Notices by Bob Tregilus (elaterite@fosstodon.org)

@killyourfm Indeed. Twice now I've been at a Nat. Pk. trying to buy a pass at the information counter, with rangers standing around, and was told the only way to get the pass was through the website. That forced me to drive--in one case 20 miles to get a phone signal--so I could buy the pass. It's criminal.

@killyourfm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and shareholders thank you very much for your patronage. (It's criminal that a private company runs that website.) https://archive.ph/SpzOj

@killyourfm What's "NOBO"? Bummer about your application. Too many people that time of year in Yosemite anyway.

@intrepidhero

One of my colleagues at the art supply / frame shop I work at, her boyfriend is Haida (an indigenous person of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America). I love Haida & Tlingit art! So before I retire next week I paid him for a print of this Orca. Today I printed it out & framed it. I'm very happy with how it turned out! Of note, he (Alex) is a very talented painter. I saw the original & his brush technique is spectacularly smooth, like it was printed.(Phone photo.)

#Art #Orca #PNW #FineArt

Desert sentinels.

#Desert #Geology #Wildflowers #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Landscape #Photography #Darktable

Shot number three.

Totality--Blood Moon--begins at 11:26pm PDT (07:26 UTC). 3/n

#Moon #Eclipse #LunarEclipse #AstroPhotography #Photography #Darktable

Here's another one. Totality--Blood Moon--begins at 11:26pm PDT (07:26 UTC). 2/n

#Moon #Eclipse #AstroPhotography #Photography #Darktable

The lunar eclipse has begun! Totality starts at 11:26pm PDT (07:26 UTC). 1/n

#Moon #Eclipse #AstroPhotography #Photography #Darktable

Total lunar eclipse! It's a blood Moon, alright. A bit fuzzy with clouds passing by. :/

The red color is cause by refracted sun light from the Earth's atmosphere. It's like the Earth is casting a combination sunrise / sunset onto the Moon's surface.

Totality lasts until 13:31am PDT (08:31 UTC). 4/4

Get outside and look! Maximum eclipse is at 11:58pm PDT.

A really cool, what I refer to as a "canyon fin." And there's a really cool feature way out on that island knob at the end. But you have to walk out there to see it. :)

#Canyon #Desert #Geology #Rock #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

More Pueblo III ruins. Likely around 1200 CE.

#Archeology #Ruins #Abandoned #Canyon #Desert #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

A rare relic from that exceedingly short period of time that people experimented with square wheels.

#BlackAndWhite #History #Humor #Photography #Museum #Darktable

Celebrating SuperbOwl day! Why? Because owls are just superb creatures! (Truly, I really like owls!) More owls, less sports.

Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl), Imperial Valley, California (10/12/2024).

#SuperbOwl #Owl #BirdPhotography

"Don't even think about it--this is my poop rock!"

(Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl), Imperial Valley, California, 10/12/2024.)

#Owl #Birds #BirdPhotography #Photography #Darktable #SuperbOwl #SuperbOwlDay

Probably a Echinocereus coccineus (scarlet hedgehog cactus), but there are a ton of species in the Echinocereus genus, so who knows? One thing is certain, they brighten up the early spring desert landscape in the Southwest. (Photo: Bluff, Utah area, 4/23/2024.)

#Desert #BloomScrolling #WildFlowers #Photography #Darktable

@distrowatch Welcome to the fediverse! (Kind of wondering what took so long, but better late than never.) I hope you've deleted all of your accounts on the culture war for-profit social media sites.

Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon (2016). The Multnomah Creek Bridge was built in 1914. Note: This photo was made during dawn twilight, hence, no people. But I've often wished I had one person on the bridge looking up at the falls. Oh well, that was back in my "no people in my photos days."

#Bridge #Waterfall #Oregon #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

@mookie Indeed. And people flooding over to Bluesky aren't looking behind the curtains. It's primarily funded by crypto-bros. Once they have a large entrenched audience you can bet it will quickly go the way of the dead bird site.

PSA: Welp, I never knew about this. Recently there was a fatal accident in Peco, Texas, with a truck stalled on a railroad crossing & a freight train hitting it at track speed. Save lives: If stalled on tracks--find the blue sign & call the number FIRST! "The Emergency Notification Systems (ENS) sign gives the public critical emergency contact information at every highway-rail grade crossing. The information on the ENS sign enables the public to reach the railroad responsible for the crossing."

Snowy shot from several years ago, since we still don't have any snow in Northern Nevada. Just trying to remember what it looks like.

#Snow #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable