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Brian

@outdoortype.bsky.social

E pluribus unum. Photographer. Lover of books, maps, and pancakes & waffles. Student and practitioner of disasters. Will live skeet thunderstorms. SKYWARN Spotter. @NOLSedu WFR. Sometimes Northern Shenandoah Valley, sometimes Northern Virginia.

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Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 4h ago

Picked up a nice amount of badly needed rain at our house in the valley today #VAwx

Weather station screenshot showing moderate rain and a temperature of 58°F, with a feels-like temperature of 58°F. Relative humidity is 99%, barometric pressure is 1010.7 mb, and winds are from the northeast at 1 mph. Daily rainfall accumulation is 2.69 inches. The UV index is 0, with no lightning detected.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 2d ago

Don’t think we’ll be so lucky tonight so here are some throwback pics from two years ago

Northern lights over a cabin in the woods

Vincent Ledvina@vincentledvina.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s actually a crazy coincidence that this CME is hitting on 2026-10-10 and has almost the same field strength as the CME that hit on 2024-10-10. What are the chances?! There’s something about October 10 apparently… interesting 🤔

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3d ago

Finished “George Washington, A Life” tonight and Audible showed me this stat. Took me a moment, but 13 April was the day I flew home after saying goodbye to my mom who died early the next morning

Screenshot of a weekly listening statistics summary showing a streak of 26 consecutive weeks with at least one day of listening per week, beginning April 13, 2026. The all-time streak is also listed as 26 weeks.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ok Standard Time, I’m ready for you (I am not at all ready, but at least the kid’s playgrove is now well lit)

Point-of-view photograph from a black and red hammock at night. Tan pants and dark shoes extend toward a tree trunk, with warm string lights stretching between trees and a triangular canvas structure outlined in lights in the background. Motion blur creates curved streaks around the lights and trees.

Nighttime view across a leaf-covered clearing toward a triangular canvas structure outlined with white lights. Warm string lights hang between trees, with a red hammock to the left and tall trees extending into the dark blue sky.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 5d ago

You buy four pairs of snowshoes from an online bookstore and it thinks it knows you.

Screenshot of an “About you” beta personalization page in a shopping app. The “Interests & Hobbies” tab is selected, showing one inferred interest: “Likely snowshoes regularly in winter.” Other visible tabs include Brands and Departments.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last wk.

As I begin tonight’s journey of scrolling through 13,681 photos, I take a moment to pause and ask runners to, if you truly feel compelled to pose for the camera, please hold the pose far longer than you think you should. But really how about you just lift your head up and open your eyes…

A MacBook Pro on a curved laptop stand displays Photo Mechanic with a race photograph of two runners on a wooded trail. The laptop and stand sit on a light wood desk under warm ambient lighting.

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · last wk.

More than 24 hr after it started, a NWS comms issue continues with multiple missing radars and offices providing service backup. These sort of outages seem to be worsening in spite of the fact the vulnerabilities have been known for more than 2 decades. balancedweather.substack.com/p/comms-issu...

Comms issue continues to impact eastern Gulf Coast NWS offices

Flash flooding to be a risk here today as well as in south Texas. Record heat continues in California.

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Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last wk.

Lying in the hammock with my 3yo staring up at the trees… “After you die I will miss you,” she says. “But after I’m dead I won’t be able to watch TV.”

Upward-looking view from a hammock through a dense deciduous forest canopy, with tall tree trunks converging toward a ceiling of mostly green leaves. Small patches of yellow and orange foliage appear among the trees, showing the beginning of fall color.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 2w ago

It’s sunset season in the northern Shenandoah Valley. I’ve missed this view #VAwx

Wide sunset view over a dark wooded valley and mountain ridges. A broad blue-gray sky is filled with layered and textured clouds, with pink, coral, and orange light concentrated along the horizon. A silhouetted tree frames the right side of the image.

