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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 12h

In case you missed it or just want to see it again, the International Space Station Change of Command ceremony as Crew - 12 prepares to depart early Wednesday of this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6g...

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Farewell and International Space Station Change of Command

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 12h

I thought it looked familiar - thanks for your note!

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh wow! Did it take a lot of water?

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The annual pumpkin weigh-off in #Windsor, #NovaScotia begins soon. From Jason Malloy on the bird site: x.com/jasonma47772... Always fun to see the huge weights!

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This week’s #ShareCanGeo spotlight goes to CJ Jia (@JCR_Nature), who captured this curious cougar kitten in the Canadian Rockies. Have a photo from your adventures across Canada? Use #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured.

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Topi Tjukanov @tjukanov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next month is November, which means the #30DayMapChallenge 2026 themes are here! More information on the official website: 30daymapchallenge.com

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I look forward to 1) bringing this event to the attention of our geo-related students at #COGS, 2) watching throughout November to see contributions, 3) seeing where things go!

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Minutes later: it’s 11:44 pm. I can see the moon and a few stars. It’s good.

Moon, stars, trees, clouds over Bridgetown Nova Scotia a few minutes ago.

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Steve Skafte @steveskafte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did you know that every single book I sell is signed with a short note? It's been a lot of handwriting through the years (in the thousands), but it means lot to me that every single copy I mail out is in some way individual. Order here: etsy.com/shop/SteveSkafte

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An aurora lights up the sky over Burncoat Head, Nova Scotia, during the Bay of Fundy's low tide. Photographed by Can Geo Photo Club member Curtis Watson. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca

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Steve Skafte @steveskafte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WEATHERWORN It's a rare town in rural Nova Scotia that still carries the heart of the working class. Bypassed by Highway 103, the sleepy streets of Lockeport can be easily mi... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack] September 17, 2026 Lockeport, Nova Scotia Year 19, Day 6885 of my daily journal.

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quote-post @nasa-daily.bsky.social: Just off the #Vietnam coast near Nha Trang (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, click the pin for NASA IotD's 👇 post; also has links to article & 15-second, 14-mm high-res.

screen shot of an interactive map for photographs of Earth taken by astronauts during (or related to) ISS mission 75; investigate most recent posts via menu at right

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On the bird site, #NASA astronauts #AnilMenon & #JessicaMeir shared these pictures of hurricane #Polo taken on the International Space Station There are 3 pins on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075 west of Mexico for their tweets Pins are at Polo’s location at times of ISS pass previous to tweet

Hurricane Polo photographed by Anil Menon, NASA astronaut, a few days ago

Hurricane Polo photographed by Jessica Meir, NASA astronaut, a few days ago

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Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The #Museum of Natural History is open 9:30am - 4:30pm, with free admission. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can Geo Photo Club member Eric Seemann kept his distance while photographing this male muskox in Nunavik, the most northerly region of Quebec. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Through 14 James Bond movies, Lois Maxwell portrayed Miss Moneypenny. In her life, she served with the Canadian Women's Army Corps, appeared with Wayne and Shuster, wrote for the Toronto Sun and starred in Adventures in Rainbow Country. This is her story. 📸 ITC 🧵 1/10

Lois Maxwell wearing a red top with white trim and a pearl necklace, set against a light blue background.

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aretsch.bsky.social @aretsch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌋 Anak Krakatau 📸🛰 Sentinel-2 2026.09.28

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm back in The New York Times, with news that we might have spotted a first magnetic field on an exoplanet! If so it would be more than 2,000 times stronger than Earth's, and could be a key tool in future hunts for habitability. Exciting! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...

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Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First (Gift Article)

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system.

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wow - thanks for the details and the moral - “saved by Austria” is a great line. And: welcome home 🏠

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Showed my Fundamentals of GIS students at #COGS a video demonstrating the incredible breadth of applications of #GIS technologies. Part of that included the listing of 2026 Special Achievement in GIS award winners by #Esri. Also showed them our SAG award from 2006 :)

The Special Achievement in GIS Award from 2006, for the Centre of Geographic Sciences (NSCC-COGS), awarded by Esri at their 2006 User Conference.

(Pictures of an acrylic plaque are hard to take!)

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning! Just a quick very foggy #OceanDevotion this morning from the top of the bluff. Still some really big surf!

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New video from Bluenose II Nova Scotia 🤣🇨🇦🍁 ⛵️

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very nice way to remember her; thanks for doing so :)

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David W. Pippy @davidwilliampippy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good morning! Sunset at Bridgewater Nova Scotia photographed by Martin JR Coles..

