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Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 7h

The black-sand beach of Stokksnes and the majestic mountain Vestrahorn in Iceland represent the country’s diverse ecosystems and climates. Ivan Pedretti, Hofn, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 11h

A dolphin breaches the sea off the Devon coast, UK
Photograph: Robin Morrison/SWNS/Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 11h

A long-eared owl flies above a marsh in Fremont, California. Parham Pourahmad / Audubon Photography Awards. 2025 Youth Winner, United States and Canada

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 1d

A Eurasian nuthatch clings to a tree in southern Spain. Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco / Bird Photographer of the Year 2024 Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 1d

A black and white American oystercatcher feeds a chick a mollusk in Antofagasta, Chile.

Francisco Castro Escobar / Audubon Photography Awards. 2025 Coastal Bird Chile Winner

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 1d

A group of Chilean flamingos stand in Puerto Natales, Chile. Caro Aravena Costa / Audubon Photography Awards. 2025 Birds in Landscapes Chile Winner

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 1d

This abstract aerial photo captures the Icelandic Highlands from above. A black volcanic hill covered in green moss surrounds the center while layers of black and white shades create intriguing patterns. Alexandre Brisson, Highlands, 2021

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Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 2d

Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has spent much of the last year in hiding and has not been seen publicly since January. Jesus Vargas / Getty Images/Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 2d

Winner, photo editor’s choice:

Stargazer - Reflections of Tyrille. David Malin astrophotography awards

Photograph: Rob Embury

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 2d

It’s known as the land of fire and ice for good reason. A church with a red roof and steeple sticks out against the sprawling landscape as the sun pokes through the hazy clouds.

Luke Madden, Olafsvik, 2021 : Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 2d

Jane Goodall. London, 2017
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall with Pola the chimp, 2004
Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/Rex Features/Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 3d

One last shot before the deer headed away from the road and back to the fields.

#deer #france #nature #portrait #wildlife
Photo Arnaud Contard Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall with one of her research subjects in the Gombe national park in northern Tanzania, 1972

Photograph: Bettmann Archive
Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 4d

A still from Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees
Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images/Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 4d

Aryn Lockhart couldn’t remember the plane crash she’d survived as a baby, but it often occupied her thoughts: when she looked at her tattoo, a decorative cross overlaying a heart—the symbol of the order of nuns who’d cared for her
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This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records May Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift

The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the compli...

www.smithsonianmag.com

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 4d

Jane Goodall appears in the CBS television special Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees in 1965
Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images / Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 5d

A Sneaky Pigeon Spying
As an amateur wildlife photographer, I spent a night in a treehouse. I started to shoot that one curious pigeon that kept getting more and more interested in my presence.

#france #nature #portrait #wildlife #woods
Picture Arnaud Contard

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 5d

Pine martens once lived throughout the woodlands of southwest England. But more than a century ago, the small, weasel-like creatures disappeared from the region, largely due to habitat loss and hunting. Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 6d

Lion at Sunset
A lion rests in the tall grass of Kruger National Park at sunset.

#lion #south #africa
Photo : Josh Gay
Smithsonian Magazine

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 7d

Winner, deep sky category: Supernovas, satellites and solar sprites: 2025 - David Malin astrophotography awards

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Photograph: Anne-Maree McComb

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 7d

A touching moment between Jane Goodall and a young chimpanzee at Gombe Stream reserve, Tanzania, 1964
Photograph: Hugo van Lawick/National Geographic

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 7d

Atacama desert, Chile

The desert near Copiapó has begun to bloom in shades of purple and white for miles after unusual rainfall was recorded in that area of northern Chile
Photograph: Lucas Aguayo/Anadolu/Getty Images/Guardian

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 7d

A black bear on the edge of the northern boreal forest.

#canada #wildlife #bear
Photo : Allison Padget

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · 7d

Visualization of the castle that stood at Finlaggan during the 12th and 13th centuries
Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown castle that may have been the seat of power for kings who once ruled parts of western

David Simon : Society of Antiquities of Scotland / Smithsonian Magazine