Vertical view of a mountain ridge silhouetted against a vivid sunset. Deep red, coral, and orange clouds line the horizon above the ridge, transitioning upward into pale pink, gray, and blue layers of wispy clouds.

Wide landscape view of a wooded valley and mountain ridges at sunset. The foreground forest and valley are in deep shadow, while layered pink, coral, orange, and pale yellow clouds stretch across the sky behind the dark mountain silhouettes.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 2w ago

Had the most GenX experience tonight at a neighbor’s party where the host confidently exclaimed “we’re all millennials here” #GenerationForgotten

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

This explains part of the reason I’ve fallen head over heels for my TourBox

A heavier than you’d think magic box with Buttons and knobs and wheels and haptic feedback with clicking noises are a few of my favorite things when sorting photos now

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3w ago

UX system designers: "We have successfully integrated all controls on this device into a smooth, featureless plastic touch-sensitive screen" Meanwhile, humans:

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

Summer is trying to get one last round in this afternoon… Currently dumping rain and one blast of thunder in Oakton #VAwx

RadarScope Super-Res Reflectivity image from KLWX Sterling at 4:43 p.m. EDT on September 21, 2026, showing widespread rain and thunderstorms across Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., region. Yellow, orange, and red reflectivity indicates heavier precipitation concentrated from Centreville and Fairfax through the Burke area, with additional heavy rain extending north toward Potomac and Montgomery County. Weather-station observations shown on the map are generally in the mid-60s to around 70°F.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

Daughter got an updated prescription today for her astigmatism that included two hours/day of outside playtime. Was so happy she was in the room to hear that part.

Black-and-white photograph of a young girl wearing glasses seated in an examination chair at an eye doctor’s office. An adult beside her holds up a book of Ishihara color-vision test plates while ophthalmic equipment fills the right side of the frame.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ugh

Darth Vader Alter The Deal

Alt: Darth Vader Alter The Deal

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IGN@ign.com · 3w ago

Disney+ has altered its user agreement to clarify that ads will be allowed on all subscription tiers. https://bit.ly/4hhOjBo

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

Going to really see how well this works tomorrow when I sort the 12K+ photos from Saturday and the… 21,625 photos from Sunday

Brian@outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

Less than 24 hours after seeing this video from @samer.is I had my new TourBox configured and sorting pics. Can already tell it’s going to be a game changer for my photo sorting workflow

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 3w ago

Less than 24 hours after seeing this video from @samer.is I had my new TourBox configured and sorting pics. Can already tell it’s going to be a game changer for my photo sorting workflow

A hand holds a translucent TourBox editing controller in front of a MacBook Pro running Photo Mechanic Plus. On the laptop screen, a race photograph shows an older runner in a green cap and hydration vest moving along a wooded trail, with other runners behind him.

Samer@samer.is · 3w ago

Attn @outdoortype.bsky.social

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today would have been my parent’s 56th wedding anniversary. Instead, later this week we will bury mom at Arlington National Cemetery.

Vintage color wedding photograph of a bride and groom walking arm-in-arm down a church aisle. The bride wears a long white gown and veil and carries a bouquet; the groom wears a black tuxedo with a bow tie and white boutonniere. Tall candles and greenery with white bows decorate the ends of the pews.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · 4w ago

Photographing an adventure race this morning. First time I covered it, 26 years ago, I used my trusty Sony Mavica with 640x480 resolution. It took 1 photo/10 seconds and the 1.44MB “memory card” (floppy disk) held about 10 images. Things go a little faster now and my 512GB card holds a few more pics

Three Canon professional camera bodies with large zoom lenses rest on a weathered wooden picnic table beside an EX2 Adventures race course, with blue event fencing in the background.

Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 digital camera with a 10× optical zoom lens and a 3.5-inch floppy disk partially inserted into its side.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

The sky tonight

Wide view of a textured evening cloud deck illuminated from below by orange and gold sunset light, with dark blue-gray clouds overhead and a small curled, plume-like cloud feature near the lower right.

