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Mark Clothier

@mclothier.bsky.social

Hello! Dorset-based amateur, published photographer. I mainly take pictures of noisy mechanical stuff, so that’s mainly what you’ll get here, plus any random, cool bits I happen to see. All pictures are taken by me and are my © unless otherwise indicated.

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Latest posts by mclothier.bsky.social on Bluesky

A garlic naan is a thing of beauty

06.12.2025 21:47 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s not going to end well 😂

06.12.2025 19:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s an absolutely hideous object. Gnarled, grasping hands clawing at a dried out husk of a dying world. If there was ever a representation of the pointless, obscene accumulation of wealth by billionaires who couldn’t possibly spend it all but want anyway and fuck everyone else, this is surely it

06.12.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What a hideous thing. It reeks of death. Quite apt, really.

05.12.2025 22:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I knew FIFA was a corrupt joke, that goes without saying, but (a) why does FIFA even have a peace prize in the first place? They may as well award someone with a bag of chocolate buttons; and (b) why did they give to someone who machine guns shipwreck survivors and abducts and deports small children

05.12.2025 17:55 — 👍 28    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Love flying. Absolutely loathe airports.

03.12.2025 09:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

F-35A 🙂

03.12.2025 09:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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No pic on this one, Freddy

02.12.2025 19:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My little neighbour, snacking on sycamore seeds in the tree outside my study

#squirrel #autumn #wildlife #PhotographersofBluesky #UKPhotographers #PhotographersUnited #Canon #TeamCanon #SigmaLens #SigmaLenses #Sigma150600 #Dorset #UK

02.12.2025 14:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beautiful!

On Mars, dust grains are ~ the same size as visible light wavelengths, so they scatter red light away (Mie scattering) and let blue through near the Sun.

On Earth, air molecules are far smaller, scatter blue away (Rayleigh) and leave red.

Same physics, inverted colors!

🔭 🧪 #science

01.12.2025 14:54 — 👍 116    🔁 33    💬 1    📌 0

Yes, I believe so. She’s being working on the Swanage Railway for a few years now, but has only recently been fitted with the kit needed to run mainline excursions

30.11.2025 17:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Eddystone

#iPhonePhotography #ShotOniPhone #MobilePhotography #UKPhotographers #PhotographersofBluesky #photography #PhotographersUnited #rail #railways #railphotos #railphotography #trains #locomotive #steamlocomotive #steam #SwanageRailway #Swanage #Dorset #JurassicCoast #sunset #goldenhour

30.11.2025 00:03 — 👍 48    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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#BlueSkyArtShow
Theme: #warmth ☀️

Big skies and blue, blue sea - the view from Cherry Tree Hill, #Barbados. Wonderful, fabulous country. Can’t wait to go back 🥰

#PhotographersofBluesky #UKPhotographers #PhotographersUnited #Photography #Landscape #View #Sea #Sky #Clouds

29.11.2025 16:36 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Aliens almost certainly exist somewhere. Ghosts, not so much.

25.11.2025 12:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Someone didn’t pray attention to what they posted

24.11.2025 18:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pathetic, childish stuff. It demonstrates Musk’s emotional maturity and intelligence which seems to be stuck at the age of 12. This man is the richest human being who has ever lived. Just goes to show there’s absolutely no justice in this world.

24.11.2025 14:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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These Parker gel refills are really nice, too

24.11.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looks like the worlds largest golf course 😉

23.11.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You’ll be able to do that soon, as no one else will be using them

23.11.2025 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I would use this so much 😂

23.11.2025 09:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love, love, love! ❤️

20.11.2025 21:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At this point, nothing surprises me. It makes me sad, it makes me angry, it makes me despair at the stupidity and intolerance of millions of voters who supported this. But it doesn’t surprise me. I expect it’s another distraction from the Epstein Files, but boy they’ve gone deep with this one.

20.11.2025 21:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please can we have an Edit button please pretty please… and can you stop the app freezing and needing a restart when you try to close a full screen picture or video?
Thanks 🙏🏼

19.11.2025 22:20 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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If you ever wondered why decent camera lenses are heavy and expensive, here’s why. Look at all that glass! 😍

#PhotographersofBluesky #UKPhotographers #PhotographersUnited #avgeek #AviationPhotography #Canon #TeamCanon #iPhonePhotography #ShotOniPhone #MobilePhotography #railphotos #railphotography

19.11.2025 09:37 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

That’s a pretty classy camera for a beginner 👍🏼

17.11.2025 23:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Cor…! Really noisy when they’re turned on, too 😉

17.11.2025 23:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The caption for this is ‘Sorry I killed you, Ma’am’

16.11.2025 09:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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