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Seiler Rankin

@cloudbadger.bsky.social

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Illustrator, designer, sculptor, musician, photographer. Fascinated by the natural world and the sciences that attempt to describe it. I generally try to uplift the viewer with my art.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 23h

Curiosity Rover spotted on the surface of Mars by the orbiting MRO spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL/UoA

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AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 3d

Yet another outstanding image of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) by Petr Horálek taken on October 18, from the shore of Seč Lake, Czech Republic.

The pic also captures the aurora caused by a G2 geomagnetic storm that day and the storm's effect on the comet's long ion tail.
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www.petrhoralek.com
#Astronomy

Pic of the comet with the lake in the foreground and a crimson aurora lighting up the skyline.

Instagram post by Petr:
SOLAR WIND IN COMET'S TAIL AND EARTH'S SKY: Yesterday evening, a truly unusual view was possible to capture from Seč Lake, Czech Republic. CME from the Sun hit the Earth, producing a G2 geomagnetic storm, including faint auroras even in mid-latitudes. As the comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon approaches Earth (in 2 days), the same cloud from the sun affected even the complicated ion tail of the comet. I succeeded with deeper imaging to reveal that moment in the tail as well as the aurora itself. It doesn't happen every day to capture the invisible solar wind in two sky phenomena at the same moment!

Camera: Canon Ra, Sigma Art 50mm, f 1.4, ISO 4000, 43x8s.

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Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 2d

Gulls relaxing by the deadly shores of Goat Rock, California.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Photos #Birds #Ornithology #SeaLife

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Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, its Sorghum.

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

A giant flock of Flamingos on a salt lake.

#Photography #Photos #Birds #Ornithology

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

The top of one of the pyramids at Giza, Egypt.

#Photography #AncientArchitecture #Architecture

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

1950s procedure to minimize freckles.

#Photography #SkinCare #BeautyStandards

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

The rivers of Africa.

#Maps #Cartography #Water #Hydrology

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

Miscellaneous pollen grains seen through a microscope.

#Photography #Photos #Microscopy #Botany

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Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

Cross section of a metallic meteorite, showing the crystal growth patterns inside.

#Photography #Crystals #Crystallography #Minerals #Meteorites #Mineralogy

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Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

Spessartine Garnet crystals.

#Photography #Crystals #Crystallography #Minerals #RockHound #Mineralogy

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Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

Sea Gulls chilling at Goat Rock Beach, California.

#Photography #Photos #PacificOcean #WestCoast #Seascape #Birds #Ornithology

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

Morning coffee and Catan above Jenner, California.

#Photography #Photos #SettlersOfCatan #WestCoast

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · 4d

Evening time in the town of Jenner, California. That's the Russian River just about to meet the Pacific Ocean.

#Photography #Photos #PacificOcean #California #WestCoast

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 20

Stringy Cirrus Clouds.

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 19

Yew Door in Gloucestershire, England.

#SpeakFriendAndEnter #MagicalDoors

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 19

Vader in Luis Vuitton.

#SithDrip #VaderArt

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 19

A South Korean Steel yard.

#Photography #IndustrialAbstract

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 19

Brookite crystals.

#Photography #Crystals #Crystallography #Minerals #Mineralogy

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Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 19

Barite crystals.

#Photography #Crystals #Crystallography #Minerals #Mineralogy

Seiler Rankin @cloudbadger.bsky.social · Sep 19

The North Esk River in Scotland. Mushrooms dance with old Beech trees and the river pulses with Salmon and Trout.

#Photography #Photos #NaturePhotography #Autumn #Scotland