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Photo of the Week

View of mammatus cloud formation.
mammatus cloud form from a severe thunderstorm

Story behind the photo:

I am a bit of a weather junkie. Working in an area where storms can pop up out of nowhere and become severe very quickly, you tend to pay close attention to cloud form. One of the coolest formations is the mammatus. Usually not something you want to see since they form when there atmostphere is a bit unsettled but they can be a bit surreal to see.

Into the weeds...

Some entropy, just because

Zugunruhe Something that even biologists have felt when migration is occurring.

Good for the bird good for the herd spinning logo with cow and bird image

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06 Sept 2026: Went way too long since last update. New blog posts and photo of the week. Working on my tales from a zookeeer page since current events make that even more pressing to get up and running.

19 July 2026: new blog post and photo of the week which turned into photo of the month unintentionally. some other small updates here and there.

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07 June 2026: Finally back with time and headspace to post. New blog post and photo of the week.

04 May 2026: No big update; new blog post. Taking a little break with my mother's passing. Will likely update more in the coming weeks just as a distraction.

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