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#Wyoming

Jason Stiff
7 hours ago

This is how we may all react to the wind coming to Montana & Wyoming this weekend! 60-70 mph gusts are possible... stay safe!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #wind #snow #squirrel #Saturday #Sunday #weekend #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Claire Barnes
20 hours ago

@26aafa19 Interesting story:
"Since stone carving & installation were the most expensive items for the overall project, the monks decided to tackle that job themselves. This meant learning the whole CNC stone-carving workflow, all about stone cutting machinery, operating CNC machines, CAD modelling, CAM programming, stone masonry & construction techniques...
a few disasters..."

Edit: community is controversial.
#StoneCarving #shortcut #GothicArchitecture #CAD #Carmelite #monastery #Wyoming

Jason Stiff
1 day ago

I bought a black suit on Black Friday and it arrived yesterday. I'm wearing my new black suit today, so does that make TODAY Black Friday, too? I'll have your 7-day weather forecast through NEXT Friday tonight on KTVQ!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #BlackFriday #REDFriday #Friday #black #suit #red #tie #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Jason Stiff
2 days ago
Jason Stiff
2 days ago

It was a frosty final morning of November on Thursday... a jacket was required, Phil Collins! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast for the first week of December at noon on MTN!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #chilly #cold #jacket #PhilCollins #Thursday #Friday #November #December #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

One time I flew from Atlanta to Seattle and looked out the window and saw this big tree stump down there. #Devilstower #Wyoming

Milcom Miasma
5 days ago

Meanwhile in Wyoming...<sigh>

I guess the cable must've been out.

Charges Dismissed Against Wyoming Ranchers For Bleaching Penises Onto Cows

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/11/27/charges-dismissed-against-wyoming-ranchers-for-bleaching-penises-onto-cows/

#Wyoming
#ManChildren

Rick Berk
1 week ago

Still reveling in the memories and images from last month’s trip to Grand Teton National Park. Also, just a heads up, all wall art is 25% off today on my website. https://rickberk.pixels.com/featured/1-grand-teton-rick-berk.html.
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#mastoart #photography #landscape #grandteton #wyoming #christmasshopping #smallbizsat #supportartists #BuyIntoArt #prints #homedecor #walldecor #artist #nature #naturephotography

#Wyoming the beautiful

Jason Stiff
1 week ago

They say it's Black Friday, but it's also a blue Friday! Blue suit, shirt, socks, and shoes along with chilly blue weather maps, too!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #black #blue #BlackFriday #BlueFriday #suit #shirt #socks #shoes #chilly #cold #Friday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Jason Stiff
1 week ago

2 seconds after Thanksgiving ends: the Black Friday Christmas snow globe begins!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #Thanksgiving #Thursday #Black #Friday #BlackFriday #snow #snowglobe #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

Jason Stiff
1 week ago

Clouds, snow flurries & temps in the 20s in Billings, Montana! Stay safe and warm, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #clouds #snow #cold #Thursday #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

SHUT Breaking News
1 week ago

9 Weekend Things to Do in Colorado Springs: Old Colorado City Stroll, Turkey Trot, Decorated Gold Mine and More: Thousands of runners are participating in the Turkey Trot 5K, and there are many other holiday events happening. https://shut.net/2023/11/23/news-9-weekend-things-to-do-in-colorado-springs-old-colorado-city-stroll-turkey-trot-decorated-gold-mine-and-more?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Italy #Elf #Mexico #Wyoming #Scholarship

AI6YR
1 week ago

@nws_bot Look out #Wyoming travelers... #snow inbound.

YouStorm
2 weeks ago

A nice line of mountain wave clouds formed downwind of the snow-covered mountains🏔️ of northwest #Wyoming 🇺🇸today as seen by #GOES16 🛰️#wywx

Digital Gemini
2 weeks ago

@mammoth Love the app but the #Wyoming state flag called...😉

B.LEAGUER
2 weeks ago

#Wyoming state of mind.

Blue sky and clouds over Cheyenne.
Store case in Mary’s Mountain Cookies.
Sun sets on I-80 near Cheyenne.
Gas station slogan above pumps: “You are nowhere.”
Jason Stiff
2 weeks ago

The studio is dark and quiet now, but the wind is getting stronger, and a winter storm wants to come for Thanksgiving! The earlier you travel this week, the better... be safe!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #clouds #wind #snow #Tuesday #Wednesday #Thursday #Thanksgiving #travel #besafe #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

Dr. John Barentine FRAS
2 weeks ago

Congratulations to Sinks Canyon State Park on becoming the first International Dark Sky Place in the U.S. state of #Wyoming. This nomination was one of the very last I worked on personally before leaving the IDA staff. Always satisfying to see 'designation day' arrive! 👏🏼

https://darksky.org/places/sinks-canyon-state-park/

#DarkSkies #Conservation #StateParks

valkraider :verified:
2 weeks ago

Yeah #Wyoming - keep opposing those #WindFarms - #Wind turbines are way less visually appealing than these aesthetically wonderful #freedom plants:

Animal of Things
2 weeks ago

15 Different Types of Snakes in Wyoming

https://animalofthings.com/types-of-snakes-in-wyoming/

Types of Snakes in Wyoming
Racers and Whipsnake - Types of Snakes in Delaware
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer Snake - Types of Snakes in Wyoming 
Jason Stiff
2 weeks ago

60s in Montana in mid-November are a "raritea"! Enjoy it now... "realitea" is coming! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast at 4-thirtea, 5-thirtea & 10pm!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #licenseplate #funnylicenseplates #rarity #reality #Wednesday #Thursday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Milcom Miasma
3 weeks ago

Off to the grocery store to battle for bargains with the Thanksgiving shoppers of Sheridan.

I feel like I should be wearing elbow pads and my hockey helmet just in case.

#SmallTown
#Wyoming

Jason Stiff
3 weeks ago

You don't need caffeine to jump-start your morning when you don't have any hot water... my shower this morning was BRISK! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast at noon, 4:30 and 5:30 on KTVQ!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #caffeine #jolt #cold #shower #nohotwater #brisk #thatsbrisk #Tuesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

Cory Doctorow
3 weeks ago

Today on my podcast, I read my story "Moral Hazard," a madcap tale of #fintech, #inequality, #FinanceBros, #Wyoming, #homelessness and #bailouts , from "Communications Breakdown," a new book from MIT Press, edited by Jonathan Strahan, with stories from Elizabeth Bear, SB Divya, Chris Gilliard, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Ken Macleod, Tim Maughan, Ian McDonald, Anil Menon, Premee Mohamed & Shiv Ramdas.

Episode:
https://craphound.com/stories/2023/11/12/moral-hazard-from-communications-breakdown/

MP3:
https://archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_455/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_455_-_Moral_Hazard.mp3

Anthology:
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546461/communications-breakdown/

Took a lil' snow ramble up the mountains ❄

#TongueRiver #Wyoming

Snowy South Tongue River under an overcast sky
Snowy softwood pines infront of a rock formation
Snowy South Tongue River
Jason Stiff
3 weeks ago

Montana dealt with 45-75 mph wind gusts on Veterans Day Saturday, and the wind will continue Sunday! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast at 5:30 and 10pm!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #wind #clouds #sun #VeteransDay #Saturday #Sunday #weekend #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Jason Stiff
3 weeks ago

It's a Veterans Day Saturday! Thank you to all of our nation's military personnel for your service and sacrifice for our country!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #VeteransDay #thankyou #thankyouforyourservice #Saturday

bs2
3 weeks ago

> environmental groups were “under an awful lot of pressure to adopt #NuclearPower without reservation.”
.. Gates.. chairman and largest investor in .. #TerraPower.. to create what the company calls “safe, affordable and abundant carbon-free energy.”
TerraPower’s first 345-megawatt reactor — using #uranium fuel enriched to a level about four times as high as traditional commercial reactors — is under construction in #Wyoming at a cost of about $4 billion
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/us/environment-funding-nuclear-climate-change.html
#BillGates

Jason Stiff
3 weeks ago

The sun looked like a comet while I was on the Rimrocks overlooking Billings Wednesday...

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #Rimrocks #sun #clouds #comet #Wednesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

CryptoNewsBot
4 weeks ago

Crypto Broker sFOX Offers Commission-Free Blockchain Staking from Regulated Custody - “We are providing a gateway to staking without stepping in the middle or taking any reven... - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/11/07/crypto-broker-sfox-offers-commission-free-blockchain-staking-from-regulated-custody/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #finance #custody #staking #wyoming #news #sfox

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

The Brawl of the Wild between the Bobcats and Grizzlies may be two weeks away in Missoula, but Pete Senger witnessed this wild brawl in the Billings Heights! Oh...DEER!

#Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #MontanaState #Bobcats #Montana #Grizzlies #BrawloftheWild #deer #football #collegefootball #Saturday

nieebel
1 month ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCvFBrnKj8

It took him 18 years to get the approval for this massive #wind farm approved in #Wyoming and a cable to #California to power air conditioners in the afternoon as the suns sets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCvFBrnKj8

#renewableEnergy #solar

a graph with different wind speeds in the US. Wyoming has quite a lot. But be aware, it shows the annual average wind speed at 30m while modern wind turbines are above 200m, where wind is much better and more constant.
Graph: "Energy Throughout the Day - Average Montly Power MegaWatt by Hour, NREL 33% Szenario(??), June, WERC(??)"

It shows that while solar is declining in the afternoon, the Wyoming wind is rising in the afternoon.
Mycotropic
1 month ago

@evilsam

This is exactly why I made friends with an #alpaca farmer in #Wyoming!

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

The people who live on Clark Street in Billings know how to decorate for Halloween! Look at that Beetlejuice house!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #Halloween #decorations #trickortreat #Tuesday

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

When it's Halloween, and your costume looks like what you wear to work every OTHER day of the year:

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #raccoon #cookiejar #Halloween #costume #trickortreat #Tuesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

Milcom Miasma
1 month ago

Oops.

I was made aware that due to our recent trip back east to visit friends, the state of Wyoming fell below minimum staffing levels and had to close.

We're back now and we apologize for this inconvenience.

#Wyoming
#OldPeopleofMastodon

Rick Berk
1 month ago

"Shrouded Grandeur"
My work is most often identified by my use of bold colors, but once in a while, a scene just cries out to be black and white, like this scene I photographed in the Tetons a few weeks ago. The still reflection of Grand Teton in the Snake River, shrouded by clouds, was such a tranquil scene.
Prints available at https://rickberk.pixels.com/featured/shrouded-grandeur-rick-berk.html

#mastoart #landscape #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #fineartphotography #fineart #buyintoart #wyoming #grandtetonnationalpark #mountains

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

The snowflakes are piling up in Montana, and Billings had a record low of 8° Friday morning! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast through NEXT Friday at 4:30, 5:30 & 10pm!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #snowflake #snow #licenseplate #cold #Friday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Milcom Miasma
1 month ago

It's thirteen degrees here this morning. Before stepping out to shovel our sidewalks, I think I'll light my shoes on fire.

#Wyoming

Milcom Miasma
1 month ago

It's 22 degrees here and getting ready to snow. While we were at the grocery store earlier today, everyone we spoke to seemed to be genuinely excited at the prospect of snow.

There's something not quite right with the people in northern Wyoming - I think we've moved to the right place.

#Wyoming

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

After 10 hours of light freezing drizzle in Billings, it's a sheet of ice on roads, sidewalks, and my windshield! It wasn't bad when I left for work at 3AM, but now it's VERY icy at 8AM! Snow is coming, too! Please be careful, Montana and Wyoming!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #car #cars #windshield #ice #snow #icy #sidewalks #roads #drivesafe #Wednesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

Steve Prosinski proved the view of the Billings fog Tuesday morning was MUCH prettier from above than my view in its misty midst! Snow and cold have arrived... be safe!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #fog #clouds #snow #cold #photography #Tuesday #Wednesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

maeve harris
1 month ago

Former #Wyoming rep Liz #Cheney, daughter of former US VP, characterized as a Reaganite #Republican says she is not ruling out a run for president https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4270353-liz-cheney-not-ruling-out-white-house-bid/

Milcom Miasma
1 month ago

The Wyoming Way.

I've learned that people who are doing work for you here just kind of show up and start working. The guys who worked on our deck did this. The landscapers did it as well. We just looked outside to discover people in our yard working away. 🤷‍♂️

Recent example - the guy who blows out our sprinklers.

Me: "Ryan, I notice there's a hole in my lawn that wasn't there yesterday."

Ryan: "Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it but it'll be fixed next week."

And it was.

