Raz Rasmussen
@lulabeast.bsky.social
I 💙 high places. Olympic Peninsula, Upper Left, USA. Ocean/climate scientist, SIO (ret). MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program. EMT, WFR 🚑 ridiculously #ADHD
The best of barndom.
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The best of barndom.
Today's pickings.
September 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today's pickings.
Doggo in the Dungeness.
September 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Doggo in the Dungeness.
This is very hopeful news. Current NSF, NOAA, NASA funding maintained in new Senate appropriations bill - which also explains the critical role basic science plays in US technical & economic progress.
July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is very hopeful news. Current NSF, NOAA, NASA funding maintained in new Senate appropriations bill - which also explains the critical role basic science plays in US technical & economic progress.
Idiotic ICE manly-men prepared for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or something.
July 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Idiotic ICE manly-men prepared for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or something.
Wildflowers on Klahhane Ridge.
July 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wildflowers on Klahhane Ridge.
Klahhane Ridge, Olympic National Park, my supremely happy place.
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Klahhane Ridge, Olympic National Park, my supremely happy place.
Any idea what this is? About 3" diameter, firm-ish, not slimy. Around 5000 ft /1600 m elevation in the Olympic Mountains, Washington state, USA. 2nd photo for habitat reference. Not a mushroom place :) #FungiFriends
June 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Any idea what this is? About 3" diameter, firm-ish, not slimy. Around 5000 ft /1600 m elevation in the Olympic Mountains, Washington state, USA. 2nd photo for habitat reference. Not a mushroom place :) #FungiFriends
Such a blast to see nature just take over. I checked out to my favorite place yesterday. 6000 ft up and total silence!
June 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Such a blast to see nature just take over. I checked out to my favorite place yesterday. 6000 ft up and total silence!
Oh the myopic irony
June 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oh the myopic irony
NBC, 1938: "SCHMELLING STRUGGLES TO DEFEAT LOUIS"
May 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
NBC, 1938: "SCHMELLING STRUGGLES TO DEFEAT LOUIS"
North Star
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Juan de Fuca
May 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
North Star
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Studying for my EMT course. Because best case scenario there's always a shortage, and worst case scenario -- man are we gonna need them.
May 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Studying for my EMT course. Because best case scenario there's always a shortage, and worst case scenario -- man are we gonna need them.
Hey MOTW are you safe??!!
May 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hey MOTW are you safe??!!
Milky Way pillars!
April 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Milky Way pillars!
Translation: Stable Genius got bored, too busy playing with torture prisons now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Translation: Stable Genius got bored, too busy playing with torture prisons now.
External symptoms of a soul dissolving into a pool of putrefaction
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
External symptoms of a soul dissolving into a pool of putrefaction
Doggo on the spit. Ediz Hook, Port Angeles.
April 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Doggo on the spit. Ediz Hook, Port Angeles.