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Great to be here! ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ Thinking geographically ๐ŸŒ GIS, trivia and other important things... #GeographyTeacher and author; RGS C Geog, BBC Weather Watcher; landscape art and photography; #EruditePedagogy; #EduSky; Music, poetry esp with links to place

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*Star-like*
#Jupiter + #GalileanMoons
L>R #Ganymede #Io #Europa #Callisto over #SurreyHills
@surreyhillsnl.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk
@stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social

02.02.2026 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trailing #virga at sunset over Graveney Marshes
@whitstablelive.bsky.social @stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
#StormHour #loveukweather

24.01.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
World of Music Musical and geographical offerings from GeoBlogs: a 365 blog project for 2026.

Today on the World of Music we return to Kรถln on the 51st anniversary of the recording of the Keith Jarrett classic and @mildthing99.bsky.social explores the music of Bowie worldlymusic.blogspot.com

24.01.2026 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"And three trees on the low sky...
...And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory." T. S. Eliot
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@metoffice.gov.uk #StormHour #loveukweather #getoutside

02.01.2026 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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High pressure still in charge; another very cold night on the way
-5ยฐC or lower #SurreyHills
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk @thephotohour.bsky.social #getoutside

05.01.2026 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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*A rose between two thorns*
#WaningGibbous 98% ๐ŸŒ• rising over south London in between the Crystal Palace and Croydon transmitters, seen from #SurreyHills
#WolfMoon #OldMoon #IceMoon #SnowMoon #Supermoon
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk @thephotohour.bsky.social #getoutside

04.01.2026 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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*A rose between two thorns*
#WaningGibbous 98% ๐ŸŒ• rising over south London in between the Crystal Palace and Croydon transmitters, seen from #SurreyHills
#WolfMoon #OldMoon #IceMoon #SnowMoon #Supermoon
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk @thephotohour.bsky.social #getoutside

04.01.2026 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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*We are family*
#Jupiter + #GalileanMoons
L>R #Callisto #Europa #Io #Ganymede over #SurreyHills
@surreyhillsnl.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk
@stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social

03.01.2026 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"And three trees on the low sky...
...And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory." T. S. Eliot
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@metoffice.gov.uk #StormHour #loveukweather #getoutside

02.01.2026 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”Š'Get Back - The Places'๐Ÿ”Š
2nd January 1969: Day 1 of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions
Where are the places linked to The Beatles' classic song 'Get Back'? #GetBackTheBeatles #Psychogeography
Story Map created using
@esriuk.bsky.social #ArcGISStoryMaps
Link to story map: arcg.is/18WvnP1

02.01.2026 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Retreat of the Breiรฐamerkurjรถkull glacier, Iceland
๐Ÿ™@copernicuseu.bsky.social
Sentinel-2 imagery -Breiรฐamerkurjรถkull Georef with #MediaLayers in @esriuk.bsky.social #ArcGISOnline and imported to #3DScene
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
@subfossilguy.bsky.social @edhawkins.org
arcg.is/1PKif54

29.12.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Moonset through #cirrus #WaxingCrescent ๐ŸŒ’ 41.8% over @whitstablelive.bsky.social
@davidbflower.bsky.social @cloudappsoc.bsky.social @stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk #StormHour #getoutside #loveukweather

26.12.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Merry Christmas...and God bless all of you on the good Earth'

#Apollo8 Christmas Eve 1968 message, over SELENE (Kaguya) 'Earthrise' footage, similar to the view seen by Borman, Lovell + Anders
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@daveatcogs.bsky.social
Details + HQ video here: vimeo.com/187472403?re...

24.12.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First time capturing this lunar transit
#WaxingCrescent ๐ŸŒ’ (20%) over N Kent @whitstablelive.bsky.social ๐ŸŽ…
@davidbflower.bsky.social @stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk
@thephotohour.bsky.social
#StormHour #loveukweather

24.12.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A beautiful sunset over The Bristol Channel seen from #BarryIsland with Foreland Point lighthouse guiding the shipping at dusk
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@thephotohour.bsky.social
@metoffice.gov.uk @derekbrockway.bsky.social @barrybados.bsky.social

22.12.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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*The only way is up*
๐ŸŒ„ The earliest sunset of 2025 has been and gone #SurreyHills
The sun will set later every day now until around 25th June!
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social @stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk #StormHour #loveukweather #getoutside