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2/2 Your post (along with link to downloadable un-labelled 80-mm high-res original) is pinned on this interactive map: bit.ly/ISS075 on Öland island at centre of image. Thanks for your informative posts :)

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Noticed that the source "only kinda works"; here's the source-of-that-source original from #NASA #EarthObservatory #ImageOfTheDay on 22 July 2014 (2-minute read) science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-.... FYI: Image taken on 15 June 2014, at 18:03:48 GMT 1/2

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Coastlines of the Southern Baltic Sea - NASA Science

Sunglint provides compelling light for the coastlines of northern Europe.

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: yup, 👇 #LagunaColorado is a favourite for colours! There are 2 pins on the map bit.ly/ISS075 for Huub's post: near Bolivia-Brazil border & in extreme SW Bol; each has link to 400-mm high-res by #SophieAdenot. One pin has bonus hint for @hydrology.nl's related post

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: nice 👇view! Near #Sucre, #Bolivia on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, there is a camera-icon pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 400-mm high-res by astronaut #SophieAdenot CC: @orbitalbriefnew.bsky.social @danielmachacek.bsky.social

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

oops ... missed the zero ... my map link is bit.ly/ISS074 ... sorry!

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another view (& a different angle again) of the #M_r__o region, taken by ESA astronaut #SophieAdenot on 24 June 2026. Original 800 mm 1/1250-sec high-res available via a pin on the map bit.ly/ISS74 and your post is also on that map. Nice #GeoQuiz. CC: @ita.esa.int

Image of a region of the world that is the subject of ESA Earth's weekly geography quiz. This image was taken by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on 24 June 2026, from the International Space Station. Photo details: 800 mm, 1/1250-sec, Nikon Z 9, ISO-360. Both this post and ESA Earth Observation's posts/pictures are pinned to the interactive online map https://bit.ly/ISS074: one is slightly east (the other west) of this island city. No place hints!

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A bunch of years ago, I got fed up with same, & started this "maybe complex, but it keeps a date format that I like": I format it with a leading single-quote (forcing it as text), then parse out to day / mon / yr as needed, or display "dropping" 1st character. Examples: '23Sep2026 or '08Mar1996

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The trees of the Cape Breton Highlands turn brilliant shades of autumn in this shot of the Margaree region, by Can Geo Photo Club member Adam Bouchard. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca

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ESA Earth Observation @esaearth.esa.int · 24/09/2026

Can you guess where this location is? This week's "Where on Earth" is full of clues, if you look at it from a different angle.🕵️

ALT text: Satellite image of a coastal city surrounded by bright turquoise waterways and small islands. Narrow canals weave through densely built urban areas, while boat wakes streak across the water. The image is framed as a "Where on Earth?" quiz.

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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#nature #photography Semi regular dose of #birdsong 1/2 From a small forest by Humlebæk, Denmark

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aretsch.bsky.social @aretsch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌋 Home Reef Ongoing eruption 📸🛰 #Sentinel2 2026.09.21 21:59UTC

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: liking this👇choice for an #Aurora pic. Near #NorthBay, #Ontario (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, there is a camera-icon pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 14-mm high-res by astronaut #AnilMenon

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is being reported that Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to St. Pierre-et-Miquelon is a first for a Canadian prime minister. While his visit is historic, it wasn't the first. Pierre Trudeau visited there on Aug. 4, 1971.

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How about call it: SpineramaSophie?

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Uh - what a visual! Seriously though: that IS a good thing to do, just to remind oneself how good we got it.

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Excellent!

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks, Hugh, for your post - I’ll take a look later on and then pass along to current students, too!

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: Oh! The colours!👇 At #Broome, #Australia & way to its east on the (work-in-progress) map www.arcgis.com/apps/instant... are 2 camera-icon pins for Huub's post; both also link to the 400-mm high-res by astronaut #SophieAdenot; 1 is at ||+|| location at photo time

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The movement of the magnetic North Pole over 400 years www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/s...

A map titled 'Heading North' showing the movement of Earth's north magnetic pole from 1590 to 2019. The map displays the Arctic region, including parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Svalbard. A blue line traces the magnetic pole's path from southern Canada in 1590, meandering northward through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago until 1900, then continuing as a dotted line toward Russia through 2019. The geographic North Pole is marked with a black square. The map illustrates that the magnetic pole is moving about 35 miles closer to Russia each year.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here we see the Atlantic Ocean according to the 1492 Behaim globe. Source: buff.ly/2RXAqye

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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump and his regime are a collective of bigots and racists who are cruel to the core. Thank you Canada!🇨🇦

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The ceiling of Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Persia(1611), featuring a mesmerising array of geometrical tessellations and radial designs. The patterns are meticulously planned, with each tile cut to fit into the celestial design. Original post

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