#Wyoming

Jason Stiff
1 month ago

It doesn't matter if the grass is still green in Montana... you know we can still get snow. The first snow of the season is coming! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast tonight!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #clouds #rain #snow #shovel #Saturday #Sunday #weekend #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

bse
1 month ago

Belemnite #fossils in the Redwater Member of the Jurassic Sundance Formation, #Wyoming. #NDSU student field course #paleontology #geology #FossilFriday

People fossil hunting on a slope
Person holding some belemnite fossils
Person's hand with two partial belemnites
Jason Stiff
2 months ago

Montana had 45-75 mph wind gusts on Tuesday! The pretty leaves on Helene's Purple Ash tree in Laurel were here yesterday, but "gone with the wind" today! 😲 🌬 🍂 🍁 🍂 🍁 🍂 🍁 🍂 🍁 🍂 🍁

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #Laurel #tree #trees #leaves #fall #autumn #clouds #wind #Monday #Tuesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Jason Stiff
2 months ago

I timed my first haircut in 7 weeks well on Monday... strong wind and higher fire danger on Tuesday! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast at noon!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #clouds #wind #rain #hair #haircut #Monday #Tuesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

Jason Stiff
2 months ago

Many more leaves are falling now, and the wind will be assisting soon... enjoy those leaves while they last!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #mastodondogs #leaves #colors #fall #fallcolors #fallleaves #foliage #autumn #wind #Monday #Tuesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx

Jason Stiff
2 months ago

Here's just 4 of the many beautiful eclipse photos sent in by our viewers. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted your photos and watches our broadcasts!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #thankyou #sun #clouds #annular #eclipse #solareclipse #Saturday #astronomy #space #weather

Milcom Miasma
2 months ago

We woke early at the hotel in Hulett, Wyoming this morning so that we could get to the Devil's Tower national monument. We got there so early we were the first ones there and there was a significant ground fog obscuring everything but the tower itself. I became as fascinated with fog burning off as the monument. I guess I'm easily distracted.

#Wyoming
#Travel
#photography

Looking out away from the Devil's Tower monument to the surrounding lower terrain, a layer of thick fog moves like an ocean to obscure the landscape.
Looking out away from the Devil's Tower monument to the surrounding lower terrain, a layer of thick fog moves like an ocean to obscure the landscape.
Looking out away from the Devil's Tower monument to the surrounding lower terrain, a layer of thick fog moves like an ocean to obscure the landscape.
Milcom Miasma
2 months ago

There's an asphalt foot path that completely encircles the Devil's Tower monument. We walked it this morning. 1.6 miles. When we got around the back side of the mountain, we never saw a landing pad, a Moog synthesizer, a color light panel or Richard Dreyfuss in a jumpsuit. I'm beginning to believe that Hollywood is complete bullshit.

#Travel
#Wyoming
#OldPeopleofMastodon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower

The "backside" of the Devil's Tower national monument. The igneous rock that comprises the tower was formed under tremendous pressure so it was force upwards in hexagonal columns.
Jason Stiff
2 months ago

Present Jason would like to thank Past Jason for helping Future Jason know where to find his eclipse viewing glasses from 2017... with the old Astronomy Magazine!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #thankyou #past #present #future #Jason #sun #clouds #annular #eclipse #solareclipse #Saturday #astronomy #space

Jason Stiff
2 months ago

Annular Solar Eclipse on Saturday! You MUST wear proper eye protection! Here is what I saw in Albuquerque in 2012... I'll have your 7-day weather forecast tonight!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #NewMexico #Albuquerque #annular #eclipse #solareclipse #Friday #Saturday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

DoomsdaysCW
2 months ago

The Dirty Deadly Front End of Nuclear Power — 15,000 Abandoned Uranium Mines (Pt. 1)

by Josh Cunnings, March 11, 2016

"The perplexing problem of these open, deadly, toxic messes was discussed between Emerson Urry and Arnie Gundersen.

"Urry: I want to go back for a minute to the uranium. We were talking about Fukushima and obviously the myriad isotopes that are put off as a byproduct of the nuclear fission that is happening in the reactor. It all starts there with the uranium, and there was quite a rush for that, and now we have all of these situations. To our understanding there are about 15,000 abandoned uranium mines that have been left in complete ruin with very little cleanup or remediation at all, just in the western United States. This has happened, by-and-large, because of an antiquated mining bill – the 1872 Mining Bill – still affecting these situations today – that kind of allowed miners to just walk away from these situations — but yet, they remain in the open leaching off tailings – blowing around #radioactive dust. I think there’s about 4,500 of these exposed mining sites just in #Navajo country – another 2,500 or so in #Wyoming. How do we deal with that situation? What does the future hold in those regards, and quite frankly, are we all being poisoned by these mines?

"Gundersen: I’ll give you another example of the same thing, and I would say 'yes' to everything you said is the quick answer. There is a mill-tailings site in Moab, #Utah. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] told the owner of the site that they needed to set aside six million dollars to clean it up. Well, the actual #cleanup is a billion dollars. What did the owner do? They declared #bankruptcy and walked away.

