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- Recovering academic - Bibliophile - Old school DM (pencil, paper, dice) and space nerd - When adulting am an environmental anthropologist of the Pacific Islands🇻🇺🇹🇱🇵🇬🇳🇨 and Tibet. - Seeking common humanity through trekking, reading, and landscapes.

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
Waters off Baja are running 14 degrees above normal, a severe to extreme marine heatwave by NOAA's own scale, and that heat is riding straight into SoCal's record-humid summer. This is climate collapse in real time while the current administration guts the agencies athat track it.
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Blackfoot Niitsítapi🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🌲🌳🔥🐾🐾🐝🦋🦅🦬🦫🐋🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛🐻🦊 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026
🛰️ Selon des images satellites Landsat via Soar Atlas, ce serait un immense effondrement de glace sur le Langtang Lirung, à la frontière #Chine–#Népal, qui aurait déclenché la crue dévastatrice. La masse de glace serait tombée depuis environ 5 180 m, sur près de 1 220 m de dénivelé,
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 01/08/2026
The Solar System's seventh planet, the ice giant Uranus.
A thin, duck-egg blue crescent against absolute blackness.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our criteria for success are disastrously skewed. In my view, a successful person is one who does more good than harm, on any scale. On this measure, most billionaires are massive failures, while humble folk in my neighbourhood who look after other people are highly successful.
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joannerochester.bsky.social @joannerochester.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
AND all our available energy supplies!
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Don Davis @ddavisspaceart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here is one more pre mission Viking related painting, the 9 X 36 foot oil painting on canvas I executed over a couple weeks or so at JPL. This was, as before, a summary of my understanding and assumptions about the landing site. I deliberately painted the scene with an eye level horizon. #Sciart
When the painting was (nearly) done I was photographed with Viking mission project head Jim Martin. I gave him and some mission bigwigs a slide show of my art in a darkened office, when I showed the painting of Viking on the surface that I had done for Jack McCauley he laughingly expressed concern about all the rocks I had portrayed. 

  Last I heard years ago the work was rolled up and stored somewhere, but I don't know if it has survived.

The left portion of the mural as it should be seen, well lit and color balanced. Some of the original 'rolled' texture of the canvas can be seen on the lower left, alas it was not properly glued to a rigid surface but simply stapled on, although competently so. 
The usually not seen lower right of the mural. Photographed as a test of the functioning panoramic camera on the Science Test Lander, which also had a functioning sampler arm to rehearse its movements in a sand box with rocks carved in styrofoam placed before it matching those in the real scene.  Holger Isenberg rescued this and other Viking test images from obscurity and shared them with me. A unique photo of my backdrop painting by the replica camera on the Science Test Lander. This is from a color print given me later on, I don't know if the digital data from this camera test has survived.
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Don Davis @ddavisspaceart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I will show my Viking related art in a slow trickle over the next few days, as there is a fair amount of it and a new one is coming. This is a pre mission oil painting done for then USGS Astrogeology branch chief Jack McCauley, based on his anticipations of how the landing site could appear.
This mid 70s oil painting attempts to summarize a leading Astrogeologist's idea of what the surface of Mars in the general intended landing zone on a wide flood plain might look like. Jack McCauley familiarized me with his work in the coastal deserts of Peru and photos of the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, places where likely Mars like surface features could most be seen on Earth. Streamlined 'gravel bars' preserve an ancient wash, with blowing dust filling some of the deeper winding channels. Small impact craters continued to form since the climate dried up. The dark sky suggests the anticipated visual appearance at the known atmospheric density, of course not accounting tor the eternal dust pall that actually ended up brightening the daytime sky. The lander was based on photos of models available at the time.

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Don Davis @ddavisspaceart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'll never forget that long night 50 years ago now. After a tense wait suddenly a voice on the speaker announced 'Touchdown-we have touchdown!' and the press area erupted in cheers and applause. All night people took in the moment, with celebrities being interviewed in front of the lander mockup.
The long vigil in the Press auditorium, with journalists from all over the world gathered there.  I managed to get press credentials through Sky and Telescope, which I had just begin a long fruitful relationship with as the first of my covers for them portrayed this mission.  As the anticipated landing time approached things grew quietly tense, with the slightest ambience of typing, scooting chairs and scribbling on paper. Descent related data was being announced, altitudes, etc then at 5:12 AM suddenly 'Touchdown, we have touchdown!' was announced by the same voice, bringing extended clapping and cheering. 

  Later in the night the gathered luminaries in space, and a generous sprinkling of celebrities, Chatted, expressed their happiness and helped make the occasion memorable. In those days the JPL space mission arrivals were attaining the status of 'Gatherings of the Tribes' as space writers, journalists in film and TV media and even space artists worked to be there through at times creatively concocted affiliations with space related outlets and people. This 'Tribal Gathering' status perhaps peaked during the Voyager missions under JPL Public Affairs head  Frank Bristow. 

Polaroid SX-70 photo.Two very different writers about Mars, Carl Sagan and Ray Bradbury. Journalist Roy Neal is at the right. Ektachrome slide.Jules Bergman, Carl Sagan and Stewart Brand looking at the first images of the surface of Mars.  Ektachrome slide.Nichelle Nichols and Gene Roddenberry in front of the Science Test Lander, with my backdrop mural. Ektachrome slide film.
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Revy but spoopy @catgirlfingies.quest · 23/06/2026
Just sharing this again at a time of what's happening in Australia. In Event Horizon Sam Neill requested that the Australian flag on his character's uniform remove the Union Flag from the corner & for it to be replaced with the Aboriginal flag, the way he thought it should look in 2047
Sam Neill in the movie Event Horizon.
Wearing a flag patch that has the Australian flag but thr union jack is removed to have the Aboriginal flag in its place
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Le Cartographe 🗺️🍷 @lecartographe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
L'espace urbain sans celui dédié à la voiture Source : Karl Jilg 🇸🇪
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Venus and Crescent Moon - AstroBin
Taken June 17, 2026 at 12:56pm PST. A single shot through the clouds after Venus re-appeared after being occulted by the Moon for an hour. Sometimes I like the clouds 😀.
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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Witness the sharpest-ever view of our neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy, revealing more than 100 million individual stars in breath-taking detail! (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler)
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Arp Bot 🤖 @arpbot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
JWST image of Arp 16, also known as M66. This image was taken as part of the PHANGS program, to learn how the small details of how stars form influence the large structures of galaxies. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team Source
A face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which has a bright blue central dot surrounded by a lighter diagonal blue bar structure made of a haze of stars, which forms an angled oval toward the top. The central core and bar fill about a third of the image. Two distinct spiny spiral arms made of stars, gas, and dust also start at the center, appearing brown or greenish within the blue bar, and extending to the edges, rotating clockwise in bright oranges. The brightest areas of the arms are two large arcs that start at the central region. The one at left stretches up to the top in a long arc and another at right extends toward the bottom. Scattered across the packed scene are bright blue pinpoints of light, which are stars spread throughout the galaxy. In areas where there is less orange, it is darker. A triangular area at bottom right is largely the black background of space.
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Starship Celtica ☀️ @starshipceltica.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26061... Also known as the Betta Fish Nebula, which is part of the G296.5+10.0 Supernova Remnant. The blue color visible here originates from doubly ionized oxygen (OIII), while the deep red is emitted by hydrogen gas
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Le Cartographe 🗺️🍷 @lecartographe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
« Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine Et nos amours Faut-il qu'il m'en souvienne La joie venait toujours après la peine Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure Les jours s'en vont je demeure » Apollinaire - Le pont Mirabeau 📚 #Poésie
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE

Le pont Mirabeau

Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine
Et nos amours
Faut-il qu'il m'en souvienne
La joie venait toujours après la peine

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure

Les mains dans les mains restons face à face
Tandis que sous
Le pont de nos bras passe
Des éternels regards l'onde si lasse

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure

L'amour s'en va comme cette eau courante
L'amour s'en va
Comme la vie est lente
Et comme l'Espérance est violente

