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Husband, Father, Christian, Canadian. Super-nerd for visual astronomy, aviation, and matters geomorphological.
This is the definitive explanation of the loss of this storied ship. It's really more like a magazine article, for it covers everything from meteorology to metal. Outstanding work, and what the bookmark function was designed for!
#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is the definitive explanation of the loss of this storied ship. It's really more like a magazine article, for it covers everything from meteorology to metal. Outstanding work, and what the bookmark function was designed for!
There it is....actually, not for the first time.
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There it is....actually, not for the first time.
Of all the many pun posts sparked by this accident, I like this one the most.
"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Of all the many pun posts sparked by this accident, I like this one the most.
Honestly, I love the whimsy of the Condor livery. Everyone else is trying to be all sophisticated and arty...but Condor asks "what if stripes and colours?" I see this aircraft and the mustard one frequently around Toronto. Always makes me smile.
Condor Airlines
Airbus A330-941
Reg. D-ANRA
Calgary International Airport (YYC)
August 4, 2025 🛩️📸
Airbus A330-941
Reg. D-ANRA
Calgary International Airport (YYC)
August 4, 2025 🛩️📸
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Honestly, I love the whimsy of the Condor livery. Everyone else is trying to be all sophisticated and arty...but Condor asks "what if stripes and colours?" I see this aircraft and the mustard one frequently around Toronto. Always makes me smile.
I am always amazed that humans build and send robots to other worlds, and they take pictures like THIS!
Dione in front of Saturn, captured by Cassini 20 years ago today on October 11, 2005 🌖🪐
October 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I am always amazed that humans build and send robots to other worlds, and they take pictures like THIS!
Another polished aluminum beauty. Who cares that it's basically a toy that flies when it looks this good! The alt text is right - it does have Ryan vibes, and maybe a bit of Chipmunk with a dollop of interwar fighter.....
So … any takers? (📸 Spirit Engineering, Inc.) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2 | 🔗 spiriteng.com/se-1-aircraf...
October 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Another polished aluminum beauty. Who cares that it's basically a toy that flies when it looks this good! The alt text is right - it does have Ryan vibes, and maybe a bit of Chipmunk with a dollop of interwar fighter.....
RASC Double Star program update - now at 109 of 110! Did 2 in Cetus (78 Cet and HD3125). Last one (HD9336) stubbornly refused to emerge from behind my apple tree before I quit at 1 am. Also did M103 on Messier Program and observed Saturn and (maybe?) Neptune....
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
RASC Double Star program update - now at 109 of 110! Did 2 in Cetus (78 Cet and HD3125). Last one (HD9336) stubbornly refused to emerge from behind my apple tree before I quit at 1 am. Also did M103 on Messier Program and observed Saturn and (maybe?) Neptune....
Just a robot on Mars taking pictures that look like something by Ansel Adams. Other than that, nothing special....
Yesterday Curiosity took pix of jagged peaks in the distance with its ChemCam. I stitched them together, did some work on them, and... just look at that view... I've been doing this since Sojourner landed & this is one of my fave images ever... Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/S Atkinson
September 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just a robot on Mars taking pictures that look like something by Ansel Adams. Other than that, nothing special....
I have never heard of this light aircraft before, but what a beautiful marvel of design it is!
Created by Claude Chudzik the CC-02 first flight in 2007.
This amateur-built aircraft is exceptionally beautiful.
Thanks to its very pure aerodynamics and a motor of only 200hp, its cruising speed is 324km/h and its maximum speed is 555km/h, with a range of 1000km.
© Eric Favereau and Celine Ameiot
This amateur-built aircraft is exceptionally beautiful.
Thanks to its very pure aerodynamics and a motor of only 200hp, its cruising speed is 324km/h and its maximum speed is 555km/h, with a range of 1000km.
© Eric Favereau and Celine Ameiot
September 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I have never heard of this light aircraft before, but what a beautiful marvel of design it is!
One more observation done in the RASC double star program, this time HR 313 (77 Psc). Just 3 more to go, all in Cetus, so likely in October. Also did 4 Williamson moon observations, 3 around Imbrium/Copernicus, and then Longomontanus.
September 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
One more observation done in the RASC double star program, this time HR 313 (77 Psc). Just 3 more to go, all in Cetus, so likely in October. Also did 4 Williamson moon observations, 3 around Imbrium/Copernicus, and then Longomontanus.
Here is a thing i have always wondered about. I am amazed at the research that shows we have - and in theory can use - pulsars as a natuarally-occurring space GPS. Marvelous work....
Found out today that by using millisecond pulsars as your reference points, you can determine your position in the galaxy down to 7km or less, which is frankly a ridiculous degree of accuracy on the cosmic scale #PSETI2025
August 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Here is a thing i have always wondered about. I am amazed at the research that shows we have - and in theory can use - pulsars as a natuarally-occurring space GPS. Marvelous work....
I find this oddly beautiful in its synchronicity. Kudos to the team that designed the drone footage!
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I find this oddly beautiful in its synchronicity. Kudos to the team that designed the drone footage!
