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Lightning in Antarctica

@lightningant.bsky.social

Part-time Antarctica resident and junior scientist looking to entertain myself while in Terra Australis. Yes, it's cold here!!!!!!!

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I have been labeled "spam." I appealed the label but it has not been removed. Not sure what else I can do. I will go back to posting if the label is ever removed...

30.01.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I appealed the label, hopefully they are able to fix this!

07.01.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I appealed :(

02.01.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Map of ocean heat circulation

Map of ocean heat circulation

This map shows how the heat of the ocean destabilizes (and could melt) the Antarctic ice shelves.

02.01.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I sent in an appeal, I think they're doing their best!

02.01.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make a note of this before it all melts...

02.01.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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⛡️ between giants in Antarctica πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ά
#ice #glaziers #nature #southpole #snow #boat #ocean #adventure #nature #photography

25.12.2024 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's 30 F at McMurdo right now, but this is summer in Antarctica. To tell you the truth, I feel more "lost" in a big city than I do on the ice!

01.01.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Snowy camp scene in Antarctica

Snowy camp scene in Antarctica

May each of us help make the world a better place in 2025!

New Years Day 2019, Aztec Mountain Antarctica.

01.01.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Go look up the timezones for Antarctica and try to tell me this whole fucking thing isn't bullshit. The big time agenda has already won. Happy new year and fuck you I'm going to bed

01.01.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do we have an embassy in Antarctica?

31.12.2024 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kayaking in Antarctica!

#antarctica #kayaking #kayakingadventures #southpole #adventureboyfriends #boyfriends

31.12.2024 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Mars has no oxygen nor water. Antarctica has both.

31.12.2024 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts With Antarctica's climate warming at an unprecedented rate, scientists are battling with dangerously thin ice and equipment falling through into the sea.

The race to study Antarctica before it melts
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

31.12.2024 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A very long time ago I collected earthquake data in Antarctica and sent it to that place!

30.12.2024 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last post of the year (2 weeks data), a tale of two extremes, Arctic gained 1,001,000 km and worst, Antarctica lost 2,310,000km huge improvement at 24th!
Antarctic 7,634,000km and only 100,000km below average. Arctic 12,106,000km and approx. 1.5 million km below average!

30.12.2024 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

watching this in antarctica is my ultimate bucket list entry

30.12.2024 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ribbons of clouds in the late evening sky, in the Artic, near Svalbard.  It was July, so no night sky, the clouds provide the darkness.  Rippled waters of the Greenland Sea fill the bottom third of the image.

Ribbons of clouds in the late evening sky, in the Artic, near Svalbard. It was July, so no night sky, the clouds provide the darkness. Rippled waters of the Greenland Sea fill the bottom third of the image.

Pastel Sky

The last #SkySunday shot for 2024 goes to Svalbard. Reminiscent of an image I made from Antarctica in 2023. #SilentSunday

Greenland Sea, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
🧭 79°17'55" N 9°32'14" E

#photography #landscape #trlt #originalcontent #offthebeatenpath #seascape #artic #svalbard

29.12.2024 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Dartmouth grad student is in Antarctica this winter on a mission to find the world’s oldest ice Jacob Chalif is helping gather old ice from the Allan Hills in Antarctica. Scientists can use air bubbles and other information to understand more about what Earth’s past climates were like, and what ...

Love a good Antarctica story.

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...

29.12.2024 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I hope you are right.... Incompetence can still cause a lot of damage, both domestically and internationally. Malevolent individuals won't miss the opportunity to act as the US flails around ineffectively, first threatening to take over a canal, maybe annex Antarctica next, who knows....

29.12.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A large seal reared up with front flippers clasped over belly, looking to the sky. 
A penguin with head down on one side, on a snow drift.

A large seal reared up with front flippers clasped over belly, looking to the sky. A penguin with head down on one side, on a snow drift.

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πŸ™ Let us pray.
And a penguin pretending to be headless.
A bit of fun for Day 8 of 20 #Antarctica memories.
#Photography #OneYearAgo

28.12.2024 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@bsky.app The good thing about Blue Sky is that I can make a post calling Antarctica a continent and not get death threats from flat earthers who demand that it be called an "ice wall" blocking us from Valhalla or some sort of floating island.

28.12.2024 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Perhaps Hay is the flattest place on the Earth with a sick Chinese restaurant. Take that Antarctica!

28.12.2024 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Search For Nazis, Aliens, Or A Hidden Civilization? Inside The Mysterious U.S. Expedition To Antarctica In 1946 Operation Highjump was an enormous U.S. military expedition to Antarctica that began in December 1946 and ultimately lasted just a few months.

The Curious Story Of Operation Highjump, The U.S. Military Expedition To Antarctica In 1946

flip.it/5fyBc-

28.12.2024 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow is the last full day in Antarctica.

It may be a blessing: the snow floor in the tent started out flat & now it's a compacted canyon in the middle that's spreading outward. My tentmate & I have been migrating to opposite ends.

28.12.2024 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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me

24.06.2024 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adelie Penguin Colony featuring Hatchlings - Red Rock Ridge - Antarctica
#photography #antarctica #redrockridge #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bird #birdphotography #penguin #adelie #adeliepenguin #birb #birbsarentreal #penguincolony

27.12.2024 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Humans are able to travel more than 500 kilometers into Antarctica A Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall, sheer-faced ice shelf and makes a series of claims about Antarctica. Its caption reads: "It is the Antarctic continent, consisting...

Humans are able to travel more than 500 kilometers into Antarctica
->USA Today | More info from EcoSearch

27.12.2024 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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