Cladonia and moss looking like they should be undersea
#Winter #lichen #moss #bryophytes

I have been feeling a lot of anger lately due to our political climate.

Dolly made this video today for her 80th birthday to benefit pediatric cancer.

We can’t lose hope.

youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...
This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies

Is something in Chernobyl eating radiation? ☢️🧪

Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences’ researchers have discovered a black mold in Chernobyl’s soil that doesn’t just survive radiation. It might actually feed on it.

🌎 2026
🗓 10th - 11th January
🕔 17:00Z
🛰 GOES19

This bracket fungus commonly kmown as the Turkey Tail fungus, grows on dead wood and plays a critical role in breaking down fallen trees, recycling nutrients, and keeping our forest healthy. This one observed on the @reggaehikers
Saturday hike.

#GVerse Processing heavy crude oil, like Venezuela's, has a significantly greater environmental impact compared to lighter crudes, primarily due to its high density and chemical composition, which necessitate more intensive and energy-demanding refining processes.

Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions:

NGC2335, the Seagull nebula, another ongoing project I’ve been working on for about three weeks. In this case as well, this image was obtained by capturing the radiation emitted in the ionized hydrogen spectrum and partly in oxygen, with about 15 hours of integration time. >>>

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#Astrophotography

Citizens United is nothing more than a dark money pipeline that enabled deranged, greed and power diseased megalomaniacs to avoid fair taxation, purchase the government and steal all the representation from We the People.