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Curiosity Mars Rover Engineer | PNW Adventurer & Runner | Nature lover | Musician | Ask me about my gluten free sourdough Personal account. All opinions are my own.
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This is what a lunar eclipse looks like... from the surface of the Moon. That dark circle is Earth. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander took this image last night.

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Our dynamic planet in monochrome, pt. 1. #photography

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A spaniel, her tennis ball, and a muddy field. Name a more iconic trio. #englishspringerspaniel #springerspaniel #dogsky #dogs

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Rep John Larson - Connecticut:

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It’s a Franz Ferdinand kind of day 🥁🤘🏽

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#Throwback: just came across this picture of me getting ready to #pilot a Cessna 172 in 2006. Thanks to a growth spurt I’d just graduated from sitting on books to see over the instrument panel 😅 Missing those days at KLOU! #aviation

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Main takeaway from starting #drumming lessons this year: literally everyone will ask if you can do the Phil Collins riff 🥁 (And I mean… if you’re not trying to do it are you even a drummer?) Now I’m wondering what the equivalent #musician ask is for #piano…

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Just over here swapping between double & single paradiddles 🥁

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The sun: Exists after 6pm Everyone in the #pnw: open.spotify.com/track/3xEl8i...

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Well, my lunch breaks just became a lot louder 😜🥁 #drumming #music

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Second #sourdough boule of the night! Got a nice rise out of this one considering it’s #glutenfree. I think I have a new favorite scoring shape & pattern too 👀

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First #sourdough boule of 2025! 😋

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The current workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4464 drive. Some interesting fractures in the rocks there. flic.kr/p/2qP86YE

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This is some well told and fascinating urban planning history: open.spotify.com/episode/5FDU...

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My dog kept me up all night scared of the wind, but on the plus side we got to meet this beautiful mid level water vapor spiral 🌀. Infrared image from 2/24, 21:00 #pnw #weather

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Blue sunsets, red hues and earthy landscapes, Mars echoes through place and time. This raku pottery vase, 'Mars Echo' invites you to hold the beauty of a world beyond our own. #space #sciart #mars #pottery #astronomy

submitted 25 days ago • 13 comments

Since I feel at risk of becoming a baking account, here are a few pictures from one of my other passions: mars rovers! Currently I am a rover planner (driver) on Curiosity. I joined the rover world in 2017, and was the lead systems engineer for gDRT on Perseverance! Never a dull moment on Mars.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

My #glutenfree #sourdough starter woke up this morning after a 2 year fridge nap! I used a brown rice flour base to capture yeast from the LA air (questionable, yes) back in 2021. Made some great boules, but had to hibernate it in 2023 to move north. Welcome back, Chester McStink! #baking #celiac

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Cookie saga update: I’ve spent way too much time making my dog into a cookie 😅

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Shortbread cookie recipe test-bake update: rolls well, bakes well, tastes amazing

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I guess I’ll brag about the crème brûlée I made last night too while I’m here 😜

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Test run of a new recipe today! #shortbread #glutenfree #cookies #baking #celiac

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MAHLI close look at a rock that’s been precleared using the DRT brush. Taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on Sol 4452 yestersol. White balanced. flic.kr/p/2qLDpXs

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

Also see: the most questionably-designed Soviet aircraft. It’s like a garden shed and a kid’s treehouse had a child with dreams of flight

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