Peter Gao

@planetarygao.bsky.social

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Staff Scientist @ Carnegie EPL. Planetary and exoplanet atmospheres. He/Him/His. Black Lives Matter. Trekkie. Opinions are my own.

A cartoon of Yuk I drew on a white board at Caltech, a long time ago
screenshot of a Gmail notification that says “Google Gemini - You're now using Gemini on your iOS device Key information about data usage and your privacy choices.”
Data and Picard talking about the Irish Unification of 2024 from TNG
a sheet of snow on the windshield of a car, the top half having slid down a bit causing the sheet to fold over itself
Screenshot of google search results showing the link to the Wikipedia entry “Victorian era”, which says “The Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.”
A cartoon of JWST on a chip bag
Melting snow with grass peeking out showing small “towers” of snow that was compressed by footsteps
Screenshot of an email that says “We would like to introduce ourselves as the Journal of Petroleum Gas & Chemical Engineering ISSN: 3069-2075 | DOI: 10.64030/3069-2075 Hello Dear. Peter Gao, I hope you are doing well. This is a kind reminder regarding your preprint entitled “Clouds and Hazes in the Atmospheres of Triton and Pluto”.”
anakin from anakin and padme meme
tired squidward meme
Screenshot of a tweet from the NWS Weather Prediction Center that says “Potential is increasing for another significant winter storm to impact the eastern United States this coming weekend. It is too early to know the details, but please keep updated with the latest forecasts this week!” followed by some graphics
Screenshot of the NSPIRES page for the XRP showing a deferral of a week
Pedestrian tunnel, New Haven Union Station
Amtrak Acela train
Main hall of Washington Union Station
Google search result for North Korea, showing a picture of Mount Kumgang, the country’s flag, a map of the country, and a short Wikipedia blurb
Fireworks over Cinderella’s Castle in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom for New Years 2026
wild looking highway interchange
The starship Destiny from Stargate Universe, made with the design software SolidWorks, viewed from behind
The starship Destiny from Stargate Universe, made with the design software SolidWorks
blue tinted airplane window with no window shade
Manhattan viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge
Screenshot of Google calendar event titled “JWST CYCLE 5 DEADLINE” with the description “AHHHHHHHH”
Shin Ramyun from Costco with Rumi on it
squinting Thor meme
Kids phonics toy spelling out dax
Old Luke shouting “The sacred texts!” meme from The Last Jedi
screenshot of when I googled “stellar type” and the results being the page for stellar type Pokémon
San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge at night, largely shrouded in fog, viewed from near Point Cavello
The Penny Ice Creamery sign
Half eaten burrito from De La Hacienda Taqueria, Santa Cruz
Canyonlands National Park viewed from a plane
Colorado River flowing through the Utah canyonlands
an expansive but thin white cloud with gentle edges floating over the Utah desert
black and white photo of a salt flat in Nevada taken from a plane
Half Dome from above
Clay Houses (Boulder), by Andy Goldsworthy
Last page of the book showing the cartoon rocket flying over more JWST images of galaxies and nebulae
Book cover of Rover and Speck Splash Down! a kids book
wiggling exoplanet transmission spectrum model
screenshot of email announcing the proposal call for JWST cycle 5
On the Origin of Species by Darwin
Screenshot of google maps with Manhattan selected
Screenshot of the Wikipedia article for the real Maquis
FBI ice cream truck from the Simpsons
fiery clouds lit up by the setting sun over a line of trees in shadow and a streetlight in the middle
Screenshot from the lemon tree episode of The Simpsons with Bart saying “That’s a crud rock. It belongs in crud town.”
Downtown Montreal from atop Mont Royal