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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 16h

Field worker carts near Gonzalez
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#tracks #traintracks #agriculture #gonzalez

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 1d

Salt flats and Coyote Hills
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#coyotehills #saltponds #beautifulcalifornia #landscapes #aerial #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 2d

A lone dinghy makes its way slowly across the bay, as day breaks pink and purple over dunes
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#sunrise #rowing #sailing #morrobay #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 3d

Estuary and Bay, from Black Hill
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#estuaries #wetlands #morrobay #centralcoast #blackhill #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 4d

Early morning wetlands at Sweet Springs
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#wetlands #centralcoast #estuaries #photography #sweetsprings

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 5d

Gulls navigating the canyon between Birdshit Rock and its big brother
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#morrobay #oceanlife #birds #birdsarereal #shorebirds #sundown #purpleskies #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 6d

Caught by surprise in a chaotic flock of pelicans while kayaking Morro Bay a few weeks ago. Did my best to pan with the motion, but 1/60 wasn't nearly fast enough.

glass.photo/shacker/seri...

Pelicans in chaos, a Series by Scot Hacker — Glass

Caught by surprise in a chaotic flock of pelicans while kayaking Morro Bay a few weeks ago. Did my best to pan with the motion, but 1/60 wasn't nearly fast enou…

glass.photo

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 7d

Hobie Cat sailing on an iceplant sea at Cuesta Inlet
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#boats #oldboats #oceanlife #hobiecat #iceplant #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 8d

So on point - articulates so many of my feelings around this space (though I admit my feelings about use of AI in software are evolving, my feelings about it in creative endeavors have not).

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 8d

Parabinoculars at Purgatory Park
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#wetlands #beautifulminnesota #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 9d

When a new tree grows out of the decaying remains of an older one, the original is called a “nurse tree” - this one in a forest near Sea Ranch.
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#forestforthetrees #nursetree #hiking #beautifulnature #beautifulcalifornia #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 10d

A thousand congratulations to Stacia and Shannon on their beautiful wedding. Many happy returns!
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#peopleofearth #weddings #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 11d

The old wooden bridge at Sweet Springs
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#lososos #sweetsprings #bridgearchitecture #photography #centralcoast

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 12d

Melrose wearing Wolf - hand made tie-dye featuring a replica on one of Jerry’s legendary 1970s guitars.
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#tiedye #jerry #gratefuldead #wolf #fashion

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 13d

One last shot from last week’s stormy morning aerial set to wrap this up - this one positioned over the sand spit, looking across the bay toward the heron rookery with exposed mud flats. What a morning!

#mudflats #lowtide #morrobay #aerial #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 14d

Patches of sea grass and algae on an island in the mud flats that revealed itself at low tide
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#lowtide #mudflats #morrobay #algae #seaweed #vitaminsea #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 15d

Face-to-face with the shoulder of The Rock
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#morrobay #fromtheair #therock #morrorock #dji #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 16d

Golden morning marine layer, Hollister Peak poking through in the distance
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#morrobay #fromtheair #marinelayer #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 17d

Morning on the channel
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#morrobay #centralcoast #oceanlife #beautifulcalifornia #fromtheair #photography

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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 18d

The Great Blue Heron rookery at Morro Bay, morning after the storm
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#morrobay #fromtheair #photography #rookery #birdsanctuary