Mike Lewinski

@wildernessvagabonds.com

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Timelapser, astrophotographer, off-gridder in Crestone, Colorado, USA (a Dark Sky certified community). Death doula for hospice-stage capitalism. Friend of Bill W. Time is not money. https://wildernessvagabonds.com

A large red and white sign in a field near North Park Colorado IF YOU VOTED FOR RE-INTRODUCTION OF WOLVES DO NOT RECREATE HERE. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME!
A sign, flanked by American flags that reads: Gov. POLIS IS THROWING US TO THE WOLVES! PRESIDENT TRUMP, PLEASE HELP!
The east coast states, upper midwest, and Pacific north-west have geological characteristics – not predominant in other regions of the United States – that increase the vulnerability of power-grid infrastructures to solar storms. Unfortunately, the majority of the commercial nuclear power plants in the United States are located in east coast states and the upper midwest, two of the US regions that are most vulnerable to solar storm-induced blackouts. In a months-long blackout, nuclear plants would lose their supply of offsite electricity, which is necessary for their safe operation. Emergency diesel generators, which provide backup electricity, are designed to power cooling pumps for a number of days – not months. No nuclear plant in the United States has ever lost offsite electricity for longer than a week. In 2012, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission stated that an extreme solar storm could collapse power grids and potentially lead to reactor core damage at multiple nuclear plants.
This can all happen almost instantly. On March 13, 1989, a coronal mass ejection struck the Earth; within ninety seconds, transformers on the Quebec power grid malfunctioned, dozens of safety mechanisms failed, and the entire grid shut down, leaving almost a quarter of the population of Canada in the dark. That geomagnetic storm—which also triggered outages in the U.K. and Sweden, destroyed a transformer at a nuclear power plant in New Jersey, and caused at least two hundred other issues on the North American grid alone—was strong, but not exceptionally so. Based on magnetometer readings, auroral latitudes, and other fingerprints left behind by solar storms, scientists now believe that at least three storms in the past hundred and fifty-odd years—the Carrington Event and others in 1872 and 1921—were roughly an order of magnitude more powerful.
Security cameras One of the most common forms of hostile architecture is surveillance. While security cameras do not physically prevent people from engaging in certain behaviors, they can restrict such behaviors in public spaces by enabling remote oversight and increasing the fear of retaliation for socially taboo actions.[63] In cities like Cincinnati, there has been a noted sharp increase in the number of CCTV cameras in public spaces since the 1990s.[64]
A frog sits on a recliner. Another frog looks up at it.
Double rainbow growing out of the moutains. Blurry hummingbird on the right
A fragment of rainbow, and briefly double, extends from the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. It moves a little, then fades into sunset. The camera shifts south towards the Sand Dunes National Park as virga marches overhead unto dusk.
https://app.watchduty.org where the western half of the country is on fire, but Texas is flooding
Dril corn cob tweet but it's "Iran didn't win! Iran didn't win!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
A timelapse video of the sky. Night comes on and the stars shine. There are some clouds in the first half of the video, stars visible around the edges. Many airplanes and satellites pass over. There is some green airglow. The video ends at dawn.
Dril corn cob tweet but it's "Iran didn't win! Iran didn't win!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
Screenshot of maps showing location described in the post, on Kehail Point
Time lapse of cloud shadows passing over the mountains. The sun sets and stars come out. The Milky Way passes overhead. Green airglow fills the sky until dawn.
Two panel comic strip, top a woman holds a small plant and says "Let's Call it Robert." Bottom, Robert Plant looks unamused around the corner.
Who wore it better: Ponytail Palm or Robert Smith?
Border travel note (sign posted at border) 1. No crossing the boundary illegally. 2. No playing on TUMEN River No smuggling. drug trafficking. fish catching etc,that will endanger the security and order of the boundary. 3. No shouting and photograghing at korea.
Ambient Weather rain gauge Rate 0.00 in/hr Day 0.00 in Event 0.00 in Week 0.00 in Month 0.00 in Year 0.70 in These totals include all melted snowfall
Composite with profile of Rosy Maple moth, showing the puffed out mullet 'do, with David Bowie on the right with his puffed out mullet 'do, applying makeup that is decidedly rosy maple-ish.
Large moth glowing red eyes spots on green wings, large body captioned DUDE LET ME IN I'M A FAIRY!
Meme caption: When ur a moth but also a goth Photo of a Clymene moth which has a white body, black tips along the edges of the wings and an upside down black cross pattern when wings are at rest.
Stoner Stanley meme: THE HOLY GRAIL IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF HOLY GRAILS
Stoner Stanley meme: BESIDES WATERMELON, THERE SHOULD BE WINDMELON, FIREMELON AND EARTHMELEON THE FOUR ELEMELONS
