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Mary C. Henry, PhD
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Associate Professor of Geography at Miami University, Ohio, USA. Remote sensing, fire, landscape ecology, physical geography, natural hazards. Header photo: sunset in Naivasha, Kenya, July 2023 🇰🇪
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I agree! 🌎🌍🌏😆
Screenshot of a Duolingo Swahili lesson that reads: 4 IN A ROW 4•00 Translate this sentence Geography is good. Somo la Jiografia ni zuri anavaa kwa nini masikio wa • Amazing! CONTINUE
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Made cookies for my remote sensing class. Tomorrow is my last teaching day of the semester. 🍪
A square container of chocolate chip cookies.
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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This feels hostile.
It’s a new city ordinance this year. 😒
OXFORD PD: The city of Oxford has received at least 3 inches of snow. Property owners are required to have their sidewalks cleared by 7 a.m. on 12/3.
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

marabou stork
African elephant
plains zebra
Rothschild giraffe
lion
A marabou stork is standing in dry grass with shrubs in the background. Picture from Nairobi National Park, Kenya. July 2023
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Just watching the sunset between Chyulu Hills and Mount Kilimanjaro. 🤩 Mzuri sana.

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Sunset with cloud shrouded Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. An acacia tree silhouette is visible.
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The sun peeked out a little bit this morning. We hadn’t seen it since MONDAY. 🫠
Low sun shrouded in clouds through a bare tree. There are residential houses and street in the foreground. Scattered clouds with blue sky though a bare shagbark hickory tree
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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It’s been like this for days. 🫠
View out a window showing a green lawn with mostly bare trees. The sky is gray and there are houses in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I didn’t see the aurora until this morning, but the show was still pretty cool! 🤩 📍Oxford, Ohio. 39.5° North latitude.
Pink aurora in the night sky with trees and houses in the foreground. Pink aurora in the night sky with trees and houses and a streetlight in the foreground. Pink aurora in the night sky with trees and houses in the foreground. A tree with yellow leaves is on the left side Pink aurora in the night sky with trees and houses in the foreground. And a streetlight
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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5.5 weeks until I leave!! 🇰🇪❤️🎉
Hello, MARY CATHERINE HENRY Your application was successfully Approved with reference number [redacted] Kindly find a copy of your ETA Document. Welcome to Kenya.
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Tonight’s supermoon from Oxford, Ohio. 🤩
View of the full moon in the night sky.
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Okay I’ll play. 😂
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November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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I voted! 🗳️🇺🇸
A smiling woman is wearing glasses and a gray fleece with a sticker that reads “OHIO VOTED”
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Some pictures from my walk this morning. I ❤️ Fall. 🍂
A woman with glasses is standing in front a maple tree with orange leaves. A grassy field with colorful autumn trees in the background. The sky has scattered clouds with some pink on the edges. Pre dawn sky with scattered clouds and orange sky in the middle. Clouds overhead with sun peeking through in the southeast sky. A rural road with utility poles is in the foreground.
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The poison ivy is fruiting and turning a beautiful shade of red right now.
A mix of green leaves shrubs and small trees with blue sky in the background. There are vibrant red leaves on one plant. Toxicodendron radicans or poison ivy.
October 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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If you visit the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, this is at the top of the page. planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.
October 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Um, I would evacuate the building and call 911. Are there fire extinguishers even in the building? 🤔
Dear Miami University Faculty and Staff, What would you do if a fire broke out in your workspace? Knowing how to act quickly is critical to your safety and the safety of others. This training familiarizes you with the principles of fire extinguisher use, how to respond during an incipient stage fire, and the steps to take afterward. Miami University provides this annually as part of our workplace safety program and to meet state requirements. Take a few minutes to review the training and help keep our community safe. Thank you, Miami Learning
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Lovely end to the day.
September 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Dreamy equinox sunset. 🤩
Pink and orange clouds at sunset over tree silhouettes. Pink and orange clouds at sunset over tree silhouettes. Pink and orange clouds at sunset over tree silhouettes.
September 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I see the COVID vaccine is age restricted. ‘Cos kids never get sick. 😭
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September 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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My flu arm already hurts. But they didn’t even ask about conditions or anything for the new COVID vaccine at my local Kroger. Be sure to ask if you want to get it! PS yes, I’m a dork. 🤓😂💉💪🏻
A smiling woman with dark hair and glasses is flexing her right arm which has a Kroger band aid on it. A smiling woman with dark hair and glasses is flexing her left arm which has a Kroger band aid on it.
September 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Initially thought it was overcast when I couldn’t see the planets this morning, but it’s definitely smoke. I’m in Southwest Ohio. Also I can’t get the smoke plumes to show up in AirNow (app or website). Even when the layer is on, they’re not showing. 🤔
Hazy sky over a grassy park with some trees in the background and light posts. Hazy sky over a partially built neighborhood with hazy sky and RED sun Low sun over a paved path and houses with trees on the right. The sun looks orange and red because of the smoke in the air Low sun over a paved path and houses with trees on both sides. The sun looks orange and red because of the smoke in the air
September 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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We have lots of random plants growing along our back fence. This giant iron weed might be new this year but I’ve seen lots of butterflies feeding on it. It’s probably 10 feet tall (over 3m). Sound on for Carolina wren.
August 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and Captain Holt (Andre Braugher RIP) from Brooklyn 99. They are standing next to each other with arms crossed. Holt looks serious and maybe annoyed. Peralta is smiling or talking. There are case files in boxes behind them.
August 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Still in the 60s °F so windows are open for now. 🎉
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Woke up to this message from my brother. If you’re not familiar, this is a palo verde beetle and they are HUGE. 😂🪲

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A text message shows a photo of a dark brown or black beetle worth the text “I took this for you”
July 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM