David Thoreson - The Accidental Explorer

Come on Dems. You can fit stuff on a bumper sticker.

I’m definitely pro-Motherfvcking Wind Farms!!

Hey BlueSky friends, sorry about my absence from the platform for a while. Long story, but I’m back. We are in some real trouble in regards to the #climatecrisis luckily my friends @climatechris.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social are all over it.

That certainly is you Chris! Congratulations on making Grok AI climate information more accurate.

But hey, we’re #ProLife, whatever the fuck that means.

Trump and his science-denying thugs are wiping climate change data from the system.
They are willing to burn 🔥 the USA and civilization to the ground.
The #climatecrisis is real and life threatening.
This shit is real folks and the fossil fuel industry doesn’t want you to have the data anymore.

America’s Public Lands and Waters Threatened Protection is the key to biodiversity, water quality and climate security.

Hey BlueSky photographers, artists and outdoor recreational enthusiasts, our pubic lands and waters are under assault once again by the greedy bastards in the MAGA GOP. resist these efforts. Protect #publiclands

#photography #adventure #nature #conservation

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Surviving the Pacific: Heat, Humidity, and the Trials of Ocean Life Swamp ass in the tropics and Murphy’s Law always rules the day.

Want know what adventure travel and the glamorous life of a professional sailor photographer really looks like? Pls check out my latest Substack column. Enjoy!

#Photography #Sailing #Ocean
#Adventure #Seascape

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The Puamau Valley is one of the richest archaeological sites in French Polynesia with many mysterious Tiki stone statues on the island of Hiva Oa.

Sailing Across an Ocean Wilderness Part Four: Understanding our climate system will take you a long way.

My latest on Substack. I just sailed 3000 miles across the Pacific #Ocean. Ever wonder about a #sailing plan? How our #climate system works? Trade wind sailing? Pls subscribe and remember I donate paid subscriptions to water quality efforts. Thank you. open.substack.com/pub/thoreson...

I’m back from #sailing the Pacific. “Along with ocean currents circulating warm and cold water, this is our natural heating, and air conditioning system, which provides the stability for all life to exist on Planet Earth. Man-made #climatechange is disrupting these natural systems…”

#Photography

Even sex with porn stars? Oh my

We sailed 2900 miles on Polar Sun and finally crossed the Evans made it into Hiva Oa in the French Marquesas Islands. Spectacular!

#Travel #Sailing #Oceans #Adventure #Photography

Sailing across the Pacific Ocean and had a very beautiful #Seascape last evening.

Sailing through the doldrums near the equator. Lots of heat and rain. Slow progress. 190 nautical miles to our crossing.
About 1000 miles to the Marquesas Islands.

#Ocean #Sailing #Landscape
#BlackandWhite

Correction. Brown Booby!

We have a stowaway on Polar Sun now as we head to the Equator, a blue-footed booby!
Been on board with us for 12 hours hanging out.

#ocean #nature #Bird #photography #sailing

We left Mexico from Barra de Navidad n headed west and slightly south, #sailing 3000 miles now across the Pacific Ocean on a 47' sailboat named Polar Sun. We went through the Northwest Passage and were the cover of Nat Geo in 2023.
Awesome days on the #ocean.

#Photography #Drone #landscape #explore

Happy Earth Day 🌎 everyone from the Pacific #Ocean. Celebrate the the magic to be found in nature. This lovely home planet is 70% water and it’s all threatened, our oceans and freshwater systems. Let’s all work hard in our own watersheds and support conservation and climate efforts as we can.

The best news of the day.

Awesomeness!!!!

Last evening was special sailing in the Pacific #Ocean to the French Marquesas Islands. Wing and wing sail set for dead downwind in the NE Trade Winds. Both Big Dipper and Southern Cross in view last night. Magical.

#Sailing #Photography #Nature
#Seascape #Travel #Adventure

Sailing and climate meet at the equator. As we sail across the Pacific in the NE trade winds it’s important to note these NE/SE trades force air into the convergence zone at the equator where it’s heated, lifted and redistributed back towards the poles. Our very own unique #climate system. #Nature

Haha. Unfortunately yes. Starlink is one of the greatest innovations for boats/ships at sea. We have other options for back up, Iridium. I just wish Elmo would have kept to rockets, cars, remote internet service and actually caring about climate change and planet earth 🌎

We are now officially at sea! That’s the last land we’ll see for the next 3000 miles as we now sail from the western Mexico coast to the French Marquesas Islands. I’ll be posting along the way. Cheers mates!!
#Sailing #Ocean #Photography

Sailing in the tropics and over the Equator on Ocean Watch on the Around the Americas expedition in 2009-10. 400 days at sea. Partnering with the Canadians on research and science. Oh for those old days. Ocean and sea educational program built with NSF.

#Ocean #Science #Climate #Sailing #Nature

Looking forward to sailing into the tropics again. The clouds and colors are magical. A little hot for me, but a last voyage on my bucket list- Sail across the Pacific to the French Marquesas Islands. Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kontiki as a kid. Amazing.

#Photography #Sailing #Ocean #Nature #Sea

Tesla lost 10% of its value in one day.

They played pump n dump for a month

Hope you've enjoyed one of my many polar sailing stories. Shifting gears. I'm pretty fired up to get back to the tropics and sail over the Equator again to the French Marquesas Islands. 3000-mile crossing. Journey begins next week...

#Sailing #Ocean #Equator #Travel #Tropics #Seascape