Colin Bamforth
@colin2476.bsky.social
Photographer, keyboard player, gardener, occasional writer
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First dahlia this year. I think this is Robin Hood?
July 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
First dahlia this year. I think this is Robin Hood?
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USS Midway, now a museum - Embarcadero downtown San Diego. I took this shot from the ferry.
August 24, 2024 at 12:13 AM
USS Midway, now a museum - Embarcadero downtown San Diego. I took this shot from the ferry.
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Beach tidbits this morning. 🌿
August 23, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Beach tidbits this morning. 🌿
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American Goldfinch
Yellow in yellow creating yellow...
Yellow in yellow creating yellow...
August 23, 2024 at 10:54 PM
American Goldfinch
Yellow in yellow creating yellow...
Yellow in yellow creating yellow...
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Cool 😎 I got to see bird banding recently too, on a trip to Colorado. Here’s a hummingbird being held by the bird bander.
August 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Cool 😎 I got to see bird banding recently too, on a trip to Colorado. Here’s a hummingbird being held by the bird bander.
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Sadly, it’s time to leave Sea Lake.
Have had such a lovely time here thanks to the Astronomical Society of Victoria. I saw the darkest sky I’ve ever been to in my life, sunsets on a salt lake that looked like other worlds and my first ever aurora! (below). 🔭
Time to head home to my little mate!
Have had such a lovely time here thanks to the Astronomical Society of Victoria. I saw the darkest sky I’ve ever been to in my life, sunsets on a salt lake that looked like other worlds and my first ever aurora! (below). 🔭
Time to head home to my little mate!
November 5, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Sadly, it’s time to leave Sea Lake.
Have had such a lovely time here thanks to the Astronomical Society of Victoria. I saw the darkest sky I’ve ever been to in my life, sunsets on a salt lake that looked like other worlds and my first ever aurora! (below). 🔭
Time to head home to my little mate!
Have had such a lovely time here thanks to the Astronomical Society of Victoria. I saw the darkest sky I’ve ever been to in my life, sunsets on a salt lake that looked like other worlds and my first ever aurora! (below). 🔭
Time to head home to my little mate!
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Wake up nerds, new JWST image just dropped! 🔭🧪
The Crab Nebula 🦀, a supernova remnant, captured in stunning near and mid-infrared light. Dust is shown in light yellow & green. Sulfur dominates in reds & oranges. Iron is in blue.
📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim
read more: go.nasa.gov/46Qlaa6
The Crab Nebula 🦀, a supernova remnant, captured in stunning near and mid-infrared light. Dust is shown in light yellow & green. Sulfur dominates in reds & oranges. Iron is in blue.
📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim
read more: go.nasa.gov/46Qlaa6
October 30, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Wake up nerds, new JWST image just dropped! 🔭🧪
The Crab Nebula 🦀, a supernova remnant, captured in stunning near and mid-infrared light. Dust is shown in light yellow & green. Sulfur dominates in reds & oranges. Iron is in blue.
📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim
read more: go.nasa.gov/46Qlaa6
The Crab Nebula 🦀, a supernova remnant, captured in stunning near and mid-infrared light. Dust is shown in light yellow & green. Sulfur dominates in reds & oranges. Iron is in blue.
📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim
read more: go.nasa.gov/46Qlaa6
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"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."
- Carl Sagan, Contact (1985)
- Carl Sagan, Contact (1985)
October 18, 2023 at 2:05 AM
"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."
- Carl Sagan, Contact (1985)
- Carl Sagan, Contact (1985)
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Hi everyone! I’m a planetary scientist who studied clouds on brown dwarf & exoplanet atmospheres. I left academia to start my own business, connecting my passions of science + art. I create unique multi-spectral space paintings by combining different wavelengths of light in interesting patterns. 🔭🐡
October 17, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Hi everyone! I’m a planetary scientist who studied clouds on brown dwarf & exoplanet atmospheres. I left academia to start my own business, connecting my passions of science + art. I create unique multi-spectral space paintings by combining different wavelengths of light in interesting patterns. 🔭🐡
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Her quote was about capitalism, but I think folks don't focus enough on the second half of this LeGuin quote:
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art."
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art."
October 18, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Her quote was about capitalism, but I think folks don't focus enough on the second half of this LeGuin quote:
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art."
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art."
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Last night I saw the new JWST IMAX movie, Deep Sky. Beautifully produced, great footage of the JWST and its images - and lots of familiar faces (inc @stellarplanet.bsky.social, @janerigby.bsky.social and many more) . If it's showing near you and you like a good space docco, don't miss it! 🧪🔭
October 18, 2023 at 1:46 AM
Last night I saw the new JWST IMAX movie, Deep Sky. Beautifully produced, great footage of the JWST and its images - and lots of familiar faces (inc @stellarplanet.bsky.social, @janerigby.bsky.social and many more) . If it's showing near you and you like a good space docco, don't miss it! 🧪🔭
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With the new fees, Elon’s Twitter is going to be 100% con men and marks. Just an ouroboros of wallet inspector scams.
October 18, 2023 at 12:43 AM
With the new fees, Elon’s Twitter is going to be 100% con men and marks. Just an ouroboros of wallet inspector scams.
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I took this with my macro lens. There are definitely some bugs in it, but you might have to zoom in a bit.
October 18, 2023 at 1:25 AM
I took this with my macro lens. There are definitely some bugs in it, but you might have to zoom in a bit.
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I have been thinking about the importance of DELIGHT in boardgames, and came across this thoughtful piece from Ellie Dix (@thedarkimp.bsky.social ) 🎲✂️
Designing games with delight - The Dark Imp
www.thedarkimp.com
October 18, 2023 at 1:48 AM
I have been thinking about the importance of DELIGHT in boardgames, and came across this thoughtful piece from Ellie Dix (@thedarkimp.bsky.social ) 🎲✂️
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Heyyyyyy everyone we are observing again on the Palomar 5-m telescope tonight! Any questions about observing, astronomy, exoplanets??? 🔭🧪
October 18, 2023 at 1:57 AM
Heyyyyyy everyone we are observing again on the Palomar 5-m telescope tonight! Any questions about observing, astronomy, exoplanets??? 🔭🧪
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"X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will reportedly begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create lists"
X will begin charging new users $1 a year
X owner Elon Musk has long floated the idea of charging users $1 for the platform. Now, the team is moving the idea into production.
fortune.com
October 17, 2023 at 11:48 PM
"X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will reportedly begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create lists"
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Me: "I guess the kinglets moved on, I should keep walking"
KInglet lands right in front of me: "Who me?"
It was kinglets in every bush and tree again today! This time they were mostly Ruby-crowneds. Migration is magical!
🌿 #birds
KInglet lands right in front of me: "Who me?"
It was kinglets in every bush and tree again today! This time they were mostly Ruby-crowneds. Migration is magical!
🌿 #birds
October 18, 2023 at 1:57 AM
Me: "I guess the kinglets moved on, I should keep walking"
KInglet lands right in front of me: "Who me?"
It was kinglets in every bush and tree again today! This time they were mostly Ruby-crowneds. Migration is magical!
🌿 #birds
KInglet lands right in front of me: "Who me?"
It was kinglets in every bush and tree again today! This time they were mostly Ruby-crowneds. Migration is magical!
🌿 #birds
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Does anyone need a baby emotional support stick (with grabby hands) this evening? 🤎
🌿🦗
(American grass mantis - Thesprotia graminis)
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(American grass mantis - Thesprotia graminis)
October 18, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Does anyone need a baby emotional support stick (with grabby hands) this evening? 🤎
🌿🦗
(American grass mantis - Thesprotia graminis)
🌿🦗
(American grass mantis - Thesprotia graminis)
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Timeline cleanse if it’s even possible today. Golden sunset. ✌🏻
October 18, 2023 at 1:45 AM
Timeline cleanse if it’s even possible today. Golden sunset. ✌🏻
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Mood 👀
This hole was like 2mm in diameter. Whoever this little nugget hymenopteran is, I love her. 💛 🌿🐝
This hole was like 2mm in diameter. Whoever this little nugget hymenopteran is, I love her. 💛 🌿🐝
October 18, 2023 at 1:08 AM
Mood 👀
This hole was like 2mm in diameter. Whoever this little nugget hymenopteran is, I love her. 💛 🌿🐝
This hole was like 2mm in diameter. Whoever this little nugget hymenopteran is, I love her. 💛 🌿🐝