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Atmospheric scientist focused on lightning. Former B-1B Lancer and T-28 Storm Penetrating Aircraft pilot. Atmospheric Wildlife Photographer. Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Begging physicists to recognise that being brilliant at one thing does not make you an expert on everything.
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Begging physicists to recognise that being brilliant at one thing does not make you an expert on everything.
64.4 mph peak wind at my house in west Rapid City, SD last night. 4 trees down. Numerous pine trees down in the neighborhood with roof damage to at least 3 homes.
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
64.4 mph peak wind at my house in west Rapid City, SD last night. 4 trees down. Numerous pine trees down in the neighborhood with roof damage to at least 3 homes.
57 mph peak wind gust at my house in west Rapid City, SD at 1035 am, Dec 17th, 2025 (MST), 1735 UT.
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
57 mph peak wind gust at my house in west Rapid City, SD at 1035 am, Dec 17th, 2025 (MST), 1735 UT.
Visualization of the Geminid meteor shower as seen from western South Dakota. youtu.be/E6TI9WoMCaM
Geminid Meteor Shower, 2025-12-13, Western South Dakota
YouTube video by Tom Warner
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December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Visualization of the Geminid meteor shower as seen from western South Dakota. youtu.be/E6TI9WoMCaM
Global Meteor Network detected meteor image stacks from last night. All 4 of these cameras are located in western South Dakota.
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Global Meteor Network detected meteor image stacks from last night. All 4 of these cameras are located in western South Dakota.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Thank you all for the hundreds of photo submissions! You can still submit your suspected FAE images to vledvina@alaska.edu for science purposes.
If you want to be more confident that what you captured is indeed an FAE and not proton aurora, see the flier attached here.
If you want to be more confident that what you captured is indeed an FAE and not proton aurora, see the flier attached here.
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thank you all for the hundreds of photo submissions! You can still submit your suspected FAE images to vledvina@alaska.edu for science purposes.
If you want to be more confident that what you captured is indeed an FAE and not proton aurora, see the flier attached here.
If you want to be more confident that what you captured is indeed an FAE and not proton aurora, see the flier attached here.
This is really cool to watch. Volcano and Tephranado dance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9Q...
Tephranado at Kīlauea | Episode 37 Fountains Hit 400 ft Hawaii
YouTube video by Two Pineapples
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November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is really cool to watch. Volcano and Tephranado dance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9Q...
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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BÓLIDO ESPORÁDICO ROZADOR #SPMN161125 SOBRE LAS PROVINCIAS DE #ÁVILA Y #SEGOVIA HOY a las 0h36m55s TUC (1h36 CET). Lo captó desintegrándose lentamente nuestro compañero Miguel A. Furones @mafurones.bsky.social acabando su trazo sobre la #Liebre y #CanMayor. Al listado
www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...
www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
BÓLIDO ESPORÁDICO ROZADOR #SPMN161125 SOBRE LAS PROVINCIAS DE #ÁVILA Y #SEGOVIA HOY a las 0h36m55s TUC (1h36 CET). Lo captó desintegrándose lentamente nuestro compañero Miguel A. Furones @mafurones.bsky.social acabando su trazo sobre la #Liebre y #CanMayor. Al listado
www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...
www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...
Live view looking South West from Rapid City, SD www.youtube.com/live/BCxK1QV...
South Dakota Black Hills
YouTube video by Tom Warner
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November 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Live view looking South West from Rapid City, SD www.youtube.com/live/BCxK1QV...
Red aurora visible from Montauk, NY 755 pm ET (0055 UT, Nov 12th)
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Red aurora visible from Montauk, NY 755 pm ET (0055 UT, Nov 12th)
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Spotted the northern lights on my flight from Denver to Chicago this evening!
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Spotted the northern lights on my flight from Denver to Chicago this evening!
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
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"Science is an ongoing process. It never ends. There is no single ultimate truth to be achieved, after which all the scientists can retire."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Science is an ongoing process. It never ends. There is no single ultimate truth to be achieved, after which all the scientists can retire."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
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THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
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Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within #Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within #Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.
Did I mention I hate thunderfog? www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCxK...
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Did I mention I hate thunderfog? www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCxK...
I hate thunderfog
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I hate thunderfog
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“If it hits you, it’s just not your day.”
90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S.
We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.
90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S.
We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.
Dave Portnoy sounds off about lightning delays in college football.
"Lightning, if it hits you, it's just not your day."
Brady Quinn: "I think Dave should get struck by lightning first before he starts (ranting)..." 🏈⚡️📺🎙️ #CFB
"Lightning, if it hits you, it's just not your day."
Brady Quinn: "I think Dave should get struck by lightning first before he starts (ranting)..." 🏈⚡️📺🎙️ #CFB
September 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“If it hits you, it’s just not your day.”
90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S.
We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.
90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S.
We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.
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Being struck by lightning isn’t a minor thing. We shouldn’t be making light of safety measures.
September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Being struck by lightning isn’t a minor thing. We shouldn’t be making light of safety measures.
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We estimate than 10 people are impacted when someone is struck by lightning (friends, relatives, coworkers).
For the ~200 people who are struck each year in the U.S., that means 2,000 more people are impacted in some way - from losing a loved one or having to care for them long term.
For the ~200 people who are struck each year in the U.S., that means 2,000 more people are impacted in some way - from losing a loved one or having to care for them long term.
“If it hits you, it’s just not your day.”
90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S.
We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.
90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S.
We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.
Dave Portnoy sounds off about lightning delays in college football.
"Lightning, if it hits you, it's just not your day."
Brady Quinn: "I think Dave should get struck by lightning first before he starts (ranting)..." 🏈⚡️📺🎙️ #CFB
"Lightning, if it hits you, it's just not your day."
Brady Quinn: "I think Dave should get struck by lightning first before he starts (ranting)..." 🏈⚡️📺🎙️ #CFB
September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We estimate than 10 people are impacted when someone is struck by lightning (friends, relatives, coworkers).
For the ~200 people who are struck each year in the U.S., that means 2,000 more people are impacted in some way - from losing a loved one or having to care for them long term.
For the ~200 people who are struck each year in the U.S., that means 2,000 more people are impacted in some way - from losing a loved one or having to care for them long term.
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The U.S. used to have 400-500 lightning fatalities a year. Globally, we see 24,000 fatalities a year from lightning - many of them occurring at sporting events.
Really shameful to see this on Big Noon Kickoff.
Really shameful to see this on Big Noon Kickoff.
can't even be struck by lightning and killed because of woke
September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The U.S. used to have 400-500 lightning fatalities a year. Globally, we see 24,000 fatalities a year from lightning - many of them occurring at sporting events.
Really shameful to see this on Big Noon Kickoff.
Really shameful to see this on Big Noon Kickoff.