"Gimpy" Portrait

#animal #bird #seagull #herringgull #head #portrait #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #bokeh
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #photo #photos #naturephotography #birdphotography #animalphotography
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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🏖️📉 #California has lost roughly 60% of its coastal sand dunes since the 1850s, a loss of about 442 km².

Researchers used historical #maps, aerial #photos, and #lidar #data tracked by #machinelearning to measure the decline. Most losses came from development, #erosion, and invasive grasses, but some dunes expanded by 15 km² .

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#coast #pacific #ocean #dunes #sanddunes #climate #climatechange #conservation #habitats #wildlife #environment #storms #restoration #science #geology

California’s Coastal Dunes Are Vanishing. Over 60% Have Disappeared Since 1850

The loss is accelerating and leaving entire ecosystems vulenrable.

^{Saima May Sidik (ZME Science)}

Wrote a blog post: Getting my photos Google-free - how to easily move from Google Photos to @pixelunion and host your photo albums in Europe.

It's a short guide on how and why it was totally worth it, plus an overview of PixelUnion's features.
rolle.design/google-photos-to-…

#Photos #Privacy #GooglePhotos #PixelUnion #Google #GoogleFree #DeGoogle #BigTech #Europe #Immich

From Google Photos to PixelUnion

Super fast and easy way to migrate from Google Photos to EU-based PixelUnion. A more private and better alternative for storing your photos.

^{Rolle Laukkarinen (@rolle / Web designer, web developer)}

It took me about 2 days to transfer over 250 GB of photos from Google Photos to @pixelunion with their migration tool. Now my photos are safe and sound in Europe.

The face recognition works even better than Google's, and Immich is an awesome piece of software. I would have hosted this entirely on my own like my Nextcloud, but paying a couple of bucks for 450 GB of storage and a fast server is a real bargain and saves me the hassle. Well done, PixelUnion!

#Privacy #Photos #GooglePhotos #PixelUnion #Immich