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Diego Ortega

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🛰️🪐Space engineer 📷🦕🐦Amateur photographer, paleoartist and naturalist Posts in 🇪🇸,🇬🇧 🌐Thionville, 🇫🇷

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Diego Ortega @diegooa.bsky.social · Feb 1

¡Hola!😄 I am Diego Ortega, a space engineer and amateur photographer, naturalist and paleoartist. Here are my threads, grouped by topic⬇️

¡Hola!😄 Soy Diego Ortega, ingeniero espacial y fotógrafo, naturalista y paleoartista aficionado. Aquí están mis hilos, agrupados por temática⬇️

Me in the Norwegian highlands, summer 2023

Photo of a male Tenerife lizard (Gallotia galloti), one of my favourite animals

Drawing of a pair of Kunpengopterus, a Jurassic flying reptile. One of my favourite artworks to date

Photo of ESTEC, an European Space Agency centre in the Netherlands where I worked

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Diego Ortega @diegooa.bsky.social · 4h

Going on an adventure! Some photos at Schiphol airport✈️

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Prehistorica (Christian M.) @prehistorica.art · 16h

Papiliomaris kluessendorfae, first reported in 1985 as the Waukesha "Butterfly Animal", was recently described as a strange bivalved arthropod with three pairs of large, feathery appendages. Some reports indicate it could reach up to 20cm wide.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · 22h

Golden hour hits different above 2600 meters. ✨🌅

NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory basks in that sunset ✨glow✨ at its site on Cerro Pachón. And with over 300 clear nights on average per year here, that's a lot of sunset basking we get to do! 🔭🧪

Large boot-shaped observatory with a massive telescope dome reflecting orange and golden sunset light atop its rocky mountain site.

Large boot-shaped observatory with a massive telescope dome atop its rocky mountain site, with the golden glow of sunset over the rolling peaks in the distance.

Large boot-shaped observatory on a rocky mountain peak during a vibrant sunset with layered mountain ranges in the background.

Drone shot of a massive teal telescope within an observatory's dome with a vertical opening, surrounded by winding mountain roads and dry terrain.

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 1d

Another image from this summer Greenland adventures, this time during a moody day with a bit of fog, and the signature red sails.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7 #Invertober2025 - Scaly foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum) 🐌

SNAIL. BYE.

#SciArt #invertebrates

semi-realistic drawing of a Scaly foot gastropod, a very fancy black shiny shelled snail with a red soft body but it is covered in little black scales, on a black background.

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Astra Fauna (Sarah Dahlinger) 🔜 Granite State Comic Con @astrafauna.bsky.social · 12d

Some turtle anatomy I did back in the day

Skeleton, muscles, and surface of a red eared slider

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 1d

Galeamopus 🦕

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

I kinda want to invest in a solid monopod so I can dangle my camera right on top of the water to get better shots of this kinda thing? but also doesnt seem worth the risk? I guess first step would be bringing a tape measure to see how long it would be? #birds

a white bird that might be a snowy egret forward facing the camera with a near perfect reflection on the water

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 1d

A combined BBC Studios Natural History Unit / Apple Europe trip to Discovering Dinosaurs at Lightroom London. Everyone had an amazing time.

Discovering Dinosaurs Lightroom scene showing swimming tyrannosaur.

Discovering Dinosaurs Lightroom scene showing life-sized dinosaurs on wall.

Discovering Dinosaurs Lightroom scene showing Isisaurus, volcano, Rajasaurus.

Discovering Dinosaurs Lightroom scene showing Isisaurus with eggs.

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 2d

This was supposed to be the #SundayFishSketch ...
The bumby snailfish is refusing to get painted at the moment :/ ... I may return to it later or try again.

tiny watercolour of a bumpy snailfish looking ahead
pencil stump for size reference
It looks like a pjnk bumpy blob withe spiky fins

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Thomas Appéré @thomasappere.bsky.social · 8d

Vous cherchez un spot pour faire de l'escalade 🧗‍♂️?
J'ai ce qu'il vous faut : admirez ces superbes falaises sur Mars photographiées par le rover Curiosity. Celle au centre fait ~39m de haut et avec la faible gravité martienne (1/3 de la pesanteur terrestre), il sera plus facile de grimper !
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Des falaises escarpées de couleur ocre, striées en couches successives. Au premier plan, on voit des reliefs recouverts de sable marron sombre. Le ciel est de couleur marron clair.
© NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Thomas Appéré

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Palaeoncryptozoologist Briton @raftingzalmoxes.bsky.social · 2d

WAKE UP EVERYONE NEW #SurvivingEarth STILL FEATURING PLIOSAURS JUST DROPPED!!!

