Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier

Today is the 179th anniversary of Neptune's discovery. I first 'discovered' the outermost ice planet in 2020. A year later, this is the best image I've taken of it (so far)! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

Fantastic weekend on the #Oregon Coast with family.

Running a sale for my birthday at the print shop - 25% off! exploringthefrontier.etsy.com

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #westcoast

Had a lovely gallery opening at Willison West in #SantaFe last weekend. Shadowscapes runs through the end of July!

A rare mothership supercell moved through eastern New Mexico today. It was an incredible storm event. The full gallery will be published later this evening via www.flickr.com/photos/danie... #nmwx

Law Would Make Most National Weather Service Workers Hard to Fire

“Weather forecasting is not partisan,” said Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska, one of the bill’s sponsors.

Another co-sponsor of this bipartisan legislation is Rep. Eric Sorensen, a former weathercaster from Illinois.

#NWS #WxSky

A viewer caught the tail end of a tornado in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains Monday afternoon. This was taken about 12 miles SW of Las Vegas, NM, south of San Geronimo. This is looking NE towards Las Vegas. #NMwx

Floyd, NM tornado sequence. Estimated start time was 5:18 p.m. and rope out at 5:40 p.m. Photos captured at 5:21, 5:25, 5:31 and 5:38 p.m. this evening.

Shelter from the Storm

South of Littlefield, #Texas, a tornadic supercell races across the plains over an old cellar on April 25, 2025.

#txwx #WxSky #stormchaser #weather.

Funnel cloud outside #Roswell #NewMexico #WxSky #nmwx #weather

Thank you - was quite the sight!

Today, outside Sudan, Texas. #txwx #weather #stormchaser #tornado #WxSky

Bagged 2 tornadoes yesterday by Silverton and Matador, TX. Excited for another day! #txwx #WxSky #weather #tornado #stormchaser

We’re so back… SE of Dumas, TX last night.

#WxSky #txwx #stormchasing #stormchaser #weather

'Arctic Chills'

Today was so good. Supercell near Dumas, TX #txwx #wxsky

New Mexico tree deaths double in 2024 according to the New Mexico Forestry Division. Insects and a warming climate were the driving factors. Burn scar areas were also significant causes for insect activity and tree mortality.
Press release: tinyurl.com/4weba7xc

Hey #WxSky, who is chasing this week? #stormchaser #severewx #txwx #okwx #kswx #cowx

'My Morning Solace'

Google AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’ In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow.

Google says AI Overviews drive more traffic to a diverse mix of publishers. But it has never shared data to back up that claim.

@daveyalba & I spoke to 25 creators who painted a different picture. Several are out of business. One is on food stamps. Our latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wilderness First Responder with Matthew Angus and Isabel Chavez– G25040302 - Ghost Ranch This course consists of a 5-day hands on AND 30 hours of self-paced online work. An on-line exam is given AFTER both parts of the course are completed. Links

And the link: www.ghostranch.org/program/g250...

If you're interested in joining the course, it has two components:
- 30 hours online instruction
- 40 hours in-person, scenario-driven instruction

The in-person component starts in 2 weeks at Ghost Ranch, so I recommend registering TODAY to start the online training.

#WxSky #NewMexico #wilderness

Completing a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification, as there's a non-zero chance I'm first on a scene with storm chasing and general adventuring.

Course is really pushing my limits - the trauma section was tough - but the antidote to fear is knowledge.

#WxSky #NewMexico #wilderness

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Paying close attention to storms in Western Kentucky tonight. The hodograph at the family farm is quite alarming! #kywx #wxsky

What did the United States look like in the 1970s? Why did a majority of Americans advocate for the EPA and a Republican-led administration support the agency? What did it mean to try to clean the air, water and land? Explore at digitaldocumerica.org

The federal government is being deliberately asphyxiated in real time and no one can really do anything about it.

Fingers crossed! It is so insanely dry here in NM. Basically no snowpack.

Hack: if flying east from the US overnight to Europe, sit on the left side of the plane, sleep early, stay awake for this 👇

This is such a good shot - hoping for a good monsoon this year!

Monsoon microburst. You had to be there to feel the power.