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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · Jan 28

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1h

A mission abandoned

Ruins of São Miguel das Missões, a European-style Jesuit mission in the New World, with palm trees visible through its door.

#MissionaryArchitecture #SouthAmericanHeritage #JesuitRuins

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 2h

A gorge in Gujarat

A dry gorge in Kutch, Gujarat, known as "India's Grand Canyon".

#KutchGorge #IndianLandscapes #GrandCanyonOfIndia

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 4h

Silent but lovely

Abraham Lake's main attraction: frozen methane bubbles from bacteria feeding on the lake bed, trapped by cold winter air.

#RockyMountainLandscape #FrozenMethaneBubbles #AlbertaLandmarks

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 5h

Span of steel

The Forth Bridge, a steel structure, spans Scotland's Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh, connecting to the North Sea.

#ForthBridge #SteelArchitecture #EdinburghLandmarks

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 6h

Sacred silence

Eerie beauty in the Gothic Church of Santa Eulalia, Spain, with pointed arches and crenellated tower standing in silent testimony to centuries of devotion and decline.

#GothicArchitecture #AbandonedChurches #SpanishLandmarks

© mikhail mandrygin / Shutterstock

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 7h

Dunes for days

Golden dunes stretch along Namibia's coast, offering a bird's-eye view of the surreal landscape through paragliding.

#NamibDesertLandscapes #ParaglidingAdventures #GoldenDuneSculptures

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 11h

A petal-topped temple

The Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India, is a grand Bahá'í House of Worship with a 9-sided floor plan, modeled after the lotus blossom.

#BahaiTemple #IndianArchitecture #LotusTemple

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 12h

Pool of pink

Pink pool at base of volcano, Laguna Carachi Pampa, supports life in hypersaline waters.

#PinkLake #HypersalineLake #VolcanicLandscape

© Addictive Creative / Shutterstock

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 13h

Lake or spelling test?

Bolivia's rugged Andes hide over 400 lakes with multiple names, including Huayna Khota, Chojña Qota, and Ch'uxña Quta.

#LakeNames #BolivianLandscapes #AndeanGeography

© Alfredo Santamaria / 500px / Getty Images

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 14h

Puma power

Pumas, also known as cougars or mountain lions, inhabit Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, hunting guanacos and deer-like ruminants in the grassy plains.

#PumaConcolor #TorresDelPaineNationalPark #WildlifeConservation

© Jami Tarris / Stone / Getty Images

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 15h

A spiritedly named bay

Bay with wave-sculpted boulders, expansive Bass Strait views, and nearby islands for seabirds in a marine reserve.

#WilsonsPromontory #AustralianLandscapes #BassStrait

© David & Micha Sheldon / imageBROKER / SuperStock

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 18h

Do not eat!

Poisonous plant with many names: False hellebore, bear corn, devil's bite. Features large, curved leaves and yellow-green wildflowers, but beware of mistaken identity.

#PoisonousPlant #Wildflowers #VeratrumViride

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 19h

A bubbly bevvy's birthplace

Prosecco Hills' uplands, 30 miles north of Venice, show winding roads and vineyards. Val Bona, a prized corridor, produces DOCG-certified Prosecco Superiore.

#ProseccoRegion #WineCountry #ItalianLandscape

© Giovanni Simeone / Sime / eStock Photo

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 20h

Stairway to heaven?

Ancient Indian astronomical tool, a door-like structure at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, built in the 1720s.

#JantarMantar #AstronomicalTools #IndianArchitecture

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 21h

A canal-centered capital

Panama City's skyscrapers, including Central America's top 50-plus buildings, stand out against the city's stunning sea-meets-mountains setting.

#PanamaCityscape #CanalArchitecture #LuxuryTourism

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 22h

Shortcut over the sea

The Pelješac Bridge spans the Adriatic inlet, reducing a long drive to a 5-minute journey, completed in 2022 with 2 million crossings in its first year.

#BridgeEngineering #CroatianLandscapes #AdriaticSea

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 23h

Prismatic peaks

Vinicunca, Rainbow Mountain, in Peru's wilds, features vibrant stripes of iron oxide, phyllite, limestone, and sulfur, revealed as its glacier melted in the 2010s.

#RainbowMountain #PeruvianLandscapes #AndesGeology

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1d

A blue gem in the Alps

Lake Molveno, a teal-tinted alpine lake with Blue Flag beaches, nestles at the foot of Brenta Dolomites, surrounded by mountains and wildlife.

#LakeMolveno #AlpineLandscapes #DolomiteMountains

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1d

A geologist's paradise

Glasshouse Rocks stand near Narooma, Australia, remnants of 500m-year-old tectonic plate movements.

#AustralianGeology #GlasshouseRocks #SurfBeachLandmarks

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1d

Between the tides

Western Australia's Wylie Bay combines white sand, turquoise surf, and granite outcrops. Beach driving is popular, but check tides to avoid getting stuck.

#AustralianCoastline #EsperanceBeach #WesternAustraliaLandscapes

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1d

One wild wetland

The Pantanal is a vast South American ecosystem, 54,000-81,000 sq miles, mostly in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul, with some in Bolivia and Paraguay.

#WildWetlands #PantanalEcosystem #SouthAmericanWildlife

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Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1d

An avian angler

Blue-breasted kingfisher spotted in Gambia, with sharp beak for spearing or plucking prey, often eating bugs and worms.

#KingfisherBirds #AvianWorld #WildlifePhotography

© nikpal / E+ / Getty Images

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 1d

Believe the hypostyle

Ancient Greek term "hypostyle" refers to a large hall with a column-supported roof, covered in tiny tiles and intricate mosaics.

#HypostyleArchitecture #GaudiDesign #BarcelonaLandmarks

© LUNAMARINA / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 23d

Back from the brink

Bighorn sheep once roamed US by millions, but overhunting and habitat loss brought population to 15,000. Conservation efforts led to a comeback, with 70,000+ today.

#BighornSheepConservation #WildlifeRecovery #NationalParkWildlife

© Jason Savelsberg / 500px / Getty Images

Daily Moments @momentsfeed.bsky.social · 25d

A well-balanced park

Joshua Tree National Park features unique monzogranite formations, balancing stones, and bedrock stacks in the Mojave Desert, 3 hours east of LA.

#JoshuaTreeNationalPark #DesertLandscapes #RockFormations

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