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John Soanes 🍁
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From Canada's Left Coast. Loves Mutts & Nature. 🚫AI

Hikes, travels, roams thru neighbourhoods; takes photos while doing them.
I travel independently when / where possible.

No Hollow Follows Please, I only follow back those who engage & post.
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Bottoms Up!

Flamingos Lagoon, nice to go somewhere and have the namesake birds in attendance. #BirdOfTheDay #OnTheEdge #WaterWednesday

Machuca, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
🧭 22°36'41.8"S 68°03'34.0"W

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #nature #wildlife #travel #birds #flamingo #chile
A pink flamingo stands on a pebbled beach at the edge of a lagoon while others in the flock are trolling the bottom of the rippled, green water. There is yellow-green vegetation growing up the bank on the far side. The lagoon is fed by Rio Grande, which isn't very grand, but obviously stocks this shallow lagoon with plenty of food. It's a random site as there's nothing much on route, and the several dozen flamingos appear.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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"A" for Amalfi "I" for Italia "E" for Early

An almost clear shot, 7:30 AM. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #TravelTuesday

Duomo di Sant'Andrea Apostolo
Piazza Duomo, Amalfi, Italy

#landscape #photography #architecture #originalcontent #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #italia #italy #amalfi
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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From One Volcano To Another

Looking past Lake Llanquihué to Volcán Calbuco, a 2000 meter-high, active stratovolcano. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday

Volcán Osorno, Puerto Varas, Chile

#landscape #originalcontent #volcano #scpae #travel #Mountain #hikingtrails #iHikedThis #offthebeatenpath #Chile
Standing on Volcán Orsono looking at Volcán Calbuco and its snow-capped peak that's shrouded in light cloud. This hillside is covered in green vegetation, but also shows much evidence of past volcanic activity with rivers of lava. There's blue skies above and a communications tower below, located on Volcán Orsono, below where I'm standing.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Rublin' Down

Pío XI Glacier caught mid-calve. My love affair with ice continues. #StunDay #SilentSunday #Solitude #ZEN

Chilean Patagonia
🧭49°14'28.0"S 74°02'14.5"W

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #glacier #patagonia #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #offthebeatenpath #patagonia #Chile
Pío XI Glacier caught mid-calve. Drones may provide a bird's eye view, but rockin' in its wake, in a small boat 100 feet away is far more interactive. It's a day of clam seas and dry, grey-ish skies. The blue ice provides a stunning pop of colour. There's a sea bird (gull) in the middle of the action. Patagonia weather is changeable, three seasons per day.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Patagonia Zen

Pío XI Glacier (Brüggen Glacier), at 1,304 km², largest glacier in South America outside Antarctica. So cool! #StunDay #SilentSunday #ZEN #SkySunday

Chilean Patagonia

#video #originalcontent #glacier #patagonia #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #offthebeatenpath #patagonia #Chile
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Rock Garden

Hiking frozen tundra on the Crozierpynten Peninsula in Spitsbergen NP. It's amazing what beauty thrives growing in rock and permafrost. #BlueskyArtShow #Small

Spitsbergen Is., Svalbard & Jan Mayen

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #texture #offthebeatenpath #arctic #Svalbard
A tiny yellow fungi grows through rock. The rock has black, grey and white striations running throughout it's shale-like texture.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Art in the streets ...#233

"When you weren't looking"
Artist: Kitsune Jolene

23-29 Queen St, Belfast, UK

#UrbanGaze #photography #originalcontent #mural #graffiti #UrbanArt #travel #Belfast #Ireland
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Cascadas de Tocoihue

#WaterFallWednesday #WaterWednesday #scape

Los Lagos, Chile
🧭 42°18'17" S 73°26'13" W

#landscape #originalcontent #waterfall #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #trave #offthebeatenpath #Chile
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Capitàn Leonidas MV

Went aground in 1963 in the Chilenische Fjord, the captain tried to sink it to claim insurance. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #RockinTuesday

Canal Messier, Chile

#landscape #originalcontent #shipwreck #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #Fjord #offthebeatenpath #Patagonia #Chile
A shipwreck rocks on its hull, the sand a rocks beneath it cradle it in the waves. Mountains in silhouette appear faintly through the fog and mist. The green of the algae and vegetation growing on the hull add an almost jarring pop of colour to the muted palate.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Volcán Mate Grande

Quitralco Fjord, Chilean Patagonia. #MountainMonday #ClassicMono #MonochromeMonday #scape

Aysén, Chile
🧭 45°40'13" S 73°11'18" W

#landscape #originalcontent #blackandwhite #monochrome #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #volcano #Fjord #Mountain #offthebeatenpath #Patagonia #Chile
Rippled waters of Quitralco Fjord lead to a forested hillside. Above the snow-capped peaks of Volcán Mate Grande, an active volcano, meet mostly clear skies, dotted with pillowy white cloud.
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Volcán Osorno Centro de Montaña

Volcán Osorno, a short, exhausting 3 KM hike on loose lava. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday

