Blake C. Stacey22h ago
Allan

Night sky 10 years ago: “look, a shooting star!”

Night sky tonight: “look more Starlink junk burning up and rapidly seeding aluminium into our upper atmosphere with unknown consequences.”

Mar 28 at 8:32pmWeb
Show threadstaringatclouds23h ago
@allancavanagh I wonder if we'll be able to see the aftermath of the Kessler event with the naked eye when it happens
Show threadAllan20h ago
@staringatclouds I suppose we’ll know soon enough.
Show threadSteve Bellovin21h ago
@allancavanagh @sundogplanets This is a night sky picture at Death Valley two months ago. At least streaks (some are faint)…  I assume that they're Starlink satellites (3 secs, f/1.8, ISO 2800, 50 mm)
#astrophotography
Show threadAllan20h ago
@SteveBellovin @sundogplanets this is tragic.
Show threadcafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️15h ago
@SteveBellovin Five streaks though 😭
Show threadSteve Bellovin10h ago
@cafuego Hmm—I took a closer look and now see four, but I still don't see five…
Show threadcafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️10h ago
@SteveBellovin And fair enough too, there are six.
Show threadSteve Bellovin9h ago
@cafuego Amazing—you have better eyes than I do! Six (at least)!
And I'll edit my post…
Show threadpL8h ago
@allancavanagh yeah but think of all the shareholder value that was generated
Show threadAllan8h ago
@pl environmental collapse is an opportunity for growth!
Show threadMike Johnson7h ago
@allancavanagh "hopefully this pollution will somehow offset the other pollution"
Show threadAllan6h ago
@mrj Musk knows he'll never get to Mars so he's going to turn Earth into Mars instead.