iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 45m

This poor cormorant was sneezing like *crazy.* He was hanging out with this great egret despite a group of cormorants on a separate nearby log. I think they kicked him out for being sick and the egret was stuck dealing with him lol. #Photography #Birds #BirdOfTheDay

A great egret and a cormorant (double-crested?) perched on a log over blue water). The two birds are looking toward one another.

2290

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 19h

A stilt sandpiper searching for food among shallow waves. #Photography #Birds

A stilt sandpiper wading in shallow, rippling blue water while lifting one of its bright yellow legs with water dripping off of it. The bird has patterned grey, white, and brown feathers, a white underbelly, a distinct white eyebrow stripe, and a long, dark bill. A soft reflection on the water surface is visible in front of the bird, and a faint shadow is behind it.

1838

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

lol no way. Bluesky, where pets and art work to save us from the onslaught of horrors.

A screenshot of the trending topics on Bluesky, with "favorite dog photos" at #1!

0703

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Everybody, myself included, thinks they have the best dog. And you know what? We're all right.

419812

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This photo perfectly encapsulates him and his energy lol

130

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

895753403

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sunset photoshoot with these white-faced ibises! Despite the moderately-terrifying red eyes, these birds are stunning when the sun hits their iridescent feathers just right. #Birds #Photography

A white-faced ibis wading in shallow water among large green lily pads. The bird features a long, downward-curving beak, dark plumage on its head and neck, and iridescent green and golden-bronze feathers covering its back and wings under warm sunlight.

A white-faced ibis wading in shallow water with its beak open as it tosses food(?) in the air. The bird features a long, downward-curving beak, dark plumage on its head and neck, and iridescent green and golden-bronze feathers covering its back and wings under warm sunlight.

A white-faced ibis wading in shallow water as it picks up food(?) out of the water, with the water still dripping from the end of its beak. The bird features a long, downward-curving beak, dark plumage on its head and neck, and iridescent green and golden-bronze feathers covering its back and wings under warm sunlight.

111522

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A red-shouldered hawk attempts to dry off its wings after torrential rains lead to historic flooding. #Photography #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #WingsOpenNotFlying

A red-shouldered hawk perches on a power line against a soft, green forest background. The bird is fanning out its wings in an attempt to dry off, revealing a distinct pattern of dark and light bands on the underside of its wings and tail feathers. Its yellow talons grip the wire as it looks to the right. Fine droplets of rain are visible in the air.

21168

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Okay, so it turns out calcite actually was robbed and should have won. 😭 Next year #IBelieve

A screenshot from the Mineral Cup website that reveals calcite actually beat julienite after an audit.

1292

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Three baby spoonbills (AKA teaspoons) impatiently waiting for their mother's return to the nest during golden hour. 🥄🥄🥄 #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks #Photography

A photo of three roseate spoonbills standing in a small nest of twigs in a tree, with fairly dense green vegetation around them. The spoonbills have white and pink feathers with orange, spoon-shaped bills (obviously).

012015

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We went to the Hagerman Wildlife Refuge on the OK/TX border this evening and saw....just a few pelicans. 😍

21139

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finally getting some of my photos as canvas prints! 🙌

A photo of five canvas prints of my photographs sitting on shelves (with a trex skull).

1931

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lost an eye? Badass. But with those teefs? He's just a goober.

A fairly close photo of an alligator's head sticking out of green-tinted water and looking straight at me. The gator's right eye is missing/injured, but the other one is open. At the front of its head are several white teeth sticking out as an overbite.

1583

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Three years ago tonight, I was in the presence of the most remarkable supercell thunderstorm that I have ever had the privilege of witnessing. For over an hour, I watched it dance beneath the starts, spinning like a top. Mother nature will never cease to amaze, inspire, and humble me.

15562158

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thank you so much! Photos never do these places justice, but I try my best lol.

000

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Vertical panorama of some Utah badlands at sunrise with the sleeping Ute in the distance. #Photography

A very tall panoramic image of Utah badlands, which feature numerous cliffs erosional features, and the sleeping Ute mountains on the horizon. The sky is clear and much of the geology is painted in a golden hue by the just-rising Sun.

620929

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

wdym this was already over 5 years ago. Time isn't real.

0200

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Close range view of a partially condensed tornado with lightning striking directly behind it. Shot near the OK/TX border in May, 2021. #Photography

A wide shot of a rural road under a dark and dramatic sky glowing with purple and pink hues due to a lightning strike. At the center is a partially condensed tornado accompanied by a diffuse debris swirl beneath it. Trees on the horizon are seen bending in the intense wind.

1809

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You'll never forget your first views of the Tetons. #Photography

A black & white image of the Teton mountains from the center of a road pointed straight toward them with clear skies overhead.

614411

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It 100% is. I hope you can get back there soon!

010

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Both the water and air are around 58°F.

020

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Raw footage from my time in a 400 ft waterfall after hours in a cave. One of my favorite experiences and its hidden in the pitch black deep in a cave.

527244

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is opening day for the Oklahoma State Fair! Nine of my photos earned ribbons in the photography competition, with 1st places in the categories of weather, international, and aerial, and 2nd place in birds. #Photography

A photo of a white lighthouse with a black top standing among green trees and palm plants during sunset. The sky features strikingly layered, wavy clouds with shades of blue and yellow.

A waterfall (seljalandsfoss) flowing over a cliff, shot from behind the waterfall (between the water and the cliff), looking out toward a vast open landscape and the setting sun. The sun casts a vibrant orange glow on the landscape and water, with clouds and blue sky above them. A single bird flies across the scene, light reflecting off its wings.

Drone image of a large butte sticking up from the landscape just before sunrise. The sky is mostly cloudy, with a beam of light painting distant cliffs. In the foreground, golden ridges reach out from the butte. Upon close inspection, one can see numerous tire tracks along the ridges from ATVs/bikes. Sad to see the landscape ruined, but it does look like it would be fun!

A male and female scissor-tailed flycatcher immediately next to one another attempt to land on the two bare twigs at the very top of a tree. The birds both have their wings spread wide open, with their exceptionally long tail feathers forked outward into 'v' shapes. The birds have a white head/body, black and white tail feathers, and orange-red accents under their wings. The background is simply blue sky.

1114019

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Likewise, and yet it made me WEEP in a movie theater. Wild.

210

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just re-watched Godzilla Minus One for the first time since seeing it in theaters and, wow, its still just as good a second time. Genuinely one of the better films in recent years....and I am saying that as someone who never cared at all about Godzilla before this.

3433

Reposted by Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Meet me under the cloud corner.

A photo of clear blue skies over a grassy field, with a thick layer of clouds that make a nearly perfect 90° corner.

949658