Local Date
24 December 2023Local Time
10:46Location
Culver City, CaliforniaCountry or Territory
USAName
Sasha EngelmannSatellite
NOAA-18Radio Callsign
M6IOR
Archive ID
ow140
The sun was very bright and the air so warm today, I ended up in a t-shirt while capturing the satellite pass. The park was lively as a soccer team started warming up and a group of walking womxn did laps on the sand trail. I was on a video call during the whole satellite pass, and this made me reflect on the ways the signal from my phone was relaying through a nearby cell tower and onward to the other side of the planet, while the NOAA satellite above me sent radio waves to the ground – I wondered, did the signals touch?