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Ryan M
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Birder. Northern California Native plant gardener. Fujifilm. GIS professional. Geologist. AvGeek.
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United 737 Max 8 (N37348) landing at SFO from Kona, Hawaii

#B38M #SFO #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I want to give a shout out to the good folks at @opentopography.org for making it so EASY to search for and download publicly available digital elevation models and point cloud data sets. They are a spectacular resources that I use a lot in my classes! Data citations for boxes are at listings' end.
Nearly half the boxes are sold after only an hour! Thanks everyone. Still some great ones left in the store
December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I had to reimage my RaspberryShake because I lost its password (🤪). It went well! Here’s how it felt #RaspberryShake
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Qatar A350-1000 (A7-ANQ) landing at SFO from Doha and a United 787-9 (N17963) starting its takeoff roll to Papeete.

#A7ANQ #N17963 #B789 #A35K #SFO #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Fujifilm
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here’s Japan’s ~M7.6 earthquake signal from my home seismometer #Earthquake #RaspberryShake
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today’s West Canada (near Southeast Alaska) M7 earthquake was clearly recorded on my RaspberryShake #Earthquake #RaspberryShake
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
X-Plane 12.3 and Little NavMap: Using Historical Weather: https://www.distortions.net/2025/12/06/xplane-and-little-navmap-using.html

A classic “How-to” on use of X-Plane 12.3’s historical weather with Little NavMap #XPlane #FlightSimulator
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sunset tonight #Sunset #CAWx
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Fun Great Basin fact: during Oligocene time, one of the most explosive volcanic eruptions in Earth's history occurred in what is now a lonely valley in western Utah about 50 miles southeast of Great Basin National Park.
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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you can throw them billions of dollars in subsidies to rebuild their economy and as soon as the other side whispers "woke" at them, they'll abandon you in favor of billionaire grifters who are taking their health care away to pay for enormous tax cuts and deficit-financed immigrant prison camps.
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM