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AI6YR Ben

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Looks like CHP is checking for debris from what must have been a bunch of detonations/etc. at Pendleton. 10/18/25 1416PT #pendleton #i5closure #shutdown #traffic #sandiego

October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM Everybody can reply

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cptnsigh

@cptnsigh.bsky.social

yep! made in Quickmap on Shady Knight's beta branch :)

there are already some awesome community maps on Discord!

September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

State Route 178 in San Bernardino County is closed just east of Ridgecrest after the highway sustained heavy damage during last night's storm.

For the latest on highway conditions, visit quickmap.dot.ca.gov or download the #quickmap app.
www.youtube.com/shorts/K-r4r...

September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM Everybody can reply

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Sea⚡Kelpie

@seakelpie.bsky.social

I love CalTrans QuickMap app almost as much as I do WatchDutyApp. Pulsepoint is a distant 3rd. 😹💚

September 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM Everybody can reply

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rossovivo

@congras.bsky.social

L’ultima luna
La vide solo un bimbo appena nato
Aveva occhi tondi e neri e fondi
E non piangeva
Con grandi ali prese la luna tra le mani
E volò via e volò via
Era l’uomo di domani l’uomo di domani.
- L’ultima Luna, Lucio Dalla -
Quickmap dalla NASA

QuickMap

LROC QuickMap, a powerful map interface to browse Lunar data from NASA/LRO and other missions. Explore the Moon in both 2D and 3D. Developed by Applied Coherent Technology and customized for the LROC ...

quickmap.lroc.im-ldi.com

August 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Phil Stooke

@philstooke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Looking north with synthetic Quickmap 3D views makes it clear that the 'northern crater' I had trouble matching with the panorama before I flipped it can in fact be identified. Here it is, about 60 m north of he lander and about 10 m across. Small craters […]

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A map made from an LRO image shows Luna 20 and its surroundings. The crater seen near the northern horizon in the Luna 20 panorama is located, and this time unambiguously. I think I have finally solved the problem of matching the Luna 20 panorama to the view from orbit.

August 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM Everybody can reply

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Phil Stooke

@philstooke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Here is the panorama looking west in the middle (the sun is high in the sky so shadows don''t help much). The left end with the hills looks south, the right end with the crater looks north. Now the distant hills, when tilted as at lower left, do look more […]

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Across the top of this image is the Luna 20 panorama flipped left to right compared with the version posted yesterday. A lower left, the left end is tilted to make the horizon roughly horizontal. At lower right the outline of that image is shown over the Quickmap view of the scene. The match is not perfect but maybe we are approaching the right answer.

August 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM Everybody can reply

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Phil Stooke

@philstooke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Here is a Quickmap 3D image looking south from the lander, which is the dark spot at bottom. So this is from a bit too high but lets us see the landscape. Let's go a bit lower...
#moon #luna20

A synthetic 3D view looking south from Luna 20, which is visible as a dark spot at the bottom of the image. This view is from a bit too high to really match the camera image. It shows a foreground sloping to the left (east) and rolling hills beyond it.

August 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM Everybody can reply

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Dirty Dingo thing

@knottydingo.bsky.social

Caltrans Quickmap
also can be found at cad.chp.ca.gov

CHP Traffic

cad.chp.ca.gov

July 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

Hitting the road this weekend? Before you set out, check QuickMap.dot.ca.gov or download the #QuickMap app to get the latest info on road conditions, lane closures, and rest area availability.

July 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM Everybody can reply

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Redheaded Blackbelt

@redheadedblackbelt.bsky.social

Highway 36 Expected to Reopen to One-Way Traffic Thursday Near Swimmer’s Delight #Highway36 #CaltransDistrict1 #SlideRecovery #GrizzlyCreek #HumboldtCounty #RoadReopening #OneWayTraffic #QuickMap

Highway 36 Expected to Reopen to One-Way Traffic Thursday Near Swimmer’s Delight

Caltrans crews, loggers, and helicopters have cleared over 100 logs from a massive slide east of Swimmer’s Delight, setting the stage for limited reopening of Highway 36 this Thursday.

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July 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM Everybody can reply

Beyond Cataclysm

@beyondcataclysm.co.uk

It's time for a new episode of What is Roleplay featuring
@davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social and an actual play quickmap by
@jogbrogzin.bsky.social #indierpg #podcast beyondcataclysm.co.uk/podcast/what...

What is Roleplay #25: No Prep Play with David Blandy - Beyond Cataclysm

Welcome to Episode 25 of ‘What Is Roleplay?' This episode we are joined by artist and tabletop roleplay game designer David Blandy to discuss No Prep Play Chris asks David what No Prep Play is Simply ...

beyondcataclysm.co.uk

June 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

Work continues this week on reopening State Route 120 W at Lee Vining. Snow has been cleared, but there are vital pavement repairs and rock work that needs to be completed before the road can reopen. We will provide updates on the status of the highway as they come in.
#QuickMap

File photo of the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

May 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

State Route 108 (Sonora Pass) has reopened from its winter closure.
While the highway is open to vehicles now, there is a snowstorm in the forecast that might prompt a storm closure. Be sure to follow us here for updates and check #QuickMap before you go to get the latest on highway conditions.

May 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM Everybody can reply

Professeur Louphoque

@eugenelouphoque.bsky.social

Extra quickmap ! Merci 👍👍👍👍👍

May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

Our Lee Vining Maintenance Crew reached the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park on State Route 120 West yesterday. While this is a big seasonal milestone, there is still work to do before the highway can reopen.
For road conditions, visit quickmap.dot.ca.gov or download the #quickmap app.

April 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

Exit 165 on State Route 58 north of Mojave has reopened from its wind closure.

Before you leave home, check quickmap.dot.ca.gov or download the #quickmap app to get the latest info on California highway conditions.

April 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM Everybody can reply

Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

🌨️Winter isn't going down without a fight. More snow is in the forecast for the higher elevations of Mono County today, per our friends at the National Weather Service in Reno.

Remember to pack your snow chains and check #QuickMap before you go to get the latest info on highway conditions.

April 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM Everybody can reply

TelecomOne

@telecomone.bsky.social

Working on next week's column.

I created this image and placed the pins, locating the approximate crash site of Ranger 9 and the Apollo 11 landing site. The distance between the two, based on coordinates, is about 915 miles. I used NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera QuickMap tool.

(https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/) to explore high-resolution images of the moon, the Ranger 9 impact site, and the Apollo 11 landing site.

Moon with two blue pins, the lower pin is where the remains of the Ranger 2 spacecraft are located. The blue pin on the upper right is where the Apollo 11 landing site is.

March 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

Snow is falling from Tehachapi to Mammoth Lakes and beyond. Even the Coso Junction Rest Area in Inyo County is seeing flakes. When the weather is like this, remember to slow down, create space between vehicles, and check the #Quickmap app or quickmap.dot.ca.gov before you go.

March 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Sea⚡Kelpie

@seakelpie.bsky.social

Good luck & safe journey! It's been raining in SoCal so remember how people drive in the rain here *wink wink* Also, CalTrans QuickMap app is handy for traffic.💚

March 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM Everybody can reply

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Jackie Clark

@geojackjack.bsky.social

James used the LROC Quickmap to create a lot of his cool Moon figures. Check out the website here: quickmap.lroc.asu.edu #LPSC2025

QuickMap

LROC QuickMap, a powerful map interface to browse Lunar data from NASA/LRO and other missions. Explore the Moon in both 2D and 3D. Developed by Applied Coherent Technology and customized for the LROC ...

quickmap.lroc.asu.edu

March 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM Everybody can reply

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Simeon Schmauß

@stim3on.bsky.social

I've been busy reconstructing the landing profile of #BlueGhost from the amazing landing video.
Relative to the LRO NAC mosaic from Quickmap, my landing coordinate estimate is 18.56349°N, 61.80990°E
#planetsci #BGM1

Screenshot from Metashape, showing the reconstructed camera positions above the surface of the moon. They start at the top right, move diagonally down and then transition into a near vertical descent.

map projected view, showing the descent path. The lander came in from the South, then described a kind of S-shape before stopping (landing) at the eastern rim of a small crater.

March 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM Everybody can reply

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Don Davis

@ddavisspaceart.bsky.social

The crater Giordano Bruno is just beyond the limits of the visible side of the Moon, so close I wonder if a bit of it's outer rim might barely show above the limb under the best lighting, Lunar libration and Earthly viewing geometry. On October 7 1959 the Soviet Luna 3 probe first revealed it to us.

A color view of the impressive rayed crater Giordano Bruno. From the ASU/Lunar/LROC quickmap page, where the Moon can be minutely examined. This crater is one of the freshest larger craters on the Moon, at least a few million years old based on the amount of superimposed small craters and the characteristics of the Luna 24 site, which contains ray material from Giordano Bruno.
In the 1970s the idea made the rounds that the effects of the crater forming impact were seen from England on June 18, 1178 AD. Until coverage of sufficient resolution was available from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that idea could be seriously entertained, although a big impact that soon seemed statistically unlikely to me.
So what did that account record? From my experience what was seen then was the setting crescent Moon being distorted in mirage like fashion by the atmospheric layers it was being seen through. I have personally seen such distortions in the Moon in other phases, as well as the Sun. Substitute a crescent Moon and the description makes perfect sense. In any case that is far more likely than seeing the Moon 'writhe like a wounded snake' following a medium sized impact on the far side. The crater is thus prehistoric in origin, perhaps coinciding with the transition to Human life being well underway. Note the 'double ray' extending Southward, with a relatively clear zone between them. That may be a sign of an oblique impact, which can result in a 'gap' in the ray pattern caused by the 'splash' of impact debris tending to avoid the direction from which the low angled impactor came.

On October 7 1969 the Soviet Moon probe Luna 3 obtained the first photos of the far side of the Moon. Unfortunately the film negatives taken and processed on board suffered a 'weak link' in the quality of the signal coming from the on board photo electric scanning of the film which made all the images very noisy. At the upper left center we see the crater Giordano Bruno with its distinct 'double ray' extending down. with an extension crossing over another rayed crater at right center. This 'ray' formation was initially mistaken by Soviet scientists for a mountain range in the 'full Moon' illumination and for several years bore the name 'Soviet Mountains'. Once the later 60s Lunar Orbiter mapping covered the region in good lighting and high resolution the true nature of the farside features were understood. The 'Soviet Mountains' thus faded into history as did in later decades the Soviet Union itself.

February 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Caltrans District 9 (Eastern Kern, Inyo, Mono)

@caltrans9.bsky.social

UPDATE: U.S. 395 over Conway Summit (between Lee Vining and Bridgeport) has reopened with chain control restrictions. Drivers should visit QuickMap.dot.ca.gov or download the #Quickmap app to get the latest highway conditions before they leave home.

February 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM Everybody can reply