"Urry: And it wasn’t bonded? No bond?

"Gundersen: Right. It wasn’t bonded. You know, if you bonded uranium mining, you wouldn’t have uranium mining."

Full article:
https://www.environews.tv/031116-031016-pt-1-the-dirty-deadly-frontend-of-nuclear-power-15000-abandoned-uranium-mines/

Video:
<iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/1927032138001/VJLYtUsKx_default/index.html?videoId=5572349559001' allowfullscreen frameborder=0></iframe>

#UraniumMining #UraniumMines #ToxicLegacy #EnvironmentalRacism #NuclearWaste #NuclearWeapons #Nuclear

James Akers
2 months ago

Some photos of the Soul Selling Timer on view at the opening of Neon in the High Desert. I was delighted to see viewers pressing it's button and even using it as a fortune teller as they asked it questions and pressed it's red button to pause the animation.
What a show! It was neat meeting so many people that came from so far! Many new friends, some familiar faces and some online acquaintances that I finally got to meet in person
#art #sculpture #neon #museum #wyoming #interactive #glass #casper

Soul Selling Timer with title cards telling you not to touch the artwork
Soul Selling time with title card that tells you to touch the artwork.
A native Casperitan pressing the red button as she asks it a question
More native Casper and Wyoming folks interacting with the sculpture! It was so fun seeing and meeting so many generous people!

A US-based web host has been playing the long game with me against a #DMCA takedown notice I sent them a week ago.

They are not following their own DMCA policies and seem to be making themselves liable.

So who here knows a #copyright attorney in #Wyoming?

Screenshot from a support ticket:

Hello,

Thank you for your kind patience.

We have already informed our client regarding the report, however, we cannot take any further action since we haven't received any notice from any legal entity.
You can file a DMCA complaint or seek help from any legal team for the further assistance.
I hope this helps.

Feel free to contact if you have any further questions.
morgandawn
2 months ago

"#Wildfire #smoke has slowed or reversed air quality gains made over the last two decades in most of the U.S., new study says

Some states — #Colorado, #Montana, #NewMexico, #Washington and #Wyoming — rolled back 50 percent or more of their progress since 2000. In #Oregon and #Nevada, wildfire smoke has completely erased their gains....

a single day of unhealthy smoke — in the “red” level on the federal government’s color-coded scale — gave the hospitals he was studying in central Oregon a 41 percent chance of exceeding their capacity....

University of Montana toxicologist Christopher Migliaccio tracked residents who lived through that smoke and found they showed significant decreased lung function one and two years afterward..."

1/n

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/20/america-air-quality-wildfire-smoke-warming-climate/

Jason Stiff
2 months ago

It's still summer, but it will feel like autumn soon in Montana with cooler air, rain, thunderstorms, and mountain snow just days away!

#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #clouds #rain #thunderstorms #snow #Wednesday #summer #autumn #fall #winter #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon

I Care About The World
3 months ago

Devil's Tower National Monument in #Wyoming. The first national monument in the US. Both the monument and its surroundings are spectacular! See if you can spot the two sets of climbers in the close-up.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #RoadTrip

A collage containing three photos. First photo is the 867 foot tower with trees, rocks and grass in the foreground. The second photo shows the vertical striations of the formation up close with several tiny climbers visible. The third is a panorama of the tower and countryside from the distance.

Garden goodies from this afternoon. Yes, those are the stereotypical summer squash the size of your arm.

#Garden #Gardening #Wyoming

A picture of a spread of vegetables picked from a garden. Yellow squash, cocozelle, bell peppers, cucumbers, tomatillos, moon glow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, roma tomatoes.
Jer 🚵🏼
4 months ago

View from top of a bluff in Wyoming Red Desert.

#SilentSunday #Wyoming #LandscapePhotography

big, blue sky with scattered fluffly clouds above an arid landscape. Near photographer is an outgrowth of grasses in the shape of a person’s shadow, beyond that exposed rocks and limestone. A few scattered, weather worn pines dot the bluffs
Tod Robbins
4 months ago

@alan @nathan gorgeous! I recently learned about the #GreatWesternTrail (https://www.blm.gov/visit/great-western-trail) which will hopefully materialize!

