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CALLING ALL SKY WATCHERS! Especially #weather fans! Join us with #CalgaryRASC at #yyc Central Library on Thurs, Jan 19 (7:30pm MT) for Kyle Brittain’s talk on Extreme Weather of Western #Canada! FREE! In-person or online!
CPL Registration (with library card): https://calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-programs/programs/rasc-extreme-weather-of-western-canada/
Meetup (especially for those out of town): https://www.meetup.com/the-calgary-astronomy-meetup-group/events/290731392/
#abstorm #stormwatching #stormchasers #stormchasing #weatherforecasts #skywatching #westerncanada #extremeweather
Kyle Brittain talks about his experiences documenting the various kinds of high-impact weather common to western Canada during his time as a reporter for The Weather Network, including severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, high winds, extreme temperatures, and wildfires – and what considerations are required to do it as safely as possible.
CALLING ALL SKY WATCHERS! Especially #weather fans! Join us with #CalgaryRASC at #yyc Central Library on Thurs, Jan 19 (7:30pm MT) for Kyle Brittain’s talk on Extreme Weather of Western #Canada! FREE! In-person or online!
CPL Registration (with library card): https://calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-programs/programs/rasc-extreme-weather-of-western-canada/
Meetup (especially for those out of town): https://www.meetup.com/the-calgary-astronomy-meetup-group/events/290731392/
#abstorm #stormwatching #stormchasers #stormchasing #weatherforecasts #skywatching #westerncanada #extremeweather
Kyle Brittain talks about his experiences documenting the various kinds of high-impact weather common to western Canada during his time as a reporter for The Weather Network, including severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, high winds, extreme temperatures, and wildfires – and what considerations are required to do it as safely as possible.
We are all stardust.
That oxygen you breath? That comes from dying massive stars, ending their light in a supernova.
The iron in your blood? Some massive stars dying, but mainly white dwarfs, the leftovers of dwarf stars like our own Sun, exploding.
The gold ring on your finger? Mostly merging neutron stars, leftovers from supernovae.
I was out playing dodge the clouds tonight (1/3/23) and taking some photos of the Moon when I was “photobombed.” My bff, an airplane enthusiast, helped me surmise this is likely a Jet Blue flight (6396) Embraer 190 from Raleigh to JFK.
Either way, it was a pretty cool moment!
iPhone 13 (handheld) through Swarovski Optik 65mm Spotting Scope
Heather Wendelboe processed this composite photograph of Quadrantid meteors from exposures taken on the morning of 3 January 2021, from Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming, USA Tracing the meteor paths backwards reveals a radiant only 10 degrees above the horizon. © Heather Wendelboe (https://bolo-photo.com/)The Quadrantids can be one of the strongest displays of the year,…
Ooh our WCO’s (Wilson Coulee Observatory) meteor cams caught a few last night, the first night of the year! #Quadrantids meteor shower, peaking on Jan 3!
98 detected on the West Cam (left) and 138 (minus some satellite trains, looks like) on the East Cam (right). #calgaryrasc #globalmeteornetwork #gmn #yyc
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