Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Some rocks from Palos Verdes. Breccia with (correct me if I'm wrong) chert, hydrothermal barite (massive, botryoidal or rosettelike) and diatomaceous shale / siltstone. flic.kr/p/2sEaPNH flic.kr/p/2sE3u8g flic.kr/p/2sE8JaD flic.kr/p/2sEaPMW 3332
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Couple rocks in UV light. Two rocks from Palos Verdes (San Onofre Breccia?), and two sides of some volcanic ash from Santa Clarita (tuff beds in the Mint Canyon Formation). flic.kr/p/2sDUi5v flic.kr/p/2sDZwHM flic.kr/p/2sDZwJ3 flic.kr/p/2sE1mJ4 2424
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026150 Seconds of City Light - A stack of 10 images, 15 seconds each, taken by Anil Menon aboard the International Space Station on September 20th. flic.kr/p/2sDNZ95 28223
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You know that milky white rock you picked up when you were a kid and you thought you just picked up the awesomest rock ever and your friends were all gonna be super impressed? Yeah, that was quartz. 0383
Reposted by Kevin M. GillPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026These are what the clouds on Jupiter look up close. The small patches of white are cloud tops, soaring above the main, colourful cloud layer. Image from NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 38th close approach to Jupiter on 29 November 2021, processed by Kevin Gill (@kevinmgill.bsky.social) 18894177
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Amazing sunset over Santa Clarita, California yesterday. flic.kr/p/2sDfY6t flic.kr/p/2sDfY6y flic.kr/p/2sDfsnP flic.kr/p/2sDgiy7 0556
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bee still so I can take your picture! flic.kr/p/2sCZ8rj flic.kr/p/2sCZqP1 flic.kr/p/2sD1zJp flic.kr/p/2sD1zJ9 4422
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I got the Anthrax vaccine. I'm surprised I can hear them 6530
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Small cactus in the desert. flic.kr/p/2sCw1JK flic.kr/p/2sCgZsQ 1271
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The backstop ads are making games so annoying to watch. Do we really need six mastercard logos? @redsox.com 0271
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Closeup of a cluster of dark pebbles embedded in a rock surface. Image taken by the Mars Perseverance Rover on Sol 1982 (yestersol). flic.kr/p/2sBoAgx 1477
Reposted by Kevin M. GillHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Jupiter - PJ25-24 - Detail - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2ivZQdX 1228269
Reposted by Kevin M. GillMelina Thévenot🏳️⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Proper Motion of stars in the galactic center with #JWST NIRCam F182M. programs: 1306, 4515 www.stsci.edu/jwst-program... 412343
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New postcard from Curiosity using Navcams taken on Sols 5000 & 5003 science.nasa.gov/photojournal...science.nasa.govCuriosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars - NASA ScienceWhile parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times 313743
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Actually able to photograph a dragonfly in flight. Again! Photos taken in Bakersfield, CA. flic.kr/p/2sB3H2Y flic.kr/p/2sB3tDK flic.kr/p/2sB3H34 flic.kr/p/2sAWFCR 55610
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Early pre-dawn view of the city lights of Los Angeles, the rest of Southern California, and Northwest Mexico on September 8th, taken by Astronaut Jessica Meir aboard the International Space Station. flic.kr/p/2sB1uXM 16315
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Nice little bits of epidote in this rock my daughter found today 0423
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Photo of a bedrock exposure surrounded by sand and some light and dark toned granules. Taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover using MAHLI on Sol 5010 (yestersol) flic.kr/p/2sAdbou 07716
Reposted by Kevin M. GillJudy Schmidt @geckzilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's a big ol' Jupiter from JWST. Made specifically for a new exhibit opening at Chabot Space and Science Center next month. flic.kr/p/2szV9opflic.krBig JupiterThis is a new version of my JWST Jupiter image I did a few years ago when the telescope first started releasing data. Mason Hall, exhibit designer at Chabot Space and Science center in Oakland wanted ... 28624
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Purple and green aurora photographed by Jessica Meir from the International Space Station on September 7th. flic.kr/p/2szQgJG 06220
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Chunk of actinolite schist from nearby, cleaned and with some mineral oil applied*. Found in an abandoned talc/soapstone quarry. * Keeps anything asbestiform safe, and it looks pretty. 1414
