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From a dash cam video taken 3/22/2023. I was dodging a flock of turkeys on the shoulder of the road, and one decided to fly up in front...

Took this a few weeks ago, forgot to share. I've forgotten the camera settings (400mm @f/4 lens, tho...): Jupiter (visible as a tiny...

Pine tree sap icicle (sap stalactite?) [Edit] Up close, it really looks like an icicle-icicle:

Thumbs-up for the photo, thumbs-down for the snow :)

OTOH, if you found one, you 1) wouldn't have to work anymore, and 2) could move somewhere warm. :oldbiggrin:

Had a few clear nights during the past week, here's M44 (Beehive cluster/Praesepe): Definitely happy with the outcome, especially the...

Next sample: Tinguaite. Altered phonolite (QAPF field 11), Fen complex. Trachytic groundmass of sanidine laths, aegerine needles...

A couple of sky shots from August last year... All heavily edited using gamma correction to get more drama :smile:. (Lens used...

And sky in Bali with inlaws

If it wasn't 1) during the workweek and 2) effing freezing cold, I would probably give it a try- thanks for the maps!

A couple of years ago, one of my Physics I students was a graduate of US sniper school- he knew that the Coriolis force had to be...

The turnoff to Kuwohi (formerly Clingman's Dome) is a short distance ahead down the road. You can zoom in on the directional sign at the...

https://apnews.com/article/meteor-cleveland-fireball-astronomy-89d1cd3e060774ff897512cb811710d7 Made for interesting discussions in...

Nice! Is that near Clingman's dome? We were there (and Asheville) a few months prior to Hurricane Helene; how does everything look now?

Tinguaite. Altered phonolite (QAPF field 11), Fen complex. Tinguaite does not occur within the Fen Complex itself but rather as a...