@tetrameryx.bsky.social
Paleontologist, fossil librarian, amateur astronomer, cat mom
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@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.social7/ Some lovely water droplets collecting on the whiskers of this cute little sea lion pup (Zalophus californianus) 🐬🦑 #wildlifephotography #nature
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialI hope you like sea lions! New 🧵 of wildlife photos from La Jolla, featuring one of my favorite marine mammal species, Zalophus californianus. Here's a group of them packed into a row like sardines on the beach. 🐬🦑 #wildlifephotography #nature 1/
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialI tried shooting star trails in Lone Pine, CA, earlier this summer and messed up by touching the lens just before starting - knocking it out of focus made the stars far from polaris dashed from the 1 second gaps between 5 min exposures. Looks kinda neat! Bright star near center is Polaris...
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialNew #watercolor for #seaotterawarenessweek - a sea otter skull stained purple by echinochrome, a result of eating a large number of sea urchins! Based on several specimens found earlier this year by tidepoolers. Watercolor and gouache, 5x4", 2026. ~5 hours. 🦑🦀🐬🧪🐡 #sciart #art #painting
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialI wrote a bit about the two university museums slated for closure. There is *still* time to do something about each! 🧪🦖
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.social#seaotterawarenessweek Sea otters have a terrible fossil record - which makes it easy to summarize in a short thread! What do we actually know about the evolutionary history of sea otters? [blog post here for more in depth reading] coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-...
@tetrameryx.bsky.socialNerd stuff: 2586 frames, stacked (~7 hours) Seestar s30Pro Stacked in Siril, and processed in Pixinsight, with minor edits in Gimp
@tetrameryx.bsky.socialIC 1396A - The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
I posted a cropped version of this nebula before (just the elephant trunk part) but since it's been cloudy every night lately, posting a wider view of this area of the night sky!
🔭 #astronomy #astro #astrophoto #astrophotography
@tetrameryx.bsky.socialNerd stuff: 2586 frames, stacked (~7 hours) Seestar s30Pro Stacked in Siril, and processed in Pixinsight, with minor edits in Gimp
@tetrameryx.bsky.socialhappy earth, wind, and fire day to those who celebrate
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialLabor day weekend #wildlife photography at Lake Tahoe 🧵 - first up, long eared (and/or lodgepole) chumpmunks! Neotamias spp. 1/
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.social3/ Some birds. Here's a western wood pewee (Contopus sordidulus), small species of tyrant flycatcher.
@tetrameryx.bsky.social15 years married, and over 21 years together - he still makes me laugh every day, & is the best friend anyone could ever ask for. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
Happy 15th wedding anniversary! I have a feeling this next year will be great ❤
Love you to the end, nerd. @coastalpaleo.bsky.social
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialWe stayed in Lone Pine on the way back from Tahoe a few days ago under a moonless night sky and got some nice images. Here's the Milky Way over the eastern Sierra (the blue light is from a car parked at a gliderport). @tetrameryx.bsky.social
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialHappy Anniversary, @tetrameryx.bsky.social! We've been married now 15 years, and together for a little over 21. We've been through *a lot* together (💀). Here's to the next 15. [Photo taken on one of our first fossil dates, Pryor Mtns, Montana, 2005).
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialNew #artwork! #watercolor illustration of the 3 meter long block containing the holotype skull, jaws, and vertebrae of the 26 myo eomysticetid baleen whale Tokarahia kauaeroa (Kokoamu Greensand, New Zealand), which I named in 2015 for my PhD research. Large for me, ~20x8"; ~20-24 hours. 🐡🦖🐬 #sciart
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.social#fossilfriday A couple of 30 myo fossil whale molars exposed in the remnant of a concretion I've been etching out for the past three months. This is from a tiny early toothed baleen whale, possibly Fucaia buelli; Makah Formation, WA. Provided for study by Jim Goedert! 🐋🦖🧪 #whaleontology
@coastalpaleo.bsky.socialReposted by @tetrameryx.bsky.socialNew #artwork! "Western Leviathan", a surrealist-inspired portrait of "Max", the holotype skull of the Pacific mastodon (Mammut pacificus), collected from what is now the Diamond Valley Reservoir. On display in the "Inspired Collections" exhibit at Western Science Center. 🐡🦖🧪 #watercolor #artist
@tetrameryx.bsky.socialM101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
🔭 #astronomy #astro #astrophoto #astrophotography
