Steve Montalto

Freelance & fine art photographer and designer living in the Sierra Nevada Foothills.

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

A brave man dove deep into the ocean without scuba gear, carrying only a small knife, to rescue a giant whale shark that had become tightly entangled in a rope. He wasn't a superhero from a movie—he was a real person, willing to risk his own life to save another living being 💗

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

This is a devastating interview.

Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good.

Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Scott Pelley responds to Trump saying he doesn’t care about the country: “I’ve never worn the uniform, but I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan, and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I’m not aware that the president has ever done any of those things for his country. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment, you love the country. While all the other descriptions the president used about me might be applicable, not that one”

[Astropics @astropics]

The Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya captured a stunning timelapse of the Earth setting below the Moon's horizon.

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

D-Day commemoration, Omaha Beach, June 6 2024

Zelensky arrived, the crowd applauded. And then this happened:

🇺🇸 veteran: You’re a saviour of the people

Zelensky: No, no, you saved Europe

🇺🇸 veteran: My hero

Zelensky: No, you are our hero

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦

[Steve Montalto @Highmountain4]

Proud to be the 2,153rd 😎 on @BackerKit for DRACULA: BOOK III – THE COUNT. https://t.co/Bun8Aj6yC9

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

These firefighters spent the day fighting wildfires in Spain when they found a deer stranded in the forest.

This is how they responded.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president?

OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen.

COLBERT: Is that an endorsement?

OBAMA: It was not

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great talking to Stephen and the inspiring young people we’ve worked with at the @ObamaFoundation on the @ColbertLateShow.

When the Obama Presidential Center opens this June 19, my hope is that this will be a place where people can come together to meet, learn, and work with each other to create change in their communities. Learn more at https://t.co/ahkDMKalIn.

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

The clever owl quickly understood that he had come to rescue it, so it cooperated calmly. Even after being freed, it stayed there, looking at its rescuer as if to silently say thank you. Some heroes wear red capes, others wear red hoodies 🦉❤️

[NASA @NASA]

POV: you're rolling around on the Red Planet

You’re looking at six years on Mars in around two minutes. This timelapse contains images captured by our Curiosity rover between 2020 and 2026 from one of its navigation cameras. https://t.co/yfDUkHzBgF

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

In that moment, the fox’s eyes seemed to have lost all hope, leaving anyone who saw it heartbroken. It’s such a relief that someone arrived just in time to bring it back from the edge of despair. 💖

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Jimmy Kimmel against Donald Trump!

[Tony Posnanski @tonyposnanski]

Stop holding comedians who make jokes to higher standards than politicians who lie, steal, and are in the Epstein files over 1000 times.

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

I will never tire of watching this beautiful video ❤️.

There is always one child that can’t behave!

Happiness is remembering when a baby Elephant tickled reporter Alvin Maunda with his trunk during a piece to camera for a report from Elephant ophanage @SheldrickTrust for a local news channel.

🎦 Credit: KBC News.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

You know who doesn't need a ballroom to feel safe? This guy.

[NASA Mars @NASAMars]

By "time traveling" in opposite directions on two different sides of Mars, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers are helping scientists reconstruct key details about the planet’s history.

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

He painted her for three months — stopping every time the sirens came, starting again every time the sky cleared.

Artist Oleksandr Korban created the mural "Вільна" ("Free") on a wall in Kyiv's DVRZ district. No projector. No tracing. Straight onto the surface, freehand. Dozens of air alert interruptions. The girl has no name — she is, the artist says, every Ukrainian woman who waits, hopes, and believes.

That's not just paint on a wall. That's what staying looks like.

[Sky & Telescope @SkyandTelescope]

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a deep look at the rings around the ice giant Uranus and found a new mystery to be solved.
Read more: https://t.co/Og0tWy3QLc

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Annie Easley, born OTD in 1933, began her career at the NACA (NASA's predecessor) in 1955 as a “human computer.” When machines began to replace human computers for performing complex calculations, Easley adapted, becoming an expert computer programmer.

Easley's 34-year career at NASA furthered research on alternative power and technology on the Centaur rocket.