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Richard Conan-Davies

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Photographer, writer, philosopher, music enthusiast and science explainer. Editor developer for https://clearlyexplained.com based in Canberra, Australia

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Slowly watching through LOTR Extended Edition, it's still very impressive.

23.02.2026 06:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prehistoric Planet πŸ¦– πŸ¦• on AppleTV is actually so impressive.

01.02.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

squirrel!

13.01.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

38Β°C and wind here in Canberra is really not great for feeling creative or constructive much.

09.01.2026 05:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also here for the retrovibe song reference lol

19.07.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Elongated high air pressure system on a weather map by windy

Elongated high air pressure system on a weather map by windy

Don't recall seeing such an elongated high air pressure system like this before. Such blue skies at least.

05.06.2025 07:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Super frosty this morning at about -3Β°C in Canberra ❄️

29.05.2025 22:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is one of the highest-resolution images ever to show "coronal rain"β€”cooler, ionised gas in the Sun's corona that falls back down, following curved magnetic field lines as it does so.

This image was taken in the hydrogen alpha spectral line; I inverted the image such that brighter = hotter.

28.05.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 291 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

9Β° above average today, it's supposed to be 18Β°C but no it was 28Β°C

11.04.2025 06:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It rained all day today in Canberra

29.03.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING NASA πŸ“ˆπŸ”₯
The most important graph in the world is going up again.

The four-year average Earth's Energy Imbalance is record high at +1.4 W/mΒ².

Even with a record hot January 2025 of +1.75Β°C, the monthly (climatology corrected) Earth's Energy Imbalance was +2.5 W/mΒ²!

26.03.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7

So it's 8Β°C above average here in Canberra with something like 55-60% humidity.

25.03.2025 03:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji

🧬 New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ocean debris, in what scientists claim is the greatest known ocean journey in the history of land creatures

18.03.2025 06:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So it’s 9Β°C above average today in Canberra. This is fine. I wonder if this will be new normal for this time of year.

14.03.2025 11:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CAKE - Short Skirt / Long Jacket (Official HD Video)
CAKE - Short Skirt / Long Jacket (Official HD Video) YouTube video by CakeVEVO

The short skirt long jacket Cake music video is so great www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Km...

13.03.2025 22:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Updated to MacOS15.3.2. It kind of snuck up on me.

12.03.2025 05:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨First day COβ‚‚ at Mauna Loa >430 ppm🚨

This is:
-Much higher than ever in the past 800,000 years.
-Likely not seen in >3 million years (mid-pliocene warm period).
-A COβ‚‚ forcing equal to 2.5-4Β°C of warming and a 5-25 meters higher global sea level!

09.03.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
A 5 inch by 7 inch art print of a Barn owl perched on a tree in front of a starry sky and crescent moon

A 5 inch by 7 inch art print of a Barn owl perched on a tree in front of a starry sky and crescent moon

A 1.5 inch round button of a Barn owl with the text Yes, I was raised in a barn around it

A 1.5 inch round button of a Barn owl with the text Yes, I was raised in a barn around it

A round 3 inch sticker of a barred owl with the text I'm a Hoot above it

A round 3 inch sticker of a barred owl with the text I'm a Hoot above it

A 5 inch by 7 inch art print of a burrowing owl perched on a cactus in a desert environment

A 5 inch by 7 inch art print of a burrowing owl perched on a cactus in a desert environment

Superb owls? We've done a few! #SuperbOwl πŸͺΆπŸ‘🎨

09.02.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Medium-angle view of one of Jupiter's polar regions. A few cloud bands are shown, and the whole visible area of the planet is covered in very turbulent cloud systems.

Medium-angle view of one of Jupiter's polar regions. A few cloud bands are shown, and the whole visible area of the planet is covered in very turbulent cloud systems.

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Rodrigo Nascimento Hernandez)

07.02.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Windy.com weather radar map with lightning strikes

Windy.com weather radar map with lightning strikes

Pretty big thunder and lightning storm east of Canberra. THat's a massive number of lightning strikes.

05.02.2025 04:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Squirrel!!

01.02.2025 07:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool fungi!

26.01.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget to take your Chopin Liszt!

26.01.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A private US spacecraft headed to the moon captures a glorious view of Earth A private U.S. spacecraft has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to rea...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth.

Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos and video of the Blue Marble, our planet.

24.01.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 12

Shoutout to the Sydney botanical garden because this is the 3rd time today I’ve heard about this flower blooming, from multiple social media platforms, and I live ~10,000 miles away.

23.01.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
screenshot of Grapher(MacOS) of a 3D parametric equation of a harmonograph

screenshot of Grapher(MacOS) of a 3D parametric equation of a harmonograph

Kinda glad that Grapher on MacOS still exists

22.01.2025 04:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is sitting in front of a lamp in a laboratory . Alt: "Well, there it is" a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is sitting in front of a lamp in a laboratory .

Such a versatile meme

20.01.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Too much wind today in Canberra

17.01.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph of a bolt of lighting forking down from the top of frame to behind a line of trees against a blue/grey sky.

Photograph of a bolt of lighting forking down from the top of frame to behind a line of trees against a blue/grey sky.

Photograph of a bolt of lighting forking down from overhead, cut off by a roof gutter. The path of the lightning is so complex that it seems to loop around itself due to perspective.

Photograph of a bolt of lighting forking down from overhead, cut off by a roof gutter. The path of the lightning is so complex that it seems to loop around itself due to perspective.

Photograph of a particularly bright/thick bolt of lighting curling down from clouds and down behind trees.

Photograph of a particularly bright/thick bolt of lighting curling down from clouds and down behind trees.

Photograph of a bolt of lighting emerging from clouds and stretching down below a line of trees. The sky is blue in the corners and purplish around the lightning bolt.

Photograph of a bolt of lighting emerging from clouds and stretching down below a line of trees. The sky is blue in the corners and purplish around the lightning bolt.

I've found another subject for my camera's continuous pre-capture option!

15.01.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

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It always helps to see a straight line next to a Non-linear Trend line.

Global warming has accelerated!

12.01.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1