#GreatBasin #Arizona #Idaho #Montana #Utah #Wyoming

DoomsdaysCW
4 months ago

How The #Trinity #Nuclear Test Spread #Radioactive #Fallout Across #America

Story by The Physics arXiv Blog, July 26, 2023

"The #TrinityNuclearTest on 16 July 1945 is a key incident in the blockbuster #Oppenheimer movie and in the history of humankind. Many scientists think it marks the beginning of the #Anthropocene, a new geological era characterized by humanity’s influence on the Earth. That’s because Trinity’s radioactive fallout will forever appear in the geological record, creating a unique signature of human activity that can be precisely dated.

"But there’s a problem. In 1945, radioactive monitoring techniques were in their infancy so there are few direct measurements of fallout beyond the test site. What’s more, #weather patterns were also less well understood so the spread of fallout could not be easily determined.

"As a result, nobody really knows how widely Trinity’s fallout spread across the U.S. or indeed, how the fallout dispersed from other atmospheric nuclear tests on the U.S. mainland.

"Today, that changes thanks to the work of Sébastien Philippe at Princeton University and colleagues. This team have used a state-of-the art weather simulation for the 5 days after each nuclear test to simulate how the fallout would have dispersed.

"The result is the highest resolution estimate ever made of the spread of radioactive fallout across the U.S. It marks the start of the Anthropocene with extraordinary precision and it throws up some significant surprises. Some parts of the U.S. are known to have received high levels of fallout and the new work is consistent with this. But the research also reveals some parts of the US that received significant fallout without anybody realizing.

"The findings 'provide an opportunity for re-evaluating the public health and environmental implications from atmospheric nuclear testing,' say Philippe and co.

"Between 1945 and 1962, the U.S. conducted 94 atmospheric nuclear tests that generated yields of up to 74 kilotons of TNT. (Seven other tests were damp squibs.) 93 of these tests took place in #Nevada but the first, the Trinity test in the Oppenheimer film, took place in #NewMexico.

"The new work also has implications for the way compensation is paid to people who suffered from radiation exposure. The U.S Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (#RECA) provides monetary compensation for this in various counties and #tribal lands.

"But the new work reveals places that are not covered by the Act but that also received high exposure. 'There are locations in New Mexico, and in other parts of the United States, including #Utah, #Nevada, #Wyoming, #Colorado, #Arizona, and #Idaho, where #radionuclide deposition reached levels larger than those we estimate in some counties covered by RECA,' say the researchers.

"That’s interesting work with important implications. And it has been released in conjunction with the Oppenheimer movie, presumably to give it maximum exposure, and rightly so."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-the-trinity-nuclear-test-spread-radioactive-fallout-across-america/ar-AA1eoKOO?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=e61565dc134048fff5b26a96c84eb708&ei=10

#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons

Grant Miller, Bygone Lands
5 months ago

Amongst the sunflowers in northeastern Wyoming

#rurex #abandoned #photography #mastoart #wyoming

An abandoned house is falling apart across a vast field of wild sunflowers, underneath a moody sky.
CelloMom On Cars
5 months ago

Groundbreaking for #TransWestExpress #transmission line in #Wyoming

"Some people are saying ‘Yes,’ like Rawlins mayor Terry Weickum.

He said the town has been in a “bust” recently as thousands of jobs were lost from the local #coalmines closing and the #oilfields slowing.

“It is a lucky break for us to get this incredible thing in our mix,” he said. “Some people don't like it. Some people don't like ice cream. I don't know what to tell you.”"

https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2023-07-07/as-the-demand-for-coal-wanes-carbon-county-sets-its-sights-on-a-renewable-energy-project

Mufasa
5 months ago

Judge suspends #Wyoming's ban on #AbortionPills amid lawsuit

A federal judge paused Wyoming's first-in-the-nation ban on medicated #abortion pills on Thursday, citing an ongoing lawsuit over the law's constitutionality.

The ban was set to be implemented on July 1.
The law concerns two abortion pills, one of which, mifepristone, had its FDA approval challenged earlier this year. In April, #SCOTUS ruled that #mifepristone can still be distributed pending that challenge.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4063858-judge-suspends-wyomings-ban-on-abortion-pills-amid-lawsuit/

Laffy
5 months ago

👍🏻#Abortion pills will remain legal in #Wyoming for now, after judge ruled Thurs that state’s 1st-in-nation law to ban them won’t take effect July 1 as planned while lawsuit proceeds.

Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that allowing ban to take effect on sched wouldn’t harm plaintiffs before their case is resolved..

Plaintiffs “clearly showed probable success on merits,” judge said in granting their request to temporarily block ban

https://apnews.com/article/429266bcea6bf5ded1b9c9892ee5578b