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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
@chrisbecke.bsky.social
Trying to take better photos. Astro, landscape, nature.
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Moonset
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Moon and Jupiter (and Castor & Pollux) about to set over the Blue Ridge Mountains in the pre-dawn sky.

#Fujifilm X-M5
January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Inside the Blue Ridge Tunnel

#Fujifilm X-M5
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
At the Blue Ridge Tunnel
January 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Inside the Blue Ridge Tunnel

#Fujifilm X-M5
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Nice lunar halo just now in Nellysford VA!

@philplait.bsky.social go take a look if you’re up.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
Tide predictions for 2026 in southeast Florida feature two primary peaks centered on the new and full moons on October 10 and 26. Note that tide predictions are only astronomical/climatological in nature, and do not account for actual weather or ocean conditions which can be significant. [1/3] 🌊🧪
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
A New Years Day hike to Lower Shamokin Falls near Nellysford VA

#Fujifilm X-M5
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Sunset
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Quite the sundog just now on the leeward side of the Blue Ridge Mountains
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
It’s 2026 and it’s still the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of Defense, and the Kennedy Center.
January 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Happy New Year to my fellow sky watchers.
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
Update: Here's the capture. @skycalpro.com

First, high frame rate video using #Fujifilm X-M5 through Celestron 8" SCT
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Update: Here's the capture. @skycalpro.com

First, high frame rate video using #Fujifilm X-M5 through Celestron 8" SCT
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
@skycalpro.com, trying to determine the "truth" of an ISS Lunar Transit tonight.

First, transit-finder.com shows me right in the path, with a pass at 11:29 pm (in shadow)
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ruin two bands by combining them:

Carole King Crimson
Electric Light Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Fall Out Boyz II Men
Ruin two bands by combining them:

Grateful Dead Kennedys
ruin two bands by combining them:

led zeppelinxs
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
There is some *really gross* homophobia / transphobia going on in many online spaces in reaction to the recent #StrangerThings episodes ....

So stupid, honestly.

Just let people enjoy the shows they like, and go about your day enjoying the shows you like.

It's really not that hard!
December 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
If you put a lava lamp on your mantle, it becomes a magma lamp.
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
That privilege--the privilege to speak of your religious beliefs as certainties that are incontestable--is given to Christians alone in America. And anyone else knows this and tiptoes around it, reflexively.

But what if we stopped doing that, like this guy did in North Dakota?
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Decorated a few ginger bread cookies
December 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For no apparent reason, I tried to make an Aussie meat pie.

I’ll let you know how it is.
December 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
67 🤣🤣🤣
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Rosetta - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/RmwTum
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Reposted by Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I got my Blundstone boots in 1998 when I visited Australia. Still going strong.

Just got my daughter a pair for Christmas.

If mine are any indication, she could still be wearing these in 2052!
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
@planetmoney.bsky.social The Planet Money Game made an excellent Christmas gift!

I got a nice case that holds all the cards/pieces.

One question: is the discard pile face up or down? It makes a difference when discarding from deals as it reveals or hides strategy.

@explodingkittens.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM