crocuspics
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Nature stuff, astronomy, natural history, photos https://www.crocusphotography.com/ mostly in sw Canada—Treaty 4,6,7,8,10 territory. 📸 I take a lot of photos! (No post-production.)
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Mer de Glace (sea of ice) @ Chamonix France. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #glaciers
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Mer de Glace (sea of ice) @ Chamonix France. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #glaciers
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November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Abandoned coal mining town. Bankhead, AB (1903-1922). #abandoned #photography #liminalspaces #nature
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Abandoned coal mining town. Bankhead, AB (1903-1922). #abandoned #photography #liminalspaces #nature
Waterfall #7, Johnston Creek (Banff National Park, Canada). #waterfallwednesday #photography
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Waterfall #7, Johnston Creek (Banff National Park, Canada). #waterfallwednesday #photography
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Silver Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park.
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Silver Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park.
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
Soon this area will be inaccessible for the season due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
#waterfall #waterfallWednesday #nature #peace #landscape #adventure #hiking #nationalparks #wanderlust #travel
International Wombat Day
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
International Wombat Day
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Stunning imagery of lightning within Hurricane Erin.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
August 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Stunning imagery of lightning within Hurricane Erin.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
Erin remains a powerful, major hurricane.
August 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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There is a large coronal hole facing Earth right now that is currently sending fast solar wind towers Earth! We may feel the first effects as early as August 17 or 18. It’s possible we see G1 or even G2-level storming and mid-latitude aurora. The moon will be less bright, too. Who’s ready?
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There is a large coronal hole facing Earth right now that is currently sending fast solar wind towers Earth! We may feel the first effects as early as August 17 or 18. It’s possible we see G1 or even G2-level storming and mid-latitude aurora. The moon will be less bright, too. Who’s ready?
The film “dramatically illustrates both the importance and process of science and journalism, at a time when both are under attack”
500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis
500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis
Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller. Yet this environmental catastrophe is real, as…
news.mongabay.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The film “dramatically illustrates both the importance and process of science and journalism, at a time when both are under attack”
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Now is the time to look for the #constellation Corona Borealis, aka the Northern Crown! From the Northern Hemisphere, it is high overhead during the evening hours, and from the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation is low in the northern sky. 🌌👑🔭
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📸 Fred Espenak.
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📸 Fred Espenak.
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now is the time to look for the #constellation Corona Borealis, aka the Northern Crown! From the Northern Hemisphere, it is high overhead during the evening hours, and from the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation is low in the northern sky. 🌌👑🔭
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📸 Fred Espenak.
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📸 Fred Espenak.
ICYMI
Last week I caught some of the most phenomenal events in the sky.
These sprites were so strong and so close that their colors reached maximum intensity from my vantage point.
The pink, purple, and blue colors at the lower 40-50km altitude are where the air is denser, meaning where molecules
These sprites were so strong and so close that their colors reached maximum intensity from my vantage point.
The pink, purple, and blue colors at the lower 40-50km altitude are where the air is denser, meaning where molecules
July 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ICYMI
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On #WorldConservationDay, we highlight nature’s crucial services 🐝 Pollination, water purification, & flood regulation provide trillions in economic value annually, yet these benefits are often overlooked in decision-making. Why valuing nature is key ⤵️
zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/foo...
zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/foo...
Finding economic value in nature beyond carbon - Zero Carbon Analytics
Calculating the value of nature is complex. A collapse of essential ecosystem services could cost USD 2.7 trillion per year by 2030.
zerocarbon-analytics.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
On #WorldConservationDay, we highlight nature’s crucial services 🐝 Pollination, water purification, & flood regulation provide trillions in economic value annually, yet these benefits are often overlooked in decision-making. Why valuing nature is key ⤵️
zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/foo...
zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/foo...
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Etymology of the day: spiders were once known as ‘attercops’, or ‘poison-heads’, because it was believed most spiders were venomous. The ‘cop’ element became the ‘cob’ in ‘cobweb’.
July 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Etymology of the day: spiders were once known as ‘attercops’, or ‘poison-heads’, because it was believed most spiders were venomous. The ‘cop’ element became the ‘cob’ in ‘cobweb’.
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Best bloom of pincushion cactus I’ve ever seen! The colour of these pincushion cactus blooms is a camera sensor-buster and it made me go down a rabbit hole of cactus flower anatomy. This is one of 3 species of cacti native to #Saskatchewan (other 2 are prickly pears) 🌿🌵
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Best bloom of pincushion cactus I’ve ever seen! The colour of these pincushion cactus blooms is a camera sensor-buster and it made me go down a rabbit hole of cactus flower anatomy. This is one of 3 species of cacti native to #Saskatchewan (other 2 are prickly pears) 🌿🌵
Happy World Meerkat Day! sigmaearth.com/world-meerka...
World Meerkat Day 2025: Celebrating The Social Sentinels Of The Savanna - Sigma Earth
A small mammal indigenous to the desert regions of southern Africa, the Meerkat is a lovely and tenacious animal that is highlighted on World Meerkat Day, celebrated annually on July 3.
sigmaearth.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Happy World Meerkat Day! sigmaearth.com/world-meerka...
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Sedum
Shot with a Nokia 8 Sirroco phone
#texture #plant #succulent #garden #sedum #fineartphotography #photography
Shot with a Nokia 8 Sirroco phone
#texture #plant #succulent #garden #sedum #fineartphotography #photography
March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sedum
Shot with a Nokia 8 Sirroco phone
#texture #plant #succulent #garden #sedum #fineartphotography #photography
Shot with a Nokia 8 Sirroco phone
#texture #plant #succulent #garden #sedum #fineartphotography #photography
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Meanwhile in Alberta, this is what our Minister is doing for wildlife...and don't buy the BS about it being "for conservation," the funds go to the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society to divvy it up, so it's not exactly 'conservation' as you and I might think.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Utah auction set to support conservation work in Alberta
Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen will travel to Salt Lake City to promote the Minister’s Special Licence program and raise funds for conservation initiatives.
www.alberta.ca
February 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Meanwhile in Alberta, this is what our Minister is doing for wildlife...and don't buy the BS about it being "for conservation," the funds go to the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society to divvy it up, so it's not exactly 'conservation' as you and I might think.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Mark Dobson was a favourite, don't see him on Bluesky. petapixel.com/2023/06/01/a... #photography
A Photographer's Journey Capturing the Beautiful Violence of the Ocean
Capturing the ocean's power in individual moments -- Photographer Mark Dobson's brilliant and beautiful photography.
petapixel.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Mark Dobson was a favourite, don't see him on Bluesky. petapixel.com/2023/06/01/a... #photography
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Red sprites are the perfect blend of science and nature, fleeting moments of beauty in our own atmosphere.
Each red spear is an excited ion channel, several miles long and triggering 50 miles above some massive charge change in the clouds below.
Our very own electric zoo, right above our heads.
Each red spear is an excited ion channel, several miles long and triggering 50 miles above some massive charge change in the clouds below.
Our very own electric zoo, right above our heads.
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Red sprites are the perfect blend of science and nature, fleeting moments of beauty in our own atmosphere.
Each red spear is an excited ion channel, several miles long and triggering 50 miles above some massive charge change in the clouds below.
Our very own electric zoo, right above our heads.
Each red spear is an excited ion channel, several miles long and triggering 50 miles above some massive charge change in the clouds below.
Our very own electric zoo, right above our heads.