Dave MacLean

Copernicus Image of the Day showing smoke over Canada on 3 August www.copernicus.eu/en/media/ima...

One more 😊

Btw. it started to erupt 30 mins. ago 😊🌋

Good morning!

Here’s are your 3 minutes of peace and calm. I’m looking forward to painting this one tonight!

#OceanDevotion

Sad news :(

What's that? You need a 2026 wall calendar with #maps? Try this for size. I get to be Mr February (Cheysson reproduction) and Mr July (Mars). Other months exist.

www.esri.com/en-us/esri-p...

See bsky.app/profile/yhzw... !

<goes into LinkedIn to remove my follow-up message to Bill!>

Last night’s moon from Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. iPhone 15 on 7.5 zoom

Last night’s moon from Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. Left: Pic of the display screen on #FujiFilm FinePix S1 (which was fully zoomed in)

Last night’s moon from #Bridgetown, #NovaScotia. Left: iPhone 15 on 7.5 zoom; right: pic of the display screen on #FujiFilm FinePix S1 (which was fully zoomed in). For the past few days, we’ve had some haze caused by those wildfires out west.

Quote-thread @huubeggen.bsky.social: the details in 👇 these 1000-mm images along the #Volga River!

On the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there are three pins (at each of #SvetlyYar, #KamennyiYar, & #KapustinYar) for Huub's post; each also has link to the cosmonaut's downloadable high-res

Annapolis Valley community gathers to help pod of dolphins trapped in mud | CBC News Melissa Pineo and her family noticed a pod of 12 white-sided dolphins in the water on a beach near Canning, N.S. They were enjoying the scenic moment on Sunday morning but after the tide started to go...

They were all saved 🙌🏼 🐬 🍁

#NovaScotia

#Annapolis Valley community gathers to help pod of 12 dolphins trapped in mud

People used their bare hands and rope to help the dolphins

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The lightning phenomenon known as a sprite depicted at Jupiter in this illustration Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

Oct 28, 2020: Sprites, named after folklore, may illuminate Jupiter's atmosphere with blue hues and tendrils, lasting mere milliseconds.

www.nasa.gov/image-article/sprites-frolic-jupiters-atmosphere/

Thank you for posting this.

He did wonderful things; RIP

Tagged as another “read for details when preparing course materials for my #COGS courses” article — thanks!

Thanks … and for the repost, follow, too!

I thought this video would be 3 minutes, but my phone died after one minute… but enjoy your one minute of peace and calm.

#OceanDevotion

Thanks for wondering about these and for your ideas!

I just looked closely at the original … I /think/ the one in the upper right was a cloud and the “red circled one” was dust on the iPhone

Sunset at Brule, Nova Scotia, on Saturday, 2 August 2025; iPhone 15 pic

After the pleasure of visiting with friends yesterday, this was the stunning sunset along the Northumberland Strait towards Prince Edward Island from Brule. The water soon got even calmer (as so often happens there). Cape John, NS at right.

Occasional #NovaScotiaSceneryPictures during summer 2025!

Thanks for covering this event :)

FYI - there is a clickable pin on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073 for your post - located east of #NewZealand 's north island

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: really nice 👇 choices for #NoctilucentClouds pics

In #Idaho & #Wyoming on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there are pins for Huub's post; they also have links to the downloadable 170- and 50-mm high-res by astronaut #NicholeAyers

I’ll definitely keep this in mind in the fall as I update course materials for my classes at #COGS - thanks!

#Map #Water Stress Around the Globe with #Global Irrigated Area Layer in #ArcGIS Living Atlas tinyurl.com/m6p2b64h

#hydrology #environment #science #data #GIS #esri #mapping #GISchat #geospatial #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: Wow 👇 nice info on this long exposure from space

Along #Taiwan's southwestern coast on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pair of pins for Huub's post; each also has link to the downloadable 15-mm high-res by astronaut #NicholeAyers

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: nice catch to ID this thunderflash 👇 pic

A little south of #Mexico (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 200-mm high-res by astronaut #NicholeAyers

Quote-thread @huubeggen.bsky.social & @wed-explorer.bsky.social: very nice 👇 choice for a photo of #Perth, #Australia pic and illuminating info.

On the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there are two pins for these posts; each also has link to the cosmonaut's downloadable 100-mm high-res

On that Saturday evening over about 45 min, I saw two (one was REALLY bright). We expect that over the next couple of weeks, there'll be more each evening (that is clear!)

2/2 There are two pins on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073 for this Houston-at-night image: 1) just west of #NewOrleans (location of ISS at photo time), 2) at the #TexasMedicalCenter (for @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social); both have link to the downloadable 200-mm high-res original. #ZoomWAYin

Houston, Texas, as photographed on 15 Jul 2025 at 07:52:52 GMT, by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers. Nikon Z 9 with VR 200 mm f/2G lens, 200 mm, 1/250 sec, f/2, ISO-25 600

Here is #Houston, photographed on 15 Jul 2025 at (local time) 2:52 AM, by NASA astronaut #NicholeAyers. The ||+|| was about 425 km to the east (near New Orleans) at photo time. More in alt-text. 1/2

Yup - we are quite lucky

Thanks for your note!