19.12.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A magnificent early cloudscape c1900: #Cumulus prob over Yapton, W Sussex by Sidney Fletcher.
Possible Lรฉonard Misonne influence?
๐Ÿ™@FacesInTheLight #242
Restored+colourised using @GeminiApp
#Swipe @www_re_photos
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social @stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk

18.12.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Golden Gate Strait c1900
3 decades before the bridge!
Unmistakeable outline of Angel Island; Possibly Sausolito ferry; Helmet Rock + Lands End
@ggbridge.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
AI Colourised w @GeminiApp Nano Banana
Original ๐Ÿ™@FacesInTheLight #258
#Swipe @www_re_photos

16.12.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Place du Marchรฉ,
Saint-Valery-en-Caux c1900 Seine-Maritime, @Normandy, France #ChangingPlaces
AI Colourised w @GeminiApp Nano Banana
Original from @FacesInTheLight
#Swipe created in @www_re_photos #rephotography

16.12.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Shetland Trader' at dusk with #Sheppey in the distance
low tide
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@thephotohour.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk

14.12.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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L'รฉglise du Sacrรฉ-Cล“ur (Church of the Sacred Heart) Place d'Allier, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhรดne-Alpes, France @fneaura.bsky.social #ChangingPlaces
AI Colourised w @GeminiApp Nano Banana
Vg for car + street details, but hallucinates with perspective!
Original: Unknown Photgrapher@FacesInTheLight

09.12.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ”Š๐ŸŽ„Step Into Christmas๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ”Š๐ŸŽถ
Y7 students used #GIS to map Christmas placenames
๐Ÿ™ @natlibscot.bsky.social maps GB1900 Gazeteer > 'Christmas' > CSV > @esriuk.bsky.social #ArcGISOnline
2D incl @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social #Firefly symbols+ pop-ups, then #3DScene > 3D trees stars+baubles #HowIUsedGISToday

12.12.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ”Š๐ŸŽ„Step Into Christmas๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ”Š๐ŸŽถ
Y7 students used #GIS to map Christmas placenames
๐Ÿ™ @natlibscot.bsky.social maps GB1900 Gazeteer > 'Christmas' > CSV > @esriuk.bsky.social #ArcGISOnline
2D incl @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social #Firefly symbols+ pop-ups, then #3DScene > 3D trees stars+baubles #HowIUsedGISToday

12.12.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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L'รฉglise du Sacrรฉ-Cล“ur (Church of the Sacred Heart) Place d'Allier, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhรดne-Alpes, France @fneaura.bsky.social #ChangingPlaces
AI Colourised w @GeminiApp Nano Banana
Vg for car + street details, but hallucinates with perspective!
Original: Unknown Photgrapher@FacesInTheLight

09.12.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

None here sadly!

06.12.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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22ยฐ halo in #cirrostratus and #contrails caused by the almost full #ColdMoon #Supermoon #WaxingGibbous ๐ŸŒ• 97.4%
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social #StormHour #getoutside #loveukweather

03.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โฌ‡๏ธ International Space Station โฌ‡๏ธ
@Space_Station #ISS threading a west to east path between the #WaxingGibbous Moon 76% and #Saturn at 16.39 over the #SurreyHills #Timelapse
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@metoffice.gov.uk
@stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social #StormHour #loveukweather #getoutside

30.11.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'It only stops for her' 20 Sep 1962:
As part of the Beeching cuts, Great Longstone station, Derbyshire was closed for all except Alice Boardman to support her essential nursing work.
#MonsalTrail @vpdd.bsky.social
monsaltrail.org.uk/great-longstonโ€ฆ
Movietone ๐Ÿ™ @apnews.comyoutu.be/7J9USbjHY4E?...fi

30.11.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”Š๐ŸŽถMeeting the challenge๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ”Š
A map shared on each day of Nov 2025:
25 brand new maps + 5 'classics'.
See my timeline or my @linkedin.com page @mildthing99 at the other place
#GoGIS4GA #GIS
๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถMix of 'Crosswalk' @TEEDinosaurs
๐Ÿ™ @tjukanov.bsky.social who started #30DayMapChallenge
Day 30: Makeover

29.11.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spectacular uplit skies along the sharply defined trailing edge of a #ColdFront passing over the
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@thephotohour.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk #StormHour #loveukweather #getoutside

29.11.2025 23:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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