Ryder Kimball
@ryderk.bsky.social
Earth, satellites, photos, sci comms. Formerly @ Planet Labs
Website: https://www.ryderkimball.com/
Newsletter: https://uncanny-landscapes.ghost.io/
Website: https://www.ryderkimball.com/
Newsletter: https://uncanny-landscapes.ghost.io/
photos taken on the surface of the Moon and comets. the cliff in the first image is a kilometer tall and was the first comet—67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko—to be landed on by an Earth-origin spacecraft (pictured in the second image)
#astronomy #photography
#astronomy #photography
April 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
photos taken on the surface of the Moon and comets. the cliff in the first image is a kilometer tall and was the first comet—67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko—to be landed on by an Earth-origin spacecraft (pictured in the second image)
#astronomy #photography
#astronomy #photography
some images from my latest essay, The Limits of Modeling. Check it out if you want to learn about the difficulty in documenting #Arctic landscapes, Earth's decreasing albedo, and the loss of the planet's radiance:
open.substack.com/pub/ryderkim...
open.substack.com/pub/ryderkim...
April 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
some images from my latest essay, The Limits of Modeling. Check it out if you want to learn about the difficulty in documenting #Arctic landscapes, Earth's decreasing albedo, and the loss of the planet's radiance:
open.substack.com/pub/ryderkim...
open.substack.com/pub/ryderkim...
Some absolutely delightful fluvial and aeolian dune features near the deadest-end of a dead-end marsh (Sossusvlei, Namibia)
#satellite data from SkySat • Planet Labs PBC
#satellite data from SkySat • Planet Labs PBC
March 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Some absolutely delightful fluvial and aeolian dune features near the deadest-end of a dead-end marsh (Sossusvlei, Namibia)
#satellite data from SkySat • Planet Labs PBC
#satellite data from SkySat • Planet Labs PBC
March 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
March 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Some of my favorite images I’ve made with Planet #satellite data over the years—going to miss this view
February 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Some of my favorite images I’ve made with Planet #satellite data over the years—going to miss this view
Small bit of ice clinging to a mountaintop amid wildfires in Patagonia
@planet.com PlanetScope • February 9, 2025
@planet.com PlanetScope • February 9, 2025
February 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Small bit of ice clinging to a mountaintop amid wildfires in Patagonia
@planet.com PlanetScope • February 9, 2025
@planet.com PlanetScope • February 9, 2025
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
some trippy deltas in near-infrared @planet.com data
February 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
some trippy deltas in near-infrared @planet.com data
spent the day writing about hyperspectral data, then saw this number on the commute home
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
spent the day writing about hyperspectral data, then saw this number on the commute home
Dead redwood fell about a hundred yards across the trail ahead of me. Sounded like the crack of gunfire but with the resonance of something older than powder. Walking through the wet mulch was nice though.
#photography
#photography
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dead redwood fell about a hundred yards across the trail ahead of me. Sounded like the crack of gunfire but with the resonance of something older than powder. Walking through the wet mulch was nice though.
#photography
#photography
February 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It can can take a while looking back for a cloudless image of the Amazon, but the patience pays off
@planet.com
@planet.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It can can take a while looking back for a cloudless image of the Amazon, but the patience pays off
@planet.com
@planet.com
odd and slightly unnerving sights found scrolling through the Gobi Desert on google maps
January 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
odd and slightly unnerving sights found scrolling through the Gobi Desert on google maps
Heard this morning that the #Ivanpah CSP facility will be taken offline. They call it the world’s ugliest solar plant but I think it’s nice, though I was mostly worried that its blindingly-white, bird-frying obelisks of death would disintegrate my drone
January 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Heard this morning that the #Ivanpah CSP facility will be taken offline. They call it the world’s ugliest solar plant but I think it’s nice, though I was mostly worried that its blindingly-white, bird-frying obelisks of death would disintegrate my drone
Martian landscapes from melted glaciers. Muddy, mostly.
image for an upcoming #photography project, taken in Svalbard
image for an upcoming #photography project, taken in Svalbard
January 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Martian landscapes from melted glaciers. Muddy, mostly.
image for an upcoming #photography project, taken in Svalbard
image for an upcoming #photography project, taken in Svalbard
January 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Jefferson Grids of the American West, a legacy of easy surveying techniques and dedication to order. Still very apparent in @planet.com data
January 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Jefferson Grids of the American West, a legacy of easy surveying techniques and dedication to order. Still very apparent in @planet.com data
I took my first aerial photos over San Francisco Bay’s salt evaporation ponds 5 years ago as conservation groups were converting them back to coastal wetland. I revisited last week after a friend sent me a plane pic. Still haunting, little less salty
January 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I took my first aerial photos over San Francisco Bay’s salt evaporation ponds 5 years ago as conservation groups were converting them back to coastal wetland. I revisited last week after a friend sent me a plane pic. Still haunting, little less salty
False-color data from Maxar (left) and Planet (right) reveal the horrific extent of destruction in LA. Never seen anything like the scenes on the ground. Stay safe, donate, support climate action
January 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
False-color data from Maxar (left) and Planet (right) reveal the horrific extent of destruction in LA. Never seen anything like the scenes on the ground. Stay safe, donate, support climate action
January 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
top (climate) nonfiction reads of the year
December 12, 2024 at 7:12 PM
top (climate) nonfiction reads of the year
Misty mornings on Mt Tam are pretty ethereal
December 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Misty mornings on Mt Tam are pretty ethereal
commute this morning—sunrise catching a virga (rainfall that evaporates before touching ground)
December 5, 2024 at 6:07 PM
commute this morning—sunrise catching a virga (rainfall that evaporates before touching ground)