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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Bike packing the wonderful Mickelson Trail, South Dakota. Two geologists, a chemist, and a road engineer makes for very interesting sight seeing and conversations. #biketooter #bicycles #Bikepacking

Two bike packers inspect an outcrop of metamorphic rock.

One of the great water stops along the trail.

Bright orange sunset clouds over the trail

Water stop in the Sheep Canyon area of the southern Black Hills.

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Geared up for Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills of South Dakota #BikeTooter #bikepacking

My old specialized rock hopper mountain bike, converted to a gravel bike, packed with gear ready for bike packing

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Recommend for the #BikeTooter if you are in Yellowstone. This starts in West Yellowstone and is just nine miles out to the Idaho border. #railtrail

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Milky Way, Perseids, satellites, and an airplane over Yellowstone. #nightsky #Photography #TimeLapse #astrophotography

Night sky photo with meteors satellites and the Milky Way

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

VY Canis Majoris twinkle twinkle massive star cosmic horror? that you are. distant in our small word's sky so vast in size i want to cry

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

We admit it. The smoke was intentional. Coordinated, even. Our forest fires are a false-flag operation conducted by transgender antifa beavers pushing socialized medicine. —Tod Maffin

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

When it got above the fish (and my head), as we all watched, it made a hard wing-over, legs out, and swooped down and snagged the fish just 20 feet out from me! I was struck by how huge it was, but light and maneuverable as it adjusted its flight and zeroed in on the fish. It then carried it […]

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

Eagle encounter: one evening on our pack and float trip down the South Fork of the Flathead in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, I had noticed a dead mountain whitefish floating near shore by our boats. I went down the bank, picked the fish up and threw it out into […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

A raft is parked on the bank of a river at sunset

river and bald eagle in the foreground with a mountain ridge in the background

Bald eagle on the edge of a river channel

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

@sundogplanets we visited in April and stayed near a Green line station. Loved it! Very smooth and quiet.

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

@moira faun:“A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.” Yes pictures please!

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

Our tour of Old Montreal ended at the OASIS Immersion Art Museum, or above its place in the Underground City.

Man and dog walking by colorful windows.

Staircase and a rainbow of colors from colored windows.

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Ben Zanin @gnomon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

It is my birthday, if you happen to have some extra boosts lying around I could give them a good home

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Beautiful #Caturday on the deck with my little buddy Willie.

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

#Artemis2 amazing mission. Congratulations to all involved!

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

NASA aircraft on FlightAware, including a WB-57, a variant of the 1953 bomber. #NASA #artemis

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

Hope some fresh and early garden flowers will brighten your day. #Flowers #Nature #iphonephotography

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

A thought on the Artemis 2 launch: Young people (and everyone) can learn a lesson on collaboration, cooperation, and professionalism by watching a launch sequence. I once did a simulated space launch with a class in a computer lab with a company I can no longer remember. But I do remember how […]

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

@volts.wtf I had a power outlet on the other side of the wall in a bedroom and I was able to relatively easily put one on the bathroom side and wire it to the outlet on the other side. The new outlet is GFCI.

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

Cleanse your timeline with this beautiful member of Sciuridea, Rodentia. Lee Metcalf NWR, Montana. #wildLife #nature #squirrel #animals

A closeup of a Columbian Ground Squirrel with a bright orange-red forehead.

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

The perils of skiing in Yellowstone! It was a nice weekend in the park.

A group of Nordic skiers weights on the trail for a herd of bison to move out of the way

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

Enjoy a moment of calm care of Minerva Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone national park, on this beautiful 20F evening.

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Craig Messerman @cmflyer.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

RE: live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116… I knew that flight levels were often chosen to minimize contrails, but never heard reference to ozone (layer?).

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