Dave MacLean

SANITY SOUGHT Walking in autumn is the best of all the times I've known. No insect activity to speak of, no heat to sweat, and any minor chill is no challenge to keep at ba... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack] October 22, 2026 Parker's Cove, Nova Scotia Year 19, Day 6920 of my daily journal.

Last night's big moon (taken with iPhone) in #TruroNS

Day 299 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 26th is National Pumpkin Day. More orange than an orange! Where America Grows Pumpkins (299/365) mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/10/nati...

#GIS is more than static #maps! It is a way to visualize data, convey information and tell stories. 🌎📖 Learn the latest #ArcGIS tools that power deeper communication in our brand-new MOOC (started last week). Register: bit.ly/4zcXqLh #mapping #cartography #esri #GISchat #geospatial #geosky

🌋 Heard Island volcano Close -up 📸🛰 Sentinel-2 2026.10.21

Buckle up, friends. This is going to be a thread. A thread of thanksgiving, my gratitude for the people of the city and the province I love. The people who stood united to defeat a dark and narrow vision of Alberta's future. The people who stood in defence of Canada. 🧵 #Alberta #Canada #yeg

Spent the afternoon mowing the lawns around home, and this poem of mine came to mind. It's from my very first book: Stray Cat in a Straitjacket (2013). Going out of print, but you can grab one of the last signed copies for 50% off here: www.etsy.com/shop/SteveSkafte

💉 Free mobile vaccination clinics are coming to five Nova Scotia communities: #FallRiver, #Florence, #Sherbrooke, #AnnapolisRoyal and #Kennetcook. Dates, times and vaccine eligibility: www.nshealth.ca/news-and-not... #NovaScotia #Vaccines

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: the "stitch work" on👇is really nice! At #Ramsey, #IsleOfMan on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, there is a camera-icon pin for Huub's post; it also has link to one of the composite (& downloadable) 1120(!)-mm high-res by astronaut #SophieAdenot

GHOST OF ANNAPOLIS APPLES The first time I considered the concept of dereliction was visiting this apple orchard. Back before the turn of the century, Tim Hennigar walked wi... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack] October 16, 2026 Beaconsfield, Nova Scotia Year 19, Day 6914 of my daily journal.

Let's play 'Where on Earth?' 🔍 Here's a hint: This city is also known by a rather colourful nickname. Can you name the city?

Only 3 days left to sign up for the First Edition of the #OceanDevotion Mail Club! 🌊💙 www.oceandevotion.studio/mailclub

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: long-exposure👇pics (30- & 3-sec) taken at 27 500 kph! Southeast of #HongKong & just south of #Taiwan on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, there are 2 camera-icon pins for Huub's post; both have links to the downloadable 14-mm high-res by astronaut #JessicaMeir

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: ah Rome! 👇from 420 km up On the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, there is a camera-icon pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 1120-mm high-res by astronaut #SophieAdenot CC: @orbitalbriefnew.bsky.social @justyncayse.bsky.social

Saturday night at 8pm, Kent Nagano leads the bostonsymphony.bsky.social in Mendelssohn’s "The Hebrides" Overture, "Reformation" Symphony, and two premieres by todmac.bsky.social and Alex Nante. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

Oh wow: ||+|| and Koguma were about 1650 km apart. Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social for this👇gem East & SE of #Japan on the map bit.ly/ISS075, there are two pins for Huub's post (locations of ISS & Koguma); each also has link to the downloadable 250-mm high-res CC: @fokkovdleest.eurosky.social

Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: very nice👇find for #Galesnjak Island! At the heart of that heart-shaped island off Croatia's coast on the map bit.ly/ISS075, there is a camera-icon pin for Huub's post; it also has link to downloadable 1120-mm ( #WOW !) high-res by astronaut #SophieAdenot

Spain and Portugal in this image which astronaut Anil Menon took with his iPhone from space station #ISS on 14 October 2026. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social

New NSCC President Appointed news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/10/1...

Good morning from #Lawrencetown, #NovaScotia - here’s the sunrise outside #COGS - orange flags await an exercise (not by me!) for survey students

Last week above the city of Rhenen in The Netherlands. I had been wanting to photograph this church tower with these kinds of conditions for years, and I finally managed to do so. What a morning.

Once in a lifetime photo of the Moon [📸 Guzman Ramos] Original post

Canadians are with CFB Wainwright, the CAF and families.

Day 289 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 16th is Steve Jobs Day. Get your turtleneck sweater out and celebrate a piece of fruit. One more thing... (289/365) mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/10/stev...

Some autumnal colours along #NovaScotia Leonard Road Music from KBACH / KBAQ

🔔 Spooky App Update 🐈‍⬛ - Spooky Season Questies 👻🦇🧙‍♀️🍁 - Surveillance Camera Map Layer 👁️

Name the UK Space Agency’s First National Mission! Via @ukspaceagency.bsky.social | space.blog.gov.uk/2026/10/15/n...

Oh my: this is a cool project disseminating important information in a very engaging manner. Hat-tip to @brilliantmaps.bsky.social

Day 286 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 13th is National Train Your Brain Day. Ian's created several map-themed puzzles to help you out. Map puzzles (286/365) mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/10/nati...

#nature #photography #timelapse Good morning from just outside Copenhagen

A black-bellied humpback whale launches out of the water off Quadra Island, British Columbia. Photographed by Can Geo Photo Club member Tom Kavanagh. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/

📊🗺️#datavis #maps worldmapper.org has an amazing collection of anamorphic cartograms with size of countries mapped to some variable of interest. This one, on the outbreak of COVID is one of my favorites, animating the change over time. Watch it spread

Day 278 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 5th is Global James Bond Day. A map of some classic filming locations, directed two ways. Shaken, not Stirred (278/365) mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/10/glob...

In case you missed it or just want to see it again, the International Space Station Change of Command ceremony as Crew - 12 prepares to depart early Wednesday of this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6g...

The annual pumpkin weigh-off in #Windsor, #NovaScotia begins soon. From Jason Malloy on the bird site: x.com/jasonma47772... Always fun to see the huge weights!

This week’s #ShareCanGeo spotlight goes to CJ Jia (@JCR_Nature), who captured this curious cougar kitten in the Canadian Rockies. Have a photo from your adventures across Canada? Use #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured.

Next month is November, which means the #30DayMapChallenge 2026 themes are here! More information on the official website: 30daymapchallenge.com

Did you know that every single book I sell is signed with a short note? It's been a lot of handwriting through the years (in the thousands), but it means lot to me that every single copy I mail out is in some way individual. Order here: etsy.com/shop/SteveSkafte

An aurora lights up the sky over Burncoat Head, Nova Scotia, during the Bay of Fundy's low tide. Photographed by Can Geo Photo Club member Curtis Watson. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/

WEATHERWORN It's a rare town in rural Nova Scotia that still carries the heart of the working class. Bypassed by Highway 103, the sleepy streets of Lockeport can be easily mi... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack] September 17, 2026 Lockeport, Nova Scotia Year 19, Day 6885 of my daily journal.

Quote-post @nasa-daily.bsky.social: Just off the #Vietnam coast near Nha Trang (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075, click the pin for NASA IotD's 👇 post; also has links to article & 15-second, 14-mm high-res.

On the bird site, #NASA astronauts #AnilMenon & #JessicaMeir shared these pictures of hurricane #Polo taken on the International Space Station There are 3 pins on the interactive map bit.ly/ISS075 west of Mexico for their tweets Pins are at Polo’s location at times of ISS pass previous to tweet

#September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The #Museum of Natural History is open 9:30am - 4:30pm, with free admission. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.