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Decent M5.7 earthquake east of Carson City, Nevada. I personally didn’t feel it but my RaspberryShake did #Earthquake #RaspberryShake #CitizenScience

A clear seismograph of a earthquake east of Carson City, as detected by a RaspberryShake 274Km away, west of Chico

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In 2025, a rogue mullein plant began growing in the front. It has flowered and it is a Wand Mullein or Twiggy Mullein. I’ve no idea where the seed originated. I’ve never seen it in the neighborhood. I like its flowers. I’ll harvest the seeds and sow them somewhere more reasonable #BloomScrolling

A big central spike of alternating flowers and buds. The flowers have yellow petals with a purple center. The leaves near the bottom of the spike are serrated. The background is blurred.

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Please enjoy these 737 speed brakes, courtesy of my wife. Landing at ONT and then SMF  #Aviation #AvGeek #B737 Overwing view of a Southwest 737 Max 8 with speed brakes fully deployed when landing at Ontario, California. The brakes are not quite vertical and the flaps are probably around 30 degrees. It's a smoggy day in Ontario, CA.An over wing view of a Southwest B737-700 landing at Sacramento International on an overcast day. The speed brakes are about half deployed while the flaps are around 30 degrees. Arrows near the window point the way off the jet during an emergency.

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So these stickers are real. Photo taken by my wife in Ontario, California #USPol

A gas pump panel with a sticker of Trump pointing at $5.99/gallon regular gasoline and saying “I did that”

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My wife flew over Yosemite today on the way to SoCal. She snagged a nice photo of the Yosemite Valley & Half Dome (center) #Aviation #AvGeek #Yosemite

A view out a left passenger windup with a view of a 737 Max wing with Southwest style winglets. It’s a mostly clear sky with Yosemite below where the Sierra Creat still has some snow and Half Dome rises prominently over the green & snowless U-shaped Yosemite Valley

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#SilentSunday #Rabbit #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge

A rabbit sits across a road with crosswalk stripes, facing left. Its shadow is long on a sunny day. It is surrounded by compacted tan dirt of a levee and just beyond the levee is dense vegetation. There’s a sign post to the rabbit’s right with an arrow facing right.

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At the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, a beautiful and lonnnnng gopher snake was sunning on the trail #GopherSnake #Snake #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #FujifilmA three or four foot long gopher snake, mostly stretched out, along a barren sun-scorched path. It is mostly dark brown with even darker brown patches, though its pattern is hard to see here. The sun is glinting off its back along its farthest curves.

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Yellow-rumped warblers are still actively hunting in our backyard, especially in the afternoons when the sun is low and highlighting flying insects #YellowRumpedWarbler #BirdPhotography #Birds #Fujifilm #SOoC

A male Yellow-rumpef warbler, perched on the top of a blue tomato cage, is poised to take flight after flying insects. The oblique profile view clearly shows wings are slightly out and its yellow rump and throat are blazing. It is a very serious hunter.

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Our milkweed are literally popping up now. This is their third year #Milkweed #Yarden #NativePlants

Several milkweed stems with young vertical leaves are popped out of the ground. They have very thick stems despite being only a few inches high. There’s a trunk drip line visible and a 1/4-incu line with an emitter in view.

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The two avocado trees (type A & B) are in full bloom & the bees are going to town. Meanwhile, the two oranges, ceanothus, poppies, and sages are flowering. It’s a lovely but intense smell out there 🤗 #Yarden #HomeOrchard