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James Petruzzi

@hawaiianimages.bsky.social

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Haleakala Observatory/NASA T4 Laser Ranging Project (skeets/opinions mine) Photographer/Astrophotographer, birder, conservationist, SCUBA diver, Zen philosopher-idiot. Shoots a big laser at satellites for a living. : ) https://www.myhawaiianimages.com

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · Sep 2

As promised, here's a quick portfolio post for all the new people. I do satellite laser ranging for a living now, but have spent years as a photographer, mostly birds, space, underwater, and other stuff as it presents. Here are 4 of my best. :) 🐙🦉📷🌿🧪🔭 Prints and stuff at www.myhawaiianimages.com

An Ae'o (Hawaiian stilt), a small graceful wading bird with black back and wings and a white body, red legs. She is hunting the shallows of Kealia NWR with a rainbow reflected in the water in upper left.

The Horsehead Nebula in Orion, a field of hydrogen glowing red with a horsehead-shaped cloud of dust in the foreground. At lower left is a bright star lighting up the dust blue. About 6 hours of integration time with my 10" Ritchey–Chrétien scope

An Ornate octopus (also called a night octopus), an endemic Hawaiian cephalopod, showing a reddish body with white spots, and flaring out its arms. Night dive, Ulua Beach Maui.

Lava entering the ocean, with clouds of steam and dripping water. Kamokuna ocean entry, Big Island Hawaii, August 2016

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 4h

Wow, that's an ugly one.

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 4h

Sort of makes "brush your teeth before you go to bed" a cruel joke, doesn't it? :)

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 5h

Applause to the seven people who may have understood this joke

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 8h

"Has to be LynxOS"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 5h

That's an excellent point, actually. Many people do not see the world as it is, rather they see themselves. But they don't know that.

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 5h

TBH only one I recognize. :) (Also, I'm behind on the Star Trek Universe, there's plenty of stuff I haven't seen yet)

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 5h

Hard disagree. Pretty sure that character arc is over. REALLY bad move by whoever owns the rights if it happens.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 13d

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

A four panel comic called Happy Halloween From The Birds. In panel 1, a pileated woodpecker has pecked its huge gaping rectangular holes in a pumpkin. In panel 2, a yellow-bellied sapsucker has pecked a face using its standard rows of small holes. In panel 3, a satin bowerbird has carved a pumpkin into a bower and placed its favorite blue candies all around it. In panel 4, a loggerhead shrike has impaled mini pumpkins on a fence's metal spikes and is saying "fight me."

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 6h

I can assure you, with no possibility of doubt, that I have no intention of fucking our Nd:YAG, even supposing I could pick a component that would work. However, if you have a good "accidental sexual electrocution danger" sticker I will apply it in a place of high visibility.

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

"Um...excuse me, I was told there would be berries?"

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

Holy shit are they still at it? I saw Phil threw up his hands and did a Don't-Be-Stupid mega-thread (which he is forced to do far too often)

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

Who the hell is Andy Ngo and why doesn't he go to therapy?

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

There's always an xkcd

xkcd cartoon, three people standing before a redwood tree, one of them says "Did you know the mighty redwood is actually the same species as broccoli and kale? It's just a different cultivar!" Other person: "wow!"

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 16h

Another #sunset look

The round ball of a red sun cut in half by the horizon, clouds lit up red w/black lava rock foreground

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 16h

More from the Big Island: hiked some shoreline ruins in South Kona and the vog gave us QUITE a #sunset : )
#Hawaii #photography

A white sand beach with black lava rock outcroppings and a few noni trees form the foreground of a tremendous Hawaii sunset, the red sun just hitting the horizon and lighting up mid and high clouds

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

Dammit I just posted a brassica joke about this before I saw yours. Well played. :)

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

Are you wiring in a control system to the remaining brain? Then he's a drone. Otherwise I'd think what you have is...an unreliable and disturbingly anthropomorphic aircraft.

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7h

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 8h

Good god, I just read through the comments. Thank you for your service, and have a drink on me, man.

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 8h

"Has to be LynxOS"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 9h

ITS LATE-LIFE OLIVER REED!

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 22h

more spooky birds for spooky season

#art

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 11h

Love this!

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 11h

(x) I am in this post and I don't like it :)

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 11h

Um, if you know any facts about laser safety the guy you're arguing with probably wrote what you read. Quit now.

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 13h

I saw the excellent xkcd cartoon showed up in the original post replies LOL