EarthPorn
- [OC] Haughton Impact Crater, Devon Island, Canada
high arctic desert. Yes there's water, but no real vegetation.
- [OC] Canadian Coastal Tundra, Mould Bay
There is some minor debris in the foreground, without which it is impossible to judge scale.
- @dansup
Would be cool if we could follow #Lemmy communities like: https://lemmy.ml/c/earthporn | @earthporn in #Pixelfed
Is it possible to implement?
- Lake Dynkengdaomutkanen - The Putorana Plateau [1100×733] by Gelio (Степанов Слава)
Source with 55 more photos:
-
Плато Путорана — край бесчисленных рек, озёр и водопадов - Gelio | Степанов Слава — ЖЖ
-
The Putorana Plateau is a land of countless rivers, lakes and waterfalls
> 19\. Озеро Дынкенгдаомутканен. Труднопроизносимые названия пошли от коренного населения. В озеро впадает река Омутканен, а вытекает Дынкенгда. > > 19\. Lake Dynkengdaomutkanen. The unpronounceable names came from the indigenous population. The Omutkanen River flows into the lake, and Dynkengda flows out.
RSS Feed: https://gelio.livejournal.com/data/rss
-
- Lunar flyby by Göran Strand [Jämtland, Sweden] [Oct 2018] [1500x1000] [Not OC]
Source: Galleri - Fotograf Göran Strand - Astrofotografen
Via APOD: 2023 November 12 – Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain:
APOD explanation
> Explanation: This is a gibbous Moon. More Earthlings are familiar with a full moon, when the entire face of Luna is lit by the Sun, and a crescent moon, when only a sliver of the Moon's face is lit. When more than half of the Moon is illuminated, though, but still short of full illumination, the phase is called gibbous. Rarely seen in television and movies, gibbous moons are quite common in the actual night sky. The featured image was taken in Jämtland, Sweden near the end of 2018 October. That gibbous moon turned, in a few days, into a crescent moon, and then a new moon, then back to a crescent, and a few days past that, back to gibbous. Setting up to capture a picturesque gibbous moonscape, the photographer was quite surprised to find an airplane, surely well in the foreground, appearing to fly past it.
From the Instagram post:
Instagram description:
> Today NASA is running my Lunar flyby photo as APOD - \@astronomypicturesdaily This is my 25th APOD and it's always such an honor to get published by NASA. The photo was taken back in October 2018 during a snow storm, as I was about to take the photo I could see the airplane coming in from the left and took a couple of shots just in case, didn't think much of it since my main goal was to get the moon while it was setting. Later it turned out this shot was my favorite among the ones I took.
- Eclipse at Rub al-Khali desert - Maxime Daviron [December 26th, 2019] [1100x734]
Source: Les Étendues Arides | Maxime Daviron Photographies
RSS Feed: https://maximedaviron.com/feed/
Some info on Behance - A Desert Eclipse
Also on Nasa APOD, with more info: APOD: 2023 October 1 – A Desert Eclipse
- Peaceful Winter, by Jaka Ivančič, National Geographic
Snow on Lake Bled, Slovenia, makes the scene look like something out of a fairy tale. A functioning church stands on the small island in the middle of the lake, as it has since the late 17th century.
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/beautiful-landscapes-around-world-photo-of-the-day
- "Greenland Dream" by Albert Dros [1600×1067]
Source: Greenland Dream | Albert Dros | Flickr
> chasing icebergs in Greenland earlier this month.
RSS Feed: https://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=78621811@N06&lang=en-us&format=atom
- A Perfect Cloud by Francisco Negroni [Pucón, Chile] [1472x1472]
See weather related photos in Standard Chartered WPOTY 2023 Shortlist.
- "Isle of Skye, Scotland" by Martin Rak [2000x1334]
Source: Isle of Skye - Martin Rak (Behance)
Behance profile: https://www.behance.net/martinrak
RSS Feed: https://www.behance.net/feeds/user?username=martinrak
Also on 500px: Deep Blue Eyes by Martin Rak / 500px
500px profile: https://500px.com/martas
- "Bavarian Forest" by Bernhard Lang [1400x1400]
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/5290686
> Source with more pictures: Bavarian Forest - Bernhard Lang on Behance > > Behance profile: https://www.behance.net/bernhardlang > > RSS Feed: https://www.behance.net/feeds/user?username=bernhardlang > > Website: https://www.bernhardlang.de
- "A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin" by Megan Hanrahan (Pierre cb) [1024x768] - link to [3072x2304] in post
Hi-res version (3,072 × 2,304)
Source: File:Roll-Cloud-Racine.jpg - Wikipedia
Via APOD: 2023 August 20 – A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin
> Explanation: What kind of cloud is this? A type of arcus cloud called a roll cloud. These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. In particular, a downdraft from an advancing storm front can cause moist warm air to rise, cool below its dew point, and so form a cloud. When this happens uniformly along an extended front, a roll cloud may form. Roll cloudsmay actually have air circulating along the long horizontal axis of the cloud. A roll cloud is not thought to be able to morph into a tornado. Unlike a similar shelf cloud, a roll cloud is completely detached from their parent cumulonimbus cloud. Pictured here, a roll cloud extends far into the distance as a storm approaches in 2007 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
- South East Alaska [2048x1536][OC]
This was taken on a cruise on a rare day when the sun came out and I could watch the sun set -- at 11pm. :D
- South East Alaska [1536x2048][OC]
Recently took a cruise to alaska and the weather cleared up a bit in time for sunset.