of trees. With mossy banks and tall green grass, this branch of Little Deer Creek delivers freshwater from the foothills to the outskirts of the Denver Metro Area. 

Gear: Canon 6D Mark II, 25-140mm lens.
Location: Little Deer Creek Park, Colorado.
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Davesphotos 🇨🇦 🍁🍁🍁 @davesadventures.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
For #BlueSkyArtShow #Green today! Happy weekend everyone! #EastCoastKin #Photography
a young fern frond as it unfurls...
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Caught this little #green beauty using a #macro lens. 💚 #blueskyartshow #saturday #grasshopper #grass
A tiny grasshopper sits on a blade of grass.
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Images By Jon Evan @imagesbyjonevan.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Photography from Death Valley is great way to decorate your walls. #photography #california #travel #art4sale #homedecor #giftidea #deathvalley #decor #naturelovers #art #landscapephoto #walldecor Please click link for more information and pricing buff.ly/4fhArEd
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Find it challenging to keep up with all the art challenges? Here's next week's list! Feel free to save it to your phone. And repost to help others keep up! #ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts
Art Challenges:
April 28–may 4

Monday, April 28:
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#beige)
#smArtist (#abyss)
#MinimalMonday

Tuesday, April 29:
acoloradAyPRIL (#rose)
#smArtist (#coastal)
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) 

Wednesday, April 30:
#acoloradAyPRIL (#charcoal)
#smArtist (#large)
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

Thursday, May 1:
#smArtist (favorite flower)
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)

Friday, May 2:
#scape (any kind of scape)
#smArtist (national or state flower)
#ForestFriday
#FloralFriday 
#FlowersOnFriday

Saturday, May 3:
#BlueSkyArtShow (#green)
#smArtist (best-smelling flower)

Sunday, May 4:
#Stunday (stunning)
#SelfPortraitSunday (#multiplicity)
#smArtist (#LilyOfTheValley)

All week:
#SensoryArt (#contrast)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekRforRoads)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#smArtist (purposeful art, daily prompts optional)

Want a challenge added? Reply to @handcranked.bsky.social
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EastCoastKin @eastcoastkin-ac.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
#Earth #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography
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jenelluc.bsky.social @jenelluc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
#Earth #BlueSkyArtShow #tree #photography #landscape
A large tree in a field with the sun lighting it up from behind and a sheep grazing underneath
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Cat’s Eyes @catseyelens.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Tiny Trumpet Lichen and fluffy winter moss grow together in rich, dark, forest soil. #BlueSkyArtShow #Earth #Lichen #Forest #acoloradAyPRIL #OliveGreen #SensoryArt #together #EastCoastKin
For the Bluesky Art Show theme Earth, a colour photograph close-up of a patch of tiny Trumpet or Cup Lichen (Cladonia chlorophaea) and fluffy, olive green, winter moss growing together, in rich, dark, forest earth.
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
#blueskyartshow #earth
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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 23/04/2025
I’m at the Toronto Public Library where I get the privilege of interviewing & being in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on her book Theory of Water this evening.
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Superchinois801 @superchinois801.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Spring #Spring #flowers #flower #photography #photographie #streetphotography #street #streets #streetphotographers #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #omsystem #olympus #city #travel #travelphotography #paris #France #wideangle #zuiko #photographers #photos #photo
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Backyard views! 💙💚 #blueskymonday #bluemonday #skyscape #mountainscape #mountainmonday #bluesky #fortunate
There is part of a white deck. Then a green backyard with trees. In the background is mountains and blue sky.
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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
It is #BlueSkyMonday This is Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida #EastCoastKin #Photography #NationalPark
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Beautiful walk today💙💚 Have a great week! #blueskymonday #bluesky #mountainscape #mountainscapemonday #rural #reflection #clouds #water
Picture of mountains in the background. There is a partial blue sky with many white clouds. In the foreground of the picture shows a forest, creek, and reflection of the clouds in the water.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Pro tip to politicians: pretending to be really concerned about kids being exposed to pornography is a great way to excuse talking to kids about pornography www.abc27.com/pennsylvania...
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Pennsylvania State Senator asked child “pornography” question during National Civics Bee competition
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania State Senator is apologizing after posing a pornography question to a 6th grade girl during a civics competition. On Wednesday, April 16, a local…
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Incredible to think that this is British Columbia, Canada! Happy #stunday #sunday #lakes #bclakes #glacierlake #water #beautiful #beautifulwater #photography #landscape
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I haven’t been on BlueSky much in the past weeks. I’ve been a bit unwell (over the usual unwell). I see I have new followers, likes, and reposts! Thank you all!! 🥰❤️🤗🙌🙏
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A #peaceful dusk at Seton Lake. #saturday #blueskyartshow
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Reinstate Ben & Jerry’s CEO David Stever
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Protect All Wildlife @protectallwildlife.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A mother Sea Otter lovingly holds her fluffy baby while floating in Morro Bay. The gentle melody of Debussy's "Clair de Lune" is playing, and it matches perfectly with the video of this loving family moment. 🎦 Credit: Ocean 808. #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #SeaOtter #Otter 🦦
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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Bobbin the Robin. Photographed yesterday. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature
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KColby Photography @kcolbyphoto.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Peak Performance 🏔️🐐 High above the tree line, this mountain goat rules the cliffs of Crystal Peak. Their split hooves allow them to grip rocky surfaces with ease, making them one of most skilled climbers in the world Have u spotted one in the wild? #WildlifeWednesday #MountainGoat #Colorado
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I couldn’t believe my eyes! On Monday, I was lucky enough to see the largest herd/family of mountain sheep I have ever seen here! About 40 sheep including between 6 and 8 adult males. Wish I could have captured them all! #wildlifewednesday #wildlife #mountainsheep #wednesday #landscape
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A movie theater in Miami Beach faces eviction after it showed the documentary that won this year's Academy Award. "No Other Land" follows the displacement of a …
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD
...),  posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."
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Dana @ruraldana.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
#stunday #bumday ?🤷‍♀️😆 #sunday #funday #wellhello #wellhellothere #wildlife #mountainsheep #mountains
A mountain sheep is standing with its backside facing the camera. The sheep looks back at photographer. Mountains are in the background.
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
#Sunlight peeking over the canyon walls in late morning. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #BlackandWhite #LandscapesPhotography #Landscapes #PhotographersofBlueSky #Nikon #Colorado #GlenwoodCanyon #GlenwoodSprings #Nikon #D850 70-200mm f/2.8 #NaturePhotography #Photography
This black and white landscape photo is of the canyon walls of Glenwood Canyon near the hanging lake trailhead.  Starting at the middle of the frame on the left, the Ridgeline of a pine covered mountain moves slightly down and then rises towards the middle of the frame and then begins to descend marginally before meeting a large rocky layered clidd that is sloping upwards.  Following the cliff up, it peaks at the top right corner of the frame and following the slop down it disappears at the bottom of the frame.  On this cliff are sporadic pine trees that leave you wondering how they found purchase on such an inhospitable ground.  The cliffs have snow gathered on the various ledges and crevasses created by the layered and broken rock.  Above the Ridgeline wispy clouds cover the area coalescing more near the mountain and giving way to clear-ish sky higher up,  There is a distinct beam of sunlight covering most of the frame.  The beam starts nearly halfway up the left of frame and travels down the bottom right, bathing the most of the mountain, cliff and clouds in light.
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