This is absolutely awesome- in all senses of that word! Excellent work by all involved.
tsunami phobias are OUT, rogue wave phobias are IN
60-Foot Rogue Wave Captured in Pacific Ocean (Video)
Canadian scientists investigate the rare and terrifying phenomenon of rogue waves.
www.surfer.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is absolutely awesome- in all senses of that word! Excellent work by all involved.
Photo of the close approach of Mars and the Moon. June 29, 21:53. Photo taken by cellphone at 3x in nightmode, cropped. Moon overexposed in order to show the planet
June 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Photo of the close approach of Mars and the Moon. June 29, 21:53. Photo taken by cellphone at 3x in nightmode, cropped. Moon overexposed in order to show the planet
Finished the spring section of the RASC double star program with HR5397 and HR5816 in Libra. Bit tough with smoke still about. Now, just 4 left to go, but will have to wait until Fall. Also logged M29 in Cygnus. Remarkably, its nickname "Cooling tower cluster" is quite apt!
June 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Finished the spring section of the RASC double star program with HR5397 and HR5816 in Libra. Bit tough with smoke still about. Now, just 4 left to go, but will have to wait until Fall. Also logged M29 in Cygnus. Remarkably, its nickname "Cooling tower cluster" is quite apt!
Edmonton 5-4 in sudden death overtime. That's playoff hockey! What a game! Coming back from 3-0 down in the first period to claw back and win. All the drama and tension you can handle, and then some....
June 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Edmonton 5-4 in sudden death overtime. That's playoff hockey! What a game! Coming back from 3-0 down in the first period to claw back and win. All the drama and tension you can handle, and then some....
Another classic lesson wrapped up in a discussion of fine watches. As previously stated, THIS is what social media should be about....
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Another classic lesson wrapped up in a discussion of fine watches. As previously stated, THIS is what social media should be about....
Also started RASC Messier program. Observed M13 and M92 in Hercules. Toronto's light pollution makes any "faint fuzzies" really difficult, even with a UHC filter to cut some of the glare.
May 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Also started RASC Messier program. Observed M13 and M92 in Hercules. Toronto's light pollution makes any "faint fuzzies" really difficult, even with a UHC filter to cut some of the glare.
RASC Double star program continues. Timed Corvus at culmination. Completed HD 109556 and HD 105590. Interesting pairs. One is a double in the midst of a triangular asterism, the other is a very tight triple system. Now at 94.5% completion - 6 more to go!
May 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
RASC Double star program continues. Timed Corvus at culmination. Completed HD 109556 and HD 105590. Interesting pairs. One is a double in the midst of a triangular asterism, the other is a very tight triple system. Now at 94.5% completion - 6 more to go!
That is simultaneously terrifying and amazing.
holy SHIT you need to watch this video
notice what happens about 14 seconds in
(trust me, you'll see it)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
notice what happens about 14 seconds in
(trust me, you'll see it)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
That is simultaneously terrifying and amazing.
Reposted
“In Canada, he doesn’t sound like a troll. He sounds like a threat.” Adam Gopnik writes about how the 2025 Canadian federal election was won and lost on Trumpism and its perils.
What Canadians Heard—and Americans Didn’t
The Canadian federal election, on Monday, which culminated in Mark Carney’s retention of the Prime Ministership, was won by defying Trumpism.
www.newyorker.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“In Canada, he doesn’t sound like a troll. He sounds like a threat.” Adam Gopnik writes about how the 2025 Canadian federal election was won and lost on Trumpism and its perils.
Reposted
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
October 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
This was the only combat mission my Uncle never felt qualms about. He was proudest of flying 3 ‘Manna’ missions dropping food into occupied Holland. /End
April 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This was the only combat mission my Uncle never felt qualms about. He was proudest of flying 3 ‘Manna’ missions dropping food into occupied Holland. /End
He had two reasons; 1 the target was morally uncomplicated, and 2, after Normandy, CDNs wanted payback on the SS. He wanted it so much, he ordered a go-around because the pilot didn't initially line up properly. This was done under AA fire the whole time, albeit safeguarded by 4 USAAF Mustangs. /4
April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
He had two reasons; 1 the target was morally uncomplicated, and 2, after Normandy, CDNs wanted payback on the SS. He wanted it so much, he ordered a go-around because the pilot didn't initially line up properly. This was done under AA fire the whole time, albeit safeguarded by 4 USAAF Mustangs. /4
Rumoured Nazi plans to lead a ‘Werewolf’ defence of the Reich from the Alps - while little more
than the fever-dream of a few fanatics - meant the target needed to be hit. Though an
experienced F/O and Bomb-Aimer, my Uncle volunteered to fly with a rookie crew on their first combat mission./3
than the fever-dream of a few fanatics - meant the target needed to be hit. Though an
experienced F/O and Bomb-Aimer, my Uncle volunteered to fly with a rookie crew on their first combat mission./3
April 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Rumoured Nazi plans to lead a ‘Werewolf’ defence of the Reich from the Alps - while little more
than the fever-dream of a few fanatics - meant the target needed to be hit. Though an
experienced F/O and Bomb-Aimer, my Uncle volunteered to fly with a rookie crew on their first combat mission./3
than the fever-dream of a few fanatics - meant the target needed to be hit. Though an
experienced F/O and Bomb-Aimer, my Uncle volunteered to fly with a rookie crew on their first combat mission./3