Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️
@spahn711.bsky.social
Storm chaser. Volcano hunter. University Physics, Astronomy, & Earth Science Instructor. MS Physics/BS Astrophysics. Rockhounder & Mineral Collector. Raccoon whisperer. Allow me to share our planet's beauty with you. linktr.ee/spahn711
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️
@spahn711.bsky.social
· Oct 18
With all the new faces here, I figured I'd also say hi and reintroduce myself. I am a professor of physics, astronomy and earth science, among other things, but most of what you'll get from me are photos of our immensely beautiful planet. Sharing that beauty is my passion; we're so lucky to be here.
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
Not even pretending it is/was ever about drugs, man. Come on.
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Not even pretending it is/was ever about drugs, man. Come on.
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He's so close to getting it.
Trump on Democrats: "They should say 'great job.' They shouldn't say, 'Oh gee, maybe it's not constitutional.' You know, the same old stuff that we've been hearing for years and years and years."
January 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
He's so close to getting it.
This man is sick. Just deeply unwell.
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This man is sick. Just deeply unwell.
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If kidnapping and arresting presidents is just a thing that is done now, then I have a suggestion…
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
If kidnapping and arresting presidents is just a thing that is done now, then I have a suggestion…
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Letting Chaser lead me through the natural labyrinths of Cathedral Gorge.
June 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Letting Chaser lead me through the natural labyrinths of Cathedral Gorge.
New Year, new PFP.
January 1, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New Year, new PFP.
A compilation of some cell phone videos from my 2025 adventures in the American southwest (mostly), in chronological order. Warning: audio all over the place.
Full 6+ min video, in better quality, here: www.facebook.com/share/v/19uH...
Full 6+ min video, in better quality, here: www.facebook.com/share/v/19uH...
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 AM
A compilation of some cell phone videos from my 2025 adventures in the American southwest (mostly), in chronological order. Warning: audio all over the place.
Full 6+ min video, in better quality, here: www.facebook.com/share/v/19uH...
Full 6+ min video, in better quality, here: www.facebook.com/share/v/19uH...
Hi, I'm the center of a borderline EF-4 tornado. 🤷
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Hi, I'm the center of a borderline EF-4 tornado. 🤷
How about we all just collectively scream at midnight instead of setting off fireworks. Seems more appropriate given, well... *gestures at everything*
January 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
How about we all just collectively scream at midnight instead of setting off fireworks. Seems more appropriate given, well... *gestures at everything*
Imagine how loud centipedes would be if they wore tiny flip flops on all their feet. 🩴
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Imagine how loud centipedes would be if they wore tiny flip flops on all their feet. 🩴
Check out these ice udders I just found on a hike! 😍🥶🤯
December 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Check out these ice udders I just found on a hike! 😍🥶🤯
Mother nature, the artist.
The sky, her canvas.
The sky, her canvas.
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Mother nature, the artist.
The sky, her canvas.
The sky, her canvas.
When the world is a giant sandbox, do the one thing you can: dig!!
Thank you to White Sands National Park for actually allowing dogs. He was living his best life out there among the cool gypsum sand.
Thank you to White Sands National Park for actually allowing dogs. He was living his best life out there among the cool gypsum sand.
December 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When the world is a giant sandbox, do the one thing you can: dig!!
Thank you to White Sands National Park for actually allowing dogs. He was living his best life out there among the cool gypsum sand.
Thank you to White Sands National Park for actually allowing dogs. He was living his best life out there among the cool gypsum sand.
The furmacist is in.
December 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The furmacist is in.
Green heron steppin'. #BirdOfTheDay #Photography
December 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Green heron steppin'. #BirdOfTheDay #Photography
In the shadow of rock. #Photography
December 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In the shadow of rock. #Photography
THIS. Developing critical thinking skills takes both time and effort, and making your own mistakes is a key part of the learning experience. Outsourcing your humanity to AI robs you of the very skills you're there to acquire. Unfortunately, we're already seeing clear negative impacts from AI use.
As a professor, my concern is we're producing a generation unable to think critically, overly reliant on AI for answers and unable to discern between information that is correct and information that is nonsense.
December 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
THIS. Developing critical thinking skills takes both time and effort, and making your own mistakes is a key part of the learning experience. Outsourcing your humanity to AI robs you of the very skills you're there to acquire. Unfortunately, we're already seeing clear negative impacts from AI use.
Pretty sure I just found a tree star.
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Pretty sure I just found a tree star.
Winding through Big Bend National Park. #Photography
December 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Winding through Big Bend National Park. #Photography
Hello, from atop Big Bend National Park!
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hello, from atop Big Bend National Park!