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure

Passent les jours et passent les semaines
Ni temps passé
Ni les amours reviennent
Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure.
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The Tattooed Historian @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Support our libraries!
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
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final grrrl 𓂀 @finalgrrr1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In case anyone needed to remember that “He Whakaputanga Moana is the first Declaration recognizing whales as sentient beings (persons) with inherent rights. “Grounded in Te Ao Māori teachings and Polynesian values, the Declaration recognizes whales as both ancestors and sentient beings.”
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He Whakaputanga Moana | Whale rights and legal personhood declaration
He Whakaputanga Moana is the first Indigenous-led Declaration recognizing whales as sentient beings with inherent rights. Grounded in Te Ao Māori and Polynesian values, it establishes legal protection...
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 10/05/2026
Our homeworld, from Artemis II. Image ART002-E-24017; credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew
Crescent Earth against the black. Clouds, continents, and ocean are visible.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Sunrise over San José del Cabo
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Tony O @tony-o.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
For Friday’s #Scape and The Celtic festival of fertility known as Beltane... Beltany Stone Circle #Beltane #Bealtaine #Pagan #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Infrared #B&W #Black&White #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This picture of Astronaut Christina Koch after the Artemis landing is frankly incredible and beautiful.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch sits in an U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) after returning from space on Apr. 10, 2026.
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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The perfect time for this perspective from #Artemis2.
A tiny crescent earth behind a huge photo of the moon.
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Apparently some are not familiar with the story: Croesus of Lydia asked the Oracle what would happen once he attacked Iran. Oracle predicted: "a great civilization will die". Of course it turned out that the one that died was Lydia, not Iran. Seems relevant...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...
[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026
We are so, so small. #Artemis
Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 02/04/2026
Artemis II launch caught from an airline flight. Incredible video.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Cabo San Lucas
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Torres del Paine in winter.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Afternoon light and shadow
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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Pluto and Charon from the approaching New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015.
Charon (upper left) and Pluto (lower right)
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Yamdrok Yu-tso [ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ], more commonly known as Yamdrok-tso, seen from Kampa-la pass (4,794m)Yamdrok has a surgace area of ober 750kms and is one of the four holiest lakes in Tibet. The high peak of Jangzang Lhamo (6,324m) rises in the far background, to the south.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Room with a view. La Paz, BCS.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A sun halo over the north Pacific Ocean.
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Elton in suburbia 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 @eltoninatlanta.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Monument Valley, Arizona 2025 #photography #landscapephotography
Monument Valley, Arizona
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The sun rises over Mokoliʻi islet, windward O’ahu. Moko, an older form of the word mo’o (lizard); li’i (small). According to the Pele epic, the goddess Hiʻiaka killed a giant lizard at Kualoa. Part of its body fell into the bay: the islet is the tip of the tail sticking out of the water.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 20/12/2025
My god. It's full of stars. This sparkling #JWST stellar scene is Westerlund 2, a young star cluster only a few million years old and containing some of the hottest, most massive stars known. Westerlund 2 is situated within the Gum 29 stellar nursery, and is around 20,000 lightyears from home.
A sparling scene is six-pointed stars, with a large cluster at upper centre and a particularly bright example at lower right. The background is wispy and in shades of blue and grey–red, with a bright border of reddy–orange clouds along the left and bottom of the scene.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Behind the veil of early morning haze, a mountain lurks.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Summertime in Bergen, Norway. Some time ago.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Sunrise over Coyoacán, Mexico City. To the left, the church tower and one of the steeples of the parish of San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist), overseen by the Franciscan order since the late 1530s.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
El sol se asoma sobre Coyoacán.
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Salul @salul07.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
My ethnographic endeavours require much travel, often to destinations far away and of difficult access. To say nothing of local conditions on the ground. It is no small exaggeration when I am able to take a snap like this one (from this evening) and be reminded that there is no place like home.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation: Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
On 13 Nov 2026 #NASA's Voyager 1 will be one light day (25.9b km/16b mi) from Earth. No other nation has done this - yet Voyager carries greetings from all humanity. We're not only spacefaring - we're now starfaring. How about a #LightDay - some #interstellar #softpower for NASA?
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Samhain, the thinning of the veil between the living and the spirit world. The beginning of the darker half of the year. The light this morning was lovely shortly after sunrise here in Glastonbury. #samhain
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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Robert Frost 🖎
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