The Earthworker

Gardening. Nature. Music and travel. Working, enjoying, and preserving the Earth: celebrating life and its many arts.

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Before Neil Armstrong could take his historic first steps on the Moon, NASA first had to master the techniques that would let an astronaut safely exit a spacecraft in space.

On June 3, 1965, Gemini IV pilot Ed White made that first step with the first American spacewalk.

[Albert Dros @albertdrosphoto]

A dreamy spring morning at Kinderdijk, the Netherlands

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

Where are you spending your summer days? 🏖️

If you can’t constantly keep your toes in the sand, here are some photos to enjoy as the International @Space_Station orbited approximately 250 miles over popular beach destinations. Do you recognize any of these getaways?

[GardeninNorway @gardeninNorway]

Paeonia x suffruticosa (tree peony)😍 #summervibes #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #Norway #FlowersOnX #GardeningX #NaturePhoto

[Albert Dros @albertdrosphoto]

Poppies and windmills in the Netherlands

[LM Cunningham @PaleoLaura]

South San Fransisco Bay marsh hundreds of years ago, with flocks of greater white-fronted elk, tule elk, various sandpipers and a coyote. Oil on primed illustrationboard, 2006. #historicalecology

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Once in a Blue Moon 💙

Tomorrow, May 31, we will be treated to a rare second full Moon in one month – aka a Blue Moon. Which means double the Moon joy!

Check out more notable astronomical events that are happening this year here >> https://t.co/MtXTEaVuw8

[Leon Kauffman @LeonKauffman]

View out across Salmon Lake

[NASA Ames @NASAAmes]

A second full moon in May? What a treat! 🌕

Look to the sky in the early hours of May 31 to catch the Blue Moon at peak illumination.

[GardeninNorway @gardeninNorway]

Meconopsis grandis - so beautiful in our May garden.😍
#SpringVibes #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #Norway #FlowersOnX #GardeningX #NaturePhoto

[NASA @NASA]

Soon... full moon!

The next full moon will light the night skies on Sunday, May 31. If you've ever wanted to take a great picture of the Moon, check out our Lunar Photography Guide for tips and tricks: https://t.co/wp8uMt6pVP

[peaklass @peaklass1]

Walking slowly through the evening light after a long day, I found myself following in the footsteps of these ladies as they kicked up dust on the dirt road. Dandelion seeds blew across our progress, a couple of blackbirds called out to us from the darkening hedgerows, and we wandered on together, all heading home into the quiet hug of the hills.

📍 Peak District, England

[Roger Boylan @BoylanRoger]

The Seven Sisters chalk cliffs on the Channel, East Sussex, England.

[D. Scott @bisontattooguy]

Today’s dirt road view from my corner of Montana.

[GardeninNorway @gardeninNorway]

Glaucidium palmatum white (Japanese Wood Poppy).
#SpringVibes #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #Norway #FlowersOnX #GardeningX #NaturePhoto

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

Waves shimmer beneath the cliffs of Channel Islands National Park, where golden wildflowers bloom brightly above the Pacific.

Have a peaceful Sunday!

Photo by Tim Hauf

[Scott @Havenlust]

Good morning, wherever You are 🌞☀️

[GardeninNorway @gardeninNorway]

Meconopsis grandis - so beautiful in our May garden.😍
#SpringVibes #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #Norway #FlowersOnX #GardeningX #NaturePhoto

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In Okinawa, coastal fishermen have acted upon coral reefs' decline, banding together to become coral farmers, much like planting trees to restore a damaged forest.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

Hello Mars, goodbye Mars 👋

NASA’s #MissionToPsyche spacecraft was speeding by the Red Planet on May 15 when it snapped this rare, crescent view of Mars. The successful flyby flung the Psyche spacecraft toward its final destination: the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. 1/2