stellanix
stella nix
hi, i'm stella! i'm a fluffy little space fox, 20 something years old, a transfem bi lesbian, a certified dork, and a geologist. i love space and astronomy and also probably other stuff too! i post nsfw things sometime so minors DNI (she/it)
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a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod
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hey (with the intentions of playing video games together)
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Bit telling that for years and years evangelical religious extremists have been allowed on university campuses with their bullhorns and horrific imagery where they harass students into physical altercations and when students complain to the university’s administration they just shrug their shoulders citing freedom of speech but when those same tuition-paying students start protesting against war and genocide they call SWAT
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just once I want to see a good post critiquing makeup culture that doesn’t turn out to be made by some janky radfem blog
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HiPOD: Gullies in the Depths of Hellas
Gullies are commonly found in the Martian mid-latitudes, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. However, they are rare in the deepest parts of the massive Hellas impact basin.
One likely reason for this is that gullies are found on steep slopes, which seem to be less common in Hellas. For this image, HiRISE targeted a relatively fresh crater where previous images from the MRO Context Camera appeared to show gullies. This high-resolution look confirms the gullies and will allow scientists to compare them in detail with gullies elsewhere on the planet. (Image cutout is less than 5 km across.)
ID: ESP_082273_1360
date: 14 February 2024
altitude: 258 km
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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I cannot express how much I adore dappled shadows formed by sunlight in paintings and photography and in real life
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"can mutuals DM you?" Is this a joke, I'd rub up on some of them like a cat.
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Because I circulated a call to action about it here that got some traction: to those of you who contacted Maine legislators when it counted, thank you— it worked. Maine just passed sanctuary-state-level protection for trans rights.
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HiPOD: Defrosting Dunes
This image shows a field a sand dunes in the Martian springtime while the seasonal carbon dioxide frost is sublimating into the air. This sublimation process is not at all uniform, instead creating a pattern of dark spots.
In addition, the inter-dune areas are also striking, with bright frost persisting in the troughs of polygons. Our enhanced-color cutout is centered on a brownish-colored inter-dune area. (Enhanced color cutout is less than 1 km across.)
ID: ESP_082672_1180
date: 16 March 2024
altitude: 252 km
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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nothing makes me feel like sisyphus quite like trying to collimate a telescope
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