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Ben Laabs
@berylliumben.bsky.social
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Geologist/glaciologist in the midcontinent 🏔️ Reposter of cool landscape photography and music 🌅 Old Dad 🥸 Vote Blue 💙 Cheesehead in Denver 🧀 Go Pack Go 🏈 Chelsea FC ⚽️
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You Got It
-Roy Orbison
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December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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This is one of the Chocolate Lakes on the Chocolate/ Ruwau Lakes Loop ( the mountain in the background is Picture Puzzle), Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, California.
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park. August, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
🎞 16 mm – 1/6″ – f/11 – ISO 160
🏷️ #NationalParks #Landscapes #Photography
A big boulder in the water of Jenny Lake. In the background, trees lining the shores of Jenny Lake, and further in the distance, Teewinot Mountain.
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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#TruthTuesday
cliff229.bsky.social Canadian Liberal @cliff229.bsky.social · 4h
The Dems are far from perfect, but the vast majority of them seem to have the best interests of their constituents at heart, and they deserve support in an imperfect system. This cannot be said of the scum in the Rep party.
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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#BlueskyArtShow
#MountainMonday

Mt. Rainier as viewed from the Naches Loop in Washington State. #PNW

#Landscape
#Mountains #Nature
#WestCoastKin
#Photography
#ArtOfPhotography
09.2024 #Autumn
A color photo of Mt. Rainier in Washington State during autumn of 2024. The mountain has snow and there's trees & a small pond of water at it's base. 📷 Erwin Buske
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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#TruthTuesday
shimanti.bsky.social Hopeful in AZ @shimanti.bsky.social · 4h
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Blue In November
Lake Superior
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Blue In November Lake Superior Two Harbors Minnesota
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Welcome back to another #TrilobiteTuesday

Here is the positive and negative impression of Amecephalus idahoense. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian Spence Shale Member of the Langston Formation in Idaho. The spence shale is a unique group of rocks that preserves soft bodied organisms.
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Post-sunset glow under the Ocean Beach Pier during an extreme negative low tide. Ocean Beach in San Diego, California

#sandiego #sdca #oceanbeach #beach #pier #OBpier #obsd #ocean #kingtides #lowtide #tidepools
View beneath the Ocean Beach Pier at dusk. Rows of concrete pillars form a long symmetrical tunnel that narrows toward the horizon. Soft orange light from the sunset glows on the left side, fading into deep blue sky on the right. Shallow tide pools and wet rocks reflect the colors of the sky.
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Goodnight from Colorado 💙 💤
(Photo taken this evening.)
#sky #clouds #sunset #photography
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.

Enough to power 23 million homes!

U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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A global tragedy brought to you by the United States GOP.

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For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Hole-In-The-Wall Falls, Columbia River Gorge

#Oregon #HoleintheWallFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #ColumbiaRiverGorge
Hole-In-The-Wall Falls, Columbia River Gorge. Vertical Color Photo. The water plunges down a short drop over black stone. To either side of the channel, the rocky cliff is covered with moss and ferns.
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Clinton Reservoir, CO

#Photography #Colorado
#MountainMonday #Nature
#BlueSkyMonday #Landscape
#Scape #EastCoastKin
This photo captures a serene alpine landscape: a calm, mirror-like mountain lake reflects snow-capped peaks and a deep blue sky. In the foreground, a small bird perches atop a snow-dusted evergreen growing behind a reddish colored rock, while dense conifer forests line the shores.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Autumn Shoreline Views - Harrison Lake, British Columbia 🇨🇦

#nature #harrisonlake #shoreline #bc #landscapephotography #outdoors #mountains #travel #hiking #camping #panorama #scape #blueskyartshow #britishcolumbia #stunday #pano #explorebc #calm #autumn #explorecanada #fraservalley #canada
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Sally is playing with her friend today, happy, safe, and blissfully unaware that so many dogs have lost their lives simply for the crime of being unwanted.

Every dog deserves what she has: joy, safety, and a chance to live. 🐾💛

#BeTheirVoice #EndAnimalCruelty #RescueDogs
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Sunset over the White Tank Mountains in November. #MountainMonday
Clouds glowing red after sunset behind the White Tank Mountains in Arizona.
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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A real man would release those Epstein Files and get justice for those victims ASAP.
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Waning Gibbous Moon at 85% over Galway, Ireland this morning at 7am (December 8th), 370,055km from Earth. #Moon #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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About a half hour after sunset tonight. The tides are still exaggerated from the full moon.

#sandiego #sdca #oceanbeach #beach #surfing #surf #dogbeach #ocean #waves #kingtides #lowtide #surfob
A long concrete pier extends from the left foreground toward the distant right horizon at sunset. The pier’s supports form dark silhouettes against a thin orange band of light above the water. The sky shifts from warm tones near the horizon to deep blue overhead. Calm waves cover the shoreline, and the wet sand reflects the colors of the sky and the dark shapes of the pier.
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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In a big first for me, I got almost all my art up for the first time in an exhibition. This is post #3 to show a few of the pieces I have up It's an adorable little wine bar in Bremerton called Grumble and Wine.

#art #artsky #bskyart #artshow #Bremerton #bignews #landscapeart #painting
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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My mind wanders, a LOT. I was watching the sun going down a few minutes ago, I was thinking about time and how it’s such a constant part of our lives. We wouldn’t have it without the consistency of the sun and Mother Nature. Done rambling 🤣

I hope you all have a peaceful evening 🕊️

Take care 🩵✌️
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Beech wood #trees #woodland #treeclub
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM