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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Great mid 90's nostalgia with the Bluetones in Belfast 😎

Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The unit price for residential solar export here in NI is so bad. We 'sell' it to a choice of only 2 grid utility companies yet we all pay nearly 40p a kWh for a daily unit. Residential solar has so many benefits in the current energy & climate crisis. A fairer export price should be one of them 🙄

Current residential unit kw hour in NI is 9
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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Newry Town (at the time) National RAF survey flights May 1952 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Geography Map Library Archive. 🛩️

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A hellmouth has opened on campus 😋😈

A construction trench that looks like a crack in the earth.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Busy morning as we settle into our GIS labs for the new term 🌐😎 #Geography #GIS #Geospatial @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

MAPS? WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED MAPS!

Marty McFly and Doc Brown Lego Minifigs.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I first heard #DJ-Shadow Endtroducing in 1996 in a London house share while studying to be a Geography teacher. It was the coolest thing I had heard all year. It's still an amazing listen 30yrs later. Eyes big a Jolly Ranchers!

DJ Shadow Endtroducing anniversary edition vinyl cover art.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My lovely colleague Prof Jenny is retiring (a bit 😋). Jenny a Geologist has worked tirelessly over the years to promote geoscience and protect our natural landscapes. I made her a print of the 'Loom' at the Giants Causeway. It's 3d laser scan data mixed with a bit of art. @qubstaff.bsky.social 😎❤️🪨

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The clouds out in force unfortunately this evening but it was great fun on the lawn @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for the #eclipse I managed some pics and video between the gaps!

Public watching the eclipse at QUB Lanyon lawn

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @qubstaff.bsky.social Geography Allsky camera is up and running on Elmwood. You can view pics @ go.qub.ac.uk/geog-allsky Pick the most recent folder (daily) and most recent image. Folder updates every 5mins with new images #eclipse26 🌞🌚😎

369 view of the sky over Belfast. High clouds and some sun showing.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's ok Geography have it covered if it's cloudy 🌞😋

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's ok Geography have it covered if it's cloudy 🌞😋

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Pedestrianise Belfast ya feckers! #FleadhBelfast ❤️🎻

Fleadh Belfast Irish music festival street takeover.

Belfast city centre streets traffic free for Fleadh Belfast.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #Geography #AllSky 180deg sky view camera is online and the daily archive is free to download here: go.qub.ac.uk/geog-allsky Download images and a daily timeline. #Weather #Climate 🌦️📷

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Big blue out for a Holywood 🍦🏍️

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RiP Sam Neill. He may have been the coolest paleontologist from Northern Ireland, but to me he was always the greatest submarine XO on the Red October. I hope he is happy in that home in Montana ❤️ BBC News - A versatile actor whose roles went far beyond Jurassic Park www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thanks to a successful research grant the @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #Geography Automatic Weather Station (AWS) is back online & should be more stable. 5min Observations are live and free to view/download here. Our Solar and UV observations may be useful! www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pw... 🌦️🌞

Sample of the weather station logged data at: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IBELFAST4

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It's been fun & challenging! The mashup of physical model and spatial data projection has been really cool. After all the printing and projector calibration it's exciting to see data projected! We plan to add different visualisations/simulations with park team as part of a new visitor experience 😎🇻🇳

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I've been in #Vietnam this week with colleagues setting up our projection map designed for Trang An UNESCO World Heritage Karst landscape. 1000's of visitors will view current & paleo climate data digitally projected into 3d printed map as they begin famous park boat tours. Geoscience & Art 🇻🇳❤️😎🌏

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Had an amazing tour at start of June. Inspiring people and science. You need to get Lego to make that ATLAS kit! ❤️

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New indy band name 'Fieldwork Electric' 🤓 Fully electrified fieldwork 😎 #drones4good #survey #geomatics #Dairy+ #Geography #Biology #QUB

Survey drone taking off and operator at the controls.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Your yearly reminder that every week is bike week! Just don't tell DFI, they might have to spend some money 🙄 #BikeIsBest 🚲

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Somethings cooking in the Geo-Oven 😃 #OS200

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Some deep sky pics from the Mourne Mountains at the weekend. Whirlpool Galaxy M51a. 40min stacked exposure on the #S50. About 30mil ly away and 80000 ly across. 🔭🌌

Whirlpool Galaxy M51a centered in a field of stars.

