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Peter Barnes
@infinite8horizon.com
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Eclectic curmudgeon, bio: https://bsky.app/profile/infinite8horizon.com/post/3lgmq5wdco22d

On Turrbal land, he/him/ally.
Photos etc. here.
Politics at @infinite8horizon2.bsky.social
∃ @infinite8horizon alter-egos on mastodon & others.
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Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com · Mar 27
Hi, and welcome!
I have two BlueSky accounts.
This one is for my photos (and others') and other nice things.

The other account, @infinite8horizon2.bsky.social, is for politics and not-so-nice things. Choose wisely, and check the auto-complete.

Bio is the same (it's me!), link in profile.
Enjoy.
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I can heartily recommend this; wonderful stories, acutely but affectionately observed, wonderful glimpses of other lives. 👍👍👍
mlknippenberg.bsky.social Marjan Knippenberg Photography @mlknippenberg.bsky.social · 5h
If anyone is interested in reading about the lovely people I met while hitchhiking to work; I bundled 100 short stories in an e-book that's available in English ☺️.

Waiting six minutes for happiness 🍀

202publishers.kennis.shop/pay/sixminutes or through Amazon

Enjoy ♥️!
Remarkable encounters with strangers while hitchhiking
One hundred true stories born from hitchhiking to work, moments of laughter, honesty, and human connection. Happiness appears when you least expect it
202publishers.kennis.shop
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
marjanknippenberg.bsky.social
One photo per day from my archive. Completely random in subject, time, location. Photos that make me happy. And hopefully you too 😊

Marjans photo #355

#photography #landscape #nature #EastCoastKin
A still fen with pinetrees on the left and a setting sun in the middle behind some trees on a hill in the distance. The sky is a bit hazy with wispy clouds.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Dragon flight
(Hemicordulia australiae)

#BNWmacro
#photography #macro #insects #Odonata #dragonfly #flying #gift #EastCoastKin
A dragonfly in flight, seen from above and behind, the tracery in its wings clearly outlined against a light background.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Good Morning!

#photography #landscape #cloudscape #sunrise #gift #EastCoastKin
Sunrise over a suburban ridgeline, the sun peeping between the horizon and a large bank of smooth grey cloud about to obscure it. Higher and closer in the sky is a dramatic, fluffy but ragged bank, not yet lit and looming overhead against the much lighter cloud higher behind it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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The Path to Enlightenment

#scape #eastcoastkin #photography #coloraday #BWFri #calssicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w #nature #art #mountains #travel #hiking #stormhour #friday #photohour #bluesky #mountainmonday #stunday #landscape #nepal #photographersofbluesky #landscapephotography
A black and white photo of a narrow, winding mountain trail disappearing into the distance as Manaslu (Mountain of the Spirit) rises ahead like a frozen citadel, its immense, ice-clad face standing in austere silence above the valley.
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
mlknippenberg.bsky.social
Have a wonderful scape-day everyone!

#photography #nature #scape #landscape #forestfriday #treescape #lines #sensoryart #EastCoastKin
An autumn forest scene with some trees next to a footpath being backlit by the sun. Their long shadows are being casted over the footpath covered with fallen leaves.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
marjanknippenberg.bsky.social
One photo per day from my archive. Completely random in subject, time, location. Photos that make me happy. And hopefully you too 😊

Marjans photo #352

#photography #landscape #nature #EastCoastKin #wijchensmeer
A lake at blue hour reflecting the leafless trees at the other side in the completely still water. In the foreground some green grasses sticking out the water.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Australian Emerald Dragonfly

#photography #macro #insects #Odonata #dragonfly #EastCoastKin
An Australian Emerald dragonfly on the wing (Hemicordulia australiae).
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Life imitates art imitates life...
The Constitution of 3 May 1791, Warsaw Royal Castle (re-enactment)

#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #PalacesAndGardens #people
#photography #RoyalCastle #art #history #Poland #EastCoastKin
Famous painting by Jan Matejko of the declaration of the second-oldest constitution in the world, 3 May 1791, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as being described (with actions) to a school group. The painting is housed in the castle seen in the picture.
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Good Morning!
Teneriffe cloudscape

#photography #landscape #sunrise #cloudscape #gift #EastCoastKin
A dramatic low cloud holds the high foreground, while a smooth grey cloud nearer the horizon is lit dull orange by the obscured just risen sun. There are glimpses of blue among the lighter high clouds, while the suburban landscape remains dark and only just visible.
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Good Morning!
Bald Knob 053500

#photography #landscape #sunrise #BaldKnob #gift #EastCoastKin
Serried ranks of low cumulus are marching across the ocean horizon, backlit by the just-risen sun. Otherwise the sky is clear, and the coastal plain and framing trees are still dark in shadowy.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
I'm taking a liberty here... However these birds are all definitely hanging...

