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Kelly Kizer Whitt
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Editor and writer at EarthSky.org, author of nine books, @Astronomommy on that other site
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Been a busy night. 🤣
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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I’ve been taking pics of aurora for 2 and a half hours and it’s still going strong.
Red and green Aurora. Looking overhead at a bright red ray and some Green Aurora. Red curtains with a green swirl around the base.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Aurora / northern lights tonight are rivaling the best I’ve ever seen. This was during the 7:00 pm hour from southern Wisconsin 🔭
Green blobs and red streamers in the night sky. Bright green blob plus red curtains of Aurora. Red curtains and a green glow below of Aurora.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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One more before heading to bed
Two layers of green and red curtains of Aurora over brightly lit houses.
September 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Seeing some colorful northern lights right now from near Madison, Wisconsin. #aurora 🔭
Greens and reds with a bright pillar of Aurora. Pink, purple and green aurora with some lit houses Greenish waves of aurora. Purple and red with green below in a dark sky.
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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A tornado hit my mom’s street today. You can hear the fear in her voice. My parents were fine, though! #wiwx #tornado
July 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I was golfing horribly last week and then something put it all in perspective to show me that things could be worse. (When you see it…)
#golf
A golf green with many gravestones in the background.
July 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Another day of storms in Wisconsin. Plus fireflies. #wiwx
Storm clouds with 2 dips at the base. Storm clouds with ragged front edge. Storm clouds and a firefly. Storm clouds with ragged base and lighter blue background.
June 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Nice! Here was my view in Middleton looking toward Waunakee.
Dark wall cloud in the distance with houses in the foreground.
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I love this spiral galaxy that looks like a golfer. Which galaxy in Vera Rubin’s Sky Viewer is your fave? 🔭
Many small galaxies on black background with central spiral having extensions that look like legs and swirling motion above the core.
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The hue of tonight’s Strawberry Moon is courtesy of Canadian wildfires. It’s low on the southern horizon all night. Lowest moon in decades. 🔭
Some houses with lights glowing and a reddish moon not far above.
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Hail just now in Middleton, WI #wiwx
A hand holding nearly golf ball size hail.
May 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I had ChatGPT make my sister’s cat into a person.
Big fluffy orange cat sitting on a ledge. Person with wild orange hair and orange sweater poised on a ledge.
April 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Quote post with a picture you took in a national park.

Glacier National Park, Montana, summer of 2024.
View of reddish rocks looking down at blue lake with white ice and serrated tall rocky ridge on one end.
February 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Visiting the Mall of Mexico in the Twin Cities today.
A woman stand in front of the sign for Mall of America and holds the word Mexico in front of the word America.
February 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Saturday’s sunset from the southernmost point in the U.S. 🌎 #KaLae #Hawaii
Water with an orange sun and streaks of clouds in front.
January 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I saw my first fogbow! And then I saw another one! Haleakala is a special place. ❤️🌋
White rainbow and the shadow of a person. White rainbow and a lady who looks really thrilled under it.
January 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Sun halo today with a glimpse of the circumzenithal arc at the very top. 🔭 One of the good things to come out of cold winter days. ❤️☀️❄️
A floral pen held up to block the sun, and a rainbow circle around it with a small rainbow arc separated at top.
January 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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2024 was an incredible year for stargazers. 🔭
A comet above a house and through one cloud. Red and green Aurora and a dark tree. The Milky Way and some houses. A sun in almost total eclipse through clouds.
December 31, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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I read and listened to 111 books this year. Some 5 star reads in that stack. #booksky
December 31, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Circumzenithal arc … achievement unlocked! 🔓
Every time I see a sun dog I look above the sun for the circumzenithal arc, and I finally spotted one!
Sunset lower center, sun dog at left, upside down rainbow high above.
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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A pair of recent photos, 20 minutes apart. The Belt of Venus appears at sunset. 🔭
Wing of an airplane with blue sky and the moon. Wing of an airplane with orange pink sky and moon.
November 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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Took a walk through a swamp this morning. Saw 2 gators, a raccoon, a great blue heron, a belted kingfisher, a red-shouldered hawk and fresh panther scat. 😆
A boardwalk among green plants and leafy trees. A gator sticking out of the water with many plants.
November 18, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Galileo says hello.
#CatsofBlueSky
🔭🐈
An orange and white cat beside a painting of alien worlds.
November 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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Apparently it’s #WaterfallWednesday Here’s my most recent. Oct 3 Temperance River State Park MN.
2 part waterfall with a gorge and a bridge at top.
October 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM