Marianne Denton
@mariannedenton.bsky.social
past life of limnology and aquatic ecology |
living a technicolor life in a B&W world |
naturalist • explorer • observer |
defender of democracy |
always a scientist |
living a technicolor life in a B&W world |
naturalist • explorer • observer |
defender of democracy |
always a scientist |
My beautiful Mount Rose!
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My beautiful Mount Rose!
Yes! I clipped every one I saw and included it in the harvest decoration! Did you want some?
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Yes! I clipped every one I saw and included it in the harvest decoration! Did you want some?
Say hello & goodbye to an interstellar object moving past our Solar System through our Milky Way Galaxy.
“The comet follows an unbound, hyperbolic trajectory past the Sun.”
Relatable
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3I/ATLAS - 2 min Seestar S50
🔭 #Astrophotography
“The comet follows an unbound, hyperbolic trajectory past the Sun.”
Relatable
———
3I/ATLAS - 2 min Seestar S50
🔭 #Astrophotography
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Say hello & goodbye to an interstellar object moving past our Solar System through our Milky Way Galaxy.
“The comet follows an unbound, hyperbolic trajectory past the Sun.”
Relatable
———
3I/ATLAS - 2 min Seestar S50
🔭 #Astrophotography
“The comet follows an unbound, hyperbolic trajectory past the Sun.”
Relatable
———
3I/ATLAS - 2 min Seestar S50
🔭 #Astrophotography
My original plan was to capture this snow covered mountain‘s reflection in the lake from the shoreline. Instead I went for a little hike.
I got high enough to be above the fog but it was a lot denser than what we’re accustomed to.
What a difference 900 ft in elevation makes!
I got high enough to be above the fog but it was a lot denser than what we’re accustomed to.
What a difference 900 ft in elevation makes!
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My original plan was to capture this snow covered mountain‘s reflection in the lake from the shoreline. Instead I went for a little hike.
I got high enough to be above the fog but it was a lot denser than what we’re accustomed to.
What a difference 900 ft in elevation makes!
I got high enough to be above the fog but it was a lot denser than what we’re accustomed to.
What a difference 900 ft in elevation makes!
Autumn Aspen in Deadman’s Creek.
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Autumn Aspen in Deadman’s Creek.
A bit of #BloomScrolling and bees for this morning.
Around here, November showers bring May 20 #FallBackFlowers
Around here, November showers bring May 20 #FallBackFlowers
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A bit of #BloomScrolling and bees for this morning.
Around here, November showers bring May 20 #FallBackFlowers
Around here, November showers bring May 20 #FallBackFlowers
A very favorite friend is LDS. She shared this on FB. I don’t like cross posting, esp with meta or xwitter, but…
This is one of the most thoughtful statements about AI I’ve read. Regardless of one’s faith, they acknowledge & infer that creative inspiration is a gift of humanity not technology.
This is one of the most thoughtful statements about AI I’ve read. Regardless of one’s faith, they acknowledge & infer that creative inspiration is a gift of humanity not technology.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A very favorite friend is LDS. She shared this on FB. I don’t like cross posting, esp with meta or xwitter, but…
This is one of the most thoughtful statements about AI I’ve read. Regardless of one’s faith, they acknowledge & infer that creative inspiration is a gift of humanity not technology.
This is one of the most thoughtful statements about AI I’ve read. Regardless of one’s faith, they acknowledge & infer that creative inspiration is a gift of humanity not technology.
OH HELP🪡
I bought this reseller thifted designer dress for this weekend.
It was damaged in shipping. I’m still wearing it (with black slip dress & stockings). It’s low in the back along my calf so not too obvious.
BUT how can keep the damage from getting bigger? Trim edges then clear nail polish?
I bought this reseller thifted designer dress for this weekend.
It was damaged in shipping. I’m still wearing it (with black slip dress & stockings). It’s low in the back along my calf so not too obvious.
BUT how can keep the damage from getting bigger? Trim edges then clear nail polish?
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
OH HELP🪡
I bought this reseller thifted designer dress for this weekend.
It was damaged in shipping. I’m still wearing it (with black slip dress & stockings). It’s low in the back along my calf so not too obvious.
BUT how can keep the damage from getting bigger? Trim edges then clear nail polish?
I bought this reseller thifted designer dress for this weekend.
It was damaged in shipping. I’m still wearing it (with black slip dress & stockings). It’s low in the back along my calf so not too obvious.
BUT how can keep the damage from getting bigger? Trim edges then clear nail polish?
It was raining heavily when I saw her climbing the wall to nowhere warm, nowhere cozy. She was nearly to the eves, so I climbed a ladder and used the cup & card method to safely move her to the composting autumn leaves & softening pumpkins.
I hope I see her, or her slings, in the spring.
I hope I see her, or her slings, in the spring.
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It was raining heavily when I saw her climbing the wall to nowhere warm, nowhere cozy. She was nearly to the eves, so I climbed a ladder and used the cup & card method to safely move her to the composting autumn leaves & softening pumpkins.
I hope I see her, or her slings, in the spring.
I hope I see her, or her slings, in the spring.
An unexpected friend given shelter from the winter storm.
Jeweled or Cat-Face Orb Weaver
(Araneus gemmoides)
🌿
Jeweled or Cat-Face Orb Weaver
(Araneus gemmoides)
🌿
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
An unexpected friend given shelter from the winter storm.
Jeweled or Cat-Face Orb Weaver
(Araneus gemmoides)
🌿
Jeweled or Cat-Face Orb Weaver
(Araneus gemmoides)
🌿
Yesterday after the rain.
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yesterday after the rain.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
a reach of stream this morning
change your focus
change your life
change your focus
change your life
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
a reach of stream this morning
change your focus
change your life
change your focus
change your life
Ionized hydrogen excitedly glowed across ≈9500 light years for you to marvel at this very moment.
NGC 281, a bright emission nebula, from my eyes to your heart.
🔭 #Astrophotography
NGC 281, a bright emission nebula, from my eyes to your heart.
🔭 #Astrophotography
![From Wikipedia: NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. This 20×30 arcmin sized nebulosity is also associated with open cluster IC 1590, several Bok globules and the multiple star, B 1. It collectively forms Sh2-184, spanning over a larger area of 40 arcmin.[4] A recent distance from radio parallaxes of water masers at 22 GHz made during 2014 is estimated it lies 2.82±0.20 kpc (9200 ly) from us. Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character.
discovered the nebula in August 1883, describing it as "a large faint nebula, very diffuse". Multiple star 'B 1' or β 1 was later discovered by S. W. Burnham, whose bright component is identified as the highly luminous O6 spectral class star, HD 5005 or HIP 4121. It consists of an 8th-magnitude primary with four companions at distances between 1.4 and 15.7 arcsec. There has been no appreciable change in this quintuple system since the first measures were made in 1875.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xrxbycbachtxi4gjqk3f4rzb/bafkreiaq45xvow5uc4oor7k3xoorhwrlk7f4lhznbtzx6mdvboeyp5ytli@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ionized hydrogen excitedly glowed across ≈9500 light years for you to marvel at this very moment.
NGC 281, a bright emission nebula, from my eyes to your heart.
🔭 #Astrophotography
NGC 281, a bright emission nebula, from my eyes to your heart.
🔭 #Astrophotography
Good morning. Good morning.
Sun passing the horizon last night.
About to hike those hills & the sky definitely different. Clear blue replaced by stormy grey. Distant horizons hidden by dense cover of unknown beyonds.
Sun passing the horizon last night.
About to hike those hills & the sky definitely different. Clear blue replaced by stormy grey. Distant horizons hidden by dense cover of unknown beyonds.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning. Good morning.
Sun passing the horizon last night.
About to hike those hills & the sky definitely different. Clear blue replaced by stormy grey. Distant horizons hidden by dense cover of unknown beyonds.
Sun passing the horizon last night.
About to hike those hills & the sky definitely different. Clear blue replaced by stormy grey. Distant horizons hidden by dense cover of unknown beyonds.
Rex knows the cozy & warm reason to #LeaveTheLeaves
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rex knows the cozy & warm reason to #LeaveTheLeaves
Sure enough. Was probably on edible time tbf.
ofc you’ll be excited you’ve corrected me: DYK that one of the original proponents of daylight saving time was an entomologist from NZ, George Hudson? He wanted more time to look for bugs after work.
A hero who fought for our right to look for bugs.
ofc you’ll be excited you’ve corrected me: DYK that one of the original proponents of daylight saving time was an entomologist from NZ, George Hudson? He wanted more time to look for bugs after work.
A hero who fought for our right to look for bugs.
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Sure enough. Was probably on edible time tbf.
ofc you’ll be excited you’ve corrected me: DYK that one of the original proponents of daylight saving time was an entomologist from NZ, George Hudson? He wanted more time to look for bugs after work.
A hero who fought for our right to look for bugs.
ofc you’ll be excited you’ve corrected me: DYK that one of the original proponents of daylight saving time was an entomologist from NZ, George Hudson? He wanted more time to look for bugs after work.
A hero who fought for our right to look for bugs.
I met a friend on the trail this morning, & was worried about how cold it was going to become.
So I made my friend a leaf lean-to in anticipation of the snow.
So I made my friend a leaf lean-to in anticipation of the snow.
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I met a friend on the trail this morning, & was worried about how cold it was going to become.
So I made my friend a leaf lean-to in anticipation of the snow.
So I made my friend a leaf lean-to in anticipation of the snow.
#FallBackFlowers May 13
It rained then, and it will rain today.
Anderson's Milkvetch
(Astragalus andersonii)
🌿
It rained then, and it will rain today.
Anderson's Milkvetch
(Astragalus andersonii)
🌿
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#FallBackFlowers May 13
It rained then, and it will rain today.
Anderson's Milkvetch
(Astragalus andersonii)
🌿
It rained then, and it will rain today.
Anderson's Milkvetch
(Astragalus andersonii)
🌿
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
🫠 mostly cloudy
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
🫠 mostly cloudy
