Thursday, May 16, 2024

5/15/24 surreal sunset in front of clouds?!

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Driving home the other night i caught something odd out of the corner of my eye at sunset:  the horizon was bright orange with the setting s...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

4/8/24 solar eclipse chromosphere animation (pretty red stuff)

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Chromosphere total solar eclipse (late totality) 4/8/2024 1:53:58 pm local eastern limb up The chromosphere is the layer of red hydrogen pla...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

active region 3664 and the great magnetic storm of '24

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Here's a relatively large group of sunspots known as AR 3664: active region 3664 5/11/24 21:36.9 UTC red filter (Ha off band) Earlier th...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

4/8/24 solar eclipse first take

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there were light clouds in russelville arkansas (my back up location)  but the eclipse was quite impressive throughout totality.   here are ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

twilight falcon-9 launch 3/18/24

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the launch put on a good show with the setting sun lighting up the contrail cell phone: 300 mm lens: brief video clip (click for full size):...
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

a few far falcons

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during the day, falcon-9 launches are visible for 100 miles.  at night, they can be visible for hundreds of miles, and just after sunset, th...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

huge solar prominence 1/10/2024

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prominence 1/10/2024 21:11.3 UTC (1:11 PM local) working from home thanks to covid, saw a medium size prominence with a thick short/wide T-s...