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thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
BeardyFace
@thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
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Linux > Mac > Windows

I write software for a business and love space, birds and trees. I'm looking forward to the next clear night hike to stare at our mother galaxy and commune with reality.
Or the next season of {our_favourite_show}!
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astrojaz.bsky.social
i need more jwst planet images
Jupiter dominates the black background of space. The image is a composite, and shows Jupiter in enhanced color, featuring the planet’s turbulent Great Red Spot, which appears white here. The planet is striated with swirling horizontal stripes of neon turquoise, periwinkle, light pink, and cream. The stripes interact and mix at their edges like cream in coffee. Along both of the poles, the planet glows in turquoise. Bright orange auroras glow just above the planet’s surface at both poles. The background is mostly dark. At the center is a dark orange-brown circle, surrounded by several blazing bright, thick, horizontal whiteish rings. This is Saturn and its rings. There are three tiny dots in the image—one to the upper left of the planet, one to the direct left of the planet, and the lower left of the planet. These are three of Saturn’s moons: Dione, Enceladus, and Tethys, respectively. There is a slightly darker tint at the northern and southern poles of the planet. The rings surrounding Saturn are mostly broad, with a few singular narrow gaps between the broader rings. There is an innermost, thicker ring, and next to that is a brighter, wider ring. Traveling farther outward, there is a small dark gap before another thicker ring. In the thicker ring, there is a narrow faint band. There is then an outermost, faintest, thinnest ring. The planet Uranus on a black background. The planet appears light blue with a large, white patch on the right side. On the edge of that patch at the upper left is a bright white spot. Another white spot is located on the left side of the planet at the 9 o’clock position. Around the planet is a system of nested rings. The outermost ring is the brightest while the innermost ring is the faintest. Unlike Saturn’s horizontal rings, the rings of Uranus are vertical and so they appear to surround the planet. In this Webb image, Neptune resembles a pearl with rings that look like ethereal concentric ovals around it. There are 2 thinner, crisper rings and 2 broader, fainter rings. A few extremely bright patches on the lower half of Neptune represent methane ice clouds. Six tiny white dots, which are six of Neptune’s 14 moons, are scattered among the rings. The background of the image is black.
November 18, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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sassy0210.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 2:48 PM
thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
fallbrookastro.bsky.social FallbrookAstro @fallbrookastro.bsky.social · Nov 15
The Moon, August 30 2023.

AKA the first time i dabbled in HDR moon photography!
#astrophotography 🔭
The moon’s natural mineral colors are brought out in detail and shine against a backdrop of black.
November 15, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Nothing quite says "efficiency" like hiring co-directors to lead your department of efficiency.
ABC News NEWS Trump taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency
November 13, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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shakeycan.bsky.social
Lives near our house and I say "Hi!" each day on my walk - if the sun is shining! #auswildlife #ausreptiles
November 13, 2024 at 1:35 AM
thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
Wait, what is the verb of @bsky.app posting? BSing? Blueing? Skybing? (With a harsh B so as to differentiate from Teamsing.. oh yeah, they got rid of Skype, lmfao)

I never liked "tweeting", but semantically it fit. Xitting is hilarious when Xi is pronounced the Mandarin way.. (shi)

🤔
November 13, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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davidbflower.bsky.social
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). 11 November 2024. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #SciArt #astrophotography
At centre of frame bright core of the Andromeda Galaxy. Faint galaxy M110 at upper right. Numerous star dots.
November 11, 2024 at 7:31 PM
thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
Thanks @bsky.app
I feel hugged by the internet, but in a good way.
November 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM
thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
Can we make it global, and monthly because what if the weather is bad that night.. maybe the first of every month, so it's different stars. The astrophotography would be amazing!
astrojaz.bsky.social Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · Nov 12
there should be a national holiday where every city just turns the lights off for a little bit so people can go outside and really SEE the night sky
November 12, 2024 at 12:50 PM
thedreadcthulhu.bsky.social
Found this beautiful semi fractal representation of our universe and thought you might like it.
November 12, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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charlespiroth.bsky.social
A collage featuring 100 planetary nebulae captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
November 12, 2024 at 2:40 AM