Rainbow bee-eater, magpie lark (top), rainbow lorikeet, rainbow bee-eater

#photography #birds #EastCoastKin
A rainbow bee-eater in a vertical dive into the water A magpie lark in a vertical dive on a bush stone curlew A rainbow lorikeet in a vertical crash dive out of a tree A rainbow bee-eater diving from a branch
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
The usual little suspects.
Red-backed fairy wren, azure kingfisher, superb fairy-wren pair, red-backed fairy wren pair

#photography #birds #EastCoastKin
A red-backed fairy wren quite comfortable on a nearly vertical wand. Azure kingfisher not exactly on the level... Pair of superb fairy wrens Pair of red-backed fairy wrens
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
I need to devote a post each to the lorikeets 🤣 who do nothing *but*...

Scaly-breasted lorikeets
#photography #birds #ScalyBreasted #EastCoastKin
Scaly-breasted lorikeet feeding on flowering gum. Upside down, of course. Pair of scaly-breasted lorikeets relaxing. One hanging nearly upside down. A small flock of scaly-breasted lorikeets waiting for their noisy cousins to leave. Sideways, of course. Three scaly-breasted lorikeets waiting for their noisy cousins to leave. Sideways, of course.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
I need to devote a post each to the lorikeets 🤣 who do nothing *but*...

Rainbow lorikeets
#photography #birds #RainbowLorikeet #EastCoastKin
A pair of rainbow lorikeets cuddling. Upside down, of course. A pair of inquisitive rainbow lorikeets. Upside down, of course. A rainbow lorikeet working on the parallel bars. Sideways, of course. "He was here a moment ago..."
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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Driving to Rotterdam for work today, hoping for a glorious sunrise you so often hear commuters talk about. So, I got this 🤣. And traffic jams. Which were of use. Actually. So I could take these pictures 😇.

#photography #mist #fog #nature #landscape #commuting #roadtrip #thicktrunktuesday #windmill
An old windmill with a triangular shaped house at the base, surrounded by fog. There's a little bridge on it's right. Leafless trees in the fog Top branches of bushes at the lower part of the picture, enveloped in fog A row of leafless trees enveloped in fog. In the froreground wooden poles next to each other on a grass field cover the verge next to the road.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Rebuffed... (a thread)

This could be a #WordlessWednesday...
#TwosDay #AnimalArtTuesday
#photography #birds #lorikeets #courtship #EastCoastKin
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A pair of scaly-breasted lorikeets, the male courting, the female just not into him
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Water Dragons on the Brisbane River

#TwosDay #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #AnimalArtTuesday
#photography #reptiles #lizards #EastCoastKin
A pair of water dragons each jealously guarding their rock and place in the sun.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Good evening!
Bald Knob full moon

#landscape #FullMoon #VenusBelt #dusk #sunset #gift #EastCoastKin
Full moon rising in Venus' belt
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Almost still life...
Scaly-breasted lorikeet in flowering gum

#photography #birds #highkey #art #gift #EastCoastKin
A lorikeet is just leaving one cluster of gum-flowers to fly to the next.
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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Those last leaves 🍂🍃

#photography #nature #landscape #fens #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin
A fen on the left with the watery sun reflected in it. Some trees and tall golden grasses. Some branches with the last leaves backlit by the sun.
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Good Morning!
Contemplation - Bald Knob

(Would have done for #BirdOnAWire #BirdOfTheDay, never mind)
#Photography #birds #KingParrot #mist #landscape #gift #EastCoastKin
A lone King Parrot, back to us and head in profile, alone on the deck wiring, contemplating the misty landscape before it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Hibiscus harlequin bugs on ... Australian native hibiscus

#MacroMonday
#photography #macro #insects #TectocorisDiophthalmus #EastCoastKin
A cluster of hibiscus harlequin bugs on a hibiscus bud A cluster of hibiscus harlequin bugs on a hibiscus bud
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Poinciana in early morning light

#BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday
#photography #flowers #poinciana #bloomscrolling #art #gift #EastCoastKin
A branch of poinciana flowers transilluminated by early morning sunlight, with blue sky and white clouds out of focus behind
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Thunderstorm over Mt. Gravatt this evening

Luckily it's still #Stunday because this was stunning.
Last shot is lit by lightning, not daylight!
Last three are video frame grabs, so quality is low.

#photography #landscape #storm #lightning #gift #EastCoastKin
A cloud to cloud lightning strike silhouetting a pine tree. The cloud is still glowing pink from the last vestiges of sunset. Internal lightning lights up thunderclouds a brilliant purple (frame grab from movie) Internal lightning lights up thunderclouds blue and purple (frame grab from movie) A lightning bolt so bright it lit up the entire landscape for kilometres, turning it bright as day. This shot was nearly 19:00 at night, completely dark.
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM