Kevin Earp
@astrokev.bsky.social
Astrophotography, wildlife photography, art and occasional random stuff.
Paint the soul, never mind the legs and arms
Paint the soul, never mind the legs and arms
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Kevin Earp
@astrokev.bsky.social
· Nov 9
The Great Orion nebula and the Running Man nebula. Another image from the recent Kelling Star Party.
Can't remember why, but I only took 36 mins of data, which is way too short, but turned out better than I expected
Can you see the running man?
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Can't remember why, but I only took 36 mins of data, which is way too short, but turned out better than I expected
Can you see the running man?
#astronomy 🔭
Decided to check collimation of the C11. It wasn't far off but I tweaked it a bit. I'm happy with this result.
Seeing is still rubbish though!
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Seeing is still rubbish though!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Decided to check collimation of the C11. It wasn't far off but I tweaked it a bit. I'm happy with this result.
Seeing is still rubbish though!
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Seeing is still rubbish though!
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Saturn on Saturday evening using the Celestron C11 at prime focus, with a Uranus-C camera.
Seeing wasn't great and I struggled to get decent data using a Barlow.
6 images derotated in winjupos.
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Seeing wasn't great and I struggled to get decent data using a Barlow.
6 images derotated in winjupos.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Saturn on Saturday evening using the Celestron C11 at prime focus, with a Uranus-C camera.
Seeing wasn't great and I struggled to get decent data using a Barlow.
6 images derotated in winjupos.
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Seeing wasn't great and I struggled to get decent data using a Barlow.
6 images derotated in winjupos.
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Jupiter, imaged a few nights ago with the volcanic moon Io; the first time this season.
Seeing wasn't the best, but good to get back on the king of planets.
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Seeing wasn't the best, but good to get back on the king of planets.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Jupiter, imaged a few nights ago with the volcanic moon Io; the first time this season.
Seeing wasn't the best, but good to get back on the king of planets.
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Seeing wasn't the best, but good to get back on the king of planets.
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Decided to get the big gun out to try and improve my planet imaging.
Of course it'll now be cloudy for weeks 😕
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Of course it'll now be cloudy for weeks 😕
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November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Decided to get the big gun out to try and improve my planet imaging.
Of course it'll now be cloudy for weeks 😕
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Of course it'll now be cloudy for weeks 😕
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Rework of my image of Uranus' moons. I've superimposed a correctly exposed image of the planet to show its true size. In my previous moon image it was over-exposed, to help record the moons, and looked huge
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November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Rework of my image of Uranus' moons. I've superimposed a correctly exposed image of the planet to show its true size. In my previous moon image it was over-exposed, to help record the moons, and looked huge
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Uranus taken in average seeing. Not my best image of this planet but its good to catch up with it again; it's been a few years.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Uranus taken in average seeing. Not my best image of this planet but its good to catch up with it again; it's been a few years.
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Tried to catch the moons of Uranus the other night. Seeing was a bit wobbly but captured the 4 brightest.
Uranus is hugely over-exposed with more than a 1000-fold difference in brightness between it and the faintest moon.
First time I've tried with my 8"scope, but need more
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Uranus is hugely over-exposed with more than a 1000-fold difference in brightness between it and the faintest moon.
First time I've tried with my 8"scope, but need more
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November 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tried to catch the moons of Uranus the other night. Seeing was a bit wobbly but captured the 4 brightest.
Uranus is hugely over-exposed with more than a 1000-fold difference in brightness between it and the faintest moon.
First time I've tried with my 8"scope, but need more
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Uranus is hugely over-exposed with more than a 1000-fold difference in brightness between it and the faintest moon.
First time I've tried with my 8"scope, but need more
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Saturn taken on 29th Oct in average seeing.
It's largest moon Titan can be seen below the rings on the right side of the planet and is just about to disappear from view as it moves behind the disk.
The rings continue to close up, as seen from our viewpoint.
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It's largest moon Titan can be seen below the rings on the right side of the planet and is just about to disappear from view as it moves behind the disk.
The rings continue to close up, as seen from our viewpoint.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Saturn taken on 29th Oct in average seeing.
It's largest moon Titan can be seen below the rings on the right side of the planet and is just about to disappear from view as it moves behind the disk.
The rings continue to close up, as seen from our viewpoint.
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It's largest moon Titan can be seen below the rings on the right side of the planet and is just about to disappear from view as it moves behind the disk.
The rings continue to close up, as seen from our viewpoint.
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The clouds didn't part early enough to try and catch comet Lemmon.
But Saturn isn't looking too shabby, so trying a bit of planetary imaging
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But Saturn isn't looking too shabby, so trying a bit of planetary imaging
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October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The clouds didn't part early enough to try and catch comet Lemmon.
But Saturn isn't looking too shabby, so trying a bit of planetary imaging
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But Saturn isn't looking too shabby, so trying a bit of planetary imaging
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Saturn and largest moon Titan just before it transitted the disk, taken last week. I stopped imaging before it reached the disk because the seeing was deteriorating, but wished I'd carried on now 😕.
I really need to get a bigger aperture scope on Saturn
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I really need to get a bigger aperture scope on Saturn
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October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Saturn and largest moon Titan just before it transitted the disk, taken last week. I stopped imaging before it reached the disk because the seeing was deteriorating, but wished I'd carried on now 😕.
I really need to get a bigger aperture scope on Saturn
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I really need to get a bigger aperture scope on Saturn
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Comet Lemmon taken last night, 24 Oct.
Some fantastic detail in the gas tail, which has changed a lot in only the last few days.
Mono image only, due to cloud coming in before I could capture RGB data.
22 x 45 sec exposures. Esprit 100 scope. 2600MM camera
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Some fantastic detail in the gas tail, which has changed a lot in only the last few days.
Mono image only, due to cloud coming in before I could capture RGB data.
22 x 45 sec exposures. Esprit 100 scope. 2600MM camera
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October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Comet Lemmon taken last night, 24 Oct.
Some fantastic detail in the gas tail, which has changed a lot in only the last few days.
Mono image only, due to cloud coming in before I could capture RGB data.
22 x 45 sec exposures. Esprit 100 scope. 2600MM camera
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Some fantastic detail in the gas tail, which has changed a lot in only the last few days.
Mono image only, due to cloud coming in before I could capture RGB data.
22 x 45 sec exposures. Esprit 100 scope. 2600MM camera
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Another comet Lemmon image, taken on 21 Oct.
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
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For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Another comet Lemmon image, taken on 21 Oct.
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
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For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
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Reprocessed my comet Lemmon data to show it against the fixed star background.
Taken with my 100mm refractor at 550mm focal length, and mono ASI2600 camera.
I took some RGB data too, but not sure if I can use this to give a colour image
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Taken with my 100mm refractor at 550mm focal length, and mono ASI2600 camera.
I took some RGB data too, but not sure if I can use this to give a colour image
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October 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reprocessed my comet Lemmon data to show it against the fixed star background.
Taken with my 100mm refractor at 550mm focal length, and mono ASI2600 camera.
I took some RGB data too, but not sure if I can use this to give a colour image
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Taken with my 100mm refractor at 550mm focal length, and mono ASI2600 camera.
I took some RGB data too, but not sure if I can use this to give a colour image
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Finally got to see Comet Lemmon a few nights ago....
Mono camera shot 20 x 45 sec exposures
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Mono camera shot 20 x 45 sec exposures
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October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Finally got to see Comet Lemmon a few nights ago....
Mono camera shot 20 x 45 sec exposures
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Mono camera shot 20 x 45 sec exposures
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Final Moon image from a few nights ago.
This is the north-east region. The prominent crater near the terminator is called Endymion, which is approaching late afternoon and will soon be plunged into darkness.
Lots of great crater formations around this area
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This is the north-east region. The prominent crater near the terminator is called Endymion, which is approaching late afternoon and will soon be plunged into darkness.
Lots of great crater formations around this area
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October 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Final Moon image from a few nights ago.
This is the north-east region. The prominent crater near the terminator is called Endymion, which is approaching late afternoon and will soon be plunged into darkness.
Lots of great crater formations around this area
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This is the north-east region. The prominent crater near the terminator is called Endymion, which is approaching late afternoon and will soon be plunged into darkness.
Lots of great crater formations around this area
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Another Moon image from the 8th.
This is the ancient impact basin Mare Crisium. I love searching out tiny craterlets on the apparently smooth floor.
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This is the ancient impact basin Mare Crisium. I love searching out tiny craterlets on the apparently smooth floor.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Another Moon image from the 8th.
This is the ancient impact basin Mare Crisium. I love searching out tiny craterlets on the apparently smooth floor.
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This is the ancient impact basin Mare Crisium. I love searching out tiny craterlets on the apparently smooth floor.
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Mooney time.
A few images taken on the 8th just before packing up and retiring.
This one is the terminator around Petavius, a crater with a superb fault running across its floor.
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A few images taken on the 8th just before packing up and retiring.
This one is the terminator around Petavius, a crater with a superb fault running across its floor.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mooney time.
A few images taken on the 8th just before packing up and retiring.
This one is the terminator around Petavius, a crater with a superb fault running across its floor.
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A few images taken on the 8th just before packing up and retiring.
This one is the terminator around Petavius, a crater with a superb fault running across its floor.
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Saturn, taken on the 8th Oct.
The seeing wasn't the best but quite pleased how it turned out.
For those who use Firecapture, I've been tweaking the RGB colour capture settings, which I'm still not happy with. Would be interested to hear what others do to get accurate colour rendition
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The seeing wasn't the best but quite pleased how it turned out.
For those who use Firecapture, I've been tweaking the RGB colour capture settings, which I'm still not happy with. Would be interested to hear what others do to get accurate colour rendition
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October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Saturn, taken on the 8th Oct.
The seeing wasn't the best but quite pleased how it turned out.
For those who use Firecapture, I've been tweaking the RGB colour capture settings, which I'm still not happy with. Would be interested to hear what others do to get accurate colour rendition
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The seeing wasn't the best but quite pleased how it turned out.
For those who use Firecapture, I've been tweaking the RGB colour capture settings, which I'm still not happy with. Would be interested to hear what others do to get accurate colour rendition
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A while since I've tried for Neptune.
This is the most distant planet a few nights ago, sporting a tiny 2.5" disc.
Seeing wasn't great, so it's a bit fuzzy!
I'd like to try for its moon Triton next time, which may be a challenge!
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This is the most distant planet a few nights ago, sporting a tiny 2.5" disc.
Seeing wasn't great, so it's a bit fuzzy!
I'd like to try for its moon Triton next time, which may be a challenge!
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October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A while since I've tried for Neptune.
This is the most distant planet a few nights ago, sporting a tiny 2.5" disc.
Seeing wasn't great, so it's a bit fuzzy!
I'd like to try for its moon Triton next time, which may be a challenge!
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This is the most distant planet a few nights ago, sporting a tiny 2.5" disc.
Seeing wasn't great, so it's a bit fuzzy!
I'd like to try for its moon Triton next time, which may be a challenge!
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Saturn is a little wobbly tonight.
Phone video of my monitor taken during a 180 sec video sequence
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Phone video of my monitor taken during a 180 sec video sequence
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October 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Saturn is a little wobbly tonight.
Phone video of my monitor taken during a 180 sec video sequence
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Phone video of my monitor taken during a 180 sec video sequence
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Reprocessed my recent Saturn pic, using a larger number of video frames to stack.
It's reduced noise a fair bit compared to my first go, which has helped me sharpen it a bit more.
A bit happier with this one.
Dark line across the disk is the ring shadow. Bright line under this is the ring itself
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It's reduced noise a fair bit compared to my first go, which has helped me sharpen it a bit more.
A bit happier with this one.
Dark line across the disk is the ring shadow. Bright line under this is the ring itself
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October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reprocessed my recent Saturn pic, using a larger number of video frames to stack.
It's reduced noise a fair bit compared to my first go, which has helped me sharpen it a bit more.
A bit happier with this one.
Dark line across the disk is the ring shadow. Bright line under this is the ring itself
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It's reduced noise a fair bit compared to my first go, which has helped me sharpen it a bit more.
A bit happier with this one.
Dark line across the disk is the ring shadow. Bright line under this is the ring itself
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My first try for Saturn since last year. It took a while to set up my scope for this. I'm feeling very rusty!
The rings are narrowing with their South face tilted towards us; they'll be nearly edge on around the end of November.
It feels good to be doing planetary imaging again 🙂
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The rings are narrowing with their South face tilted towards us; they'll be nearly edge on around the end of November.
It feels good to be doing planetary imaging again 🙂
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October 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
My first try for Saturn since last year. It took a while to set up my scope for this. I'm feeling very rusty!
The rings are narrowing with their South face tilted towards us; they'll be nearly edge on around the end of November.
It feels good to be doing planetary imaging again 🙂
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The rings are narrowing with their South face tilted towards us; they'll be nearly edge on around the end of November.
It feels good to be doing planetary imaging again 🙂
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Imaging Saturn for the first time in nearly a year.
I'm so rusty operating Firecapture! Will take a while to get used to it again.
This pic shows a defocused Saturn on the big monitor, and the view through my guidescope on the tablet to help find the planet
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I'm so rusty operating Firecapture! Will take a while to get used to it again.
This pic shows a defocused Saturn on the big monitor, and the view through my guidescope on the tablet to help find the planet
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October 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Imaging Saturn for the first time in nearly a year.
I'm so rusty operating Firecapture! Will take a while to get used to it again.
This pic shows a defocused Saturn on the big monitor, and the view through my guidescope on the tablet to help find the planet
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I'm so rusty operating Firecapture! Will take a while to get used to it again.
This pic shows a defocused Saturn on the big monitor, and the view through my guidescope on the tablet to help find the planet
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A lovely target at this time of year, the Heart nebula. IC 1805.
Taken over 6 sessions during the last month. Processed in the false colour SHO "Hubble" palette to show the distribution of different gases that make up the nebula.
Total integration was just over 15 hours.
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Taken over 6 sessions during the last month. Processed in the false colour SHO "Hubble" palette to show the distribution of different gases that make up the nebula.
Total integration was just over 15 hours.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A lovely target at this time of year, the Heart nebula. IC 1805.
Taken over 6 sessions during the last month. Processed in the false colour SHO "Hubble" palette to show the distribution of different gases that make up the nebula.
Total integration was just over 15 hours.
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Taken over 6 sessions during the last month. Processed in the false colour SHO "Hubble" palette to show the distribution of different gases that make up the nebula.
Total integration was just over 15 hours.
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Does anyone else see a face in here? 👀
Close-up of the middle of the Question Mark. 11 hours in SHO.
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Close-up of the middle of the Question Mark. 11 hours in SHO.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Does anyone else see a face in here? 👀
Close-up of the middle of the Question Mark. 11 hours in SHO.
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Close-up of the middle of the Question Mark. 11 hours in SHO.
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