Huub Eggen
@huubeggen.bsky.social
Atmospheric phenomena, astronaut photography of earth, co-organizer of Science Café Deventer, geomorphologist by education, co-founder of the Dutch Association for Science Journalism and Science Communication (VWN), posts mostly in Dutch and English
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Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: another 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pictures.
Just off the very NE coast of #Mozambique on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has 1) a link to the downloadable 400-mm high-res and 2) a hint to a second pin
Just off the very NE coast of #Mozambique on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has 1) a link to the downloadable 400-mm high-res and 2) a hint to a second pin
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: another 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pictures.
Just off the very NE coast of #Mozambique on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has 1) a link to the downloadable 400-mm high-res and 2) a hint to a second pin
Just off the very NE coast of #Mozambique on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has 1) a link to the downloadable 400-mm high-res and 2) a hint to a second pin
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Small part of Antarctica.
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Sep. 27, 2025.
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Sep. 27, 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Small part of Antarctica.
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Sep. 27, 2025.
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Sep. 27, 2025.
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Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: regarding Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pic, 👇was taken 7 Nov 2007 of #PalmJumeirah.
Due south of #Dubai (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 750-mm high-res
Due south of #Dubai (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 750-mm high-res
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: regarding Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pic, 👇was taken 7 Nov 2007 of #PalmJumeirah.
Due south of #Dubai (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 750-mm high-res
Due south of #Dubai (location of ||+|| at photo time) on the map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 750-mm high-res
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Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: another 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pic.
In the way south #AtlanticOcean north of #SouthGeorgia Island, on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
In the way south #AtlanticOcean north of #SouthGeorgia Island, on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: another 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pic.
In the way south #AtlanticOcean north of #SouthGeorgia Island, on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
In the way south #AtlanticOcean north of #SouthGeorgia Island, on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
On 10 November 2009 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of Ilha Vamizi (at right) and Ilha Metundo off the coast of Mozambique (at top). Sunglint makes the ocean appear very bright.. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YaresOnISS
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On 10 November 2009 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of Ilha Vamizi (at right) and Ilha Metundo off the coast of Mozambique (at top). Sunglint makes the ocean appear very bright.. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YaresOnISS
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The first surviving successful image of Jupiter was taken in 1879 by Andrew Ainslie Common in Ealing, London, using his 36-inch Newtonian reflector and the wet collodion process invented in 1851 by portrait photographer Frederick Scott Archer
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The first surviving successful image of Jupiter was taken in 1879 by Andrew Ainslie Common in Ealing, London, using his 36-inch Newtonian reflector and the wet collodion process invented in 1851 by portrait photographer Frederick Scott Archer
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
#Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) very low in yesterday evening's twilight sky. @leonoor.bsky.social @waddensky.nl
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) very low in yesterday evening's twilight sky. @leonoor.bsky.social @waddensky.nl
On 9 November 2008 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of a large iceberg from over the far southern Atlantic Ocean, north of South Georgia island. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
On 9 November 2008 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of a large iceberg from over the far southern Atlantic Ocean, north of South Georgia island. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
On 8 November 2007 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this picture of #Dubai. Artificial island Palm Jumeirah was just finished the year before, The World Islands at left were still being built. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On 8 November 2007 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this picture of #Dubai. Artificial island Palm Jumeirah was just finished the year before, The World Islands at left were still being built. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
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Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: the 5th 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pic.
Click & #ZoomWAYin on the western #Texas pin on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073 for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 800(!)-mm high-res
Click & #ZoomWAYin on the western #Texas pin on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073 for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 800(!)-mm high-res
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: the 5th 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS series of pic.
Click & #ZoomWAYin on the western #Texas pin on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073 for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 800(!)-mm high-res
Click & #ZoomWAYin on the western #Texas pin on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073 for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 800(!)-mm high-res
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Yay, a 6th sighting of comet Lemmon for me this evening from Bochum, Germany - bridge camera at max. zoom, 3.2 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1600. See www.facebook.com/media/set/?v... for the other five evenings since 20 October.
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yay, a 6th sighting of comet Lemmon for me this evening from Bochum, Germany - bridge camera at max. zoom, 3.2 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1600. See www.facebook.com/media/set/?v... for the other five evenings since 20 October.
No images of Earth were taken from space station #ISS on and around 7 November 2005. So we jump to 7 November 2006. The image shows a mesa landscape just northeast of Fort Stockton in western Texas, USA. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImag... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No images of Earth were taken from space station #ISS on and around 7 November 2005. So we jump to 7 November 2006. The image shows a mesa landscape just northeast of Fort Stockton in western Texas, USA. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImag... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
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🚨Three Chinese astronauts couldn’t return to Earth after space junk hit their spacecraft. Scientists warn this could be just the first of more accidents caused by orbital debris.
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
A Piece of Space Junk Hit Their Ride Home. What Does This Mean for Space Exploration?
Three Chinese astronauts will likely return safely to Earth after a reported space-junk strike. But the incident highlights the growing risk of orbital debris
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🚨Three Chinese astronauts couldn’t return to Earth after space junk hit their spacecraft. Scientists warn this could be just the first of more accidents caused by orbital debris.
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
Bye bye #comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). Tonight in my light polluted city sky just 8 degrees above the horizon. @leonoor.bsky.social @waddensky.nl
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bye bye #comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). Tonight in my light polluted city sky just 8 degrees above the horizon. @leonoor.bsky.social @waddensky.nl
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7 November 1942 | Just over two weeks after his 7th birthday a Dutch Jewish boy Abraham Henselein was murdered in a gas chamber at Auschwitz II-Birkenau with 464 other Jews deported from #Westerbork. SS doctors did not select anyone from this transport for registration.