Puerto Varas, Chile
🧭441°07'33.9"S 72°31'19.0"W

#landscape #originalcontent #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #volcano #Mountain #hikingtrail #iHikedThis #offthebeatenpath #Chile
Volcán Osorno, a short, but exhausting 3 KM hike on loose lava gravel: Much like climbing a sand dune. We're just below Crater Rojo. The snow-capped peak is under clear, blue sky. There are patches of vegetation growing in the black lava sand. There are chairlift towers mid-frame, there is faint traces of gasses venting between the towers.
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Somewhere Under The Rainbow

A few moments of Zen, plying the waters of Quitralco Fjord in Chile's Patagonia. #SkySunday #SilentSunday #Scape #Stunday

Aysén, Chile
🧭45°40'13.3"S 73°11'18.5"W

#video #landscape #originalcontent #Seascape #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Fjord #Patagonia #Chile
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Early Morning Light

Seven weeks ago today, with my head in the clouds somewhere over Ontario. #StunDay #SkySunday #SilentSunday

#photography #originalcontent #Scape #landscape #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Canada #ImagesOfCanada
Moving clouds shot through an aircraft window. Sunlight streams down casting a yellow hue through much of the frame. A watercourse cans be seen below winding its way through the right side of the image.
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Orb Above The Mist

Geysers Del Tatio, at 14,700’, we're getting high in the Andes at sunrise, surrounded by 80+ active geysers. #SunriseSunday #SkySunday #Scape

El Tatio, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

#originalcontent #landscape #Sunrise #travel #Chile #geyser #desert #Andes #offthebeatenpath
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Painted Hills and Steam

Geysers Del Tatio, at 14,700’, we're getting high in the Andes at sunrise, surrounded by 80+ active geysers. #MountainMonday #Scape

El Tatio, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

#originalcontent #landscape #travel #Chile #hikingtrail #geyser #desert #Andes #offthebeatenpath
Sunlight illuminating the top of colorful mountain peaks with several Geysers venting in the foreground
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Rockin' The Slots

Valle del Arcoiris / Rainbow Valley #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Scape

San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

#originalcontent #landscape #travel #Chile #hikingtrail #canyon #desert #offthebeatenpath
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Raging Agua

Converging torrents bound for Lago Todos Los Santos / "All Saints Lake” with Volcán Osorno in behind. #StunDay #Scape

Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, Chile

#originalcontent #landscape #Volcán #volcano #waterfall #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Chile #hikingtrail #offthebeatenpath
Converging torrents bound for Lago Todos Los Santos / "All Saints Lake” with Volcán Osorno in behind. Blue skies all around.
October 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Gentle, Human Touch

The delicate / meticulous work of restoring Alhambra. #ClassicMono #HumansOfBlueSky

Granada, Spain
🧭 37°10'38" N 3°35'32" W

#photography #originalcontent #candid #architecture #blackandwhite #monochrome #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Granada #Spain
A woman, with a pony tail works intricate detail with a "Rocket Blaster", a tool normally used to blow dust off camera equipment. She is standing on a scaffold platform, a bag of tools hangs on the railing, another group sits on the edge of the platform.
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Hidden Gem

A hidden grotto next to Glaciar el Brujo (the Warlock). The rain adds to the vibe. The glacier is the most stunning so far. #WaterfallWednesday #WaterWednesday

Natales, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, Chile

#originalcontent #landscape #travel #Chile #Patagonia #offthebeatenpath
October 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Patagonia Zen

Cruising in through calm waters for a hike around a fishing village. #zen #SkorpiosIII

Puerto Aguirre, Chile

#originalcontent #landscape #Seascape #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Chile #Patagonia
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Not The Love Boat

Skorpios lll, freshly out of dry dock, the refresh looks better than the brochure ...yeah! Patagonia bound.

Puerto Montt, Chile

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #NightPhotography #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Chile #Patagonia #offthebeatenpath
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Night Moves YYZ

Leg one of 17-hour odyssey about to be completed

#WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge #MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub Bright light will always banish the dark...pass it on

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #NightPhotography #EastCoastKin #travel #Toronto #Canada #ImagesOfCanada
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Martian Tents Under The Stars

"I want to sleep with you in the desert, with a million stars all around". - Jack Tempchin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights #LongExposure

Disah, Jordan

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #NightPhotography #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #disah #jordan
A lit boardwalk winds its way between Martian tents and into a gap between rock formations mid-frame. The sky is a deep blue, virtually cloudless and painted with scattered stars. This is a 30-second exposure @ f 9.0
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Blue Sky Fortress

Torre de la Vela in the Alhambra complex, overlooking Granada. #BlueSkyMonday #Scape

Granada, Spain
🧭 37°10'38" N 3°35'32" W

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #architecture #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #travel #Granada #Spain
Torre de la Vela rises above Granada, a bell tower and three flags sit atop of the fortress. Below it are groups of people taking in the panoramic view. There are blue skies above, with patches of thin, bright-white clouds.
September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Positano Flashback

On Positano dock, looking into the house-layered hillside, into clear skies. Sea Cruise! #Scape #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #StunDay

Positano, Province of Salerno, Italy

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #seascape #travel #Positano #AmalfiCoast #italia #italy
Standing next to the pebbled Positano beach at the edge of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Houses layer the steep, rocky hillside to a blue sky with ribbons of cloud and a bright sun, burning its way through cloud on the right. Going out for a day bobbing around Capri on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
September 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM