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New Mexican, scientist, and explorer capturing landscapes, storms, and stars 📸🌎🌩️✨

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Nov 21

Hi Bluesky, I’m a #photographer focusing on landscapes, #astronomy, and storms. Excited about this space!

These are some recent favorites from the past month in #NewMexico and #Colorado.

#photography #landscape #astrophotography #stormphoto #weather #nmwx

A storm washes across the plains of Eastern New Mexico

The northern lights dance over Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico.

A gondola rises above the San Miguel River in Telluride, Colorado.

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Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · Sep 23

Today is the 179th anniversary of Neptune's discovery. I first 'discovered' the outermost ice planet in 2020. A year later, this is the best image I've taken of it (so far)! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

Neptune captured in September 2021. Using a Dobsonian 200mm telescope, C5 colour planetary cam, 2xBarlow & heavily cropped. It's a tiny blur, not a full disk but ok for 8/9 sec videos of something 2.7 billion miles away through London's night sky

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Sep 2

Fantastic weekend on the #Oregon Coast with family.

Running a sale for my birthday at the print shop - 25% off! exploringthefrontier.etsy.com

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #westcoast

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Jul 15

Had a lovely gallery opening at Willison West in #SantaFe last weekend. Shadowscapes runs through the end of July!

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Daniel Shaw @danielshawau.bsky.social · Jun 8

A rare mothership supercell moved through eastern New Mexico today. It was an incredible storm event. The full gallery will be published later this evening via www.flickr.com/photos/danie... #nmwx

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Christoph Mergerson @mergerson.bsky.social · Jun 6

“Weather forecasting is not partisan,” said Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska, one of the bill’s sponsors.

Another co-sponsor of this bipartisan legislation is Rep. Eric Sorensen, a former weathercaster from Illinois.

#NWS #WxSky

Law Would Make Most National Weather Service Workers Hard to Fire

www.nytimes.com

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Grant Tosterud @granttosterud.bsky.social · May 26

A viewer caught the tail end of a tornado in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains Monday afternoon. This was taken about 12 miles SW of Las Vegas, NM, south of San Geronimo. This is looking NE towards Las Vegas. #NMwx

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Quincy Vagell @stormchaserq.bsky.social · May 26

Floyd, NM tornado sequence. Estimated start time was 5:18 p.m. and rope out at 5:40 p.m. Photos captured at 5:21, 5:25, 5:31 and 5:38 p.m. this evening.

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 28

Shelter from the Storm

South of Littlefield, #Texas, a tornadic supercell races across the plains over an old cellar on April 25, 2025.

#txwx #WxSky #stormchaser #weather.

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 26

Funnel cloud outside #Roswell #NewMexico #WxSky #nmwx #weather

Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 26

Thank you - was quite the sight!

Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 26

Today, outside Sudan, Texas. #txwx #weather #stormchaser #tornado #WxSky

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 25

Bagged 2 tornadoes yesterday by Silverton and Matador, TX. Excited for another day! #txwx #WxSky #weather #tornado #stormchaser

Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 24

We’re so back… SE of Dumas, TX last night.

#WxSky #txwx #stormchasing #stormchaser #weather

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Paul Killeen @pkilleenphoto.bsky.social · Apr 24

'Arctic Chills'

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 24

Today was so good. Supercell near Dumas, TX #txwx #wxsky

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Grant Tosterud @granttosterud.bsky.social · Apr 21

New Mexico tree deaths double in 2024 according to the New Mexico Forestry Division. Insects and a warming climate were the driving factors. Burn scar areas were also significant causes for insect activity and tree mortality.
Press release: tinyurl.com/4weba7xc

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 21

Hey #WxSky, who is chasing this week? #stormchaser #severewx #txwx #okwx #kswx #cowx

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Paul Killeen @pkilleenphoto.bsky.social · Apr 14

'My Morning Solace'

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Julia Love @julialove.bsky.social · Apr 7

Google says AI Overviews drive more traffic to a diverse mix of publishers. But it has never shared data to back up that claim.

@daveyalba & I spoke to 25 creators who painted a different picture. Several are out of business. One is on food stamps. Our latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Google AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’

In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 6

And the link: www.ghostranch.org/program/g250...

Wilderness First Responder with Matthew Angus and Isabel Chavez– G25040302 - Ghost Ranch

This course consists of a 5-day hands on AND 30 hours of self-paced online work. An on-line exam is given AFTER both parts of the course are completed. Links

www.ghostranch.org

Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 6

If you're interested in joining the course, it has two components:
- 30 hours online instruction
- 40 hours in-person, scenario-driven instruction

The in-person component starts in 2 weeks at Ghost Ranch, so I recommend registering TODAY to start the online training.

#WxSky #NewMexico #wilderness

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 6

Completing a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification, as there's a non-zero chance I'm first on a scene with storm chasing and general adventuring.

Course is really pushing my limits - the trauma section was tough - but the antidote to fear is knowledge.

#WxSky #NewMexico #wilderness

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 3

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Jaimie Murdock | Exploring the Frontier @exploringthefrontier.com · Apr 2

Paying close attention to storms in Western Kentucky tonight. The hodograph at the family farm is quite alarming! #kywx #wxsky

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Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · Apr 1

What did the United States look like in the 1970s? Why did a majority of Americans advocate for the EPA and a Republican-led administration support the agency? What did it mean to try to clean the air, water and land? Explore at digitaldocumerica.org

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