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Ray Purvis

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Win a hand-painted Acorn: How many stone step through stiles are there on Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail?
Winner picked at random from correct answers by Mrs P 18/04/2025 at 7.00 pm GMT. Winner to make donation to Hadrian's Wall Path for essential maintenance.

April 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Sue Robertson

@suerob7.bsky.social

I hadn’t expected Netherlands and Belgium to be so densely populated - thanks for sharing Huub and I’ve spotted my nearest city too 👍

Huub Eggen @huubeggen.bsky.social · Apr 10

Northwestern Europe in the evening of 22 March 2025 as seen from space station #ISS in this image taken by astronaut Don Pettit. Annotated 2nd picture for context. Twilight at left and nice #auroraborealis. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social @suerob7.bsky.social

The image shows a curved earth horizon from centre left to right. At left there is a bright band of twilight over the horizon. Over the twilight northern lights begin which stretch towards of the centre of the horizon. At upper right two solar panels are visible as dark silhouettes. The horizon is more curved than the eye would see it because of a wide-angle lens on the camera used. The earth here is dark, lighted up by numerous patches of light, large and small, marking lare and small cities. The view ranges from the southwestern UK at lower left to Stockholm in Sweden at upper centre. Some parts of the eaarth depicted are fuzzy because of thin clouds, some are even dark where clouds were thick. The North Sea and the ocean at left are dark too. Paris is at centre bottom, Belgium and the Netherlands are in the centre of the image. The current crew aboard ISS is expedition 72. This started on 23 September 2024 and will end in a week or so. During this time the astronauts on ISS have taken over 940,000 pictures! This number is not included images taken by Russian crew members. Most of these images are accessible for the public.

April 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM

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Huub Eggen

@huubeggen.bsky.social

Voor het eerst in dagen wolken hier, en meteen een mooie variant. Dit zijn uitsneeuwende cirrocumuluswolkje. De ijskristallen waaruit ze bestaan, vallen naar beneden. Aan de boog kun je zien hoe de wind op die hoogte staat. De technische term hiervoor is virga. @suerob7.bsky.social

The image shows an evening sky with orange and brown colours. In the centre seven small clouds are visible with thin downward curved veils originating from them. In English these clouds are called jellyfish clouds, an appropriate description!

April 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Sue Robertson

@suerob7.bsky.social

…hoping my followers can join in the fun 🎵

Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Mar 29

It's the 88th day of the year, which can only mean one thing: World Piano Day! To all who celebrate, enjoy this musical malapropism

The menu for the Amadeus Café features some sheet music, presumably to look classy and authentic. Instead of a Mozart banger though, they've used the theme tune from the Flintstones. Ironic really, as the melody is believed to have been inspired by part of the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 (The "Tempest")

March 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM

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Brian Groom

@groomb.bsky.social

Out this week. Between the Salt and the Ash, by @jakecampbell88.bsky.social. A Journey into the Soul of Northumbria. @manchesterup.bsky.social

March 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM

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@mozperkins.bsky.social

#BooksWorthReading

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Nov 29

'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' out now, available from bookshops and websites. Bestselling 'Northerners: A History' available in hardback and paperback. Publisher: @harpernorth.bsky.social

March 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM

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Huub Eggen

@huubeggen.bsky.social

De totale maansverduistering vanochtend, zoals deels zichtbaar vanuit Nederland. Begin intreden bijschaduw (1), begin intreden kernschaduw (2) en net voor de Maan onder ging (3). @leonoor.bsky.social @johanklos.bsky.social @govertschilling.nl @suerob7.bsky.social @roelvanderheijden.bsky.social

The image shows the full Moon, just as it started to enter the partial shade (penumbra of Earth) this morning.

The image shows the full Moon as it has started to enter the full shade of Earth (umbra) this morning. The left side of the Moon is gettting dark here. This image, as well as the previous one and the next one have been taken at ISO 200. Exposure time needed to get longer at every step of the eclipse, nicely showing the diminishing brightness of the Moon during entry of the Earth's shadow.

The image shows the full Moon with a larger part at left in dark shadow. This was just before the Moon set here. The sky was already quite bright with sunrise less than half an hour away.

March 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM

Sue Robertson

@suerob7.bsky.social

…unexpected low flying cloud this morning

Fog above the river with trees on both banks

March 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM

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Huub Eggen

@huubeggen.bsky.social

The world is becoming a terrifying place, but let’s talk nevertheless for a moment about a wonder of nature: noctilucent clouds (#nlc). They form over high geographical latitudes during midsummer. The image shows nlcs over Antarctica on 27 January 2025 seen by #Himawari9 satellite. 1/7

The image shows a curved earth horizon, viewing towards Antarctica and clouds over the ocean south of Australia. The bottom of the image is dark. Going up we pass the terminator and enter sunlight. The horizon is brighly lit, with the blackness of space above it. Here the image shows a number of thin blueish streaks which are noctilucent clouds. The Himawari 9 satellite is positioned in a geostationary location over the western Pacific Ocean. The satellite is operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

February 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Sue Robertson

@suerob7.bsky.social

…well you can definitely spot me waving in this photo 👋 but failing in my attempt to remove that pesky white 🌬️☁️ many thanks for sharing this great shot Huub 😃

Huub Eggen @huubeggen.bsky.social · Feb 11

Parts of #Engeland, #Scotland, and #NorthernIreland in this image taken by astronaut Nick Hague on 6 February 2025 from space station #ISS. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Enhanced. @daveatcogs.bsky.social @suerob7.bsky.social @sjbastro.bsky.social