Pyrocumulus cloud spreading over the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains at sunset. It has a very wide mushroom-shape, like a chantarelle. It is yellow around the rim turning orange near the base. It is close enougn to dusk that the mountains and foreground are silhouetted
A huge cloud billows over the rocky mountains at sunset, spreads out and eventually dissipates as night comes on.
Timelapse video of sunset, northern lights, stars, smoke, and smoky sunrise at the end.
Watchduty map showing lots of orange dots across Canada, satellite-detected hot spots. The Northwest Territories, northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba in particular have lots of orange.
Screenshot of map from app.watchduty.org showing fires across Alaska and much of the CONUS with Utah and Colorado almost entirely covered by fire icons
A hawk? Red-tail? Head is turned profile, back facing the camera.
A photograph of the night sky, full of stars above. Midway down the sky turns purple then red closer to the horizon, from aurora borealis. The silhouette of the Rocky Mountains spans from the right to the center. There are some houselights from the Baca Grande POA and Crestone visible along the horizon, which has cottonwood trees lining it.
Timelapse video as night falls, showing glow over the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains. The rising moon washes it out, then smoke blows through largely obscuring the scene
Watch Duty heat map shows Colorado City at risk of or already overrun by the Aspen Acres fire
Watch Duty Screenshot
Photo from Freak Power of Hunter Thompson getting his head shaved. https://www.freakpower.com/book/freak-power
Watch Duty screenshot of the Babylon Fire 53,871 acres in southeastern Utah, burning next to the Bear Ears National Monument
Watch Duty screenshot showing aircraft in purple across Colorado engaged in firefighting efforts.
Pueblo County Sheriff's Office UPDATE: As of 5:30pm, it is estimated that the Aspen Acre Fire has consumed 23,000 acres as of now. Due to the high winds of approximately 100 miles per hour, no air support is currently available. An unspecified number of structures have been affected by the fire. If you have livestock but no means to transport them, it is encouraged to cut your fences. Four photos showing flames raging over the landscape.
screenshot of Aspen Acres fire from app.watchduty.org, now at 2,476 acres after 6 hours. "Deputies are going door to door in Beulah and Signal Mtn for evacuations, per the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District on Facebook."
Google map showing wildfires in all directions around the San Luis Valley, measuring distance from Crestone to Aspen Acres fire at 37 miles
GIF showing fires flaring up in Western Colorado / Eastern Utah
Dark Sky Crestone Foundation logo, featuring the silhouette of a person looking through a telescope at a crescent moon over the mountains. The words Dark Sky Crestone Foundation ring the logo in yellow text on a purple backdrop.
The Sangre de Cristo mountains have standing wave clouds rolling in the moonlight. Eventually the clouds dissipate and the stars roll overhead until the moon sets. First view looking southeast, second view looking northeast.
Robber flies mating on a screen
Satellite image showing smoke from Utah passing over Colorado
Crop of the sun. There's a sunspot visible on the lower half.
Ebay Shipped to You Yooperlite Stone with a photo of three fluorescing yooperlites
USPS tracking.... Denver -> Dallas -> Milwaukee -> Dallas
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A view of the Sangre de Cristo mountains from the Baca Grande Grants. A meteor streaks overhead at an angle, with a couple terminal flashes. The foregound is green and brown, dotted with chamisa (rabbitbrush). The treeline of the peaks is clearly visible in the moonlight.
TImelapse of the Milky Way moving across the southern sky. There are bands of green airglow with darker ripples moving across the scene. It ends at dawn.
Google Maps showing route from Hampden, ME to Denver, CO to Dallas, TX to Minneapolis, MN
Time lapse video of the night sky. At the beginning the camera faces southeast and the waxing crescent moon illuminates foreground Rocky Mountains. The sky is full of stars and green airglow becomes more prominent after the moon sets. This scene continues to dawn. In the second scene the camera is facing south and the foreground is illuminated by the moon. The Milky Way passes across the scene until dawn. The airglow is superb!
Baby duckling dragon roar
Bands of green airglow streaked across the star-filled night sky over the Rocky Mountains
Time lapse views of the night sky from Crestone, Colorado USA looking at the Rocky Mountains. There are many stars after dark. Bands of airglow are multicolored
The west side of the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains viewed from the Grants near Crestone. There are some clouds extending center to upper right. The sun is behind the Crestone Needles and Crestone Peak, casting rays around and above it.
A massive cumulonimbus cloud as if on fire glowing orange and spreading over the earth.
A humongous cumulonimbus cloud grows and spreads at dusk. The sunset lights it up orange and red. Night falls and the stars come out. There are many airplane and satellite streaks in the sky. The Milky Way rises out of the cloud. Then dawn breaks. The video repeats as a star trail version.
A timelapse video of the sky looking north, as the sun sets and stars come out. There are many stars, and also many airplanes and satellites. Waves of green airglow wash through the sky. The video ends at dawn.
Waxing crescent moon with satellites passing near