Whirlpool Galaxy M51a closeup. Spiral galaxy in view with smaller companion galaxy.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The moon over the Mournes 🌕🔭❤️ #S50

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A bit of colour in what is normally a dystopian cycle commute through Dargan/Duncrue. This part of North Belfast is the main cycle corridor into Belfast from the ferry ports of Scotland and England, your first introduction to NI when on a bike. It's a DFI/Belfast Harbour sponsored wasteland 🚴🏼😔

Public art on brick wall Duncrue, Belfast.

A patch of wildflowers between busy roads, Duncrue Belfast.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Yup currently running a home in rainy Ireland from yesterdays leftover sun 🤓🌞

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Map running well. We need to upgrade to laser projectors 😎🛰️🗺️

Projecting mapping map data onto a 3d printed map of Belfast.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our #Belfast Geospatial Projection Map is in the Titanic Museum tomorrow. Can't wait for people to see it 🛰️🗺️😎 #GIA #Geography @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@lego Shackleton's Lifeboat 'The James Caird', Tom Crean edition 😃❄️

Shackleton's Lifeboat Lego model including my addition of the less known Irish explorer Tom Crean, instrumental in the James Caird survival story.

Close up of Lego Tom Crean at the tiller.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Altikeeragh Bog is one of my favourite research sites as you can get the train to fieldwork. As part of a restoration/rewettting project I manage a weather station. The station is online and data is free to view/download here: www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pw... #geog #climate #boglove ⛅🌦️😎

A automatic weather station sits on a upland bog site with heather and open water in the photo

A screenshot of weather station data / observations

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Working with colleagues in Biology @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social we had the big bird up today trialing workflows for small farm UAV Lidar surveys, as part of the Dairy+ research project. We hope to help model surface nutrient flows and calc above ground carbon stock. #drones4good #M400 #PrecisionAg

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Mournes fire (Attical) area still active today. FIRMS 2026-05-01 13:36:00 🔥🛰️😞 firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:today...

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Home renewables in NI work. In April we generated enough solar to run a home and exported the rest. Getting better at the solar into the battery balance. NI home solar peps only get 10pKWh on export but most of us are buying it @40pKWh (day)! Imagine if we could sell at a fairer price! 🌞😎

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

As of midday 29-4-26 approx. 18.26km2/1826ha of heathland and heather has been fired in the Mournes due to malicious burning. Surpassing the large c300ha burn of 2021. Sentinel 2 Short Wave Infrared (SIiR) captured yesterday's active fire fronts which NIFS have been working hard to control. 🛰️🔥🗺️

RGB true colour satellite image of active burn areas with smoke visible in the image.

Infrared satellite image of active burn areas. SWIR band combinations visualise the light emitting from fire fronts in the Mourne Mountains

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Extent of burning in last 24hrs in Mourne Mountains. NASA FIRMS 'hotspot' sensor. New burn to South West in last 24hrs above Rostrevor area. 🛰️🔥 #NotWildfires

Images showing fire 'hotspots' in last 24hrs in Mourne Mountains. Fires to East and West Mournes.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Fire season has started in earnest in the Mournes. These are not 'wildfires' or natural, but the deliberate burning of upland areas. Burning destroys habitat and fauna while releasing tonnes of carbon & particulates dangerous to human health, while local fire crews are deployed for days to control 🔥

SWIR band satellite image showing fire fronts to east and west Mourne Mountains 26-4-26.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Hey Newry peps. Local heroes JMcC and NComer have created this Irish Street name map for the town and includes audio pronunciations. Mapping and language 😍🗺️ mapanory.com/v/street-nam...

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today I have been mostly finding Rhizoliths (trace fossil root cast/tubule). #fieldwork #mallorca #qub

Rhizolith root tubule/cast. A vertical cylinder root cast in rock section with biro for scale.

Rhizolith root tubule/cast. A vertical cylinder root cast in rock section

Miocene limestone wave cut platform Cala Pi Mallorca Spain.

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Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Geography Field work with benefits 😎 An early morning road climb to meet students at Santuari de Lluc Mallorca. 🌳🌞🚴🏼

Mountain Road to Santuari de Lluc lined with Holm Oak trees.

Limestone karst poljé landscape at Santuari de Lluc.

Outdoor Geography class overlooking poljé landscape features at Santuari de Lluc

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