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🚨This woman was driving to work in Chicago when a double tented suburban swerved into her vehicle. She was pulled from her vehicle and thrown into their vehicle, “beaten, bloodied, and barefoot.” She is a United States citizen. 1/2

It's called an "unvitation".

I was working at Hayden Meadows next to I-5 and the Columbia River. The river started to over top Marine Drive in places, and we were given the option to evacuate, which I did!
I went and looked at the Falls on the Willamette, and it was just a little bump of boiling brown water.

That's so crazy to see happen!
Now imagine that on the Willamette River at the falls at Oregon City!
I saw that happen in the mid 1990s!
There's probably photos around somewhere online.

George Retes is a U.S. citizen and Iraq war veteran. He was detained by ICE and held in solitary confinement for three days without explanation.

George shared his story before Congress to make sure no American has to endure the same abuse he did.

Astronomers find first direct evidence of “Monster Stars” from the cosmic dawn

University of Portsmouth: Astronomers Find First Direct Evidence of “Monster Stars” from the Cosmic Dawn www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

Thanks Chip! I think that's correct about the glacier.
The plains in front of the mountain now host a super bloom of lupines!
Not sure if it does it every year, but when it does, wow!

The puff above the landscape at top left is just wind blown ash and dust, not an eruption. Plumes like that are a common sight around the crater rim.
And the vantage from here barely views the crater rim. At this point, you're so close to the crater, you can't see it!

A tall waterfall drops over sheer cliffs at the top of the photo, just below a bright blue sky. The cliff and the landscape are without trees or brush because this is very near the crater of Mount Saint Helens volcano. In fact, the waterfall is fed from a young glacier inside the crater. Just below the blue sky at the top left, the crater rim is just visible, with a small cloud of ash and dust blowing off of it. The sun is to the far left off frame, and casts shadows from the cliff wall near the falls. Closer to the viewer, the cliff casts it's shadow broadly across the bottom of the ravine the creek runs down from the falls above. The creek is visible tumbling down a small set of falls and exits at the bottom of the frame toward the right. The cliffs all are barren, but show variations in color in pinks, dull oranges, dusky greys, and pale ashen hues. The texture of the cliffs is complex and a bit jumbled, with a lot of fallen loose small, debris fanning out below them, and on their tops. The creek between the falls and it's lower cataracts, seems to disappear behind a curve in some of the debris fans. The cliff the falls drops from has a more horizontal form, while it's right face descends steeply toward the middle right. The left side of the canyon wall is shaded and drops almost vertical to the bottom.

It's #WaterfallWednesday!
Here's a favorite of mine from just below the crater at #MtStHelens!
Loowit Falls stands in stark contrast to the barren landscape it cuts through. It's fed by the young horseshoe glacier inside the crater!
#📷 #ECK #hiking #nature #volcano #scape #Washington

Stunning Footage From a Reconnaissance Plane Flying Into the Eye of Hurricane Melissa The US Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron’s "Hurricane Hunters" captured stunning footage as they flew into the eye of Hurricane Melissa.

Stunning Footage From a Reconnaissance Plane Flying Into the Eye of Hurricane Melissa laughingsquid.com/flying-into-...

Likewise, I'd never heard of a super moon until the media invented it.
I'm guessing this is somebody seeking ratings as far as the cat 5 atmospheric river goes.
Someone will probably do something similar for wildfires, if that has not been done in a mass media sense.

I've seen people do Halloween Trees if you can imagine! 👻🎃🐈‍⬛🕷️🕸️🦇

I went to one of these here a bunch of years ago, and it was fun! 👹
I'd like to see one in Bavaria!
Though they vary in style by region and villages.

Breathtaking! Literally lol

But I always love the perspective when you're up so high that all the mountains sort of even out a bit level.

#🔭 🧪

A lenticular galaxy has an pale yellow central core that forms a fuzzy bar structure. Surrounding this is an almond-shaped area with bluer stars and star clusters. Together, they somewhat resemble an eye. Several brown, slightly curved dust lanes cross the galaxy vertically on its left half. The black background of space is dotted with stars and smaller galaxies.

Gemini North image of Arp 336, also known as NGC 2685 or the Helix Galaxy.

Its perpendicular ring of gas, stars, and dust was likely captured from an interaction with another galaxy.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino
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I had no idea the lake was frozen over before heading up to it. I wasn't even sure the road would be passable the entire distance.
But I got to the end of the plowed road, geared up for the cold and snow, and trekked off through the dark (w/headlamp)! It was really windy in places there also.

Good morning! I’m currently at Beaverton High School in OR where a mass student walk out has just started to demand a proactive ICE protocol for their school and district.

Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.

Did you guys do the Field of Light Dinner?

Hey #PDX! During this rain event, it is no time to go out running around without very good reason. Stay off the trails, either hiking, or running.
This would be a great time to not become a Search & Rescue statistic...
For that matter, try to limit driving around. People are gonna be crazy driving.

I see @stephenking.bsky.social at the base of the tree too! Festive!

It seemed later because it was already dark. 😃

Teaching when to trust As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge

Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it

That makes it all worth it! Thanks Val!

The faint illumination on this side of Mount Hood is from the light pollution of PDX further to the west, and the magic of long exposure, and wide open aperture on the lens.
The noticeable glow over the mountain is from Timberline ski area over on the South side.

A photo of a night sky FULL of stars over a snowy Mount Hood in Oregon. Only a few exposures of black rock on the mountain's ridgelines are visible. The mountainside facing forward is partially lit by the glow from the metro area of Portland, OR, a fair distance away. The glow in the sky right behind the mountain is from the main ski area, Timberline. Trees in the forest below the mountain, and around the lake are only dark silhouettes. The reflection from the lake below is scattered and subtle because the lake is frozen over. I was not expecting that because this lake doesn't freeze often.

Late #Stunday post!
Been busy today, but here's #MountHood, #Oregon, under a star filled sky, over a frozen #LostLake!
I went for the night sky and planets, forgot some equipment, an icy road, and a couple feet of snow! #📷 #scape #ECK #Stars #Winter #MountainMonday #snow #astro #nature #hiking

The annual Krampuslauf Parade took over Hawthorne on December 5.

Hundreds of participants and spectators gathered for the event that's been a part of the community for more than 10 years.

Many were clad in costumes to the delight of those viewing the procession from shops on the parade route.

A giant fountain of glowing lava in Hawaii on 7-12-25. The fountain takes up almost half the frame as it shoots from the ground at huge force high into the air. Smoke and ash billow from it, reflecting the intense heat and red light. A fast flowing wide river of lava streams from the vent toward the left and off frame. There are bright impact areas at the base of the fountain as it gushers into the lava river. A small bright hole to the lava below is in the foreground below the fountain. Faintly, the background of the caldera can be seen in the dark distance across the whole screen, blocked by the fountain on the right. Clouds above also softly reflect the red of this activity below. In the lower left corner is the logo of USGS, the date and time are in the very upper left, and other data are in the lower right. All in white.

Mme Pele, the builder of islands.
(Screen grab from USGS live feed; 12-7-25, 12:04 PDST)

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Believe me, he wouldn't survive the trip. At this point, no one would. ☠️