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Menestune
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Hawaii, PNW, Pro-Kindness. Woke as shit.

Vegan for the animals
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · Oct 7
I was on Turtle Nest Watch this morn... no turtles emerged, but I got to say a rad sunrise.

#photography #hawaii #beach #nature #sunrise #zen #marinelife
Beach view with orange and red cloudy sky pre-dawn. The colors are reflected in. The wet sand.
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The oft photographed Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, OR always gives a fresh look.

#OregonCoast #nature #beach #eastcoastkin #scape #landscape #seascape #marinelife #vacay #zen #peace #nokings #photography #sky
Haystack Rock. A huge, monolithic seastack and additional seastacks flanking either side. The flat beach is wet and reflecting the scene well. The sky is hazy. A few people can be seen in the foreground - giving some scale to the pic.
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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There are (at least) 30 starfish in this photo. Numbered (in the copy next to it) for your perusal.

#marinelife #seastars #nature #ocean #PNW #oregon #love #smallwonders #goodmorning #nokings #cool #crustmas #eastcoastkin #photography
30 starfish on a rocky crag rear the ocean with anemones and barnacles. Same photo highlighted with yellow type to count of the 30 starfish
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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🎶On the 9th day of #Crustmas my true love gave to me - Grapsus tenuicrustatus🎶 (even though it doesn't rhyme) 🦑🦀

#nature #maui #christmas #crustacean #crab #love #black #smallwonders #cool #goodmorning #aloha #christmas #nokings #photography #eastcoastkin
Close up of a cool looking black crab with dark red legs. She's perched on some rocks just over the ocean behind. Her eyestalks are yellow, red and black.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Devil's Punch Bowl, Oregon, from the inside. This can only be done at very low tide. Otherwise, you're swept into the "punch".

#nature #marinelife #ocean #PNW #zen #love #goodmorning #photography #eastcoastkin #nokings #bluesky #scape #landscape #oregoncoast
Scene on a sandy beach with a large rock formation all around - somewhat like an amphitheater. The rock walls are sand and rust colored. There are large holes/doorways, through which you can see the ocean.
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Rattlesnake Lake, WA. Some of the recent film "Train Dreams" was filmed here (no rattlesnakes, though). #nature #love #majestic #lake #scape #landscape #eastcoastkin #PNW #photography #nokings #joy #WA #mountains #reflection #bluesky #autumn
Low level lake bed in mountain range. Many dead tree stumps from logging years ago. The far side of the lake is lined with green and autumn colored trees that are reflected in the calm lake.
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A couple of bears doing shenanigans in the yard. The #PNW is loaded with wild animals.

#mammals #seattle #mountains #goodnight #fun #nature #bears #love #trailcam #bluesky
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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A brackish pond where myriad wild goats drink next to the open ocean in South Maui. A giant bank of white coral separates the ocean from the pond. It's rugged out here, I rarely see another person for hours.

#hiking #hawaii #beach #landscape #scape #eastcoastkin #zen #peace #photography #marinelife
Broad, flattish landscape scene with lava rock trails all around. There is a small beach and a still pond reflecting the clouds. Beyond the pond are millions of pieces of white coral piled high by the surf. The blue ocean sits just beyond.
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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🎶 On the 8th day of #Crustmas my true love gave to me - a crab with a cool, spiky knee 🎶

#nature #maui #christmas #crustacean #crab #love #ghostcrab #smallwonders #cool #goodmorning #aloha #christmas #nokings #photography #marinelife
Extreme close-up of a ghost crab (mostly sandy and pink colored) on a sandy beach. You can see the details of her legs and eyestalks looking alien/weird.
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Gold Creek Pond, WA. I have this same shot in every season. If I weren't lazy I post them all together for comparison. But, I am lazy!

#nature #love #majestic #lake #scape #landscape #sky #eastcoastkin #PNW #photography #nokings #joy #WA
#mountains #reflection #bluesky
Photo of a pristine alpine lake in the fall. Traditiona; mountain view behind and evergreen trees with occasional dots of fall color lining the shoreline. Mountains in back have some snow caps. The water is still so the reflection is beautifully mirrored.
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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You can't take a bad pic in Sedona. Only good ones and amazing ones.
#desert #Az #nature #love #eastcoastkin #scape #landscape #goodmorning #photography #zen #hiking #bluesky #nokings #peace #zen #BlueSkyMonday
Dramatic light differences show red rock country lit up with stark contrast. Mountains to the right. A plateau to the left. Sand and green scrub all around in front. The sky is grey and white and stormy looking.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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"Manswer" – verb When a man answers a question posed to both he and his spouse without first asking his spouse her opinion. Not because he doesn’t treasure it, but because his ego is so big he can’t imagine anyone has a different opinion than his. Today I manswered and I'm sorry. #feminism #nokings
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Portrait of a Contented Mom. A Hawaiian Monk Seal and her baby (the brown blob next to her). Only 1600 of them remain in the world. So each birth is a miracle & kept on the down-low to protect them. This photo is a few years old. #maui #zen #mammals 🦑 #nature #endangered #photography #love #nokings
Large, tan-colored monk seal on her back, lying on the sandy/rocky beach. Her big, lovable body is flattened, rounded and spread out wide. Next to her, in her shadow, lays a dark brown blob that is her baby.
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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🎶 On the 7th day of #Crustmas my true love gave to me - a ghost crab on a sandy beach 🎶 🦑 🦀

