Author | Lightnews

Dorothy Jill Westerman

@djill.bsky.social

530 followers 460 following 210 posts

Born in Nova Scotia, live in Canada’s North, entranced by the South Pacific. Alumna of St. F.X. U - B.A., & U of King’s College - B. Journalism. News reporter of community/territorial news. Adore my family, friends, adventure & my Smooth Fox Terrier. 🐕💙

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning from #Canada, friends. Wishing you all a peaceful and enjoyable weekend.
#photographyofBluesky
#photography
#sunrise
#Canadianflag
#NorthernCanada

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · 4d

A quiet morning on a glassy lake. Autumn in Canada’s North.
#Canada
#NorthernCanada
#lake
#boats
#NWT
#NorthwestTerritories
#autumn

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · 12d

A ##tipi sits at the edge of a lake on the Ingraham Trail, outside of #Yellowknife, NWT, #Canada.
#autumn
#NorthernCanada
#photography

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 15d

A "fire rainbow," or circumhorizontal arc, is a rare optical phenomenon caused by sunlight refracting through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds

This one was captured in Hawaii by Dr. Lenore A. Artis

10 58 200

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 13d

Note to self: Don't climb a tree when running from a bear.😎

2 10 41

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · Sep 23

What a cool bird. The Lyrebird

24 61 310

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

European Space Agency @esa.int · Sep 22

Coming up tonight at 19:19 BST/20:19 CEST: the September #Equinox! This image from Meteosat-12, taken this morning, shows Earth near the equinox - when the terminator appears as a straight line dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark.

@wmo-global.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

This image from Meteosat-12, captured this morning, 22 September 2025, shows Earth on the equinox — when the terminator line runs from pole to pole, dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark. From space, it appears as a strikingly vertical line.

2 87 270

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · Sep 22

⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the autumn #equinox, 19:19 (UK) 22nd Sept, when the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere are equally illuminated. Today the day length in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland is ~the same as in 🇳🇿New Zealand 🤓🧪🔭

📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

The main diagram shows the Earth's annual rotation around the Sun, surrounded by a zodiacal scale that gives the names, symbols and images of the signs of the zodiac. The seasons and the positions of the equinoxes and solstices are marked. Text at the corners describes the Zodiac and the Earth, and a longer text at the bottom explains the Phenomena of the Seasons.

From https://collections.rmg.co.uk/media/501/182/l1073_001.jpg

4 52 140

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · Sep 18

And the earthquakes in Russia - the home of Trump’s BFF?

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · Sep 17

Former MP used fabricated documents to accuse reporter David Pugliese of being a Russian asset
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

Former MP used fabricated documents to accuse reporter David Pugliese of being a Russian asset

A July report that solicited input from leading experts in typography and graphology determined that the the documents Chris Alexander submitted to a parliamentary committee are forgeries.

open.substack.com

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · Sep 8

An Australian billionaire (who loves Elon Musk of course) wants to destroy a world beneath the oceans before we even come close to understanding it. There are no limits to this ultra capitalist strip mining of our one and only planet.

30 160 380

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hundreds of #seagulls line the shores of the #wetland at Rotary Park in #Yellowknife in preparation for their annual migration south to warmer climates.

#NorthwestTerritories
#Canada
#photography
#landscapephotography
#YellowknifeBay
#GreatSlaveLake

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you!

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · Aug 29

Clouds drift over a sun halo as tourists from a cruise ship walk along the #Halifax, Nova Scotia waterfront boardwalk.
#photography
#NovaScotia
#photographyofBluesky
#Halifaxwaterfront
#Canada
#EastCoast
#sunhalo

1 1 7

Dorothy Jill Westerman @djill.bsky.social · Aug 23

Love in all its forms: 🩵🐕

1 1

Reposted by Dorothy Jill Westerman

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 14

The story that inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.