Spotted this snake 🐍 in Shenandoah National Park on Saturday. Can anyone identify it?

I am an old soul who still gets excited to see something I wrote in print in the @nytimes.com 😍

Science writers! Science communicators! Come to the @dcswa.bsky.social Professional Development Day on May 3 for fantastic workshops, networking, and speed-intros with editors. Register: dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-6148947

Had a very special Pi Day at NASA Goddard and then saw the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the cleanroom! This observatory will launch by May 2027.

Science communicators of DC, Maryland and Virginia! What are you doing next Saturday night? Wouldn't you like to mingle with science writers/communicators in the area at a fun holiday party?
Register here: dcswa.org

Left: My photo at the top of Mt. Fuji, Aug. 25, 2023.
Right: Landsat 8 image of Mt. Fuji, Nov. 8, 2024
landsat.visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=...

What's up, my pi-hundred followers?