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
7 November 1942 | Just over two weeks after his 7th birthday a Dutch Jewish boy Abraham Henselein was murdered in a gas chamber at Auschwitz II-Birkenau with 464 other Jews deported from #Westerbork. SS doctors did not select anyone from this transport for registration.
When you look closely at spider threads in backlight of the sun you can see how they split the light into colours. Best visible on camera when you turn it out-of-focus. #wondersofnature
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
When you look closely at spider threads in backlight of the sun you can see how they split the light into colours. Best visible on camera when you turn it out-of-focus. #wondersofnature
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Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: another 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS picture series.
Along the coast of #Argentina on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
Along the coast of #Argentina on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: another 👇 in Huub's #25YearsOnISS picture series.
Along the coast of #Argentina on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
Along the coast of #Argentina on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there is a pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 180-mm high-res
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Dit is interessant - echt waar.
Op dinoloket.nl zijn alle grondmonsters te vinden die in ons land gemaakt zijn. Grote kans dat dat ook gedaan is bij jou in de buurt.
Je kan dus een kijkje nemen onder de grond, op welke aardlagen je woont, tot een paar 100 meter diep. Echt heel cool. 🧵-je!!
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Op dinoloket.nl zijn alle grondmonsters te vinden die in ons land gemaakt zijn. Grote kans dat dat ook gedaan is bij jou in de buurt.
Je kan dus een kijkje nemen onder de grond, op welke aardlagen je woont, tot een paar 100 meter diep. Echt heel cool. 🧵-je!!
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November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Dit is interessant - echt waar.
Op dinoloket.nl zijn alle grondmonsters te vinden die in ons land gemaakt zijn. Grote kans dat dat ook gedaan is bij jou in de buurt.
Je kan dus een kijkje nemen onder de grond, op welke aardlagen je woont, tot een paar 100 meter diep. Echt heel cool. 🧵-je!!
👇
Op dinoloket.nl zijn alle grondmonsters te vinden die in ons land gemaakt zijn. Grote kans dat dat ook gedaan is bij jou in de buurt.
Je kan dus een kijkje nemen onder de grond, op welke aardlagen je woont, tot een paar 100 meter diep. Echt heel cool. 🧵-je!!
👇
An incredible view today. Smog from the river Po valley in Italy is spreading out along the Adriatic Sea coast. Smog and fog are a well known fall feature in northern Italy. Image taken with #Aqua satellite this afternoon. Original wvs.earthdata.nasa.gov/api/v1/snaps... @wed-explorer.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An incredible view today. Smog from the river Po valley in Italy is spreading out along the Adriatic Sea coast. Smog and fog are a well known fall feature in northern Italy. Image taken with #Aqua satellite this afternoon. Original wvs.earthdata.nasa.gov/api/v1/snaps... @wed-explorer.bsky.social
On 6 November 2004 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of the Bahia Blanca estuary in Argentina. Image enhanced. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On 6 November 2004 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of the Bahia Blanca estuary in Argentina. Image enhanced. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
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This is absolute BULLSHIT!
Unapologetic support for multiculturalism is barely heard even among Green parties these days.
Freezing of rent? Where in Europe is this standard policy?
Which governments and mainstream parties are calling Israel’s destruction of Gaza “genocide”?
Unapologetic support for multiculturalism is barely heard even among Green parties these days.
Freezing of rent? Where in Europe is this standard policy?
Which governments and mainstream parties are calling Israel’s destruction of Gaza “genocide”?
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is absolute BULLSHIT!
Unapologetic support for multiculturalism is barely heard even among Green parties these days.
Freezing of rent? Where in Europe is this standard policy?
Which governments and mainstream parties are calling Israel’s destruction of Gaza “genocide”?
Unapologetic support for multiculturalism is barely heard even among Green parties these days.
Freezing of rent? Where in Europe is this standard policy?
Which governments and mainstream parties are calling Israel’s destruction of Gaza “genocide”?
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We should not even be discussing terraforming anywhere! It's a ridiculous notion.
Far better to re-terraform the Earth! 🌎
Far better to re-terraform the Earth! 🌎
Our first terraforming goal should be the Moon, not Mars
When we speak about terraforming, Mars is usually the prime target.
But the Moon, due to its proximity, Earth-like soil, and much much more, is a far superior first target.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #moon #astro #terraforming
When we speak about terraforming, Mars is usually the prime target.
But the Moon, due to its proximity, Earth-like soil, and much much more, is a far superior first target.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #moon #astro #terraforming
Our first terraforming goal should be the Moon, not Mars
The first world beyond Earth for human habitability should be the Moon, not Mars. This is why we should terraform our lunar neighbor first.
bigthink.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We should not even be discussing terraforming anywhere! It's a ridiculous notion.
Far better to re-terraform the Earth! 🌎
Far better to re-terraform the Earth! 🌎
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Umm al-Khair, the #Westbank village where I was this week and reported on in this story, is now a restricted military zone. Bone chilling. www.instagram.com/reel/DQuHyWZ...
This week, I'm reporting from the Westbank, #Palestine, where aggressive settlers and the Israeli army are suffocating villagers. This story is from Masafer Yatta, where the film No Other Land was recorded. Read!
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At any moment, Israeli bulldozers could roll into this village in Masafer Yatta
No Other Land Co-Director Basel Adra points at a picture of his mother in resistance, years ago.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Umm al-Khair, the #Westbank village where I was this week and reported on in this story, is now a restricted military zone. Bone chilling. www.instagram.com/reel/DQuHyWZ...