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@farkit.bsky.social
Astronomer, photographer, connoisseur of snarky t-shirts, often accused of being grumpy.
Sunset behind Bill Williams Mountain, 26 and a quarter miles from where I was to the radio towers. This happens only twice per year. (R7 + 106 & 500mm, f/10, 1/8000sec)
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sunset behind Bill Williams Mountain, 26 and a quarter miles from where I was to the radio towers. This happens only twice per year. (R7 + 106 & 500mm, f/10, 1/8000sec)
Lightning off to the east just after sunset, as seen from the Observatory. (Canon R7, 28mm, 0.6sec, f/14, iso 100)
September 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Lightning off to the east just after sunset, as seen from the Observatory. (Canon R7, 28mm, 0.6sec, f/14, iso 100)
Broad tailed hummer!
(500mm f/7.1 1/2500s iso 2000 34ft)
(500mm f/7.1 1/2500s iso 2000 34ft)
August 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Broad tailed hummer!
(500mm f/7.1 1/2500s iso 2000 34ft)
(500mm f/7.1 1/2500s iso 2000 34ft)
The fire out at Camp Navajo (near Flagstaff) this morning, before the wind shifted and we got evacuated due to smoke (we were told possibly toxic, given what's burning -- breathe this stuff as little as possible). First image is a pano.
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The fire out at Camp Navajo (near Flagstaff) this morning, before the wind shifted and we got evacuated due to smoke (we were told possibly toxic, given what's burning -- breathe this stuff as little as possible). First image is a pano.
A blue grosbeak has been hanging out in the back yard the past couple days. (Gets along well with this house finch, apparently.)
(Canon R7, RF 100-500mm; f/7.1 1/800 ISO 1600; distance 45 ft)
(Canon R7, RF 100-500mm; f/7.1 1/800 ISO 1600; distance 45 ft)
August 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A blue grosbeak has been hanging out in the back yard the past couple days. (Gets along well with this house finch, apparently.)
(Canon R7, RF 100-500mm; f/7.1 1/800 ISO 1600; distance 45 ft)
(Canon R7, RF 100-500mm; f/7.1 1/800 ISO 1600; distance 45 ft)
I'm sure there's a story here. And that I am the bad guy in this story.
(Black-headed grosbeak, Flagstaff Arizona, 700mm f/10)
(Black-headed grosbeak, Flagstaff Arizona, 700mm f/10)
August 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm sure there's a story here. And that I am the bad guy in this story.
(Black-headed grosbeak, Flagstaff Arizona, 700mm f/10)
(Black-headed grosbeak, Flagstaff Arizona, 700mm f/10)
The Milky Way last night (in Flagstaff), with one of my favorite trees, and also light pollution from Phoenix, at two different focal lengths (28mm and 16mm; Canon R7; 10sec, 8sec; f/2.8). Also a shot of our 1.3-meter telescope doing calibrations (screen flats) (50mm, 15sec).
June 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The Milky Way last night (in Flagstaff), with one of my favorite trees, and also light pollution from Phoenix, at two different focal lengths (28mm and 16mm; Canon R7; 10sec, 8sec; f/2.8). Also a shot of our 1.3-meter telescope doing calibrations (screen flats) (50mm, 15sec).
Also (a bit more context),
April 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Also (a bit more context),
Trump is a rotting ambulatory sack of sewer effluent.
April 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Trump is a rotting ambulatory sack of sewer effluent.
So you're illegally threatening me and demanding I list for you what I did last week, all of which is explicitly forbidden communication to any outside entity or persons who have no demonstrated and documented need to know? Bypassing my entire chain of command? 1/2
February 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
So you're illegally threatening me and demanding I list for you what I did last week, all of which is explicitly forbidden communication to any outside entity or persons who have no demonstrated and documented need to know? Bypassing my entire chain of command? 1/2
Sepsis rate for women in Texas, before and after Texas banned abortion. (propublica.org)
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sepsis rate for women in Texas, before and after Texas banned abortion. (propublica.org)
Some recent critters, Flagstaff: Hairy woodpecker, raven, white-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper.
Canon R7, RF 100-500mm.
Canon R7, RF 100-500mm.
February 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Some recent critters, Flagstaff: Hairy woodpecker, raven, white-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper.
Canon R7, RF 100-500mm.
Canon R7, RF 100-500mm.
Moon and Mars last night, in Flagstaff. I missed ingress and egress of the occultation due to orchestra rehearsal, but the naked-eye spectacle was beautiful. This image is from after I got home (9pm).
Canon R7, RF100-500mm + 1.4xTC
700mm f/10, 1/320sec x 18, ISO 320
Canon R7, RF100-500mm + 1.4xTC
700mm f/10, 1/320sec x 18, ISO 320
January 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Moon and Mars last night, in Flagstaff. I missed ingress and egress of the occultation due to orchestra rehearsal, but the naked-eye spectacle was beautiful. This image is from after I got home (9pm).
Canon R7, RF100-500mm + 1.4xTC
700mm f/10, 1/320sec x 18, ISO 320
Canon R7, RF100-500mm + 1.4xTC
700mm f/10, 1/320sec x 18, ISO 320