Closer vertical view of the sunset-lit cloud deck, showing rippled gray clouds, orange illumination, and a distinct narrow, curling cloud formation extending downward near the lower right.

Wide sunset sky above silhouetted trees, with bands of rippled clouds glowing orange and gray. Several narrow streaks and wispy vertical cloud features extend through the cloud layer into blue sky above.

Upward view of a blue evening sky filled with a broad field of small, rippled cloudlets interspersed with thin wispy clouds, creating a densely textured pattern across the sky.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Why is the house shaking at 1:45am? Oh, it’s just AF1 on final approach…

Flightradar24 screenshot showing a U.S. Air Force Boeing VC-25B, callsign AF1, flying southeast over Fairfax, Virginia, near Oakton and Vienna. The aircraft departed Dallas/Fort Worth about two hours earlier and is shown at 5,650 feet and 293 knots, with its flight track crossing Northern Virginia toward the Washington area.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Camera at my house in the Shenandoah Valley picked up a fireball streaking through the sky early this morning

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Earlier…

Morning fog drifts in low bands through a green, wooded valley, partially obscuring the trees and fields. Sunlight illuminates the foreground while distant peaks rise above the fog beneath a clear blue sky.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Tonight in the valley

A s’more is held in the foreground beside a brightly burning smokeless fire pit. Beyond it, the wooded valley and the mountains of the Fort Valley are silhouetted against a fading yellow-and-blue sunset, with a house and elevated deck at right.

Flames rise from a fire pit at dusk beneath the elevated deck, illuminating the dark structure in orange-red light. Warm interior light glows through the house windows against a deepening blue evening sky.

A marshmallow roasts over orange flames in a fire pit at night, held on a metal roasting stick with a circular turtle-shaped detail. The fire and glowing rim of the pit stand out against an otherwise black background.

The Milky Way forms a faint, mottled band through a densely star-filled night sky above the dark silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A few distant lights dot the horizon and valley below.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Just set a new photo sorting record of 7,000 images/hour.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Very heavy rain right now. Probably doing wonders for holiday traffic on 66 westbound #VAwx

A severe thunderstorm approaches over the Blue Ridge, with a turbulent, textured cloud base filling most of the sky. A dark, low cloud feature extends beneath the storm while a gray rain shaft obscures part of the mountains at right. Brighter sky remains near the western horizon.

RadarScope reflectivity from KLWX at 3:09 p.m. EDT on September 4, 2026, showing a line of strong to severe thunderstorms stretching from near Winchester through Stephens City and Middletown toward Strasburg, approaching Warren County and Front Royal from the west. Numerous lightning strikes are plotted within the storms, with yellow warning polygons covering portions of the line.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Rained a bit… 0.44” in 5 minutes (5.28”/hr), followed by another 0.26”. 0.70” fell in 10 minutes and 1.06” in 35 minutes. (And this is from a very poorly sited weather station) #VAwx

Rainfall graph showing 1.07 inches accumulated by 11:55 p.m. Most fell in a short burst: 0.44 inches from 11:30–11:35, equivalent to 5.28 inches per hour, followed by 0.26 inches in the next five minutes. In total, 0.70 inches fell in 10 minutes and 1.06 inches in 35 minutes.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Props to the people dropping rain on mPING.

A screenshot of a big storm on a radar app

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

So. Much. Lightning.

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20?

When you can’t give a girl a dozen dogwoods, but you do have a rose garden

B. A. Friedman@bafriedman.bsky.social · last mo.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20?

Brian @outdoortype.bsky.social · last mo.

Post-storm clouds tonight #VAwx

Dramatic mammatus clouds form a rippled, pouch-like ceiling across a blue-gray sky above the tops of a cornfield.

Tight view of an extensive field of mammatus clouds, with dozens of rounded, hanging cloud pouches creating a deeply textured blue-gray sky.