Scott Sutherland

@ScottSutherlandScienceWriter
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Neutral Good Science Writer, Meteorologist, and "Dingo" Walker.

he/him.

I post about:
Astronomy & Space News
LEGO (Official & MOC)
D&D
The Expanse
Star Wars
Star Trek
ADHD

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Exactly 1000 Martian days ago the #Perseverance rover landed safely on the red planet.

This video shows the marvelous views captured by the engineering cameras during this nail-biting event.

Long 4K version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhyznZ2u4E

#NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Mars 2020 EDL Remastered

YouTube

A 'cannibal CME' is headed straight towards Earth, and space weather forecasters expect bright displays of the Northern Lights during the nights ahead.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/trio-of-solar-storms-may-spark-bright-auroras-across-canada-this-week

Cannibal solar storm may spark bright auroras Thursday night

Eyes to the sky Wednesday and Thursday nights for a chance to see the Aurora Borealis!

The Weather Network
The Moon tonight (with composited earlier unilluminated side)
One of my pet peeves: the phrase “meteoric rise”, because that’s not what meteors do
It's my birthday today. As a present for myself, I got the flu shot and the latest covid shot.
Arms are a bit sore, but I also bought myself some LEGO so we'll call it even.

Lucy's closeup view of asteroid Dinkinesh reveals it has a small moon!
- "We knew this was going to be the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close. The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting," says the mission principal investigator.

#Lucy #LucyMission #NASA #asteroid #space

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/space/nasa-lucy-discovers-asteroid-target-dinkinesh-is-binary-pair

Lucy's first closeup of asteroid Dinkinesh reveals it has a small moon!

"We knew this was going to be the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close. The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting," says one NASA scientist.

The Weather Network

A Partial Lunar Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Orazio Mezzio

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231029.html #APOD

APOD: 2023 October 29 – A Partial Lunar Eclipse

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Torontohenge to deliver Toronto's most amazing sunset views this week

At sunset, this week, look to the west along any of downtown Toronto's east-west aligned streets, and have your camera ready to capture spectacular images of #Torontohenge

#Toronto #Sun #skywatching

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/earth-science/torontohenge-gives-amazing-views-toronto-downtown-streets-wednesday-sunset

Torontohenge to deliver Toronto's most amazing sunset views this week

Get your cameras ready and stake out your viewing spot for this spectacular solar alignment!

The Weather Network

I have thoughts. This time on space exploration.

As we start to explore the Moon we're going to need roads, and some engineers have made very interesting progress on that. But I have to wonder: at what cost? Will we just bring our baggage with us?

Bonues: AMAZING observatory sunrise pic.

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/where-were-going-we-will-need-roads

Where we’re going, we WILL need roads

Paving the Moon won’t be easy, but it’s possible… but we should be careful how we proceed. Also: Sunrise over an extremely large telescope.

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