Props to Niantic for both the timing on the raid day and for letting the players connect the dots themselves.
Images
Sunny side up!
Mixed messages.
“Staring Contest”
Indian Hawthorn blossoms on a hedge
Just some #mosstodon from a recent hike in the Palos Verdes Peninsula hills near Los …
Just some #mosstodon from a recent hike in the Palos Verdes Peninsula hills near Los Angeles. There’s a nature preserve along one of the canyons with a stream running through it that actually has water after this winter’s repeated storms, unlike when I went there last summer (or was it fall?) And it was completely dry.
Venus and Jupiter conjunction! Right now!
#Venus and #Jupiter #conjunction! Right now!
#stargazing #astronomy #planets #BlueSky #photo
Followup: I got a better photo using the good camera and tripod after I got home
Pretty sure this isn’t related to any of the multiple tree down alerts that went out during the windstorm earlier this week.
Pretty sure this isn’t related to any of the multiple tree down alerts that went out during the windstorm earlier this week.
Possibly a Say’s Phoebe
*sigh* Team Rocket, ruining everything again. #PokemonGo
I love how #PokemonGo postcards always start out with “Greetings from” even when they go …
I love how #PokemonGo postcards always start out with “Greetings from” even when they go on to a name like “SQUIRREL of DOOM!”
According to the postcard info, it’s a mural by Glasgow artist Sam Bates aka Smug.
Stumbled on this amazing APOD from 2014
Stumbled on this amazing #APOD from 2014
#aurora #nightsky #mountains #snow
Photo credit & copyright: Max Rive
Um…okaaaay…I guess if I ever need to post an emoji of The Dread …
Um…okaaaay…
I guess if I ever need to post an emoji of The Dread Dormammu shrugging…?
Crescent moon and Mercury
Crescent moon and Mercury as seen a few nights ago. Venus had set below the hills a few minutes earlier. Not a great shot, but “the camera you have…” and all that.
Finally settled on this Gulf Fritillary
Finally settled on this #GulfFritillary #Butterfly as my best #photo on Flickr for the year. I like some of the other photos better for where I was, or what I was trying to do with the shot, but I think this came out better overall.
Other candidates include a squirrel, autumn trees, and black-and-white sunbeams, but this was the most attention-catching at a first glance.
This explains it he events of #Portal2 so much.
This explains it he events of #Portal2 so much.
10 years ago a young Mountain Lion crossed two freeways…
10 years ago a young #MountainLion crossed two freeways and began a life in Griffith Park, a semi-wild area in the hills of #LosAngeles. #P22 became a trail-cam celebrity, outlived life expectancy for wild pumas and inspired a #wildlife bridge across the 101.
Waning health prompted biologists to bring him in for a checkup, but he was hit by a car first. Injuries & chronic illness were too much for him to survive in a sanctuary, and he’s been euthanized.
I should clarify in case the ALT text isn’t visible – the attached photo from the LA Times is of P-22 in better days, spotted on a wildlife camera.
https://www.latimes.com/story/2022-12-17/stunning-photos-of-l-a-s-celebrity-mountain-lion
I keep thinking about posting my Flickr photo of a family of mastodons at the …
I keep thinking about posting my Flickr photo of a family of mastodons at the La Brea tar pits (statues, of course) on the bird site to see whether it gets marked as “sensitive,” but I don’t feel much like logging back in over there right now, so here’s the photo:
(Previously posted at @kelsonv@photog.social )
I couldn’t quite get the color processing on this hidden bench the way I …
I couldn’t quite get the color processing on this hidden bench the way I wanted, but I think it’s interesting at least.
(Also: testing Flickr embeds)
This beetle landed on my car window as I was about to start, then climbed onto the top of the car. I had to look. (Too bad I don’t drive a VW Beetle.)
This beetle landed on my car window as I was about to start, then climbed onto the top of the car. I had to look. (Too bad I don’t drive a VW Beetle.)