Reposted by Reynier SquillaceSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 02/01/2026In January 1421 a small fleet of Dutch ships arrived in London. And did they bring the eels? Oh yeah. One ship, belonging to Gerbrand Heykysson, unloaded 400 large eels, 2,700 medium eels, 23,00 small eels, & 6 barrels of salted eels. Also a small sack of feathers. 🗃️🧪 616325
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAndy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Confused, Scrooge stepped onto the ice. He looked around, wracking his brain but for nought. He turned to the spirit, who was idly twirling a broom. "Sir, I have no memory of this place. Why have you brought me here?" The phantom shrugged and replied "I just really like curling is all". 25011
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceCasey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The Planetary Society held nothing back in our efforts to Save NASA Science this year. The results are extraordinary, and we will not slow down next year. Read more in our 2025 Impact Report: planetary.org/about/our-im... 0168
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceKevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The Mars Perseverance Rover, taken using the WATSON camera on Sol 1711. flic.kr/p/2rLZ12W 1389
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAdam Butterworth @adambutterworth.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I know a few researchers follow me on here, so please check out the new research grant below which funds work with the Alpine Club collections 👇 011
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceOutside Magazine @outsidemag.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The story of the deadly avalanche.bit.ly29 People Died in One of the Worst Mountaineering Accidents in History. What Happened?The story of the deadly avalanche in October 2022 on India’s Draupadi Ka Danda II 001
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 26/11/2025"The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics," my lecture series for the Great Courses (24 half-hour lectures), is still available on Prime video for a few days! Tell your family that watching football on Thanksgiving is hopelessly uncool. www.amazon.com/gp/video/det... 511528
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 28/11/2025I am so happy that Walrus from Space is getting some media attention. It's the only citizen scientist project I've ever participated in as a classifier, and it gave me a real sense that I could help at a time of David Attemborough-induced walrus trauma on my part... 000
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 28/11/2025As quirky as the project title is, this is actually a super neat program! Walrus depend on beaches for their haul-outs, which allow them to rest and to breed. As sea ice retreats, they can only haul-out on land. Walrus from Space uses crowdsourced power to identify new haul-out locations! 010
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceJames S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025When satire is actually pretty good advice. theonion.com/nation-s-par...theonion.comNation’s Parents Release Annual Ranking Of Top 50 ‘Perfectly Good’ State SchoolsThe list includes dozens of totally fine schools where students can learn all the same things they’d learn at one of those expensive colleges on the East Coast. 1125
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceCorey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Marvelous new image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, taken by photographer Satoru Murata before dawn this morning. On the right you can also see galaxy NGC 4691. There should be a lot more pictures coming in soon. 🧪🔭 www.facebook.com/groups/22700... 313234
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAnna Perttu @infrasound.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Modern spectrograms are awesome but there is just something so cool about older ones like this.... Liu (1985) the signal from the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens in China! 0144
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 02/08/2025So fortunate to embark into the wilds of Northumbria and photograph rarely-seen, exotic British wildlife. 000
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I've been walking the Hadrian's Wall Path this week and a few days ago I passed by the stump of the Sycamore Gap Tree. There are saplings sprouting up from the roots all around it in a race to become the next big tree. 000
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceSimeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 26/06/2024I was speechless when I saw this appear on my camera's LCD screen last night - this is only the second time I photographed #RedSprites. 511622
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAsh Routen @ashrouten.com · 19/07/2025Highly recommend this new film produced in association with the @alpineclub.bsky.social 👌 Everest Revisited: 1924–2024, invites viewers to look beyond the headlines to consider what Everest has come to mean, both in the past and the present. explorersweb.com/weekend-warm...explorersweb.comWeekend Warmup: Everest Revisited: 1924–2024 » ExplorerswebA new film, Everest Revisited: 1924–2024, looks beyond the headlines to consider what Everest has come to mean, both in the past and the present. 1167
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/07/2025Unsolved Physics Problems xkcd.com/3115/ 474300668
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAdam Butterworth @adambutterworth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025After the horror stories of recent years regarding the treatment of porters and other high altitude workers in Pakistan, it was heartening to read about an 8,000m climber who's been willing to speak out on their behalf and put money into improving their material conditions.explorersweb.comBreaking Boundaries: Naila Kiani is Changing Mountaineering in Pakistan » ExplorerswebNaila Kiani is on her way to becoming the first Pakistani woman to complete the 14x8,000'ers, but her impact goes beyond summits. 011
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 10/07/2025Rubin's thousands of newly-discovered asteroids....now in your web browser! Introducing NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's 3D Orbitviewer ☄️🪐 Follow along as Rubin discovers millions more asteroids in our Solar System in the coming years at orbitviewer.app 🔭🧪 18830
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceNational Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Happy National Cow Appreciation Day! 🐄 📍 Very Large Array (VLA), New Mexico 📸 Credit: Kurt Liestenfeltz, 2025 VLA Star Party 05515
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceWashington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 08/07/2025Information Statement on Mt. Rainier from the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory. Short version: A lot of earthquakes, but no current signs that it is leading to an eruption. See the official statement here for details: t.co/S28x4ijMkft.cohttps://bit.ly/44BxJGu 38022
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceCasey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Today, *every* living prior leader of NASA's science directorate have released a joint letter condemning the proposed cuts to NASA science. These individuals every administration from Reagan to Biden, and all believe these cuts are insanely destructive: www.planetary.org/press-releas...planetary.orgEvery living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented…The entire past leadership of NASA’s science activities have released a joint statement condemning the proposed 47% cuts proposed to the agency’s science… 111375599
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 06/07/2025The GBT is unparalleled in a lot of obscure astronomy subfields like astrochemistry and pulsars! If you want to support the nerds even nerds think are niche, help save the GBT!!! 011
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Green Bank Observatory, one of the most powerful telescopes in the world, is facing an apocalyptic budget cut request (-70%, and the NSF recommends shutting it down). Here's how you can help save this miracle of science and engineering: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/gogreenbankobservatory.orgTake Action – Go Green Bank Observatory 011
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceKevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Graphic showing theorized water in an outflow channel in Hypanis Valles, Mars. Rendered using @uahirise.bsky.social DTM data. flic.kr/p/2jV6hHE flic.kr/p/2jV6hjU 14410
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceKevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 04/07/2025This ridge leads down into Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the Solar System. 29927
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceDavid Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Planetary exploration has produced so many treasures. Like this exquisite view of Phobos over the limb of Mars. ESA/Mars Express. 🧪 22956126
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceMount St. Helens Archive @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 28/06/2025#MSH45 | Before and After Mount St. Helens from the northwest, ten years apart. In 1970, snow and timber. By September 1980, crater and ash. 0446
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceDylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 27/06/2025A moment I still remember from undergad classes: in a discussion section for first quarter QM, another student complained that she was tired of the harmonic oscillator. The TA said, "I have some bad news," and then turned and wrote on the board: Everything is a harmonic oscillator 527328
Reposted by Reynier Squillacefelinecannonball @felinecannon.bsky.social · 18/06/202545 years later The birds are loving the changing ecosystem, lakes dammed by the landslide, braid plain on the Toutle river. 0294
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 23/06/2025Want to instead explore the Virgo Cluster as captured by Rubin at full resolution? Head to our Skyviewer and enjoy some cosmic joyscrolling! There's so much to explore and discover ✨ #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪 ➡️ skyviewer.app 18636
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceThe Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 23/06/2025From tomorrow, you can visit our new exhibition 'Before and After Everest', which brings together a selection of previously-unseen work by doctor, mountaineer and artist T. H. Somervell. Book your free visit here ➡ tinyurl.com/mr2uxrt8 🖼 'Kampa Dzong', Tibet, 1920s by T. H. Somervell 081
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Kid-at-xmas levels of excitement (did I wake up at 5am - yes I did!) #RubinFirstLook The Virgo cluster is an inspired choice: three-cheers for Sinclair Smith and his 1936 observations of it which helped Zwicky conclude there must be invisible #darkmatter out there! 🤓 🔭🧪 📷 @vrubinobs.bsky.social 831371
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceThe Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 19/06/2025More exciting news from the Karakoram. Particularly pleasing to see a Pakistani climber involved in such a high-profile first ascent in his own country. Congratulations to Mueez Ud Din and Mathieu Maynadier!explorersweb.comNew Route on East Ridge of Spantik in the Karakoram » ExplorerswebThe pair set off from Base Camp at 4,200m after a rough approach trek over a badly crevassed glacier. This may be the first ascent of the East Ridge. 051
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceHiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 18/06/2025HiRISE 4K: The Color Palette of Nilosyrtis Mensae The blue and green colors are generally due to mafic (magnesium and iron rich) minerals that are not altered by water, while the warmer colors are due to altered minerals like clays. Full cutout on Flickr: flic.kr/p/2rbCHL6 #Mars #NASA 08116
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceHiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 18/06/2025HiPOD: Possible Rock Falls in Cerberus Fossae Our science goal is to obtain an image in order to identify fresh rockfalls that could be associated with seismic events/Marsquakes. The blue in our picture is likely basaltic (volcanic) in origin, not water. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07... #Mars #science 06615
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 17/06/2025What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? The precision achieved in timing the millisecond pulsar PSR J1909-3744 is ~100 nanoseconds over 15 years. That allows us to calc changes in relative Pulsar-Earth distance to an accuracy of ~30m. 📸 Liu et al. (noise subtracted plot) 4636
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceJulius Garbe @juliusgarbe.github.io · 10/06/2025Great summary of our recent paper about Antarctic Ice Sheet tipping points 👇 02213
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceKeith Williamson @kwilliam8.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Snow flutings, Alaska Range, Denali National Park, Alaska. Image taken 6/3/1014 071
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceDavid Rankin @asteroiddave.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Nice little meteor just blew up north of Tucson AZ. Bright skies under a near full moon. 🔭 243982
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceHiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Central Peak of a Large Crater Identifying and studying well-preserved bedrock exposures associated with central uplifts may provide insights into subsurface composition and the geologic history of the target prior to impact. More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_01... #Mars #science #NASA 04910
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Reading a maritime archaeology paper and saw a reference to the Simple High Resolution IMaging Package (SHRIMP). I am so thrilled that oceanographers are just as obsessed with bad acronyms as astronomers are. 000
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceKeith Williamson @kwilliam8.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Foothills leading to Mount Blackburn (in the clouds), Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Image taken 8/14/2007 011
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 03/06/2025Lovely new pic of Sombrero Galaxy from #JWST showing its tremendous halo of stars and globular clusters. If you look carefully there is a mini-me Sombrero Galaxy far off in the distance too! webbtelescope.org/contents/new... 📸 NASA, @science.esa.int, CSA, @stsci.edu 🔭 15910
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 04/06/2025That awesome eruption of Mount Etna was also captured from orbit by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Striking image! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 📸 Copernicus / @esa.int 🧪🌋 18328
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceHiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The Life of a Glacier on Mars In this image, we see a potential debris-covered glacier spilling out onto relatively flat plains in Protonilus Mensae, spreading into a bulb-like lobe while bulldozing the surface in front of it. More: uahirise.org/hipod/PSP_00... NASA/JPL/University of Arizona 16510
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAntarctic News @antarcticanews.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Penguins leap from water like dolphins—porpoising helps them travel faster, save energy, and stay safe from predators on Antarctic hunts. www.australiangeogra...australiangeographic.com.auWhy do penguins porpoise? - Australian GeographicUnderwater in the freezing waters of Antarctica I watched awestruck as gentoo penguins effortlessly rocketed and swerved around me at speeds that were sometimes too fast to follow. Even more surprising was seeing the flock dash for the surface, leap clear of the water like dolphins, and hurry away. 033
Reposted by Reynier SquillaceAstropierre @astropierre.com · 28/05/2025Fascinante découverte d'une "source transitoire à période longue" qui émet à la fois des impulsions radio et des rayons X, de manière parfaitement coordonnées. Leur nature fait encore débat : étoile à neutron hypermagnétisée ou naine blanche dans un système binaire. Plus d'informations ci-dessous👇 1325