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 2d

🌎 🛰️ Check out the first data from the METimage instrument on board EUMETSAT's MetOp-SG-A1 satellite!

This advanced instrument observes clouds, land, sea and ice, providing key insights into weather forecasting, nowcasting, and climate monitoring. eumetsat.int/metimage-del...

📸 @eumetsat.int

Captured between 10:43 and 10:59 CEST on 24 September, METimage’s very first image shows clouds connected with a cold weather front sweeping across central Europe and signs of convective storm activity developing over the Adriatic and central Mediterranean seas. High altitude, wispy cirrus clouds hint to potential turbulence over the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, while thin aircraft contrails are clearly visible over cloud-free western Denmark.

Where skies are clear, the Earth’s surface is revealed in fine detail: shimmering lakes can be seen in Türkiye, including the bright white salt flats of Lake Tuz, as well as the green landscapes of the Carpathians and Balkans, and Libya’s Waw an Namus volcanic caldera. Compared with AVHRR’s ~1 km resolution, METimage’s 500-metre view delivers about four times more detail, making it possible to pick out narrow cloud streets, thin valley fog and subtle coastal colour changes with far greater clarity.

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 2d

🚰 The International Space Station recycles up to 80% of its water.

👨‍🚀 Astronauts drink water recycled from their sweat, urine, and exhaled breath.

🧵 Discover how it works in this thread.

#LivingInSpace #WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2025

Infographic about water recycling on the International Space Station.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

earthsky.org

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Pablo Aparicio / PAR Virtual @parpatrimonio.bsky.social · 2d

Varios usuarios de Twitter (@ForgottenHrs y @GrecorromanoYT, en este caso) nos están robando ilustraciones para crear supuestos personajes históricos en 3D pasándoles un filtro de IA. Además, presentan las imágenes finales como trabajos propios. Juzgad vosotros mismos.👇

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Jan Wilczur @janwilczur.bsky.social · 3d

‘Turkestan Shrike, adult male’

acrylic, 13 x 18 cms.

Turkestan Shrike, also known as Red-tailed Shrike, is a very rare visitor from Central Asia to the UK. Along with the closely related Daurian Shrike it was once considered one of the sub-species of Isabelline Shrike.
#turkestanshrike
#birdart

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Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.bsky.social · 2d

L'avenir de la sonde Juno est incertain : l'extension de sa mission se terminait le 30 septembre. Cette date est désormais passée et, avec la fermeture du gouvernement américain, on ne sait pas si les opérations de la sonde reprendront avec la reprise des activités de la NASA

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JH @jhemiptera.bsky.social · 2d

Dinosaur animatronics at the Fukui Station west.

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adelle k. @ MCM K-09 @klimtsonian.bsky.social · 2d

another study with the new procreate brushes that I’ve been chipping away at 🦉

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Parques Nacionales (OAPN) @oapngob.bsky.social · 2d

🎂Hoy celebramos el 71 aniversario del Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente

🌋 La caldera, que ha sido moldeada por la fuerza del agua💧 y del tiempo⏳, guarda en su interior una magnífica muestra de pinar canario🌲que transiciona en matorral de cumbre🌸 con la altitud.

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 3d

oh wow! A stunning Porpita shot from @natalipaqpa on the other site

A blue bottle jelly with many tentacles emerging from it

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 3d

The beauty of soft lines, of meandering lines...

#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise #sunset

There is an infinite beauty to moving water, waiting to be discovered! The purple of a winter evening's twilight is softly reflected in the fast moving waters of the St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Canada.

Ripples of sand on the top crest of a coastal dune in Namibia catch the last light of day, while wind blown sand further down glows golden as it is lifted into the light.

A harmonious interplay of lines, shape, textures and tones, as the first light of day touches the ridge lines of a coastal dune. It was mesmerizing to see how the scene transformed as the light crept into the shadows.

For a short lived moment, the soft light of the morning sun draws beautiful, dreamy bands of satin across the tips of these otherwise inconspicuous dunes in Namibia's mesmerizing Sossusvlei region.

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 3d

Raptorial Headache

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