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Dreaming Beetle
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A scientist with an art habit.
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A modified version of Harold Fisk’s Ancient Meanders of the Mississippi River.
A map of the Mississippi River meanders by Harold Fisk, 1944, US Army Corps of Engineers. The map was digitally cleaned and the colors changed. Plate 22, sheet 6. Meanders of the Mississippi River loop and swoop in shades of gold, purple, and green.
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Maps of Manhattan based on 1609 survey data. Originally by Townsend MacCoun, 1909. Modified by Dreaming Beetle LLC. Restoration and playing with color.
Maps of Manhattan based on 1609 survey data. Originally by Townsend MacCoun, 1909. Modified by Dreaming Beetle LLC. The map shows Manhattan Island with north oriented to the right in 4 panels with varying color schemes. The top map is in purple and yellow, the next in pink and green, the 3rd in green and blue, and the bottom map in blue and pink. The text says " The Island of Manhattan (Mannahtin) 1609, at the time of its discovery, showing its elevations, water courses, marshes, and shore line. By Townsend MacCoun, Author of "Historical Geography of the United States", "Historical Geography Charts of Europe", "The Holy Land in Geography and History". This map is bases upon colonial surveys of Ratzer, Montresor, Knypthausen, Bradford, Duykinck, etc and the Survey of 1867 by Genl. E.L. Viele. Identified Indian Nomenclature (in red). Present Streets and Shore Line for Identification. Copyright 1909 New York.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Morning aspirations: cute and poisonous.
A baby mushroom, white with spikes. Fallen leaves in the foreground, grass and a McMansion in the background. Blue skies see it all.
September 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Atlas Beetles
September 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Tree bark close ups from Pikes Peak, CO
Pine tree bark, signs of burn. Shades of black and white. Dead tree trunk whorls and waves Dead tree whorls and waves in black and white
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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A one-off map I made for a friend’s birthday based on the Outlander series.
A map of Scotland based on the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. The map is in shades of blue green and brown based on elevation data from GEBCO. Locations mentioned in the book are denoted by a Celtic knot in gold with a banner label.
August 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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A map of school districts recognized by the NAMM Foundation as the 2025 Best Communities for Music Education. #NAMMFOUNDATION #music #eductation #bestcommunities #marchingband #concertband #Maps #GIS
The map was made using data from NAMM and #DOE #NCES data and #ESRI software.
A map of the lower 48 states in gray on a white background. Glowing blue areas denote the school districts selected as the 2025 Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation.
August 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Sedimentary rocks in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO.
Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. Wildflowers, bushes, and trees in the foreground lead up to a wedge shaped red outcrop beneath a cloudy sky.
July 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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FL is hosed unless the law is changed.
The ACLU used a map from a Bloomberg article which used a he US coastline (blue dash). CFR 287(a) defines the 100 mile zone from the US External Boundary (I plotted in red). My map shows a smaller area.
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A map of the US showing the Border Zone as defined in the Bloomberg 2018 article and used by the ACLU in blue. I used the international land borders and the external ocean boundary as defined by law. The 100 mile border zone is in pink, the darker zone shows a 25 mile zone (as proposed by many law makers and journalists). There is a thread on my account explaining how I came to make the map.
July 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Enjoying the quiet of the mountains
Rocky Mountains in the alpine zone at 12000 feet. Blue skies, gentle breezes, enjoy the silence. Partially cloudy and blue skies over mountain ridge covered in green, bracketed by rock formations.
July 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Finding the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains on a perfect day with an electric blue sky, sunny weather, 72 degrees.
July 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Issa, demolisher of treats and expert human manipulator
Issa. Gray dog on a wooden and carpet floor, getting ready to ask for a belly rub.
July 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Making cards for family this week. #papercraft #art
A card made from card stock, and variously patterned art paper: gray background, green and multi color polkadot, parchment, And a green check pattern. 3 flowers made from paper with button centers (from grandma’s button stash)
July 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Ever wondered if you live near an #EPA superfund site? Surprisingly, some of this info is hard to find in your county data. Find details here epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
#gis #environmentalquality #altGov #publicdata
A map of EPA Superfund sites in magenta on a black map background. States are delineated in gray.
