Timeline cleanse: tonight’s moon and Jupiter and its moons

I think I know the answer to this one. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Stray thoughts: It’s highly unlikely anyone will devote serious time to discussing recent history on Jan 6th. I wonder whether China will see greater advantage in leaving Taiwan as is in this moment. Everyone who winked at Bush/Blair violating international law owns this.

More northern lights just now outside Vínstukan

Fireworks pictures

First clear night in awhile so I took a second shot of the Orion Nebula. I used the SeeStar’s field widening (and view rotating) setting for the first time—a little too much, I ended up cropping it back down quite a bit.

New year, new—er, almost full, moon.

Last night’s skies

Northern lights starting to pop off, Reykjavík

What an incredible New Year's Eve in Reykavik, Iceland! I had expected fireworks, but the sheer amount unleashed by residents & tourists in front of Hallgrimskirkja stunned me. I also had the great pleasure to meet up with fellow Arlington resident @samer.is, who hopefully got a better selfie of us.

Random guy told me I look like I’m 35 years old, so 2026 is off to an amazing start! Happy new year!

Some alpenglow

Today’s moon

My 2025 walking wrapped… Ending the year just shy of five million steps!

Brúarfoss

Strokkur + sun =

Went to the new Laugarás Lagoon yesterday and it’s delightful. Peaceful and quiet. Also ate at at Ylja, and that is worth a trip by itself.

April 2025 was bluebell month! Having moved to Hertfordshire I was much nearer to an old beloved bluebell woods where I grew up, and on the doorstep of Ashridge, famous for its bluebell woods. So here's a bluebell #AwesomeFoursome :)

1. Toum 2. A tangy mayo 3-10. Other forms of mayo

Hi Iceland! That was a nice sunset you greeted me with… London gave me the moon on takeoff.

Dead at 91, Brigitte Bardot Viva Maria! (1965) ➛ is.gd/ii0OaR

RIP Brigitte Bardot

✈️ on board FI451 with service from LHR ➼ KEF. Plane is a brand new Airbus A321 with registration TF-IAD. New plane smell! Next stop, NYE debauchery.

When you’re tracking your friends planes as well as your own

On the Elizabeth line to Heathrow. My next flight will be on a plane registered as TF-IAD, which tickles me because IAD is my home airport!

The UK is wild. Like, here’s a kettle that can boil a liter of water in a second, but the towel heater in the bathroom has to be turned on at least an hour before you need a warm towel.

Has @portcityposter.bsky.social seen this? www.saveur.com/how-to-make-...

Happy Boxing Day! For this week only, there's 25% off prints and downloads on my website! Link in bio. Use code: BOXINGDAY25 #Scotland #Iceland #Dolomites #Chilterns

🎶 I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night 🎵 And now daddy is angry and Santa has to escape out the window???

PS we have a song about the Yule Cat that all the children learn in school and everyone sings throughout the advent. Here it is sung by a very young Björk.

Christmas rainbow in DC @capitalweather.bsky.social

“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.” Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas

Merry Christmas?

It’s a Christmas miracle! I’m the number one points person for both Heathrow and National airports in Sky Cards!

🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄 Gleðileg jól 🎄 عيد ميلاد مجيد Hope you and yours are having a good day!

I do writing and photography retrospectives to find my “voice”. Bodies of creative work have a set of consistent choices that together define an author’s voice. These four photos, taken over 25 years, have a similar voice despite being taken on three different kinds of cameras #photos #photography

Had a nightmare about RTO. The office was so full of people that they were all sitting in the auditorium. We don’t have an auditorium!

Every day I get on the internet to hang out with my buds and the internet is like, what if instead I showed you an avalanche of the worst shitheads on earth

vantar þér gjöf á seinasta snúningi fyrir jól? nennirru ekki niðrí bæ? það er smá eftir af keramík, sækist í Gufunes, ég verð heima í kvöld! endilega kommentið ef áhugi á eitthverju um betri myndir og verð.

on this day in 1999 i spent 10 hours working in a restaurant cooking putrified skate for 250 icelanders and if you have never been in a tiny kitchen cooking putrified skate for 250 icelanders just imagine being on the surface of venus without a helmet in a fog of pure ammonia gleðileg þorláksmessa!

Haven't posted this photo for a while - it's just over 5 years old, taken on the penultimate day of an incredible 50-day-long trip around #Iceland in 2020. Heavily processed, but sometimes you just have to! #IcelandicHorse #Canon5DIV

One of the things I’m trying to figure out with my impromptu photography retrospective over the past few days is a better understanding of how I can deal with colour. I’ve been trying to figure out when colour is necessary, when it adds, and when it detracts, how best to use it. 1/6

My Christmas music thread for 2025... Blue Christmas by The Gentlemen: youtu.be/RaJ8DV0cW7o?...

Area man spent day off reading DC Court of Appeals’ ruling in National Guard deployment case. 3-judge panel vindicates WH approach - AND 2 judges don’t think DC has standing to challenge Fed Gov on any sovereignty-related grounds. Ruling will have long-lasting consequences.

🎶 Tu-tu-du-du Max Verstappen 🎵

Iceland Advent - Day 21 I still find it hilarious that the penis museum* features a nutcracker in their holiday window display. *The Icelandic Phallological Museum. Yes, a real place. Yes, they have a cafe that serves penis-shaped waffles and punnily named beers.

I also got the California Nebula last night. It’s been on my wish list for months but it’s hiding behind trees from my balcony vantage point and finally just became visible.

I’ve been taking images with the SeeStar since this summer and they’ve all been exciting but this one made me actually emotional. Look at this Orion Nebula beauty as big as you can make it:

I’m pretty sure this guy in a car shit himself when the cop car that was behind him turned on the sirens and lights. They did go around him and sped off into the distance, but he’s gonna need new underwear.

decent British cuisine doesn’t exi-