Dr Roger Blue Stabbins (ロジエ ブルー スラビン)
@rbstabbins.bsky.social
ESA SKP funded Post-Doc at the Natural History Museum, London working on computational, laboratory and field simulations of Spectral sensing of planetary surfaces
https://rbstabbins.github.io
https://rbstabbins.github.io
Had to buy a new suitcase to get the e record haul home
August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Had to buy a new suitcase to get the e record haul home
Had a warm return to Rikkyo University, Tokyo, this summer on a Daiwa Foundation grant, this time looking at images of asteroid Bennu captured by the Laboratory OROCHI Simulator in prep for MMX
August 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Had a warm return to Rikkyo University, Tokyo, this summer on a Daiwa Foundation grant, this time looking at images of asteroid Bennu captured by the Laboratory OROCHI Simulator in prep for MMX
On the way back from EGU I stopped by the Ries Crater and helped out with some AUPE (Aberystwyth University PanCam Emulator) image processing with the Canadian and UK space agencies. We took a lot of pictures of pre- and post-impact clays in prep for ExoMars Rosalind Franklin
July 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On the way back from EGU I stopped by the Ries Crater and helped out with some AUPE (Aberystwyth University PanCam Emulator) image processing with the Canadian and UK space agencies. We took a lot of pictures of pre- and post-impact clays in prep for ExoMars Rosalind Franklin
Back in May I cycled to EGU in Vienna, and gave a talk about the Supervised Spectral Parameter Learning method we've been developing, and have been applying to the CaSSIS multi-band imager on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
July 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Back in May I cycled to EGU in Vienna, and gave a talk about the Supervised Spectral Parameter Learning method we've been developing, and have been applying to the CaSSIS multi-band imager on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Got to play some city pop on the Brilliant Corners soundsystem last week. First time publicly djing for a long while, and first time on turntables!
July 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Got to play some city pop on the Brilliant Corners soundsystem last week. First time publicly djing for a long while, and first time on turntables!
Day 11 of cycling London-> Vienna for EGU2925: the last day! Grateful for blue skies this morning. Took a side quest finding breakfast by the abbey at Melk, didn’t hit the road till noon and ran straight into a mighty headwind. Last few ks into Vienna were in land and got the speed back. I made it!
April 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Day 11 of cycling London-> Vienna for EGU2925: the last day! Grateful for blue skies this morning. Took a side quest finding breakfast by the abbey at Melk, didn’t hit the road till noon and ran straight into a mighty headwind. Last few ks into Vienna were in land and got the speed back. I made it!
Absolute classic. Went there for Christmas Day!
April 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Absolute classic. Went there for Christmas Day!
Day 10 of cycling London->Vienna for EGU2025: rain all day from Linz to Melk. Found an old warm lunch stop in Grein, and the owner told me I need to go back up river to the bridge and take the south bank. Was a good move - nice views of the built up north bank I was avoiding. 🤞 for ⛅️ 🚲 into Vienna
April 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Day 10 of cycling London->Vienna for EGU2025: rain all day from Linz to Melk. Found an old warm lunch stop in Grein, and the owner told me I need to go back up river to the bridge and take the south bank. Was a good move - nice views of the built up north bank I was avoiding. 🤞 for ⛅️ 🚲 into Vienna
Day 9 of cycling London->Vienna for EGU2025: rain to start the day and sodden gravel. Got drier towards Obernzell where I caught a ferry across the river into Austria. Big valley walls of forest either side, and the track followed the waters edge. Very gradual downslope most of the way down to Linz
April 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Day 9 of cycling London->Vienna for EGU2025: rain to start the day and sodden gravel. Got drier towards Obernzell where I caught a ferry across the river into Austria. Big valley walls of forest either side, and the track followed the waters edge. Very gradual downslope most of the way down to Linz
(Venus, Mercury, Sun, and the terrestrial planets in a line)
April 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
(Venus, Mercury, Sun, and the terrestrial planets in a line)
On the way into dest. Vilshofen there was a nice scale trail over the solar system, all mounted on rocks with little plaques (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth + Moon)
April 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
On the way into dest. Vilshofen there was a nice scale trail over the solar system, all mounted on rocks with little plaques (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth + Moon)
Day 8 of cycling to EGU2025 Vienna from London: Day 1/4 of the Danube - the last stretch! Skipped from Mainz to lovely Regensburg by train on my off day. 20C no wind and super smooth eurovelo 6 track, but it’s mostly inside the banks so not much view of the big blue. Played Joni’s Blue all the way.
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Day 8 of cycling to EGU2025 Vienna from London: Day 1/4 of the Danube - the last stretch! Skipped from Mainz to lovely Regensburg by train on my off day. 20C no wind and super smooth eurovelo 6 track, but it’s mostly inside the banks so not much view of the big blue. Played Joni’s Blue all the way.
Day 7 of cycling to EGU2025 Vienna from London: The wind either blows up the Rhine or down it, and it was against me all day. When it wasn’t windy it was raining. Things turned up after turning the corner at Bingen, crossing over the crop fields. Entered Mainz via a fairground around 1730.
April 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Day 7 of cycling to EGU2025 Vienna from London: The wind either blows up the Rhine or down it, and it was against me all day. When it wasn’t windy it was raining. Things turned up after turning the corner at Bingen, crossing over the crop fields. Entered Mainz via a fairground around 1730.
Day 6 of cycling London->Vienna for EGU2025: After a day off in Cologne it was time for my buddy to catch the train home, and I pressed on down the Rhine to Koblenz on Easter Sunday. The river path was packed with cyclist enjoying the good weather away from traffic - barely touched a road all day.
April 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Day 6 of cycling London->Vienna for EGU2025: After a day off in Cologne it was time for my buddy to catch the train home, and I pressed on down the Rhine to Koblenz on Easter Sunday. The river path was packed with cyclist enjoying the good weather away from traffic - barely touched a road all day.
Day 5 of cycling from London to Vienna for EGU2025: perhaps the best ride yet, out and over the hills where the pros were getting ready for the Amstel Gold Race. The sun came out over the rolling fields, and there were lots of long straight descending cycle paths for good speed into Cologne.
April 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Day 5 of cycling from London to Vienna for EGU2025: perhaps the best ride yet, out and over the hills where the pros were getting ready for the Amstel Gold Race. The sun came out over the rolling fields, and there were lots of long straight descending cycle paths for good speed into Cologne.
Doing some updates on my day off between Mainz and Regensburg. Right now on my first train of the journey, an S- Bahn into Frankfurt
April 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Doing some updates on my day off between Mainz and Regensburg. Right now on my first train of the journey, an S- Bahn into Frankfurt
Day 3 of cycle to EGU 2025 London -> Vienna: Hit the cycle superhighways connecting Bruges -> Ghent -> Antwerp. Refined our aero drafting against the southeasterly headwind blowing in across the fields. Managed to cover our 100 km in about 4 hours of riding time. Ate a lot of sugars.
April 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Day 3 of cycle to EGU 2025 London -> Vienna: Hit the cycle superhighways connecting Bruges -> Ghent -> Antwerp. Refined our aero drafting against the southeasterly headwind blowing in across the fields. Managed to cover our 100 km in about 4 hours of riding time. Ate a lot of sugars.
Day 2 of cycling London to EGU 2025 Vienna: calm seas for the Dover -> Calais ferry crossing. Flat roads through Dunkirk and into Belgium and another flat tire on the other bike this time. Beautiful evening through luxury woodland suburbs and into Bruges for 1900.
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Day 2 of cycling London to EGU 2025 Vienna: calm seas for the Dover -> Calais ferry crossing. Flat roads through Dunkirk and into Belgium and another flat tire on the other bike this time. Beautiful evening through luxury woodland suburbs and into Bruges for 1900.
Day 1 of cycle to EGU2025 London -> Vienna. Had a nice stop in Rochester by the castle. Went through 2 tubes outside Canterbury. Rolled over the hills in the quiet early evening and down to the sea.
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Day 1 of cycle to EGU2025 London -> Vienna. Had a nice stop in Rochester by the castle. Went through 2 tubes outside Canterbury. Rolled over the hills in the quiet early evening and down to the sea.
the single is just 4 versions of the 1 track but I just play it all again and again and again
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
the single is just 4 versions of the 1 track but I just play it all again and again and again
Last week the cherry trees bloomed all over the parks I cycle home through, and I’ve been playing Neneh Cherry with Hiroshi Fujiwara and Dylan’s version of wild mountain thyme from the Isle of Wight show
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Last week the cherry trees bloomed all over the parks I cycle home through, and I’ve been playing Neneh Cherry with Hiroshi Fujiwara and Dylan’s version of wild mountain thyme from the Isle of Wight show
Did the big ol’ London->Brighton cycle for the first time this fine spring day. That Ditchling Hill is something, reckon MSSL is somewhere along those north downs on the horizon.
March 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Did the big ol’ London->Brighton cycle for the first time this fine spring day. That Ditchling Hill is something, reckon MSSL is somewhere along those north downs on the horizon.