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Charles Golson

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Retired rocket scientist, casual hiker and photographer, still learning.

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Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 4h

Half moon between a pillar of rock and a pillar of cloud in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.

A half-moon is framed in a V formed by the redrock pillar Chimney Rock and a vertical cloud.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, quite a bit. 1.1 inches in the last 24 hours.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 21h

Changing light and shadows in Sedona. 14 minutes apart. Have a good night.

Brightly lit redrock ridge on left and shadowed redrock pinnacles on right, beneath a bright horizontal cloud band.

Redrock pinnacles in deep red pre-sunset light. Thumb-shaped pinnacle on right casts shadow on redrock ridge on left.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 1d

Misty morning in Sedona. Have a good day.

Dimly lit redrock monoliths surrounded by mist, under a gray sky.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 3d

Dramatic sky after rain in Sedona. Have a good night.

Buff-and-red-rock ridge in late afternoon sunshine, under dark grey and white clouds touched by sunlight at the top.

Deep red rock monoliths under gray and white clouds, all bathed in late-afternoon sunshine.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 4d

Evening shadows in Sedona. Have a good night.

Huge shadow covers part of the shark Fin, a red-and-buff colored rock ridge.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 6d

Full moon over the red rocks in Sedona. Have a good night.

Full moon just above the redrock pinnacles of Schnebly Hill.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning from Sedona. Have a good day.

A tree and a redrock pinnacle are silhouetted against orange pre-sunrise clouds in a pale blue sky.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 9d

Clouds above the red rocks in Sedona. Have a good evening.

Several fluffy white clouds in a blue sky, above redrock formations.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 9d

Moonrise in Sedona. Have a good evening.

Nearly full moon just above a buff and red mountain, framed by green trees.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 13d

Snoopy Rock in Sedona (lower right). Have a good night.

Buff and red rock formation in late afternoon sun, with smaller Snoopy Rock framed by greenery on right.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 14d

End of the rainbow in Sedona. Have a good nigh.

A rainbow cuts through the gray sky, appearing to end behind a redrock pinnacle (Steamboat Rock in Sedona).

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 16d

Monsoon sunset light in Sedona. Have a good night.

Orange sky beneath heavy overcast clouds, with a cliff on the right and a redrock formation on the left.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17d

South Texas game cam catches a raccoon riding a javelina (Dicotyles tajacu).

The deer feeder corn attracts a lot of other species, but maybe we should worry about them all teaming up against us?

(📷: Jeff Davis, TAMU-Kingsville alumni forum)

On a black and white game cam, three javelinas are browsing corn while a raccoon sits on one of their backs. The lighting produces laser-eyes in the raccoon, who is secretly one of the X-Men.

A raccoon knight on a javelina steed. "Onward, Pigasus! Let us show them the meaning of haste". Motion blurred, black and white game cam shot.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 20d

Red rocks in the mist in Sedona. Have a good day.

Redrock monoliths of Schnebly Hill peeking through mist above green trees and beneath an overcast sky.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 23d

Red, white, and blue in Sedona. Have a good evening.

Green trees, red rock formations, white clouds, and blue sky.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 24d

Thunder Mountain and a slender spire near Coffeepot Rock in Sedona. Have a good day.

Grey and red mountain under blue sky with wispy clouds. A shadowed red dirt trail, bordered by prickly pear, leads away from the camera.

A slender redrock spire is flanked by grey-capped redrock formations.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 25d

Along the Cibola Pass trail in Sedona. Have a good day.

A century plant and a tree silhouetted against a red rock monolith under a blue sky.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 26d

Rachel’s Knoll within Seven Canyons in Sedona. Have a good day.

Marker about Rachel on her knoll in Sedona, with white and red rock cliffs in the background.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 26d

The birthing cave in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.

Looking out from a redrock cave at Thunder Mountain in Sedona.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · 27d

Touchdown KC!

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · Sep 12

Black and white clouds above the red rocks of Sedona. Have a good night.

A small black cloud passes in front of a large white cloud over redrock pinnacles in Sedona.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sunset light in Sedona. Have a good nigh.

Clouds tinged with purple and violet above redrock formations, just after sunset.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · Sep 9

Smoke from Chimney Rock in Sedona. Have a good evening.

A wispy cloud resembles smoke emanating from a redrock formation called Chimney Rock.

Charles Golson @charlesgolson.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was walking down one side of the street in my neighborhood and spotted him on the other side 50 yards away. Kept thinking he would run away from the street, but he just kept walking on his side, went past me, and kept going.

Bobcat calmly walking up the street away from me.