Apparently the Chinese wrap you in a giant mummy bag when you come back from space. 🤔 Does that make you a space mummy?
Cory Doctorow
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Aurora in southern New Mexico!
Not visible to the eye, but bright to the camera!
Grab your cell phone!
#Aurora #SpaceWeather #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Technology #Space #iPhonePhotography #CellPhonePhotography
Prof. Sam Lawler
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Aurora in southern New Mexico - now with green bands added! (This was at approx 7:20PM Mountain Daylight time)
I'm taking images every 21 seconds, and the green bands move across a good portion of the frame in that short time span.
Florida is reporting aurora sightings! (3rd graphic)
2nd graphic shows the sky coverage of the wide angle lens I'm using. The aurora is 30 to 35 degrees above the horizon when it's bright.
Real-time reports of sightings: https://www.aurorasaurus.org/
Real-time sighting reports: https://www.aurorasaurus.org/
A simulation of the sky in planetarium software, and the red wire frame box shows the sky coverage as I take photos looking north with a wide angle lens.
Green features seen during greater intensity of tonight's display. Not bad for 33N latitude.
Aurora in southern New Mexico - now with green bands added! (This was at approx 7:20PM Mountain Daylight time)
I'm taking images every 21 seconds, and the green bands move across a good portion of the frame in that short time span.
Florida is reporting aurora sightings! (3rd graphic)
2nd graphic shows the sky coverage of the wide angle lens I'm using. The aurora is 30 to 35 degrees above the horizon when it's bright.
Real-time reports of sightings: https://www.aurorasaurus.org/
Real-time sighting reports: https://www.aurorasaurus.org/
A simulation of the sky in planetarium software, and the red wire frame box shows the sky coverage as I take photos looking north with a wide angle lens.
Green features seen during greater intensity of tonight's display. Not bad for 33N latitude.
Aurora in southern New Mexico is now an easy naked eye red glow that covers more of the sky than an hour ago.
This image has been processed with an aggressive unsharp mask to show the ray structure.
Previous report: (one hour earlier)
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115534069837988784
Aurora in southern New Mexico!
Not visible to the eye, but bright to the camera!
Grab your cell phone!
#Aurora #SpaceWeather #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Technology #Space #iPhonePhotography #CellPhonePhotography
beka valentine
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Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse
Credits: Wang Letian, Eyes at Night
#nature #space #astrophotography
Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse
Credits: Wang Letian, Eyes at Night
#nature #space #astrophotography
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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Alarm Grows over Proposed Giant Mirrors in Orbit and Other Commercial Space Plans
November 6, 2025
Seeking Profits, Private Companies Look to Light up the Night Sky
Reflect Orbital’s plan to deliver “sunlight on demand” using thousands of giant orbital mirrors is just the latest in a growing list of disruptive commercial activities in space
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Alarm Grows over Proposed Giant Mirrors in Orbit and Other Commercial Space Plans
November 6, 2025
Seeking Profits, Private Companies Look to Light up the Night Sky
Reflect Orbital’s plan to deliver “sunlight on demand” using thousands of giant orbital mirrors is just the latest in a growing list of disruptive commercial activities in space
(paywall)
Interesting, that's a different launch for Vandenberg. "GT 254GM"
Prof. Sam Lawler
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More stuff being launched by man with spazzy arms into space, rolling Kessler dice agian.
"Vandenberg Space Force Base Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, Thursday, October 30th, between 1:06 - 5:06 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East.
Based on Vandenberg SFB's updated audibility modeling, launch-related noise may be audible along the Central Coast from Santa Maria to Oxnard, with a sonic boom most likely to be heard in Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Ventura.""
#rocket #launch #space #spacejunk #sonicboom #vandenberg #VenturaCounty #SantaBarbara
More stuff being launched by man with spazzy arms into space, rolling Kessler dice agian.
"Vandenberg Space Force Base Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, Thursday, October 30th, between 1:06 - 5:06 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East.
Based on Vandenberg SFB's updated audibility modeling, launch-related noise may be audible along the Central Coast from Santa Maria to Oxnard, with a sonic boom most likely to be heard in Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Ventura.""
#rocket #launch #space #spacejunk #sonicboom #vandenberg #VenturaCounty #SantaBarbara
Sander Meijer
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A Sun Halo Beyond Stockholm
Credits: Peter Ros�n
#nature #space #astrophotography
