Port Angeles, Washington
"From sea level to ski level"
With the Strait of Juan De Fuca on its doorstep, and the Olympic Mountains/National Park in its backyard.
Taken from the Ediz Hook
#PortAngeles #OlympicNationalPark #OlympicMountains #WashingtonState
@PenelopePitstop And we love Mantas! 😂
Mt Rainier, Washington
Looking like a scene out of "The Sound of Music", Mt Rainier ("Tahoma", meaning "Mother of Waters" in the language of the Puyallup Tribe) rises above an Alpine meadow near the Sunrise Lodge. You can see the Emmons glacier (source of the White River) and the moraine valley it created.
You don't go out to visit nature. You are nature. Now act right
Remembering that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were migrants in search of refuge is always a great contribution.
Let's remember tonight all those strangers who are not sleeping at home; who are walking through deserts in search of a better life; those who have suffered violence; those who are in hospitals or prisons; those who have disappeared.
This is by no means a new observation, but the modern world is far too noisy and I really wish we could get a handle on that. A good place to start is simply some basic awareness that not everything has to be done at an earsplitting volume. Then again it feels like society has lost most of its appreciation for silence.
Small but important: The Daniel K. Inoyue Solar Telescope's heat-stop. The heat-stop is a liquid-cooled aperture which reduces the light from the 4m primary mirror to a very narrow beam to protect the secondary mirror and instruments from excessive heat. Failure of the cooling system automatically shuts down the telescope by deploying covers over the primary and secondary mirrors, and closing the dome.
(photo by NSO/NSF/AURA)
This whole thing is extra-despicable. Ban trophy hunting.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/22/governor-gianfortes-war-on-wildlife/
@PenelopePitstop I think that's a terrific tribute. Magick would be pleased to know that she's a part of your love for art 🖤
A safety engineer doing his part to make the world a slightly better place. Bigfoot, multiverse, space plane, and telescope enthusiast. Adrift.