Rick 🇨🇦
@tungstenator.bsky.social
Avid reader of history; loves tools, making things, carpentry, woodworking, science, fitness, documentaries, geopolitics, being kind to others; dislikes dishonesty, greed, and ignorance.
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This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 691, imaged in fantastic detail by Hubble . The galaxy is about 120 million light-years away from Earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 691, imaged in fantastic detail by Hubble . The galaxy is about 120 million light-years away from Earth.
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This is part of our universe.
An area of sky about the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length.
The spiked features are stars in the Milky Way.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GALAXY.
An area of sky about the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length.
The spiked features are stars in the Milky Way.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GALAXY.
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is part of our universe.
An area of sky about the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length.
The spiked features are stars in the Milky Way.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GALAXY.
An area of sky about the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length.
The spiked features are stars in the Milky Way.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GALAXY.
My ‘overtime at the last minute on a Monday’ look
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My ‘overtime at the last minute on a Monday’ look
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A New Image of the Red #Spider #Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star #Webb #SpaceTelescope
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A New Image of the Red #Spider #Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star #Webb #SpaceTelescope
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
The Fall season has to be my favourite.
October 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Fall season has to be my favourite.
Beautiful fall afternoon…
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Beautiful fall afternoon…
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Disinformation
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Disinformation
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TWO NEW VIEWS OF SAGITTARIUS B2 FROM JWST!!! 🌌✨
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
TWO NEW VIEWS OF SAGITTARIUS B2 FROM JWST!!! 🌌✨
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Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]
September 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]
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Right now there's a clear and obvious relationship between social media and anti-social behavior, and we cannot go on like this.
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Right now there's a clear and obvious relationship between social media and anti-social behavior, and we cannot go on like this.
Hazy, late summer, Friday afternoon
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hazy, late summer, Friday afternoon
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Trump’s SO brave protecting us from all these terrible people. 🤦🏽♂️
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump’s SO brave protecting us from all these terrible people. 🤦🏽♂️
I usually like taking pictures of scenery, not of myself.
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I usually like taking pictures of scenery, not of myself.
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A Mysterious “Superbubble” Hollows Out Nebula N44!
The hole is about 250 light-years wide and its presence is still a mystery to this day..
(Credit: NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis et al.; Processing: Gladys Kobe / Video by Universal-Sci)
The hole is about 250 light-years wide and its presence is still a mystery to this day..
(Credit: NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis et al.; Processing: Gladys Kobe / Video by Universal-Sci)
August 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A Mysterious “Superbubble” Hollows Out Nebula N44!
The hole is about 250 light-years wide and its presence is still a mystery to this day..
(Credit: NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis et al.; Processing: Gladys Kobe / Video by Universal-Sci)
The hole is about 250 light-years wide and its presence is still a mystery to this day..
(Credit: NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis et al.; Processing: Gladys Kobe / Video by Universal-Sci)
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Take a moment to take this in: This incredible image from the JWST reveals a huge number of galaxies, each home to billions of stars...
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, the COSMOS-Web team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, the COSMOS-Web team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
July 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Take a moment to take this in: This incredible image from the JWST reveals a huge number of galaxies, each home to billions of stars...
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, the COSMOS-Web team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, the COSMOS-Web team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Not sure what type of flower this is tbh.
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not sure what type of flower this is tbh.
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Jupiter, the king of planets.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
July 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Jupiter, the king of planets.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
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Fireflies in Michigan.
Made with my Fujifilm X-T4.
Made with my Fujifilm X-T4.
July 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Fireflies in Michigan.
Made with my Fujifilm X-T4.
Made with my Fujifilm X-T4.
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Hubble Catches Stellar Exodus in Action - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/sTdrMp
July 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Hubble Catches Stellar Exodus in Action - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/sTdrMp
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June 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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One of the most beautiful pictures of Jupiter ever taken.
Credits: NASA
Credits: NASA
June 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
One of the most beautiful pictures of Jupiter ever taken.
Credits: NASA
Credits: NASA