Norfolk, England

Mavrovo in autumn… [3024x4032] [OC] - gocepa

the best of nature photo

Framed by Trees: A Window to the Galaxy : The photographer had this shot in mind for some time. He knew that objects overhead are the brightest – since their light is scattered the least by atmospheric air. He also that knew the core of our Milky Way Galaxy was just about straight up near midnight around this time of year in South Australia. Chasing his mental picture, he ventured deep inside the Kuipto Forest where tall radiata pines blocked out much of the sky – but not in this clearing. There, through a window framed by trees, he captured his envisioned combination of local and distant nature. Sixteen exposures of both trees and the Milky Way Galaxy were recorded. Antares is the bright orange star to left of our Galaxy’s central plane, while Alpha Centauri is the bright star just to the right of the image center. The direction toward our Galaxy’s center is below Antares. Although in a few hours the Earth’s rotation moved the Galactic plane up and to the left – soon invisible behind the timber, his mental image was secured forever – and is featured here. via NASA

The Bridge House, Perthshire

@castlesofscotland

Stars over Seabeck, WA

by mai_7100

In rural Scotland you will stumble upon isolated houses in the most breathtaking locations and I entertain myself by making up stories about what the lives of the people inside are like. E.g. Byron and Mary live in that house with a Jack Russell named Rufus. Mary makes the sweetest blackcurrant pie and Byron takes his boat out nightly to placate the loch monsters with said blackcurrant pie. Loch monsters love pie, if you didn’t know. Rufus warns the couple of the land creatures that creep in the fog of the night. They live in contented (albeit occasionally chaotic) symbiosis with the cryptids.

The beautiful rock formations of Buttermilk Falls, New York [OC][3000x2000] - mattmacphersonphoto

[OC] The Pathway, Honeoye, NY [6240x4160] - deadpoetnomore