TClark
@tciii
Amateur Earth, Sky, and Space Photographer (depending on the season). Former military brat, married a farmer's daughter, took her and our kiddos to see the world while serving in the Air Force. Now have our own farm with burros, goats and chickens.
Today is National Moon Day. Back on July 20, 1969, at 2:18pm (MST), Apollo 11 astronauts Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on our moon. Neil Armstrong reported to mission control "Houston, Tranquility Base here - the Eagle has landed." Command Module 1/7
Words and Phrases from the Past. Abyssus Abyssum Invocat (phrase) – a Latin phrase taken from the Latin translation of the Vulgate of Psalm 41, which literally means "the abyss calls for the abyss". It is interpreted as a warning to keep away from vice because doing one evil generates another 1/2
Words Have Meanings. ECHO (noun) - a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface. Myths of Gods and Demons. In Greek mythology, Echo was an Oread, a mountain nymph known for her 1/6 #Folklore #myths #mythology #fairytales
One of my sunflowers has a petal being held against its will. I have not received a ransom note yet. #Sunflowers #flowers #gardens
Words and Phrases from the Past. ESPY (verb) – to make covert observations of (a person or place) with hostile intent, to spy on; to seek to discover by spying; to act as a spy; to catch sight of, see; to look over, observe; to wait in ambush, to ambush; to plot against; to look for, seek to 1/2
Nope, that's not our moon. That's Venus and the star Regulus just below it. I like how small clouds around Venus make it look like a full moon on a cloudy night.
The International Space Station (ISS) also passed by the pair but was hard to see due to some clouds wanting to be in the same area. The star that the ISS passes just under before going behind the clouds is Rho Leo (47 Leo). 1/3
Last night Venus and the star Regulus (brightest star in the Leo constellation) were within 55 arcminutes of each other.
Love how you can see rain coming from under this cloud, but it never hits the ground.
Will be pulling beets tomorrow, wife already has them sold. New ones plus sugar peas and beans will be planted at the end of this month, our fall crops. Last fall I bought shade cloths for the gardens to help keep the ground and plants from drying out. Also put straw around the plants.
Last night the wife and I woke up to our AC whistling. It wasn’t on. It was the sudden high winds we got just after midnight. Found several broken branches around the house, the biggest ones were in the chicken area. Left one of the big branches for the chickens, the rest went out to Adam & Smokey.
Last night as the ISS reached its peak height over me, it passed by the bright star Vega, part of the Lyra constellation.
Last night as the ISS was passing by the bright star Arcturus, part of the Boötes constellation, a tumbling rocket body flashed. The rocket body was part of the Titan IV B rocket that was launched on April 30, 2005, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This was the final launch for 1/2
Out last night taking pictures of the ISS as it came over the southwestern horizon. Video is made from 32 images taken at an exposure of 4 seconds each. The bright light on the right side and going behind the clouds is Venus. The bright flashes along the bottom of the video are car lights.
Remember how when you were in school and in the science class there would either be a solar system mobile or a poster showing the solar system and the placement of the planets. Can you remember that teacher ever telling you how fast we are moving through space? You might want to buckle up! 1/10
taken the two were less than 10 arcminutes apart. (there are 60 arcminutes to one degree. Your pink finger at arm's length covers one degree in the sky). The star closest to Uranus is an orange-hued K-type (K5) giant star. It sits about 1,240 light-years from our solar system. 2/2
Mars and Uranus at conjunction this morning July 4, 2026. I missed when the two were really close just before 1:00am, but that was only because they were still below my horizon until 3:20am and then the smoke from our wildfires cover the horizon up to 15 degrees. At the time the picture was 1/2
I don't usually use the word “WOW” when posting about Kreutz Sungrazers, but this one is a “WOW”. This sungrazer had to have been a rather large one due to how bright it got, the length of its tail & for how long it was still visible after it disintegrated as it reached our stars outer atmosphere.
My new plants. Echeveria Canadian, Portulacaria afra Kaleidoscope, and Trailing Elephant Bush.
Because of all the smoke along the horizon here in Colorado, last night's Full Strawberry Moon did have a reddish colour to it as it came up. After it got about 10 degrees above the horizon it then took on a pale orange colour (last picture). Third picture was 1/2 #Moon #StrawberryMoon #FullMoon
Re-reading some of my older books. Finished "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke early last week. Started "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury last Friday.
My BlueSky License. Go here to get yours (not that you really need one to be here). kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...