Grace

11 colors, pixelart

We just want to remind you: You’re not alone. We’re all in this together, and we’ll get through it together. We’ve seen so many people sharing their feelings of anxiety and stress—please take a moment for yourself. Your well-being matters. Sending you hugs—you are amazing, and we love you all! 💚

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

A man dressed in brown and khaki hugging an enormous chinkapin oak, Quercus muehlenbergii. Source: Katherine Shaw

I have a suggestion for you. In times of trouble and strife, there is therapeutic benefit in being among trees and in physical contact with them. So if you can, go hug a tree today, the bigger the better. This huge old chinkapin oak is known as The Great God Tree.

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Snowy urban yard with a ravine behind it, filled with big old deciduous trees. At the edge of the lawn is a pole with six bird feeders on it and three behind in the neighboring shrubs. On the other side of the lawn there’s a snowy bird bath, used as a platform feeder. Between the bird bath and the pole stretches a carpet of small songbirds, mostly House Sparrows but with some other species mixed in

Committed to having weekends off for the first time as an adult, was so excited (what will I do with this time?)

So far it’s “sit in my pajamas next to the picture windows and watch my feeders”

At least 130 birds of 15 species today, including two new yard birds (flicker, White-crowned Sparrow)

Perfect snow for mouse trails today. Snow reveals that whole life in the forest that is hidden to us most of the time. Colonies beneath the snowpack, individuals scampering over the top. Is there a better time of the year?

Morton Arboretum this morning.

Colorful map of a 1-square kilometer area with thousands of delineated tree canopies

This week, I'm reposting my tutorials for learning #LiDAR
in #R as I migrate to BlueSky! Here is Part 3 of a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Module 3 covers mapping trees from aerial LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module3

Happy New Year! For new Forest Ecologists here: A while ago I put together a Forest Ecology Starter Pack👇 to help build a network of forest 🌲🌳🌴 ecology researchers. The list is now full but you can use it to “seed” your own network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, enjoy! 🌎🧪🌐
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My lil art corner 🌷🎨✏️🌸

people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.

Beautiful! Also extremely envious of the Pizza Hut lamp 😭

that one orc: looks like meat's back on the menu boys!

crowd of orcs: *cheers*

vegan orc who is always asking if there are vegan options: are there vegan options

mantis shrimp
mantis shrimp
not a mantis or a shrimp
is he strong?
rocket punch
eats a crab
for his lunch
look out!
here comes the mantis shrimp

The Heart Nebula

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So refreshing. Social media is Social again

Poem by Joseph Fasano

Flashback to 2018 when I captured this star trail image at the Grand Canyon, laying on the edge of the cliff for a couple of hours. Amazing memories!

An aerial night view of a sprawling city filled with towering skyscrapers and a maze of illuminated streets. The buildings are adorned with glowing windows and vibrant red and white lights, creating a futuristic, dynamic atmosphere. A helipad is visible on the rooftop of one building in the foreground. Light reflections and a slight haze add depth and mood to the scene, blending urban energy with a sense of mystery.

The Grid 🤖

Tokyo, Japan | 2024

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#streetphotography
#aerialphotography
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The potato-shaped satellite Phobos is orbiting over Mars in this image taken from orbit by ESA Mars Express. Mars is a rusty reddish with its huge Olympus Mons and a tiny atmosphere layer on the limb. Phobos is a gray potato full of craters.

Phobos over Mars! Yes, that's also Olympus Mons...

The full size image is 140MP: flic.kr/p/2qdsc1g
Credit:
Image Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY
Raw data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin 🔭

ESA Mars Express 2024-07-13

Just watched Chaplin’s The Great Dictator and was really surprised by how much relevance it holds today. That ending monologue… great stuff ❤️

#FoxOfTheDay 🦊 A delightful image of Fox cubs holding onto each other’s tails. 💚 📸 Credit: Tavistock Photo. #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Foxes

#FoxOfTheDay 🦊

A delightful image of Fox cubs holding onto each other’s tails. 💚

📸 Credit: Tavistock Photo.

#WildlifePhotography #Nature #Foxes

Hi friends! Signed copies of my artbook are 20% off this week only!! ✨🦋💫 They come with a free mini print <3