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The Indigenous tribes reclaiming travel
Native and First Nation tourism is booming across North America, and part of what's propelling it is the conversion of ancient trails into modern biking, hiking and rafting routes.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Long-overlooked marvel of ancient Indigenous engineering gets validation in Ohio
On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath a golf course in Ohio. It is a place some archaeologists say is on par wit...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#SilentSunday near Lancaster #UKCanals #reflections
Late afternoon in low winter sunlight looking along the Lancaster Canal at reflections of tree trunks.
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Cabrillo National Monument
San Diego, California

Waves rise, fold, vanish, never the same, never still.
Sandstone holds breath between each strike.
Seabirds wait, knowing rhythm better than we do.
Beauty drifts beyond sight, carried on their wings.

#photography #sandiego #California
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
On summer break from his university studies, a young Robert Louis Stevenson worked late into the night. He apprenticed in his family’s lighthouse engineering business but had no interest in the tra…
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November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Northern lights, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota

Photo courtesy of Daniel Dendler
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Happy #Stunday from #Montana

How about some Big Sky, Big Belt #Mountains, with a side of Fir and Ponderosa.. all topped with freshly made powder sugar gravy?? Full course Menu in the Alt text

Served up from the front yard yesterday… 🤤 yummy

#scape #landscape #artyear
Appetizer: A chilled pine-forest salad, each tree a crisp green spear tossed lightly with fresh snow crumbles—nature’s parmesan—glinting under cold morning light. Entrée: A generous blue-mountain casserole, slow-baked by winter itself. Layers of distant ridgelines fold like tender sheets of pâte, seasoned with a hint of frost and a whisper of valley mist. The flavor profile? Cool, clean, and impossibly wide. Side Dish: A warm sunlit glaze poured gently over the treetops—just enough golden heat to soften the edges without melting the snowy garnish. Dessert: A sky-high blueberry soufflé, rising from pale blue to deep sapphire, crowned with a single cloud ribbon draped across the top like confectioner’s sugar dusted by a patient hand.
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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It happened again for #Stunday! How did it just seem to turn into winter like that? #Photography #EastCoastKin
trees and an old fence covered in fresh fallen snow
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Brunnich’s guillemots, Norway.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Black and white seabirds on rocky sea cliffs.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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love a calla lily with a pink blush
top view of a calla lily flower with a pink spadex and blush of pink at the inner base of the flower petal
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Two Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) pollinating a vibrant purple artichoke flower last Sumner. Our artichokes are too old to eat, but they are sure pretty when they bloom.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVowels - A
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Gardening🌱
#Photography
a close-up of the vibrant, spiky bloom of an artichoke flower. the flower is a mass of thin, upright, bright purple filaments that emerge from a base of maroon and green bracts. Two honey bees are visible nestled among the dense purple florets, actively gathering nectar.
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Helpless
-Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young🍁
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November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Animals in Chicago zoo delight in fresh snowfall
Tim the brown bear rolled around in snow on Saturday as fresh snow blanketed Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The Polish 'magicians of glass' who create Christmas baubles for clients worldwide
The Polish 'magicians of glass' who create Christmas baubles for clients worldwide
GlitterLab, a company in southern Poland, specializes in creating unique Christmas decorations. Known as the "magicians of glass," they craft custom ornaments for clients like Swarovski and Harrods.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The days drift around
Each one mimics the other
Until I am still

#Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Winter #Snow #Seasons #Nature #Stillness #Photography #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Introspection #Time #LearnedWisdom
Snowflakes fall across a winter landscape. Bare trees stand against a muted background of grass and evergreens, their branches lightly blurred by the snowfall.
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #Gannets
Colored pencil and pan pastel on drafting film.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Gaillardia aristata, our Blanketflower, blooming on the Boulder county plains #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 30 🌿
Yellow sunflower with orange and red center
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Tidal Ghost

I was out early on the beach in Gulfport, Mississippi, wrestling with the shifting light—sun and shade playing tug-of-war. ...

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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #heron #egret #snowyegret
"A solitary snowy egret stands poised in a shallow tidal pool, its slender frame reflected with near-perfect clarity on the still surface below. The egret’s plumage is a luminous white, soft and layered like freshly combed silk, catching the light in delicate ripples across its body. Its neck curves in a gentle S-shape, leading to a sharp black beak that points downward with quiet intent. The egret’s legs are long and black, ending in bright yellow feet that seem almost painted—like ceremonial slippers dipped in gold. These feet rest lightly on the water’s surface, barely disturbing the calm, as if the bird itself were a whisper in the landscape. The background is softly blurred, a wash of muted tones—grays, browns, and hints of green—that make the egret’s whiteness even more striking. The water is glassy and still, mirroring the bird so precisely that the reflection feels like a twin, a ghostly echo beneath the real. There is no movement, no splash—just the egret and its reflection, suspended in a moment of serene stillness. The image is signed “© Swede’s Photographs” in the bottom right corner, a quiet mark of authorship on this visual poem." - Microsoft Copilot
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Great Horned Owl
#birds 🪶
Photo of a young Great Horned Owl peering around a tree.
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Rays and disks - Oh my! 🌻
Some light and #warmth coming your way.

#stunday
#SundayYellow
#macro
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#EastCoastKin
A close-up of a yellow sunflower showing the dark green center of disk florets. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. October 2025.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#Sunflowers #Bees #Naturephotography😁📸🌻🌻🐝🐝
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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さいごのひかり 16

#art #photo #photography #sky #sunset #clouds #Tainan #EastCoastKin #silhouette #AfterSundown
©️skinskin
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#impressionism #landscapepainting #landscape #nature #clouds #bluesky
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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This abrupt ending to what was days of cloud cover was just amazing to watch. The clouds moved off as the sun came up behind them. Not the most amazing photo given all the houses but an amazing moment to witness! From my back yard in #Pittsburgh #photography
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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What this surgeon from Ukraine is learning in Canada about treating war victims | CBC News
Dr. Mariia Kuzeikiv, an Ukrainian surgeon, is learning skills that could help her save lives in the war while in Hamilton, Ont.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM