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Part time Cryptid, Photographer of night skies, Landscapes, and deliciously living. 🤘🏳️‍🌈

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 10h
Oct 6th! That's the last chance you have to file a comment on why the Roadless Rule matters! See the original post for info!
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
>.> @morimur.bsky.social
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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Secret Ingredient - Gator Days
Secret Ingredient - Gator Days
 
Characters
 
Hannah - Goat - Daryl and Seth's Daughter

Daryl - Bear - Hannah's Papa
 
Seth - Otter - Hannah's Dad
 
Panel 1
 
Setting - The dinner table of the Hardy-Softbell house.
 
Hannah's family is having dinner.
 
Hannah: WOW! Dinner is extra good.
 
Daryl: Thank you. I tried a new secret ingredient.
 
Panel 2
 
Seth puts on a cute happy face. The backgrounds shifts to a pink color with hearts floating all around them.
 
Seth: Is it LOVE?
 
Daryl's face remains emotionless.
 
Panel  3
 
Daryl looks at Seth and responds.
 
Daryl: Toasted sesame oil.
 
Seth: Oh...
 
Daryl: Love isn't a secret ingredient. I put love in everything.
 
Seth: Oh...
 
Panel 4
 
Daryl looks away.
 
Daryl: I used so much love and you never noticed.
 
Seth: I DID!
  
Daryl: From now on I'm putting sarcasm in yours.
 
Seth: NO!
 
Daryl: Yes.

Hannah is ignoring this and just browsing on her phone.
 
Hannah is ignoring all this and has pulled out her phone.
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Dak @dak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ordering dinner via QR code feels less like going out for hospitality and more like submitting an IT helpdesk ticket for a bowl of pasta.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today was full of views! #Hiking #MountHood #MtStHelens #MtRainier #MtAdams A classic set of #PNW views from Silver Star Mountain in Washington State. #Stunday #Nature #Mountains #Snow Mount Jefferson was briefly visible along the horizon to the South, but it was being shy. 🫣
A photo of receding mountain ridges with the nearest at bottom, with individual trees visible along it's top and side ridges that descend out of frame to the bottom. The trees and dense first cover appear very dark green against lighter colored brush covering areas between the trees, and some bare rocky areas in light gray along ridgelines.
The next ridge upward in the photo crosses the whole photo from side to side. On the whole it appears bluer from distance, and the trees look like a solid covering of forest in blue green with hints of shaded contours descending the lower slopes. 
Above that is a hazy blue distant landscape that rises steadily to a horizontal bank of puffy white clouds.
Above the clouds is a jagged come shaped pointed mountaintop with it's high slopes covered in thin new snow. Darker shaded areas of snow free blue rocky exposures radiate down it's slopes from the summit.
The sky around and above the mountain is a pale blue with just a few wispy puffy clouds.A photo of a rocky pointed peak in the middle looked down on from a higher vantage in the foreground at bottom.
Above the peak, the top half of the image shows the blue sky with a towering grey hazy cloud rising all the way to the top of the photo, and another shorter, but more white rounded cloud at it's base to the left. To the right a grey string of small distant clouds hug the blue horizon with the haze of high white clouds far away. 
The rocky pointed peak has one side fully lit by the Sun in light grey of rocky outcrops, separated by a sharp steep ridgeline with everything the other side of the ridge in solid dark shade. It resembles a very rough pyramid. The peaks base is surrounded by tall dense green conifer forest tree tops that run forward on the landscape until the foreground of nearby colorful yellow/green Fall grasses, short tough ground cover in pale rusty hues, a scattering of large grey angular boulders, and the same color rocky open patches amount the plants, and finally two small rich green well formed tough conifer trees.A expansive view overlooking rolling and rugged mountains covered in green conifer forests almost to the horizon across the upper third of the photo. 
At bottom left there is a view of a closer very steep rocky set of descending grey cliffs with isolated patches of small trees clinging to a few places that aren't drop offs.
Along the horizon are a few sparse hazy grey low clouds that give way to two snow covered high mountain peaks. The peak on the left is a  fairly rounded jump with some dark ridges visible before the cloud obscure the mountains lower flanks. That is a view of the South flanks of Mt St Helens in Washington State.
On the far right is a little less distinct view of a much farther snowy mountain top. That is 14,000 foot Mount Rainier, almost 100 miles away to the North.
Above the cloudy horizon and mountains the sky is a very pale blue that becomes a little darker in a gentle gradient to the top of the photo.A photo of more forested mountain views.
A foreground mountain has a rounded shape with it's right flank having a dense line of green conifer forest almost to it's small grey peak. The forest cover is interrupted by pale yellow/green grassy and small shrub covered areas that descend down the right and left flanks from the peak, as well as a few exposures of rocky dark grey cliffs dropping off lower on the left bottom flank. 
Beyond the foreground mountain are rows of mountain ridges and ranges covered in more green conifer forest with creased ridge and gullies descending into unseen valley bottoms below.
In the distance the green mountainsides are blue from the great distance so the way up to the intermittently visible horizon with the sky, sometimes obscured by a few grey fluffy clouds. 
A few irregular grey patches of clouds are scattered above the horizon in the pale blue sky.
To the right side of the horizon looms a large snow covered peak above most of the clouds and all the other mountains. Some texture is visible of it's rugged ridges and a few darker areas of bare stone exposure. 
That mountain is 12,000 foot Mt Adams in Washington State.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I tried the old wadded up shirt for a tripod and got this through a pair of binoculars balanced on it, with the phone. Not too shabby!
The full disc of the Full Moon. Dark seas, or 'Mare' are visible in this phone picture. 
The moon is centered, and all else around it is black.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥😆
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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New Book available here: store.falseknees.com
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#ForestFriday? Why, I can't think of having been outdoors anywhere recently...🤔 The upper part of the Umpqua River's watershed, and of course the high forest around Mount Thielsen, #Oregon. #Hiking #Nature #Trees #Pine #Forest #Lake #Umpqua #Mist #ECK #Scape #Landscape #📷
A photo of a rough brown footpath with stones visible scattered around. The path looks as though it may have been a rough jeep track a long time ago.
At the bottom of the image on the left and right of the path are small green ground cover shrubs crowding the forest floor, with some small native rhododendron, not in bloom, standing taller on the left.
Bordering the path as it rises through the upper part of the image are tall pines that create a canopy of green boughs up high. Lower on the tree trunks and on most lower branches are drapings of pale bright green lichen, lighter than the pine needles. The tree trunks are shades of grey and dark brown barks.
The path curves away to the left and out of sight through the tall trees.
The sky overhead through the tree tops is an overcast hazy grey.A photo of a small lake whose surface is sprinkled with countless little ripple circles from raindrops. It's surface reflects upside down, the dark shapes of tall trees across the water on a large hump of land above the water. The shore line looks stony with an even band of green and pale yellow topped early Fall grasses. Above the shoreline is a steep bare slope with a few small trees on it's left, and two larger ones to the right. Further up to where the rounded top should be there are enough tall skinny trees to block the landscape. All the trees have many green pine needle covered branches. The smaller trees being denser and more green than the tallest ones.
On the pond in the foreground there are some yellow/green patches of algae floating here and there, but not enough to block the reflection of the trees and the sky.
The sky is a featureless dim grey befitting the rain.A photo of a path between tall pine trees with many green needle covered branches, and reaching into a bright pale blue sky. The tree trunks are all nearly silhouetted  by being shaded from a rising bright Sun that can be seen as a brilliant yellow ball at the very upper left corner shining through some dew covered tree branches. Nearly all the tree branches are backlit green by the rising Sun strongly so that they are in strong contrast to the shaded dark tree trunks.
Ahead in the gap between the trees where a path passes, a bright cloud of rising mist shines in the early daylight.A bright daylight photo of a row of tall slender pine trees grow in a descending row down a steep tan incline that is exposed in the Sun with no plants growing on it.
The incline the trees grow from starts at middle left, and descends to the lower right corner. The trees almost appear to be in lock step with each other in a somewhat orderly row, and nearly all of them are bent at their bases in a "J"  shape to allow them to grow straight up from the steep slope. The tree trunks are strongly contrasted by more of the tan barren incline in Sun visible through them.
All their lower trunks are bare of most limbs for about three feet up, indicating the depth of Winter snows. The rest of the rising branches are dense with green pine needles that catch the Sun on their right sides, while the branches on the left are shaded.
Directly under the row of trees is their shadow following their line up the hill.
The sky seen through the trees and solidly above them is a rich blue.
A lone jet contrail cloud by chance almost has the same angle as the tan steep slope below, and cuts behind some of the taller trees in the row.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A little pan video so you all can look around the big pumice meadow/plain a camped on one side of. I learned that night to maybe not pitch camp where the trees only have branches on one side of them. (STRONG WIND for hours) I did enjoy just strolling unhurried around the area from camp though. 😊
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Astronomy Cast @astronomycast.com · 24/09/2026
I want to welcome all the new people that have grown our Patreon from 830 people to the 1096 we have today. Our goal is 1500 people and we're 40% of the way there! Can we cross that 1100 members line today? I know we can with your help. Please share & join if you can. patreon.astronomycast.com
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's been difficult to hold back until #WaterfallWednesday, but here we are! Cottonwood Falls, Mount Thielsen, #Oregon. The spring that feeds the falls only pops out of the ground about 50 yards upstream! 🤩 I'd been planning and dreaming of visiting this spot for YEARS. #Hiking #Nature
A photo of an alpine landscape featuring a wide waterfall at middle left tumbling over a rough cliff and splashing across the cliff face on its way down to the lower left corner. Bright green mosses border the falls, while to the falls right all the way to the right edge of the photo is a jumbled slate like cliff face with occasional small plants hanging on between the light ashy tan rocks.
The upper portions of the photo above the falls and cliff feature tall narrow green pines on the upper left, their tops reaching out of frame, and similar smaller green trees on the right. And behind the small right side trees towers a formidable high craggy mountain face in the strong sun. It's rocky cliffs vary between ashen white and shades of dark charcoal, including the twin summit areas jutting into the rich blue sky. 
The Sun strongly illuminates the scene from off frame to the far left, allowing the tall trees to cast shadows toward the right on the forest floor.
This is within The Mount Thielsen Wilderness in Oregon State. The peak is Mount Thielsen, which stands at 9,184 ft (2,799 m)
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I actually stayed up later than my bedtime because I was laughing at this so much! 😆
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've been fortunate to have this experience happen several times in my life. Look where the stars *aren't* to see the mountain! #MountainMonday #Hiking #Stars #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Oregon #Nature Mount Thielsen, Oregon
A jagged black silhouette juts up from the bottom of this photograph, lower at a mountain pass at lower right, to the peak with two tops just left of center, and downward after a hump to the peaks left. The left side is not so low as the right side. 
This silhouette is off an entire mountain, with the sky behind it filled with all manner of stars. Especially just up from the mountain's peak where dense brighter clouds of stars, and darker cloudy shapes of opaque dust block starlight, all rising almost straight up from the mountain to the top center of the image. This is a part of the Milky Way we live inside.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Seattle #Kraken #Hockey #Hiking #Outdoors #Nature #Washington
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good morning Blue Sky folks! From the east flanks of Mount Thielsen, Oregon! #Oregon #Hiking #Nature #Mountains #Cascades #PNW
A photo of a tall rugged mountain, it's peak to the upper right with many jagged prominences and cliffs. From the peak area and to the left a ridge descends to a broad "U" shaped pass before ascending again to a lower peak that gently descends off frame to the left. The U shaped pass has many layers in the exposed cliff below it, of red and grey. 
Below the cliff faces all along the mountain are steeply sloped fields of debris from the riding cliffs above, in pale grey, dusky grey, and pale red. These deposits run down to a valley floor below with gently rolling high areas covered in tan late season tough alpine grasses. A very few small conifer trees dot this valley floor, while to the left side much larger mature green trees populate an slight upward slope. In the foreground a tan slope of small exposed stone descends from lower middle right to the left bottom corner. A few small trees ride from it's top edge on the right, to much taller green trees that are partially shaded on the far left. 
The sky above is a rich blue with several white jet contrails crossing behind the mountain.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I was so into my camping situation yesterday, I forgot #Waterfall day! So here is a grab bag of sights from today's hikes! #Hiking #Nature #PNW #Forests
A photo of a tall waterfall dropping down a green moss covered cliff and blasting into a pool below. Small rivlets tin down the cliff alongside the main falls to it's right. 
Tall green pine trees sit atop the cliff.
From the waterfall pool, a vigorous stem runs down toward the center of the image. In the foreground either side of the view of the falls are several small young green pines. And in the lower foreground are some green leaved plants with some of their leaves turning gold. And a big dark wet rock at lower right.A photo at a downward angle of a curtain of waterfall dropping off a low portion of a cliff. The higher parts of the cliff rise to either side, with the left side more visible showing tall regular pillars of basalt columns in light grey. The right side cliff face is obscured by a tall pine tree trunk in dark grey, and lots of green brush.
Above the cliffs are a variety of sizes and ages of green conifer trees that fill the view upwards. 
Below the falls are scattered boulders, all covered in evenly colored green mosses, while the pool below the falls runs off from it's right side back toward the center bottom of the image in vigorous white.
The bottom foreground is a smattering of green leaved native rodidendrons and a very small fir tree.
A photo of a brightly sunlit forest of tall green pines teaching into the bright sky. 
The sunlight comes in from the upper right. 
Foliage of the forest floor green brush practically glows in the light. Up from the bottom right is a brown path that disappears into the brush at middle bottom, with a few bright spots from the sunlight.A photo of a wooden painted sign with arrows pointing upward that says 'CAMPING", and to the left that says "PICNICKING FALLS".
A wooden split trail fence starts in front of the sign and runs left off frame. 
A grey paved single lane road runs from lower right, and disappears behind the sign. 
To the left of the sign is a tall shrub with green narrow leaves and visible branches teaching up from the ground. 
Big brown conifer tree trunks rise behind the sign, and a few smaller bushy young green conifers to the right.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
nbcnews.com
House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well this doesn't suck! #Hiking #Backpacking #PNW #MountThielsen #Cascades #Rainbow #Clouds #Nature I did quickly 'weigh' if I wanted to pack a wet tent tomorrow, given I have a choice at this point. I made a good choice. 😆 I have the option to car camp tonight. Done!
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.
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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This photo isn't the usual diamond ring. On 2 July 2019, from Cerro Tololo in Chile, during the total #eclipse the Sun stayed visible at two points at once. The rather uncommon effect looks like a "double diamond ring". 🔭🧪⚛️ Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Munizaga #astronomy #science
Black disk of the Moon on a dark sky. On the upper limb, two close, very bright points of sunlight with diffraction spikes. Weak glow around the Moon. Some pink on the edge. Shot at Cerro Tololo during the 2 July 2019 total eclipse.
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Washington Trails Association @washingtontrails.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The federal administration wants to remove another safeguard for our national forests. For decades, travel management has kept public lands usable for everyone — and safe for wildlife — by outlining where motorized vehicles may travel on public lands, and where they may not. #PublicLands
Breaking news: Undoing travel management for national forests threatens places you love to hike. A mountain landscape.
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What's your sign?
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh! #ForestFriday? (Rummaging noises) Here! Plus bonus Mountain Goat tips, with forest behind. #PCT #Hiking #Forest #Signs #PNW #HappyFriday
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
It's always a good time to share this.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026
In the long list of stupid ideas, this one's gotta be near the top.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
YAY!!!
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On Monday's hike I saw a FERAL HAMSTER!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A union representing more than 200,000 postal workers alleged that a “catastrophic wholesale non-delivery” of hundreds of thousands of mail ballots will likely occur if states are forced to comply with the Postal Service’s new mail voting rule this November. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
‘Catastrophic’: Postal workers slam Trump’s mail voting restrictions, urge Supreme Court to uphold block
A union representing 200,000 postal workers said the restrictions "will inevitably grind the operation of the postal system to a halt."
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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
are y'all tired of #creeks, #rivers, & #wilderness yet? that would be a bummer, coz I'm still gonna post them. #WaterfallWednesday #WildernessWednesday #waterfalls
Leavitt Falls on Leavitt Creek in California on the east side of the Sierra along Hwy 108. the terrain is very steep and heavily forested. the creek starts off the SE slope of Leavitt Peak from Leavitt Lake then empties into the West Walker River down in Leavitt Meadows. the West Walker merges with the East Walker in Nevada to become the Walker River which empties into the terminal Walker Lake. 
so this creek begins from a lake and ends up in another one, never reaching the sea.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Morning folks! 🌙 Contrast this morning's very thin crescent Moon with yesterday's (2nd image). This morning's Moon is only 3% illuminated! You will have a tough time trying to find it by eye once the Sun is up! #Moon #Astrophotography
A very slim crescent Moon low near the pre dawn horizon at lower left, and Jupiter high above in the upper right. The moon is only 3% illuminated! 
Some trees are visible along the bottom of the image in silhouette, or dimly lit by street lights. 
The sky is a gradient of light blue at the bottom to almost black at the top.A predawn cell phone photo of a crescent Moon with it's lit face pointing down, and it's unlit face illuminated by the Earth! 
Almost directly below it is a bright point of light. That's the planet Jupiter! 
A silhouetted tree is in the bottom left corner. 
The sky is not quite black as dawn approaches.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A lesson in near and far.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I choose this wonderful high alpine tree from my hike yesterday for #ThickTrunkTuesday! #Oregon #Hiking #Nature #Trees The mountain I was near played peekaboo for a lot of the day, and that was just fine. #MountJefferson
A large wind bent tree leaning over a rocky trail from far left. It's branches have a thick growth of green needles, and it's bark is a dark charcoal brown with a rough texture. The trail starts at lower right and climbs upward under the outstretched trees limbs, and continues as it winds out of sight near middle right. 
The landscape is sparse of plants, dominated on the ground by various sizes of stones in colors from dull pale red, and light grey. Other areas of the ground are covered by old fallen dull orange pine needles. Among the stones are large grey gnarled logs from long gone trees.
The sky above the tree and trail is a fairly even medium tone grey of thick cloud.A photo of an alpine view across a green meadow slanting from the lower left corner to the middle right. The green ground cover are very low tough high alpine shrubs. Along the top edge of the meadow are tall pointy evergreen pines jutting straight up.
At the lower left is a small grey trail through the meadow that disappears into the treeline.
Behind the trees in the distance is a rising landscape of rugged mountainside that ascends into cloud draped slopes of white snow and glaciers. These lower mountain flanks are mainly a dark rocky brown/grey with patches and isolated linear growths of dark green forest.
Above the clouds, snow, and glaciers rises the icy white summit, jagged sub peaks and imposing rocky cliffs of the top of the mountain. Bright blue sky is all around the summit and the chaotic white clouds nearby.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Morning Bluesky people! Here's the pre-dawn crescent #Moon with bright #Jupiter under it!
A predawn cell phone photo of a crescent Moon with it's lit face pointing down, and it's unlit face illuminated by the Earth! 
Almost directly below it is a bright point of light. That's the planet Jupiter! 
A silhouetted tree is in the bottom left corner. 
The sky is not quite black as dawn approaches.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is not hyperbola, though it is of course PR since Newsom has sights on a Pres run. But it's absolutely correct. Legislators and courts need to act fast to counter or own government. This will be a squirrely election. 😬
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Some tranquil images from Mount Adams at Bench Lake. A still lake, a gift that can be fleeting. The 1st image has the #Moon still high in the sky and reflected. The 2nd shows one of the long snowy high altitude flanks of #MountAdams. #ECK #Stunday #Scape #Refelction #📷 #Nature Click 4 full screen!
A photo of a still lake surface reflecting the blue sky, The Moon, the green and some grey burnt snags in the forest on the far bank of the lake.Another perspective with the still reflective waters of the lake.
The blue sky again, and the forest and it's green and standing grey dead conifer trees. In the distance, a high mountain flank rises with great stony cliffs and white banks of snow fields along it's high altitude. Only a sliver of the higher snowy reaches of the mountain is visible above the left flank of another closer mountain. The closer mountain lacks any snow or ice, so is not as lofty as the more distant mountain. The nearer mountain has trees most of the way up it's sides, except near the summit where some grey cliffs, and many red outcrops of volcanic stone are exposed. All of this is reflected in the water.
In the foreground of the lake, light rays from behind illuminate narrow bands of the shallow nearby lake bottom in dull brown/green, with a few stones and some submerged sticks visible.
One lone small stone pokes it's light tan tip out of the lake in the sunshine at center bottom left.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/09/2026
Leading medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice. to.pbs.org/4i9BU4C
to.pbs.org
Top U.S. doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — sayi...
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Flynn Unbound 🔒 @flynnunbound.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hi. Here’s a minute of Silver Falls on Mount Rainier, from today.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hey #Portland! I think this one is gonna burn Sunset that is! 🔥☀️ Make good choices.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.opb.org/article/2026... The Portland regional headquarters for the US Forest Service is closing.
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US Forest Service releases long-awaited restructuring plan
After months of uncertainty, researchers with the U.S. Forest Service are learning whether they will have to relocate under the agency’s sweeping restructure.
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canyonbirds.bsky.social @canyonbirds.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A slot canyon a day keeps the psychiatrist at bay.😊 #ShotsInSlots #hiking
Looking up a slickrock chute in a slot canyon.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Steal this look for your next hike!
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tonight's Light Reading Life Magazine November 18, 1957 A main course of space race, a heaping helping of red scare, and a fluff bit of Von Braun (with a hint of Nazi) No, I was not alive then 😤 #Reading #Whatareyoureading #Vintage #LifeMagazine
A photo of an issue of Life Magazine published for November 18, 1957 Cost = .25¢
The top left corner of the magazine has bold black text "THE U.S.S.R. CELEBRATES SPUTNIK 2 IN THE AIR; VAST DISPLAY IN MOSCOW
NEW FUELS AND METHODS FOR TRIPS TO THE MOON"
At upper left is the magazine make is large Bold White type on a red rectangle in landscape orientation. "LIFE"
At middle left is smaller black bold type text "WERNHER VON BRAUN, TOP U.S. SPACE EXPERT, AND MOON ROCKET MODEL"
The largest part of the magazine cover is a photo of Von Braun looking impassively at the camera, he is clean shaven, he has combed short brown hair, appears middle aged and has unremarkable features, and his upper torso is visible wearing a grey suit with lapels and a silvery grey tie with a printed pattern on it. 
To his immediate left and slightly behind him is a large scale model of a rocket pointed up out of frame towers the top center. The tip has a long rod at it pointing out of the rockets nose. The rod is red tipped with a silver section behind that until it meets a round red disk before the noise of the rocket. The rocket is white starting at the nose and all the way back from that. To the side right of the rocket a good colored dish antenna points forward over the edge of the red disk. Around the bottom side of the nose cone from the gold antenna is a single bubble that may be a viewing port from the interior. 
Behind the nose cone the cylindrical rocket body has a large conical section sticking out from it and pointed downward, some red accents are painted around it's attachment area in a ring, and two red rings cutting up around the cylinder. 
Behind that is a set of evenly spaced struts all mounted to the rocket that attach to a support ring for seven white cylindrical blank white tanks. 
The photo background is a beige blank wall.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New footage of bulldozers plowing through Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to construct a border wall.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They’re not asking for a scenic overlook. They’re asking for a private driveway through Yosemite so a developer can cash in on the park. Tell your Representatives to kill this giveaway. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#WaterfallWednesday #PNW #Hiking
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