Stephen Fels
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Stephen Fels
@stephenfels.bsky.social
Retired laser industry professional, musician, paragliding, watersports and travel photography/videography enthusiast.
I think my first awareness of Prague, as a beautiful destination was from the INXS video for Never Tear Us Apart. While planning our family trip, I researched the filming locations used in the video, and was able to recreate each of the scenes 38 years later.
youtu.be/tXgk5gkLZ3E?...
Prague INXS Filing Locations
YouTube video by CineSoar
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I was always told that I would never be any good at poetry, because of my dyslexia. So far, I've made a vase, a bowl, and two coffee mugs.
May 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You know how, when your lights go out, you wonder if the whole block is out? Didn’t think it would be the whole Iberian peninsula.
April 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Oh my god, Bluesky thinks I'm gay!
April 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My New Year's resolution was to eschew obfuscation and espouse elucidation. I won't prevaricate. The effort hasn't been inconsiderable.
April 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Darkness falls over the three main Chedi at Wat Maha That, Ayutthaya, Thailand
February 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
For a few days every February, Horsetail Falls in Yosemite catches the sunset just so (lighting the water, as the cliff face falls into shadow) and appears to be on fire.
February 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
North Gate, Angkor Thom.
February 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I was playing around with Chat GPT, and thought I'd see what it knows about lasers (something I happen to know a lot about). At one point, it volunteered to produce a diagram for me. It came up with this curiosity. If I can find a DISTRUBITED FEFAABRSTICK MODUIATED LASER, I might make a lightsaber.
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Date night stroll
February 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Selfie @700ft, in front of the Golden Gate.
December 9, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Vitamin sea and an amazing sunset in Casteldefels, Spain
December 8, 2024 at 3:47 PM
OK, calm down LinkedIn, I’m pretty sure I don’t know everyone at “Retired”.
December 5, 2024 at 7:57 AM
One of my better launches caught on video. Tollhouse, CA.
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I asked the barista for her mildest roast. She told me my ears were ‘just average’.
December 2, 2024 at 3:04 PM
“If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?”
My friends jumped today and they didn’t tell me?!?”
Flight from 1700’ Ed Levin Park, Milpitas, CA
December 2, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Hank Green's mentioned Bluesky doesn't down-rank links I thought I would try an experiment. I know how this performs on some other platforms. Here is a short paragliding video, set to relaxing music, showing how amazing it is to soar over the dunes near Monterey California.
youtu.be/JEbSUFfLDfU
December 1, 2024 at 11:17 AM
I'm trying to stop gorging myself on Thanksgiving leftovers. But, I don't know if I can quit cold turkey.
December 1, 2024 at 9:54 AM
print( "Hello World!" )
December 1, 2024 at 9:13 AM