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Samuel Benjamin
@samuelxl5.bsky.social
Author & photographer, former USAF F-15E maintainer, space historian, sci-fi buff. Native of Detroit, currently based in Oklahoma City. Prints at https://samuelxl5.darkroom.com & merch at https://samuelxl5.printify.me

NO AI/NFT. If you use AI, fuck off.
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An artistic lesson in strength and beauty.✍️All inspired by
@kittybitgames.bsky.social
of course. #art #painting #portrait
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Jackalope Totem 🐇✨🦌✨

This piece was an experiment to try out not just a new flower motif (Prairie Fire), but a new way of playing with colour!
I also wanted an excuse to sculpt a big jackalope as well 😛

SOLD

#art #pottery
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🐙 2017 - 2025 🐙 the Octopus Tea Cup series is retiring! 🥹

🥳 Celebrating good endings & making space for a new series, we're having a 20% OFF "Goodbye" Sale!!

sculptedreef.com/collections/...

#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on Sunday evening.

Nikon D850, 180mm, f/4, ISO 200, 120 seconds; single image.

Second image is a black+white negative which shows more structure in the tail.

#astrophotography 📷 #comet #nikonusa
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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The 62% #waning, #gibbous #Moon, 2025 11 11, 00:58:38 UTC at an altitude of 32° 39' and a distance of 373 355 km.

Nikon D800
Skywatcher 200P

Exposure: f/5.9, 1/80s, ISO-200
Focal Length: 1200 mm

#astronomy #astrophotography #craters
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Lessons in love

Photo 5/17

#urbex #photography #germany
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I am enjoying looking back at the lovely pictures @samuelxl5.bsky.social captured in August.

I will be sharing some of my favorites the next few days and wishing it was still warm outside ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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B-52 Spotted for the Second Time Carrying Air Force’s Next-Gen Stealth Nuclear Cruise Missile

New images show a USAF B-52H flying a low-level route with one external pylon loaded with the new AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile on Nov. 5.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/10/n...
B-52 Spotted for the Second Time Carrying Air Force’s Next-Gen Stealth Nuclear Cruise Missile
New images captured by aviation photographer Ryan Watamura show a U.S. Air Force B-52H flying a low-level route over California with one external pylon
theaviationist.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Most of my art friends got tagged already so instead of following the rules im gonna post 4 drawings by the people who tagged me. Also if youre my art friend and you didnt get tagged yet sorry
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Sarah: Portrait
(full set on Patreon)
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you
September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Hello Edith again
September 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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I really like this one- just the little peek is really good...

#nsfw #oc #art #riotdrawsthings
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Repulse is itchin' to go! Final work done on her today as all three go into the studio for their graduation photos tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM