Dilong

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Air quality index map of the United States showing a plume from Canadian wildfires in the east and spots of local fire smoke to the west
A four-panel comic, very sketchily drawn Panel one: text reading "Make a terrible comic day 2026 by Dilong" with a small dinosaur next to the last text Panel two: a doomsday clock captioned "the approaching deadline doomsday clock" Panel three: a finger pointing towards an eagle on a tall pole in the middle of the water. Captioned "Holy shit an eagle!" Panel four: a four-panel comic: Caption: "The comic-within-a-comic" Panel 4a: the "we need to go deeper" meme from the movie Inception Panel 4b: A van driving backwards off a bridge (like in the movie Inception) with "Fuuuuuuu-" trailing it Panel 4c: a four-panel comic with scenes from the movie Inception framed in a manner reminiscent of the "loss" meme Panel 4d: The train from inception
TWSBI Eco and Muji fountain pens on a table. The Muji is cylindrical and metallic with a knurled grip. The Eco is larger and black, and has a transparent ink chamber.
A 3d view of a point cloud and the drone flight paths that were used to create it
The ferry M/V Kennewick of Washington State Ferries heads towards Port Townsend at sunset.
Amtrak Cascades siemens Airo cab car and passenger cars rounding a tree-lined curve with water in the background. A viewliner baggage car is barely visible in the left of the frame
A bunny in a lawn seen from 3/4 view, head lowered in preparation for eating grass
A group of people stands in a grassy park near the water watching the rising smoke trail of a rocket launch into a blue sky with few small clouds
A map of the "Impact of the Mw 5.3 Roermond (NL) 1992-04-13 earthquake." Intensity is indicated by color-coded points, starting at mercalli VII near the center and weakening with distance. The map is centered on the epicenter and extends 5-600km in all directions. An inset map shows aftershocks and faults in a small area around the epicenter.
A train running east on the I-90 bridge as seen from the road below
A train running the other direction (west) on the I-90 bridge
A train running on the I-90 bridge
Timelapse of trains running across the I-90 bridge as viewed from shore on a sunny day
The i-90 floating bridge as seen from the west shore of lake Washington. A sounds transit light rail train can be seen running along the tracks
Four drawings of a mars base lab, counterclockwise from top left: -The base in daytime, seen from close by at standing height. It is composed of multiple cylindrical modules. The nearest module has a windowed cupola. Further away is an airlock module with two suitports, one occupied. To the left is a docking port door. -The same point of view but at night, as if see through a night vision camera. Light emanates from several windows and lights around the lab, spilling onto the regolith. Green heads-up display text is overlaid onto the image as well as navigation waypoints. -A top-down sketch of the plant growing, biosafety lab, and general lab modules of the lab, each attached at one end to a corridor module. -A cutaway sketch of a single module, showing the HDPE radiation protection, miscellaneous HVAC equipment, the floor, and a single potted plant for scale
A Chinook helicopter lifting a PBY Catalina seaplane into the air on a sunny day
A picture of a foggy intersection looking upwards with the sun dimly shining through the mist
A twin-rotor Chinook helicopter flies low over a city intersection in morning light. Two police vehicles guard a roadblock.
Several sketches, from top to bottom and left to right: -the word "histericall" with the c stylized as a phone handset symbol -a crime scene with a chalk outline of a person and several bug phones rapidly crawling or flying away, captioned "no need to be charged!" -the caption "vibration/audio alert mode" over a front view of a bug phone vibrating its wings -A bug phone holding onto the side of a person's head positioned over their ear, with the phone screen showing a phone symbol, elapsed time, and a clock. Captioned "hands-free calling!" -a bug phone flying from a person (no cell service) to a cell tower (lots of cell service) captioned "IP over Coleopteran Carrier!" -a bored bug phone leaping out of a person's hand, captioned "never spend too much time scrolling!" -a person looking under a couch cushion while a bug phone flies towards them from a nearby nightstand captioned "phone finds you!"
Picture of a textbook page showing several radar antennae and a ship defending itself from missile attack with it's own missiles guided by beams of radar
A drawing if a ship beaming radar and firing sm-3 missiles at several incoming cruise missiles
Night sky with pink/purple aurora visible at top left corner. A tree limb covers much of the right half of the frame.
Washington State Ferry Salish docked at Orcas Island at night as seen from shore
The Washington State Ferry Yakima unloads a sailboat from the car deck at the Anacortes terminal. The ferries Salish and Chelan can be seen in slips to the right.
A Washington State ferry (Kwa-Di-Tabil class) sails at sunset with a cruise ship behind it
A stream with dozens of salmon visible just under the surface. Some of their tails poke above the water. Sunbeams illuminate the water
A view from an airliner window of another airliner passing underneath trailing a long contrail. Below, a landscape of farms transitioning into hillier terrain. At the top of the image a few light clouds can be seen. The plane's contrail is casting a shadow below, maybe onto a thin layer of clouds.
A road sign in front of some trees. The sign says: POINT OF ROCKS MD 4 FREDERICK MD 22
A squid-like robot ventures out from a borehole under thick ice. The tentacles of its twin pole out from the borehole. The robot is transparent and mechanical components can be seen inside. Rows of lights dot its skin
A rocket sits on the pad at sunset, ready to launch. It is composed of two parts: a large booster, mostly orange, and a thinner and slightly shorter winged payload strapped to the side. Steam emanates from various places. In the distance the last rays of sunlight colour the mountaintops pink.
Green and white double-ended evergreen state class Washington State ferry Tillikum loading cars at Orcas Island as seen from shore
Interpretive sign on the ferry with text blocks that read: -Washington state ferries was established in 1951. Its routes are officially designated as part of the state highway system in recognition of the critical connections ferries provide. -Historically, ferries in the Pacific Northwest operated under coal and steam power, then diesel and diesel-electric, and now hybrid-electric -Did you know? You are on the Wenatchee. It's name comes from the word wenatchi in the Yakama language, which means river flowing from canyon. -We operate in the southern part of the Salish sea. The Salish sea includes Puget Sound, the strait of Juan de fuca, and the strait of georgi in Canada. The sea has more than 4,500 miles of coastline and more than 400 islands, including the San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands.
The Washington State Ferries boat Wenatchee docked at the Bainbridge ferry terminal on a sunny day
A screenshot of the Wikipedia app with a picture of Moo Deng (a small hippo) erroneously displayed on the "Centaur (Rocket Stage)" article
Screenshot of the Wikipedia app showing the article for "amusement park" with the title image erroneously substituted for the title image of the crossroads nuclear test series article, which happens to be a nuclear fireball
A hastily drawn comic page Panel one: two stick figures standing, left one asks “Hey, so what’s your favorite movie?” Panel two: close up on the face of right stick figures standing saying “I’m a big fan of the classics you know, like:” Entire rest of page: a dynamic scene where an exploding train rushes towards the viewer past a roaring T. rex and and flying Nyctosaurus. Behind the action title text reads “BULLET PARK TRAIN IV” in large font
A crouching grey and white cat looks to the left. A window casts light from behind the cat.
Two cats. One in the foreground out of focus, looking at a second cat on the ground, which has its front paws raised and is looking at the camera
A black cat with white chest looks down at the camera from a stairway
A black cat with white chest and paws, standing on a rug, looking down and towards the camera
The Washington State Ferries Kwa-Di-Tabil class car ferry Kennewick sails across the Puget Sound on a sunny day. Passengers can be seen on the sun deck enjoying the view
A Washington State ferry (MV Cathlamet) being escorted by a small Coast guard boat on a rainy day. A fast ferry (Kitsap Transit's MV Finest) is visible in the distance.
Two rough sketches of a town square with a train on display. On the left, a top-down view with generic train cars. On the right, a perspective view with a steam train and colored houses.
A frontier airlines Airbus a320neo named "Yukon the Caribou," with caribou tail art seen on approach to land at Philadelphia airport from a taxiway parallel to the runway. A UPS warehouse and industrial structures are visible in the background.
Green aurora rippling with stars in the background
Slow motion video of Sol Duc falls, panning down
A jetboil camp stove being ignited in slow motion creating a small bubble of blue flame around the heat sink
Long exposure of Sol Duc falls in the morning. The canyon walls are covered in lush green moss and low vegetation. The river flow is smoothed out by the exposure into long streaks. Everything looks damp from mist.
A Washington State Ferries Wave2Go ticket which reads: Expires in 30 minutes (20:41) Customer Service Psgr Turnstile Acces $0.00 Zero $ The ticket is also printed with a yellow gradient and the Washington State Ferries logo, a stylized steel electric class ferry seen from the front.
Sound transit link light rail vehicle pulling into Westlake station in Seattle. The train is blurred by motion. It's one of the newer Siemens s700s
A map showing the shake alert predicted mercalli intensity contours for the 4M quake today
The Jumbo Mark II class ferry "Tacoma," operated by Washington State Ferries, departs from downtown Seattle at sunset. The sky is dim and the buildings reflect the orange and pink clouds illuminated by sunset. The ferry itself is white with a green stripe near the bottom. Lights can be seen shining out from the car and passenger decks. People crowd the front picklefork, presumably to look at the sunset.
A plush IKEA Blahaj shark toy stuck in the crack between a bed and the wall, looking helpless
A great blue heron stands in shallow water, back hunched and feathers puffed up a bit. It's low tide so there's mud visible in the frame.
Police officer blocking entry to the USAID building
A stripey grey and black cat with a white chest and extremely fluffy tail peeks out from behind a bush
A 1958 smith-corona skyriter typewriter sitting on a wood desk
A deer in a grassy field looking at the camera, left front hoof slightly raised
The Seattle waterfront from the top of the aquarium expansion, pointed south along Alaskan way, showcasing the post-viaduct changes. In the distance, colored smoke from Seahawks pyrotechnics hangs over the stadium. Many people are strolling along the newly enlarged sidewalk. Signs of construction are scattered around, including barriers and Congress. A new bike path is almost complete and plants have been planted in the planters.
Heavy machinery works to break down the Alaskan way viaduct. Several machines are moving and crushing rubble at ground level while one works on the lower deck of the viaduct. A jet of water sprays upwards for dust removal. In the background are pier buildings, the Ferris wheel, and a cruise ship.