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 5004 drive this week. The drive target was that little gray/blue rock in the center. flic.kr/p/2szd9j2 15010
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Neat study out of Caltech that studies the structure and depths of the Los Angeles Basin and Moho (top of the lithospheric mantle) by combining a grid of seismic monitors and gravity measurements. The LA Basin has up to 10km of sediments, but interestingly, the Moho pokes up to 15km under downtown. 4396
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm from New Hampshire and I talk like I'm from New Hampshire. Wicked. 2261
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The most engagement I've ever gotten on Instagram is with a post a few days ago where I referred to Lake Ontario as Lake Ontario.... 3583
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As a comparison, I did a quick & dirty processing of Saturn's south pole using Cassini RGB & nIR imagery taken during two observations on September 10, 2009. flic.kr/p/2syLnic flic.kr/p/2syEJdz 1372
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It might be worth looking through Cassini ISS & VIMS imagery to see if this structure existed in some form then... 2412
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Some shots of the Moon over the Earth's horizon from the International Space Station between August 30th and 31st. flic.kr/p/2syx4Rh flic.kr/p/2syz3FS flic.kr/p/2syHpCX flic.kr/p/2syDcv7 523876
Reposted by Kevin M. GillThomas Carpentier @thocarp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026That's the first time that I am happy with my processed image of an observation of Neptune by Hubble, so I am sharing it here too! 🔭 This observation was done yesterday around 6pm UTC. The data come from the 17964 proposal led by Mariarosa Marinelli. 612924
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Large dust devil near the Mars Perseverance Rover on Sol 1966 (yestersol). NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill 216735
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Easily one of the funniest things in the world is a dog burping. 4242
Reposted by Kevin M. GillMLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Payton Tolle is an absolute gem 😭 131238267
Reposted by Kevin M. GillChris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Two weeks Two continents Two eclipses 214338
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Right now, the Curiosity Rover is parked up next to a large sand ripple having just used the front right wheel to push in some sand to reveal layers below the grainy crust. Looks like Curiosity will spend Sol 5000 checking out that wheel scuff. flic.kr/p/2sxScRB 313526
Reposted by Kevin M. GillDr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/ 41914441
Reposted by Kevin M. GillAbigail Fraeman @abbyfrae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A lucky break in the clouds provided views of the lunar eclipse over JPL 🌔 🌘 🌑 529033
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The clouds cleared just long enough to get a shot of tonight's lunar eclipse :-) flic.kr/p/2sxJtCP 240137
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Sunlight glinting off of Lake Ontario caught by astronauts aboard the International Space Station on June 14, 2012, and May 29, 1999. flic.kr/p/2sxFSWs flic.kr/p/2sxH1fK 19520
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4996 drive this week. flic.kr/p/2sxEq26 04911
Reposted by Kevin M. GillRyan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I think this also speaks to the density of the debris flow being able to buoy a rock that size. 919945
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Mars' moon Phobos captured by the Perseverance Rover using MastCam-Z on Sol 1961 (yestersol). flic.kr/p/2sxAFSx 07218
Reposted by Kevin M. GillRiding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 27/08/2026From NASA Running up that hill! Today, NASA’s Curiosity rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year mission on Mars, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in its ongoing journey from Gale Crater up the slope of Mount Sharp. go.nasa.gov/4d5tZlo 110325
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A pocket of pebbles and sand in a bowl-shaped depression on one rock, and another with wind-blown nodules and weird little pits. Images taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover yestersol (Sol 4995) using MAHLI. flic.kr/p/2sxqsaN flic.kr/p/2sxqL82 flic.kr/p/2sxqsaT 1447
Reposted by Kevin M. GillRed Sox @redsox.com · 26/08/2026JARREN DURAN GRAND SLAM IN THE 11TH! 1233038
Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Nice greenstone of indeterminate type, found in Carlsbad, California, and polished. 1411