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A view from yesterday toward Goat Mountain in Northern California’s Interior Coast Range #SilentSunday #Fujifilm #SoOCA telephoto view of a few steeply rising freshly snow covered forested peaks, including Goat Mountain, in the Northern California Interior Coastal Ranges south of Snow Mountain and east of Lake Pillsbury on the Mendocino National Forest. The foothills and some blurry trees in the immediate foreground can be seen.

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Our “Bacon” Avocado tree produced fruit for the first time this year. “Bacon” varieties have very thin skin and, no, they do not taste like bacon. The wind knocked one off and it was ripe. But the bottom had been punctured and insects may have enjoyed its flesh. However, plenty of the fruit was unscathed and we enjoyed a very creamy, lightly flavored avocado! After years of waiting & babying the trees, a nice reward. #HomeOrchard #Yarden #AvocadoA "bacon" variety avocado on a cutting board. The bottom quarter has turned dark green compared to the rest of the skin. Its skin is densely spreckled.The "bacon" avocado is cut in half, and pitted, showing where the puncture happened on the bottom, and that some insect(s) likely already dug in for a meal. Its flesh looks soft and is greener near the skin and a olive-yellow toward the pit. A knife lays to the left of the fruit.On a cutting board, the "bacon" avocado is being smeared across a tostada shell. It looks very creamy and indeed it was easy to spread. One hand is holding the tostado and another is smearing the avocado flesh with a fast moving spoon.

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I'm not a fan of business or private jets but I like this photo of one taking off from SFO on December 14, 2025. It's a Bombardier Challenger 300 flying to Van Nuys. #Aviation #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm #SOoCA private or business jet taking off from SFO 28R, showing its belly, with its gears up and a bit of wispy clouds behind it. Its flaps are still slightly down.

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In Vancouver today, the sun came out and provided some great morning light at the waterfront

#Vancouver #Aviation #Seaplanes #Fujifilm #SOoC

A seaplane descends above the harbor, with the sun reflecting off its body. A large industrial facility with series of tall tanks looms in the background . The hills behind it all are forested with a few wispy clouds.

A seaplane flies a few feet about harbor waters as it lands, its airframe reflects in the harbor waters. The morning sun lights up a background of ships, port facilities, trees, and buildings built up a gentle hill.

A float plane descends in front of fluffy light orange clouds and unlit mountains below

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Lions Gate Bridge today. The rain was near continuous but it didn’t stop us walking nearly 11 miles through Stanley Park, West End, and weaving through other geographies #LionsGateBridge #Vancouver #Fujifilm

Lions Gate Bridge in the distance, at the horizon. Vancouver Harbor is calm and the moisture haze fades points of land before the bridge. Low stratus clouds everywhere.

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Yesterday evening: Seaplanes at Vancouver Harbor #Seaplanes #Aviation #Vancouver #NightPhotography #Fujifilm #SOoC

A night view of two single prop seaplanes, opposite sides of the photo, at their own warmly lit docks. A windsock is flying at a slight angle toward the ground. There’s a strange cloud shrouded light above the horizon. Across the harbor are hills and lights. Just beyond the docks to the left, there’s a floating chevron gas station.

A nighttime photo of five brightly lit single prop seaplanes all lined up in a column along their brightly lit dock. A bright red beacon is at the end of the dock on the right. In the distance, across the harbor, are hills surrounded by artificial lights. A short span of suspension cable lights (including one tower) of the Lions Gate bridge is visible.

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Establishing shot. #Vancouver #MarineBuilding

The Marine Building with its glass curves, its top half lit by sun, against a blue sky and partly cloudy skies. The streets are busy and the trees have no leaves.
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Today’s ride to Vancouver, a visit that’ll arguably be mainly for the food in downtown/west end/east side. Recommendations gladly accepted

A United 737 Max 9 noses into gate D15 in front of an aviation lover’s stippled glass nightmare. Equipment cars surround the aircraft. It’s a foggy day

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Today (12/14/2025)! Look at those slats! And the condensation. United 777-2 (N796UA) taking off runway 28L for Munich from SFO

#B772 #N796UA #SFO #PlaneSpotting #Aviation #Fujifilm #SOoC

A United 777-200 taking off, gear already up, with slats down and flaps slightly visibly down. The slats are shadowed as the sun is behind the aircraft (though out of frame but causing a lot of glare). Wing condensation is visible above and behind the rear wing edge. There’s also visible condensation in the left engine. The aircraft fills the whole photo.