June 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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A map of relative environmental quality (EQI) as a measure of air, water, land sources of pollution as defined by the #EPA for 2006-2010. Higher pollution on the east and west coast equates with a lower quality environment for those living there. #sciart #gis #altgov #data #science
A map of relative environmental quality index - low quality environments are a gold color, and higher quality environments are blue color. Higher population zones on the east and west coast tend to have more pollution and lower quality environments. Data from the EPA, plotted in QGIS
June 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Bright pink flower- zinnia, I think Yellow flower with orangey center surrounded by green leaves - calendula A viney mass of a tomato plant with marigolds nestled at the bottom of the planter. Green and black clusters of small tomatoes dangle over the abyss
June 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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A map showing homes that are part of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program according to #HUD data. No matter where you live in the US, your friends and neighbors rely on assistance to balance the system. #HousingTaxCredit #LowIncome #costofliving #governmentforthepeoplenotbillionaires
A map of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data showing the number of Low Income homes in each census tract that qualify for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). Colors range from light yellow to magenta, showing an increase in homes that receive the tax credit.
May 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A map of #HUD Housing Choice Voucher homes (2024) by census tract. No matter where you live, your neighbors rely on assistance. #Section8 #HousingChoiceVouchers #costofliving #neighbors #governmentforthepeople
A map of homes/apartments that received HUD Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) in 2024. The base map is dark grey with areas in shades of light yellow (fewer homes) to magenta (more homes) per census tract. This map shows that no matter where you live, your neighbors rely on this program.
May 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A scientist with an art habit. I like big data and posting articles and comments that I think are important. I use data from #USGS #NOAA #NASA #CMIP6 #LibraryofCongress #Smithsonian #NIH #NIAID #DOE #GEBCO #Hydrosheds to promote #Science and #SciArt
An elevation and bathymetry map of the UK and Ireland in shades ranging from blue (land) to orange and yellow (sea). Data from GEBCO and NASA. An elevation map of a stretch of the Rio Grande in Colorado. DEM data from the USGS Expected precipitation changes 2070-2090 for the highest CO2 emissions model. Data is from the global CMIP6 model, and extracted from NOAA. Background elevation data from GEBCO. Sea surface temperature anomalies from July 2023, one of the hottest on record. Data from NOAA. Higher positive anomalies in red, negative anomalies in blue.
May 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A map of expected changes in rainfall by 2070 in mm/year. #SciArt #GIS #QGIS #CMIP6 #ClimateChange #Climate
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A global map of modeled (CMIP6) climate change for 2070-2090 for the highest emissions case. Above the map in white letters: Climate Change 2070; below the map is a colorbar with red on the left and blue on the right. The map shows areas of reduced rainfall in red and increased rainfall in blue. Large swaths of the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific Oceans, South and Central America, and parts of sourthern Europe and Africa with see significant reductions in rainfall. Large parts of Asia, central Africa, and the Southern Ocean are predicted to experience increased rainfall.
April 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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A map of rivers and lakes in the UK and Ireland. #GIS #QGIS #SciArt #geology #rivers #Hydrosheds
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A map of rivers and lakes in the UK and Ireland. The land masses are in black on a white background. The lakes are in blue and the rivers are all in different pastel colors.
April 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Global climate models suggest summer temperature increases of 8.5 C (>15 F) by 2070. I rely on access to US government and public data to make these images. #GIS #climatemodels #NOAA #SciArt #Climatechange #GEBCO #CMIP6
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A map of the world showing expected temperature increases by 2070, ranging from cool blues (1.5 degrees C) to pale gold (8.5 degrees C). Land masses tend to show greater temperature increases than the oceans. a colorbar shows the range below the map. At the top of the map: Climate Change 2070. Data was plotted using QGIS software; data is from global climate models (CMIP6) via NOAA.
April 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Beautiful metamorphic rocks in Ventana Canyon trail, Tucson AZ
A dark mafic gneiss with partially melted grains and a giant lighter layer (partial melt or sill?) with fabulous pegmatic crystals and a dramatic fold. Ventana Canyon trail, Tucson AZ.
April 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Calm under the branches
A photo of the blue sky through the branches of a tree with pink blossoms.
April 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#wherelawends #tyranny #protest #resist #elsalvador #noconcentrationcamps #nokings #nooneabovethelaw #constitution #supremecourt #corruption
Adapted from the Great US Seal: the eagle (in shade of blue) carries an olive branch in its right claw and arrows in its left claw. The shield in front of the eagle displays a field of red and white vertical stripes and 13 stars on blue at the top. Lady Justice floats at the top of seal I. Shades of red. Around the edge of the seal: “Where law ends, tyranny begins” and “No one is above the law “ free to use and adapt cc 4.0, non commercial.
April 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM