These mean looking sunspots are the cause of the strongest geomagnetic storm (G5 - Severe) in 20 years!
They are really huge, spanning about 16 Earth diameters. Auroras are happening now and probably will continue over the weekend.
Pic with a 2415mm focal length Dall-Kirkham telescope with a 2X Barlow, a Baader Astrosolar filter, and a bandpass infrared filter (850 nm).
Hello darkness, my old friend.
I’ve been trying to get myself out of this black hole. Slowly but surely. In the meantime, here’s some recent work…
My mandriltee for #MerMay! Some believe that the mandriltee is imaginary. Who am I to say?
Though it appears to be rotund, short-armed mermaid with strange facial markings, the mandriltee is neither fish nor primate & certainly not the composite creature of myth. Their name, however, is inspired by their unlikely ressemblance to the mandrill, & they are of the order Sirenia (which comes from the word siren, another name 🧵1/
#linocut #printmaking #washi #mandrill #manatee #mermaid #imaginary
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