planetXplorer
@planetxplorer.bsky.social
Fan of science, space, & exploration. Travel & live music addict. Fondness for tortoises, lime juice margs, antiquing, painting, pickleball & soccer. Saving the Earth 🌎☀️🌳 from climate doom. Hoping to fly into space. PhD. Mars scientist. Antarctic explorer.
With the 2 humans who will always have my back. 💖
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
With the 2 humans who will always have my back. 💖
I spent the week at an Italian cooking school and had a wonderful time!
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I spent the week at an Italian cooking school and had a wonderful time!
Read about the Hamburg meteorite that fell in Michigan on a cold winter night. Many pieces of this meteorite were recovered on the ice of a frozen lake. Serendipity! Our paper is now published and it is open access in the Planetary Science Journal (free download).
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Read about the Hamburg meteorite that fell in Michigan on a cold winter night. Many pieces of this meteorite were recovered on the ice of a frozen lake. Serendipity! Our paper is now published and it is open access in the Planetary Science Journal (free download).
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Nothing beats a weekend with girlfriends.
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Nothing beats a weekend with girlfriends.
Hello sweet tortoise friend!
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hello sweet tortoise friend!
Rila Monastery (Bulgaria) has a lot going on visually! 🤩
October 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Rila Monastery (Bulgaria) has a lot going on visually! 🤩
#GoldenHour where the Sava and Danube rivers (& I) meet! [Belgrade, Serbia]
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#GoldenHour where the Sava and Danube rivers (& I) meet! [Belgrade, Serbia]
😋 Chimney cake filled with ice cream! A treat in Budapest.
October 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
😋 Chimney cake filled with ice cream! A treat in Budapest.
Ahhhh. Who wouldn’t love a soak in the ancient thermal baths in Budapest, Hungary?
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ahhhh. Who wouldn’t love a soak in the ancient thermal baths in Budapest, Hungary?
The lakes at Plitvica Jezera National Park (Croatia) are a gorgeous color (due to lots of dissolved carbonate)!
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The lakes at Plitvica Jezera National Park (Croatia) are a gorgeous color (due to lots of dissolved carbonate)!
Seeing the Parthenon 🏛️ in Athens, Greece was pretty cool. To hear about a place all your life then see it in person is what drives me to travel.
October 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Seeing the Parthenon 🏛️ in Athens, Greece was pretty cool. To hear about a place all your life then see it in person is what drives me to travel.
Photo through a scope of a baby sloth and the mother. 🦥 #CostaRica
May 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Photo through a scope of a baby sloth and the mother. 🦥 #CostaRica
Spent a day going through the Panama Canal. The history behind this 8th Wonder of the World is fascinating.
May 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Spent a day going through the Panama Canal. The history behind this 8th Wonder of the World is fascinating.
A forest bank full of Virginia bluebells from my walk yesterday.
#ShenksFerry
#WildflowerPreserve
#PAwildflowers
#ShenksFerry
#WildflowerPreserve
#PAwildflowers
April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A forest bank full of Virginia bluebells from my walk yesterday.
#ShenksFerry
#WildflowerPreserve
#PAwildflowers
#ShenksFerry
#WildflowerPreserve
#PAwildflowers
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today in herstory: A 1915 example of men making a (terrible) decision for all US women bc they were underestimated & a 1935 show of unmeasured courage, skill, & capability.
January 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Today in herstory: A 1915 example of men making a (terrible) decision for all US women bc they were underestimated & a 1935 show of unmeasured courage, skill, & capability.
