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Andrea Peterson
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The C-130T version of Fat Albert, the logistical backbone of the Blue Angels, retired and replaced by a C-130J Super Hercules in 2020. I shot this in Ft. Worth, Texas, 2009

#BlueSkyMonday #BlueAngels #FatAlbert #AirShow #Marines #JATO #Photography #MinimalMonday #Airplanes #Blue
A white, blue, and yellow airplane with two propellers on each wing. It says MARINES in yellow letters on a blue wing and it says Blue Angels in script blue writing against white near the cockpit of the plane. It is flying against a grey/white overcast sky and is the only thing visible in the image.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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A pink tulip covered with water drops from a past summer

#Flowers #Tulips #Bloomscrolling #ColorADay #PinkMon #Pink #MagentaMonday #MacroMonday #Macro #Anthophile #Photography
A close-up of a pink and magenta tulip that is covered with water drops. It is not yet fully bloomed and is bent towards the camera. The background is dark and additional flowers and leaves are visible.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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The Alta ski area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

#BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #Alta #Wasatch #Albion #SkiSeason #Photography #Sugarloaf #Baldy #BlueSky #UrbanGaze
A reddish brown cubed sign that has a snowflake against a circular transparent light yellow background that allows light to illuminate it. It says ALTA in white letters against the snowflake. In the background is a bright blue sky and tree topped rocky mountain tops.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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A fledgling crow playing a little game of #StareDown this past summer in our garden

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Crows #Corvids #BabyBirds #BackyardBirds #FeatheredFriends #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #LookAtMe
A black fledgling crow standing on a blue metal umbrella stand and looking directly into the camera. A faint tinge of blue can be seen in its eyes since it is still a fledgling. The background is blurred greenery and leaves.
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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A close-up of a sculpted dragon's teeth at a Buddhist temple

#NightmareNov #Teeth #Dragon #Buddhist #Pointy #Photography #Protectors #Dharma #GoodLuck #Pointed
A close-up of a sculpted dragon's teeth, the mouth is bright red, bordered by bright blue and the teeth are silvery white and very pointed. Another similar dragon can be seen in the background, but blurred.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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A view of Mt. Baldy from the Albion base yesterday, Alta, Utah. A snowstorm came in last night so this area is probably a lot whiter today.

#MountainMonday #Mountains #Uinta #Wasach #Alta #Wildcat #Snow #SkiSeason #Sugarloaf #Collins #Photography
A snow covered mountain with ski lifts, snow guns, trees, and dirt all visible. There is a bit of sky visible at the top of the image and it is almost white because of clouds and the glare against the snowy mountains.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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A brown pelican with a giant yawn, earlier this year at Pebble Beach, California

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BeakOpen #ShadesOfGrey #Birdscrolling #Pelicans #WestCoast #California #Photography #Nature
A brown, white, and gray colored pelican with its mouth wide open and head thrown back. It is standing on a large rock on the rocky shoreline of the Pacific Ocean, which is also visible in the background. The rock is covered with bird droppings and there are four other pelicans visible in the image.
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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An orange dahlia from this past summer to start this Sunday out right 🧡

#Flowers #Dahlias #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Stunday
Close-up of an orange dahlia with spiked looking petals that are actually curled downward on the sides. Additional flowers are visible in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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One of the many fantastic grotesques atop Notre Dame, Paris, France

#Paris #NotreDame #Photography #Stunday #NightmareNov #Grotesque #Travel #EiffelTower #Napoleon
A concrete grotesque, darkened by age and pollution, overlooking the city of Paris with the Eiffel Tower, the Dome des Invalides, and the Seine River all visible in the background, and a pale blue sky with wispy clouds above.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Antlers left behind in the rocks

#BNWMacro #BNW #ClassicMono #Mono #Photography #Rocks #BlackAndWhite
A black and white closeup of antlers on the ground with nothing but small rocks covering the ground.
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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A great blue heron soaking up the rays on the breakwater rocks at the Port of Edmonds Marina, Washington

#Birds #Herons #BirdOfTheDay #ShadesOfGrey #Grey #BigBirds #PNW #PugetSound #Birdscrolling #Photography #Edmonds #FeatheredFriends #Stunday
A grey, brown, black, and white Great Blue Heron standing on breakwater rocks with a pale blue sky behind it. The rocks are stained with algae and bird droppings, but the bird is gorgeous.
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A couple of gulls singing a lovely morning song to wake you from your slumber 🎤

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #ShadesOfGrey #BeakOpen #Gulls #WestCoast #MontereyBay #Photography #Birdscrolling
Two gray and white gulls standing on a rock with their beaks wide open; their beaks are yellow with red marks on the bottom point. There are rocks and the Pacific Ocean in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Is that the Lorax?!? A fantastical scene at the Kruckeberg Botanic Gardens, Shoreline, Washington

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Orange #Forest #Garden #Photography #Whimsical #Fairies #Trees #PNW
A hut made out of sticks with an orange Lorax figure standing in front of it and a sign that says 'FAIRY BOWER.' It is in a forest and surrounded by trees and other plants
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Waves crashing at Laupahoehoe Beach Park, on the Big Island of Hawaii

#Stunday #BlueSky #Hawaii #Mahalo #Aloha #Scape #Photography #PacificOcean #BigWaves
Looking out at a bay in the Pacific Ocean with lava rocks on the right and left hand sides, in the forefront, and a land mass jutting out into the ocean across from it. There is a wave splashing in the middle, and a bright blue sky with wispy white clouds is above it all.
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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One of 'our' friendly Steller's jays waiting patiently on the fence post for me to throw out some peanuts

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Posts #FlyDay #FeatheredFriday #Corvids #FriJay #Jays #Photography #Edmonds #BackyardBirds #PNW
A blue and black Steller's jay standing on a wooden fence post. A bamboo stem extends upwards on the lefthand side of the image, across the bird's tail. The background is blurred yellowed grass with some bursts of green.
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A bright white dahlia to freshen up your Friday 🤍

#Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #FridayFlowers #FloralFriday #Photography #FlowerScape #Scape #White
A large and full white dahlia with a light tinge of yellow in the center. There are three other white dahlias visible next to the main flower and all are surrounded by deep green colored leaves.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A belted kingfisher zipping across the Port of Edmonds marina. I struggle photographing them because they are so fast!

#Birds #FlyDay #Kingfishers #FeatheredFriday #FeatheredFriends #Birdscrolling #Scape #Photography #Edmonds #PNW
A blue, white, and black belted kingfisher flying in front of several sailboat masts with some boating instruments on the top of a boat visible in the forefront, along with the top of a rock on the marina breakwater. A light blue sky is in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A red lionfish cruising in to wish you a fantastic Friday

#MarineLife #FishyFriday #Fish #Lionfish #Macro #Photography #Venomous #PteroisVolitans
A close-up of the front half of a red lionfish with dark brown, red, and white stripes and visible mandibular appendages swimming in an aquarium with dark rocks blurred in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A stunning tree encountered while wandering along the Hall of Mosses in the Hoh Rainforest, Washington state peninsula

#ForestFriday #Trees #Forests #PNW #WestCoast #Scape #Photography #Lichen #Moss #Rainforest #Nature
A large tree covered and dripping with lichen and moss, surrounded by other green plants, ferns, and trees in a rainforest. Sunlight can be seen illuminating some areas of the scene.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A collection of wildflowers in the forest up past Paradise in the Mt. Rainier National Park. The sky is oftentimes white with cloud cover and fog when up this high on the mountain.

#ForestFriday #Trees #Forests #Wildflowers #Flowers #Nature #Scape #Photography
A forest scene with tall trees, white, orange, and purple wildflowers in the forefront, and a white foggy sky over everything.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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The iconic Moore Theater in Seattle, Washington

#UrbanGaze #STG #SeattleTheaterGroup #ColorADay #YellowThu #Yellow #LiveMusic #Concerts #Downtown #Belltown #Photography
A close-up of a yellow neon light that says The Moore, an iconic concert venue in downtown Seattle. The wall of a building filled with windows can be seen in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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A bright yellow dahlia for you this Thursday afternoon

#Flowers #Dahlias #ColorADay #YellowTue #Yellow #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Anthophile
A bright yellow colored dahlia with eight petals emanating from the center and little petals that are the same yellow color doubled up in the center but only extending about a quarter of the length of the primary petals. The center is a dark yellow orange color and has little spikes. The background is blurred.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I was fortunate to witness a new Witch Mentoring Program at WitchFest in Gardner Village, West Joran, Utah 🧙‍♀️

#UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #Witchy #WitchyWomen #GirlPower #Photography #WitchFest
A young girl dressed as a witch, accompanied by her mother, standing in front of two adult women witches who are all dressed up with dresses and witch hats that are covered with greenery and flowers. There are trees behind them and wooden log buildings in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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A canvasback duck looking snappy, and quite debonair, at the Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City, Utah

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #DucksOutOfWater #Birdscrolling #Photography #Ducks
A brown and tan canvasback duck standing in dirt and looking at the camera with its one red eye visible. There are some rocks and leaves visible in the image as well.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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A dew-kissed red rose glistens under the sun in our garden earlier this summer

#Flowers #Roses #ColorADay #RedWed #RedRoseWednesday #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Edmonds #BackyardBlooms
A red rose that is almost fully bloomed and has tiny droplets of dew all over it. It is surrounded by three rose buds that have prickly thorns on the stems. The background is blurry bokeh.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM