Kam Carlson
@kamcarlson.bsky.social
Living on 3 sunny acres south of the Tropic of Cancer.
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A photonic lantern allows astronomers to see deeper into space than ever before using a single telescope.
New instrument on Subaru Telescope leads to breakthrough discovery
A photonic lantern allows astronomers to see deeper into space than ever before using a single telescope.
bigislandnow.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A photonic lantern allows astronomers to see deeper into space than ever before using a single telescope.
Up before the sun to make my coffee and the sky greeted me.
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Up before the sun to make my coffee and the sky greeted me.
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The atmosphere is a tad unsettled tonight ahead of some approaching low pressure. Here's a look at the #Haleakala #sunset, and an image looking southeast towards the Big Island....
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The atmosphere is a tad unsettled tonight ahead of some approaching low pressure. Here's a look at the #Haleakala #sunset, and an image looking southeast towards the Big Island....
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#KilaueaUpdate
Episode 35 lava fountaining is likely to begin between October 17 and 22, 2025, with the most likely dates being between October 18 and 20.
The onset of episode 35 lava fountaining may occur sooner if rates of inflation and precursory activity increase.
#KilaueaWebcam
#HVNP
Episode 35 lava fountaining is likely to begin between October 17 and 22, 2025, with the most likely dates being between October 18 and 20.
The onset of episode 35 lava fountaining may occur sooner if rates of inflation and precursory activity increase.
#KilaueaWebcam
#HVNP
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#KilaueaUpdate
Episode 35 lava fountaining is likely to begin between October 17 and 22, 2025, with the most likely dates being between October 18 and 20.
The onset of episode 35 lava fountaining may occur sooner if rates of inflation and precursory activity increase.
#KilaueaWebcam
#HVNP
Episode 35 lava fountaining is likely to begin between October 17 and 22, 2025, with the most likely dates being between October 18 and 20.
The onset of episode 35 lava fountaining may occur sooner if rates of inflation and precursory activity increase.
#KilaueaWebcam
#HVNP
On the right side of the image, hurricane Kiko passing north of the islands, about 400 miles offshore. Hopefully we will get some rain out of it this evening. Image taken this morning from GOES-West satellite.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...
September 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On the right side of the image, hurricane Kiko passing north of the islands, about 400 miles offshore. Hopefully we will get some rain out of it this evening. Image taken this morning from GOES-West satellite.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...
Yikes! It's going to be close! www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...
www.nhc.noaa.gov
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yikes! It's going to be close! www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...
Heard an Io close by and found them in a hala tree in the yard. Got a few good shots even though the battery in the camera was dead and then would not read the sd card.
The Io holds its foot up, is that a normal posture or are they injured?
The Io holds its foot up, is that a normal posture or are they injured?
August 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Heard an Io close by and found them in a hala tree in the yard. Got a few good shots even though the battery in the camera was dead and then would not read the sd card.
The Io holds its foot up, is that a normal posture or are they injured?
The Io holds its foot up, is that a normal posture or are they injured?
The Werauhia sanguinolenta inflorenscense is now almost six feet tall. The camera is level with my eye here. Dwarf Samoan coconut is the background. Sort of like an alien probe.
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Werauhia sanguinolenta inflorenscense is now almost six feet tall. The camera is level with my eye here. Dwarf Samoan coconut is the background. Sort of like an alien probe.
My Coelogyne "South Carolina" is blooming a second time this month in the Inga tree. Sprays are not large but I am not complaining.
August 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My Coelogyne "South Carolina" is blooming a second time this month in the Inga tree. Sprays are not large but I am not complaining.
I trekked to the back 40 and used a rise to spy with my binoculars some purple in the avocado tree. I found these five ripening and gathered them. How beautiful is that purple! I believe they are Malama variety, but I will see when they ripen. More on the tree too.
August 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I trekked to the back 40 and used a rise to spy with my binoculars some purple in the avocado tree. I found these five ripening and gathered them. How beautiful is that purple! I believe they are Malama variety, but I will see when they ripen. More on the tree too.
A day at the Moani Lundkvist Garden for ice cream and palms.
August 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A day at the Moani Lundkvist Garden for ice cream and palms.
For years I have followed a gardener and garden in Singapore called Min's Garden. She is downsizing after 36 years and her garden is being dispersed to the wind. It will live on in neighbors, friends, hotels, botanic gardens and nurseries, and her new smaller garden. Article here: str.sg/LR5e
August 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For years I have followed a gardener and garden in Singapore called Min's Garden. She is downsizing after 36 years and her garden is being dispersed to the wind. It will live on in neighbors, friends, hotels, botanic gardens and nurseries, and her new smaller garden. Article here: str.sg/LR5e
So hawt! I know, I am in no place to be complaining. But, it's so hawt. 91 degrees, dry and breezy, sucking the plants and trees dry. You can really see where there is actual soil and where it is just rock or cinder. Hoping for rain soon.
August 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So hawt! I know, I am in no place to be complaining. But, it's so hawt. 91 degrees, dry and breezy, sucking the plants and trees dry. You can really see where there is actual soil and where it is just rock or cinder. Hoping for rain soon.
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TODAY: 11:30/PST
ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT'S LIFE?😱 I AM ONE OF MANY CALLING IT "LIBERATION DAY" & I CAN. NOT. WAIT!!! 😍
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR NEWSOM @governor.ca.gov.🙏YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME FOR MY ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!-❤️,MAR🐫
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ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT'S LIFE?😱 I AM ONE OF MANY CALLING IT "LIBERATION DAY" & I CAN. NOT. WAIT!!! 😍
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR NEWSOM @governor.ca.gov.🙏YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME FOR MY ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!-❤️,MAR🐫
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August 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
TODAY: 11:30/PST
ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT'S LIFE?😱 I AM ONE OF MANY CALLING IT "LIBERATION DAY" & I CAN. NOT. WAIT!!! 😍
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR NEWSOM @governor.ca.gov.🙏YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME FOR MY ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!-❤️,MAR🐫
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT'S LIFE?😱 I AM ONE OF MANY CALLING IT "LIBERATION DAY" & I CAN. NOT. WAIT!!! 😍
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR NEWSOM @governor.ca.gov.🙏YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME FOR MY ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!-❤️,MAR🐫
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
I was privileged to spend a long morning with HIPS members visiting Floribunda Palm Nursery. I had to adjust my preconceived ideas of the nursery and just enjoy the rare and unusual palms and other tropicals.
August 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I was privileged to spend a long morning with HIPS members visiting Floribunda Palm Nursery. I had to adjust my preconceived ideas of the nursery and just enjoy the rare and unusual palms and other tropicals.
Bonus while Checking the Perimeter. Last year I found a producing avocado in the "back 40", but was to late to get any. This year I found it with quite a few avos and used my handy picker to grab 3. As I laid them on the ground a splash of yellow in the grass revealed a nice ripe mini pineapple.
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Bonus while Checking the Perimeter. Last year I found a producing avocado in the "back 40", but was to late to get any. This year I found it with quite a few avos and used my handy picker to grab 3. As I laid them on the ground a splash of yellow in the grass revealed a nice ripe mini pineapple.
What's this in one of my Werauhia sanguinolenta, a birds nest? Nope, nope it's a flower bud. It will get about 5 feet tall when in full flower.
July 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What's this in one of my Werauhia sanguinolenta, a birds nest? Nope, nope it's a flower bud. It will get about 5 feet tall when in full flower.
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Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, to @tomkualiiphotography for letting us repost this breathtaking shot of white-tailed tropicbirds, koaʻe kea, soaring against lava fountains of the 28th eruption of #KīlaueaVolcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP.
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
July 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, to @tomkualiiphotography for letting us repost this breathtaking shot of white-tailed tropicbirds, koaʻe kea, soaring against lava fountains of the 28th eruption of #KīlaueaVolcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP.
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
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Good morning BlueSky people! Go own this Friday!
Prineville, Oregon
#scape #landscape #cityscape #dawn #moon #twilight #clouds #citylights #Oregon #EasternOregon #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #📷
Prineville, Oregon
#scape #landscape #cityscape #dawn #moon #twilight #clouds #citylights #Oregon #EasternOregon #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #📷
July 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Good morning BlueSky people! Go own this Friday!
Prineville, Oregon
#scape #landscape #cityscape #dawn #moon #twilight #clouds #citylights #Oregon #EasternOregon #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #📷
Prineville, Oregon
#scape #landscape #cityscape #dawn #moon #twilight #clouds #citylights #Oregon #EasternOregon #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #📷
Summer after walk breakfast of fresh figs on spam. It was delicious. Maybe thicker spam slices next time.
June 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Summer after walk breakfast of fresh figs on spam. It was delicious. Maybe thicker spam slices next time.
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Make sure and click the press release link. Lots of goodies there. ✨
I just got an email saying the embargo is lifted, so here's the full @vrubinobs.bsky.social press release: noirlab.edu/public/news/...
Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory - From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the Solar System, this next-generation facility ...
Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
noirlab.edu
June 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Make sure and click the press release link. Lots of goodies there. ✨
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June 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A view of the No Kings protest in Hilo today. Great weather and happy dedicated people. I was surprised by the large percentage of old and very old people in attendance, me included. Glad I went and stood for something.
June 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A view of the No Kings protest in Hilo today. Great weather and happy dedicated people. I was surprised by the large percentage of old and very old people in attendance, me included. Glad I went and stood for something.
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It's the content you didn't know you needed: the A - Z of National Trust bums.
From Apollo's muscular behind to a porcelain figure of Zeus's derriere, we hope you enjoy 🍑
From Apollo's muscular behind to a porcelain figure of Zeus's derriere, we hope you enjoy 🍑
June 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It's the content you didn't know you needed: the A - Z of National Trust bums.
From Apollo's muscular behind to a porcelain figure of Zeus's derriere, we hope you enjoy 🍑
From Apollo's muscular behind to a porcelain figure of Zeus's derriere, we hope you enjoy 🍑