Alex @AlexW@mastodon.nz

The return of California's butterflies | BBC News

> Some of California's iconic butterflies, including the monarch, have been on the verge of extinction. But the efforts of conservationists to protect them may now be showing positive results.

(1'33" video)

#wildlife #animals #environment #nature #US #California #butterflies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-61338799

This is one of the most spectacular sunsets I ever saw while working at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

The Atacama Desert is extremely dry, but clouds do show up sometimes. That day there were several dark clouds releasing very light rain that vaporised before reaching the ground. These wispy veils (called "virga") were lit by the golden sunset light, creating a lovely contrast with the blue sky above.

#astronomy #astrophotography

Issac is trying again to urgently reconect the faulty colapser after being drinking for hours in despair.
But this last futile repair attemp will make him regret saving a few bucks in his ship yearly revisions.

#scifi #scifiart #spaceship #space

Checking those noisy parameters.
They never look good enough.

#oldie #scifiart #spaceship #scifi #scifiromance

My ebook Mama Chira will be #free this Sunday 8th May on Amazon! 😀

Last chance to get it free on #Amazon. 👀

Head to: https://mybook.to/chira 👈

#freebook #freebie #freebooks #books #ebooks #kindle #kindlebooks #writing #writer #reading #readers #weekend

The line of rock salt is thick and unbroken, running round the tiny metropolis in swirls and sigils that confuse the eye. Ants are brushing antennae against the first bulwark.
The #mage lights a taper. "Are you sure?"
I nod. "I need an army."
#vss365

Here is a painting I finished in Procreate to celebrate the year of the tiger. I've been trying to push the colors in my work to have more vibrancy much like an impressionist work.

This year I've been working on meditation, and the calm water seemed a perfect setting to welcome the new year.

I posted a video of the full painting process here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTV8SAsAQRg

#Tiger #BigCat #AnimalArtist #Procreate #DigitalArt

@mike I just put it together in my brain that you probably did science advising work on the Loki show! I don't know if you had input on the black holes at the end of time when they meet He Who Remains, but I loved that! https://abigailstevens.com/2021/07/black-holes-at-the-end-of-time-in-loki/

It's #ThreadThursdays! Do you know what an X-ray binary is?

An X-ray binary is one of the most common ways we see black holes and neutron stars, which are dead stars with extreme physics.

[Side note: Black holes and neutron stars together are called "compact objects" because at a macroscopic distance, they're more alike than different!]
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Good morning!
#beach walk 🌊 #nature

Today is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day.

#mmiw #mmiwg #mmiwg2s #awareness

It's my #introduction time.

I'm a Portuguese #writers living in the UK. I write #scifi #sciencefiction and #fantasy #books with a bit of a #grimdark flair. When I'm not writing, I love #reading and discovering new #authors

I'm mostly here to talk about #writing and to make friends in the #WritingCommunity

Always feel free to follow and join wordsmith.world

Hello. It’s my third day and I should do a proper #introduction.

I’m Gabe from Australia. I design solutions for a living but I don’t want to talk about work here.

I’m going to post mostly about my other interests such as RPGs, drawing, TV and movies.

I draw fantasy & sci-fi stuff that’s related to RPGs usually. I’ll be posting my drawings here, old & new.

Here is an older drawing for a #MeetTheArtist challenge on Instagram in 2020. It’s still applicable.

#mastoart #fediart
#digitalart