Beautiful Public Data

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New eruption reported at Kīlauea today 🌋. Read how the USGS researchers map and measure these eruptions with drones: Drones have become an essential tool to map, measure and observe the extremely dangerous environments surrounding volcanic eruptions. beautifulpublicdata.com/mapping-volcan…

Thanks to @simonw for the great tutorial on using GitHub actions for this! til.simonwillison.net/mastodon/masto…

Trying to put the majority of my effort into Mastodon rather than this place, if you are a follower. Made a fun Mastodon bot to share 10 second slices of the photolog archives I have from FOIAs. Posting 2x per day! @photologbot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.social/@photologbot

New post: 🌋 Mapping Volcano Eruptions With Drones: Drones have become an essential tool to map, measure and observe the extremely dangerous environments surrounding volcanic eruptions. (Featuring data from a @palewire FOIA) beautifulpublicdata.com/mapping-volcan… @USGS

@simonw It’s 2063. Art director says to his team “I’m looking for a real early 20’s AI look. Give me something Midjourney 5.1-ish”

"pelicans having a tea party" in Midjourney 5 compared to the brand new Midjourney 5.1

New post: The 12 human beings who walked on the Moon collected, catalogued and returned 842 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Each sample has been meticulously documented in NASA's Lunar Sample Catalog. 🌗🪨 beautifulpublicdata.com/nasa-lunar-sam… #NASA #apollo #space #geology #data

New post: 1,000 Photos of Dolphin Fins. Scars, scratches and wounds abound in these photos as encounters with unknown creatures and boat propellers leave their marks, imprinting a story of close escapes and cheating death. 🐬 beautifulpublicdata.com/1000-photos-of…

Our radio spectrum is more beautiful than you can imagine. This chart proves it. f-st.co/tJCcnUT

New post: The Mirror Fusion Test Facility. A decade-long effort to build a massive machine to unlock the promise of nuclear fusion fell victim to budget constraints and competing science, and was shut down the day it was dedicated. It was never turned on. beautifulpublicdata.com/the-mirror-fus…

ICYMI from this weekend 👇🏻

New post: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has maintained Special Database 18, a dataset of mugshot photos of 1,573 people for decades, including 175 minors, until we asked about them. beautifulpublicdata.com/nist-special-d…

Read all about that beautiful spectrum chart here: beautifulpublicdata.com/the-united-sta…

Have a good post in the works dropping this weekend. Subscribe now for free to get it delivered straight to your inbox when it publishes. 👇🏻📫 beautifulpublicdata.com/#/portal/signu…

Road signs are the one constant when driving across our wildly diverse country. That's because America’s roads and highways have a big, fat style guide. f-st.co/M35zI6s

How cool is #lidar? Well, it can see gators lurking beneath the surface, so I’d say it’s pretty dang awesome. #remotesensing #gischat

New Post: Pilot Manual for a 1940's U.S. Navy Blimp - This 122 page manual contains all of the operating instructions and technical details needed to pilot this sleek, silver, 250 foot long, weaponized anti-submarine dirigible. beautifulpublicdata.com/pilot-manual-f… #ballooncontent

Wow, thanks @pbump for the great writeup in this week's edition of "How to Read This Chart" newsletter (which is fantastic btw)! @washingtonpost 🙏🏻

⚡️New post⚡️: This crazy, beautiful chart from the @NTIAgov illustrates the incredible complexity of managing one of our nation’s most crucial – and invisible – national assets: the radio spectrum. 📻 beautifulpublicdata.com/the-united-sta…