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Rumors are true! The sun still exists (where I live, we’ve been covered in tule fog for literal weeks). This is heading south of San Pablo (California’s Bay Area).

Photo in a moving car, passenger side, showing the end of a fog or low stratus clouds above a freeway.
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Bauzten, December 2023 #Bautzen #StreetPhotography #Fujifilm #SOoC

A night scene with warm lights glowing off the cobble streets & three story apartments, with lights strung across the street. Wreaths hang at the center of each light strand. Silhouettes of people with long shadows are walking down the pedestrian friendly street.
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December 15, 2023: at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, a human for scale is behind a United 777-300 (N2243U). Hard stands are the best.

#B773 #EDDF #FRA #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm

The belly of a United 777-300 (N2243U), looming over the tarmac. The main 12-wheel landing gear are front and center, with a human in front of one of the wheels. The wheels cover more than half of their body. The red beacon, which is off, and an antennae is visible above the gear. Some cargo is visible behind the plane.

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January 20, 2023: Delta 757-200 (N723TW) taxiing to depart on 28L to JFK with the Berkeley hills in the background

#B752 #SFO #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm

Delta 757-200 (N723TW) is taxiing under clear, yet somewhat hazy, skies. The Berkeley hills are very clearly visible, along with the skyline of Berkeley and Oakland. Sandpipers are lounging in the bay in front of the SFO runway landfill. Sunlight is refleting off the Delta's red arrow tail. The 757 doesn't look so goofy here as part of its gear wheels are obscured by the landfill's riprap.

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May 3, 2025: United 737 Max 8 (N37348) landing at SFO from Kona, Hawaii

#B38M #SFO #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm

A Boeing 737 is on approach to SFO, with its gear down, under very overcast skies. Its red beacon lights are visible. Some moisture vortices can be seen streaming off its flaps and under its elevators.

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I had to reimage my RaspberryShake because I lost its password (🤪). It went well! Here’s how it felt #RaspberryShake

The seismic signal of unplugging the RaspberryShake RaspberryPi was extreme. Then there was an empty gap of data for about two hours. The final install wasn’t quite as bad but it took a few minutes for the sensors to calm down.
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Qatar A350-1000 (A7-ANQ) landing at SFO from Doha and a United 787-9 (N17963) starting its takeoff roll to Papeete.

#A7ANQ #N17963 #B789 #A35K #SFO #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm

A Qatar A350-1000 lands on SFO's 28R as a United 7879 starts its take-off roll on 28L. The bay is just visible in front of the airport's runway landfill. The A350-1000 has its characteristic expanded uncarriage with six total wheels, while the 787-9 looks sad, feeling left out with only four wheels per main landing gear.

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Here’s Japan’s ~M7.6 earthquake signal from my home seismometer #Earthquake #RaspberryShake

A seismograph showing a strong seismic signal between Japan and Northern California

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Today’s West Canada (near Southeast Alaska) M7 earthquake was clearly recorded on my RaspberryShake #Earthquake #RaspberryShake

A RaspberryShake app screen capture showing a clear seismic signal for the M7 Western Canada/Southeastern Alaska earthquake. The seismometer is located in Northern California.

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X-Plane 12.3 and Little NavMap: Using Historical Weather

A classic “How-to” on use of X-Plane 12.3’s historical weather with Little NavMap #XPlane #FlightSimulator

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Sunset tonight #Sunset #CAWx

High altitude clouds reflect bright orange to light pink of s sunset beyond dry gravelly area with an overhanging tree, a fence, and an elevated freeway where the guardrails & a car is silhouetted.