Lilium philadelphicum, our Wood Lily, blooming on the Cub Lake trail RMNP #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 5 🌿

Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine on the Arapaho Pass Trail #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 5 🌿

Brilliant and important work by @npr.org. Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g...

You're watching an Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Gulf of Thailand "trap-feeding" or "tread-water feeding." It was filmed by NatGeo videographer Bertie Gregory in 2021. Let's talk about what it's doing, how humans are involved & along the way, identify the origins of a Norse legend.

Just because it’s not what you were looking for doesn’t mean it’s not fantastic. 🪶

We’re in the darkest time of the year now but this smiling squirrel is giving me life 🐿️🥜🌿

Convict Lake Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, CA Easy, 2.5 mi loop 170 ft elevation gain Hiked 3/16/24 #ConvictLake #Inyo #MammothLakes #California #Hiking #Photography #Stunday #Landscape

Im not entirely sure why this is on the Votivkirche, I’m going to assume we’re attempting to summon aliens

Distant view of the Farallon Islands under a pastel-colored sky last week, for #SkySunday. 💚 Learn about the Farallones here... www.oceanicsociety.org/learn/farall... #Ocean #PtReyes #NaturePhotos 📷

In other Hymenoptera macro size comparison news: ~3/4" Sweat Bee so sweet and teeny... ...then there's the chalcid wasp following her... #inverts #becurious

Not sure what this will be like, but if you nature journal or are interested in it, there is a free virtual event this week sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation. I hope to attend, to see what it is about. Aldo Leopold Foundation sponsors some nice free events! events.zoom.us/ev/AlbIvAbaE...

A peaceful after sunset scene for “take a deep breath” purposes 🌿

My mom had two goats. One day I found them on the roof my my new car (they love king of the hill). Told my mother if those gawddayum goats got near my car again I’d leave them tied up outside the local taqueria. gasp: you wouldn’t dare! raised eyebrow: try me

How about some bugs & #BloomScrolling? I’ve had these pics hanging around my iPhone camera since Summer 2025 waiting for a reason to post. Now is the best reason.

Song Sparrow looking quite borbtastic today!! Fun fact: There are 24 subspecies of Song Sparrows! My ssp. is quite sooty! But also rufescent! (look, I don't make up the terminology...but it's not wrong!) #birds #becurious

A gorgeous sunset over the curling pond.

SuperDog Rex recommendations: run, rest, run run run tolerate KibbleBringer for a pic run run run

Utterly revolting.

#BirdIfTheDay #GoodLight

Birds, bugs, fish, whatever. Let’s see some #NewYearsEveIridescence 🌿 #birds #invertebrates #fish

Start 2026 the Lothar way: unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing.

A chilly Lake Michigan morning. #GreatLakes

Another swipe at this account, on Christmas I took my mother to see my sis in SF so had to do this. 😀

Some photos from Thanksgiving

in 2026 I want to see more artbros and less techbros

Nerdfriends, I need to study for my Maine PG state-specific exam over the next couple months. I could use an accountability pal or body double to help me get this done since my motivation wanes in the evenings. Anyone working on an academic or work project in chunks and want to be study buddies?

And that a hundredish years later, rather than observing on 2.5 meter telescope atop Mount Wilson, I put my 0.05 meter astrophotography telescope in my backyard yard to be amazed by her beauty still. “Science is only powerful when shared.” (a lot of cool people including Dave Herbst)

One of my favorite songs

Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.

We’re having guests over for traditional New Year’s Day Good Luck meal and I’ve made a Lemon Pig craft station. I think they’re in for a fun surprise! 😊🍋🐷 (as always, gratitude to CageyRatfish for introducing me to Lemon Pig back in the better days of xwitter)

One of Australia's most common and distinctive ants is the colorful Rhytidoponera metallica, seen here with silken cocoons in the brood nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria.

Supposedly some of the materials may be “disposed of” in 60 days. Spox says it will be by “established method”. Who knows where the NASA surplus office is? Is there one at Goddard? Because there are LOTS of scientists with basements and garages in easy driving distance of Greenbelt. We can do this.

Forever and ever. Still remember the first time.

Here's my most popular invert-themed drawing for this last day of #InverteFest! Hope this little leafhopper brightens your day and brings you good luck in 2026 💜

After fire, snow Uintah Mountains, Utah

OK, going to try and summon some clear skies by optimistically posting an #astronomy image, here's a quick few hours exposure on M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. Careful use of PixInsight preserved star color and resolved out the "propeller" in the core. 300000 stars or so. :) 📷🔭

Oh, hey! If you're reposting this, please make my 2026 so much better by helping me find a kidney donor! nkr.org/KRN489

It's still too cold to find bugs for #InverteFest so how about this beauty from June 30 instead of December 30? (Hummingbird Clearwing Moth) #invertebrates 🌿

Exploring a wonderland of rocks.

Found this little wasp struggling on a sidewalk. Likely because it’s 43°F outside. Best guess is Little Friend was cozy in some leaves until Building & Grounds came through. Moved him to a sunnier spot, so hopefully warmth in his wings to find a new sleeping spot. #InverteFest

Zen pup 😌

The Jackson Five Finger Death Punch.

sun & snow at the stream

Check out this great piece about snow algae, featuring my collaborators T Hamilton and P Almela! www.npr.org/2025/12/28/n...

American Bistort, Potentilla, Packera, and Mouse-ears dot the big meadow along Jasper Creek #nativeplants Our winter snowfall (which we’re not getting) makes this possible #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 29 🌿

Last night from the Denton Observatory for this morning, Messier 1, the Crab Nebula. Nearly 970 years ago a star went supernova which was so bright, it was visible during daylight. Definitely on my bucket list to see a supernova like that 🤞💥 🔭 #Astrophotography

What 2025 lacked in quantity of #Cicada observations, it made up for in quality. This handsome specimen, a Dog-day Cicada in genus Neotibicen, had just shed it's nymphal form (a process known as ecdysis). It also fluoresced nicely under UV light. #MacroPhotography #Invertefest

Srsly?! Who deletes #birdbutts? I put "butt" in my photo search and...um...FAR too many photos came up 🤣(yeah...and that's just from May 2025 on b/c this is new laptop) Avocet butt def one of the top 10 butts #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious🪶 And bringing back #ButtsOfBirds while I'm here

Here's one of my favorite shots from this year, a Eurasian Spoonbill in Donana National Park in southern Spain. 🪶