#crustacean #crab #nature #maui #love #ocean #smallwonders
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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When you hike up high and get to see how far you've come, it's weird! A saddle between peaks in the Washington Cascades.

#nature #love #majestic #scape #landscape #sky #eastcoastkin #PNW #photography #nokings #joy #WA
#mountains #goodmorning #bluesky #hiking
Looking out on a vast valley/saddle between two running sets of peaks and crags. Evergreen trees cover the mountainsides all around. Some large rocks and a little snow can also be seen. They sky is bright but mostly white clouds.
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Ho'okipa has giant waves and lots of surfers, just don't miss the jewel-colored tidepools!

#nature #love #maui #scape #seascape #sky #eastcoastkin #hawaii #photography #nokings #ocean #marinelife
Somewhat fish-eye view of rocks extending out over clear green ocean water. You can see straight down to the bottom of the water and lots of big lava rocks all around. There is also lots of green moss covering the rocks.
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Amazingly clear, see-through water at this alpine lake in Washington state.

#nature #love #majestic #lake #scape #landscape #sky #eastcoastkin #PNW #photography #nokings #joy #WA
#mountains #goodnight #bluesky
Low angle picture of a green-blue alpine lake with a mountain rising behind with snow on some of the slopes. The mountains around are mostly grey with lots of green trees dotting them. The water is so clear you can see through it to the rocks on the bottom of the shore.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Check out an amazing sight, live! This is the erupting Kilauea Volcano. You can't tell from the static pic, the live view is an epic spewing cauldron of fire. If you don't want to click the link, just Google "kilauea volcano webcam"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Cool #sunrise lighting in a small Maui bay.

#ocean #hawaii #seascape #scape #eastcoastkin #blue #wave #surf #travel #photography #marinelife #nokings
December 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Sedona is essentially one big poem about nature.

#desert #Az #nature #love #eastcoastkin #scape #landscape #goodmorning #photography #zen #hiking #vacay #bluesky #nokings
Red rock country with larger mountaintop on the left. Scrub bushes and trees in the central area and another red rock hill/mountain farther back on the right horizon
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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🎶On the 6th day of #Crustmas my true love gave to me.. a black crab near the blue sea 🎶 🦀🦑

#nature #maui #christmas #crustacean #crab #love #black #smallwonders #cool #goodmorning #aloha #christmas #nokings
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Moody Maui #sunset

#mareinelife #nature #hawaii #ocean #scape #seascape #eastcoastkin #love #peace #nokings #photography #outside #goodnight #bluesky
Subtle sepia-lie colors of a beach at sunset. Lava rocks are scattered all over the beach. You can see a faint reflection of the sky in the pooled water. The sunset is orange and muted.
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Free to a good home - 4x4 metal prints of 4 of my photos. Got sent duplicates when I had these small prints on metal made. In the spirit of the holidays, I'll send one to anyone who wants it. That's all, no strings, no cost. The pics have a little more info in the alt. #photography #snorkeling #art
These are the 4 prints I have extras of. Just let me know which. All are from my snorkeling. Two are swimming turtles, one is a close-up of and ambon toby puffer fish and the other is several fish in a tidepool in close. Close-up of one of the metal prints with an ambon toby fish in close-up This is how they sit on the wall. They are 4x4 inches - cute and small This is the back of the metal prints with a hanger.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Hiking just after #sunrise added to the Red Rock drama.

#Sedona #nature #redrocks #Az #eastcoastkin #scape #landscape #desert #vacay #zen #peace #nokings #photography #sky
Photo of vast landscape of red rock towering structures. The land in-between them is populated by gazillions of trees. There is a huge difference in the lighting as the red rocks contrast a lot whether they are in sun or shadow.
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🎶 On the 5th day of #Crustmas my true love game to me a ghost #crab who didn't want to flee 🎶

#marinelife #crustacean #smallwonders #photography #beach #nature #love #nokings #maui #hawaii #bluesky #woof
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Rapt bobcat transfixed on something right outside the patio door. She finally walks away at the end. #cats #bobcat #nature #hiking #love #beautiful #scary #goodnight #PNW #Seattle #outside #mammals #trailcam #forest
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM