Local Date

15 June 2025

Local Time

20:04

Location

Greenwich Park

Country or Territory

UK

Contributor

Prajvi Mandhani

Satellite

NOAA-19

Archive ID

ow2932

Coordinates

51.48, 0

22 degrees, mostly sunny.

Alex and I climbed up the Greenwich Park 20 mins before NOAA 19 would pass our horizon. It was a beautiful spot with a good view of the sky, the thames and the Canary Wharf skyline.

Standing in Greenwich Park, listening to a satellite getting decommissioned in the US, thinking of the thousands walking in the No-Kings Protest, listening to the last breaths of the satellite in solidarity.

We saw the start of a beautiful sunset on the hill. I thought of Gaza, I thought if the crimson and orange of the sunsets would still look so beautiful amidst all the smoke and the rubble?

I think I would sometimes hear the beep boops of the NOAA satellite in my dreams - Alex agrees.

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