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Space Deer, Space Dork
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Joe, 30, he/they
Astrophysics researcher, American Southwest, camera wrangler, appreciator of both lens & mirror, halide enjoyer.
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It's real nice on the loop.
A daylight photograph of a winding cycle path, power lines are in the mid-distance, while mountains are in the far-distance, the path has shrubs and low trees on the sides.
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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We out there.
An electrical substation in Tucson, AZ, the sun has just set, a cycle path winds along to the right side of the substation off into the distance.
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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A few more photos around the ol' Sea Apple.
A large, orange, free standing sign for Dicks hamburgers, with an arrow pointing to the store (out of frame) the text on the sign reads: Dick's Hamburgers instant service Dick's deluxe 1/4 lb. 100% beef Above the sign is a passenger jet, most likely flying into Seattle Tacoma international airport. Behind the sign are low-rise buildings, trees and power lines. A cat! One of the cats at Twice Sold Tales bookstore on Capitol Hill, the cat is called Buster, he is a grey half-siamese cat, and according to his biography he is an extroverted rascal who likes to try and eat plastic. He is sitting in a box, I like him a lot. On overpass bridge on a highway, with graffiti that spells GOOEY, taken from inside a car. A collection of high-rise apartment buildings in Seattle, above there is a lovely, wispy, perfectly straight series of cirrus clouds. The image is black and white.
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Diane, 3:30 PM, November 10th. Entering the town of North Bend, one hundred and five miles south of the Canadian border, 220 miles west of the state line.
I’ve never seen so many trees in my life.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Take that, two redundant copies of the band Weezer with all members individually stationed in a below-ground silo.
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Tucson Loop! Total cycle distance 52km, really happy with how much I did. I am gonna regret it tomorrow.
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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I'm always saying this.
The University of Arizona HPC department logo, the Computing Cactus, a cactus with a circuit board pattern with a red background
October 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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And finally, a panorama of the facility around the Mayall telescope from Wynn!
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Okay! Some more pictures of the interior structures of the Wynn and Mayall telescopes! The mirror for the Wynn was covered, but the gantries and structures inside the buildings themselves are cool.
Peeking up to the ladders and gantries inside the Wynn telescope dome, black and white, but the inside of the telescope domes are painted grey aside from the panel used for flat field correction. A collection of helmets leading up to the Wynn dome, safety first! A wide angle photograph of the dome surrounding the Mayall telescope. The overhead ladders and staircases leading to the top of the Mayall telescope dome.
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Some shots from Kitt Peak National Observatory, the McMath–Pierce solar telescope, the Mayall Telescope, both its building and mirror, and the surrounding Tohono Oʼodham Nation.
The McMath–Pierce solar telescope, which used to funnel light from the sun several hundred feet underground, a nearly-full moon is directly overhead. The Mayall Telescope building, a large, capped cylindrical building that used to house full-time telescope operators, is in the bottom of the frame, beyond that and above is the boundless sky. The 4 meter primary mirror of the Mayall telescope, what used to be a general observation telescope in the 1970s has since been retrofitted to carry thousands of robotically controlled spectroscopic fibres for the DESI experiment. Facing north from Kitt Peak, into Tohono Oʼodham land, a snippet of the road leading up the mountain can be seen.
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Last week I was at The Solar System in Context conference, which was absolutely fantastic, it was hosted in the AIR ENR2 Building, which is one of the most gorgeous places I've ever worked out of!
Vines trailing the corrugated siding of an eco-friendly office building, the siding gently curves, said to mimic the shape and structure of a box canyon. Looking straight up through the open-topped lobby of the building, the plants and the curves of the siding are more readily apparent. A wider-angle shot, straight on, showing the abundance of hanging plants and bushes, that help cool the structure through evaporation. Another straight-up shot, vines hang down to the camera, out of focus.
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Da movies
September 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I’d have been completely fine in this situation
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Nice little walk about yesterday, still getting to grips with the place, feels surreal.
A photograph directly into the setting sun in downtown Tucson, cars are driving past A photo of the mountains north of Tucson, the clouds are stretching up and over the mountain A photo of a small restaurant called Sonoran Delights, someone is waiting outside, the sky is pitch black but the lights are so bright A wide angle shot of a waffle house at night, up in the extreme north west of Tucson
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Finally, something that isn't a sunset! It's a sunrise! With the conjunction of Venus and the Moon! #joetography
September 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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It’s also frequently like this
September 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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This is how it is sometimes
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Today I saw a Cybertruck, after 11 days in the US, it somehow looks worse than I could have imagined, so instead here is a real patriotic automobile
September 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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The sunsets are absolutely crazy out here (#joetography)
September 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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What an insanely beautiful sky! (I'm also claiming #joetography for my work while I'm here)
September 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Moved to Tucson! This might (might) be a continuing thread of photos from the area!
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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July 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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July 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Leeds Pride 2025! Last one before I leave!
July 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Howiitsqatsi (life in making) [1982 dir. Godfrey Reggio]
July 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM