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2025-05-29 10:15:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-05-29 11:50:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-05-29 22:48:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-05-29 22:49:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-05-29 12:33:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-29 21:59:00

Arbroath, Scotland

2025-05-29 23:58:27

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-29 21:04:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-05-29 20:21:00

Filip Shatlan and Diana Engelmann

Gainesville, Florida , United States

2025-05-29 22:42:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-05-29 22:02:00

Gilboa, New York, United States

2025-05-30 11:22:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-05-30 09:36:00

Foto Colectania Hangar Ràdio Web MACBA

Barcelona, Spain

2025-05-30 08:30:18

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-30 11:53:00

Arbroath, Scotland

2025-05-30 08:18:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-05-30 11:52:32

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-30 11:51:36

Richard A Carter

University of York, Campus East, United Kingdom

2025-05-30 11:52:30

Richard A Carter

University of York, Campus East, United Kingdom

2025-05-30 08:37:00

Gilboa, New York, United States

2025-05-30 08:42:00

Filip Shatlan and Diana Engelmann

Gainesville, Florida , United States

2025-05-30 22:37:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-05-30 22:00:00

Cyprus Amateur Radio Society

Nicosia , Cyprus

2025-05-30 21:45:50

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-30 23:21:00

Goownown Growers The Seaweed Institute

CAST, Helston, Cornwall, United Kingdom

2025-05-30 23:20:14

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-31 07:42:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-05-30 22:15:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-31 11:59:00

Cyprus Amateur Radio Society

Nicosia , Cyprus

2025-05-31 11:40:00

Arbroath, Scotland

2025-05-31 11:44:00

Goownown Growers The Seaweed Institute

CAST, Helston, Cornwall, United Kingdom

2025-05-31 10:59:20

Türkenschanzpark, Austria

Despite planning to capture a high elevation NOAA-19 pass, when I loaded SDR++ it is NOAA-18's beep beep that I hear. I hit record before shifting frequencies, leaving NOAA-18 over the Balkans and picking-up NOAA-19's rising signal as the satellite crosses Finland. Unable to see my laptop's screen in the sun, I try but fail to stop and restart the recording, and so the software creates a long, stacked image. In Vienna, we have had so much rain: light drizzle, heavy down pours, buckets, silvery mists, and sudden showers. It has also stayed unseasonably cold. Yet, since yesterday afternoon, the air has warmed and warmed until the temperature climbed to a body-loosening 28 degrees Celsius. The change has been so abrupt, it’s like the air arrived from somewhere else, already dried and heated. I will check the wind direction when home.

2025-05-31 11:55:00

Filip Shatlan and Diana Engelmann

Gainesville, Florida , United States

2025-05-31 20:30:00

Foto Colectania Hangar Ràdio Web MACBA

Barcelona, Spain

2025-05-31 19:31:38

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-01 00:05:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-05-31 21:33:14

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-31 23:07:18

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-05-31 20:12:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-05-31 19:32:00

Gilboa, New York, United States

2025-05-31 22:02:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-01 11:46:00

Cyprus Amateur Radio Society

Nicosia , Cyprus

2025-06-01 11:31:00

Goownown Growers The Seaweed Institute

CAST, Helston, Cornwall, United Kingdom

2025-06-01 11:27:10

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-01 13:01:23

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-01 11:41:00

Filip Shatlan and Diana Engelmann

Gainesville, Florida , United States

2025-06-01 09:20:47

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Mixed blue and cloudy sky, later overcast. Light breeze, Beaufort 2/3. Rain in the west did not make it to the receiving station.

2025-06-01 23:51:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-06-01 19:05:37

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-01 23:52:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-06-01 12:01:44

Steve Engelmann

Pacific Palisades, California, United States

Today I returned to a spot on the bluffs of Pacific Palisades. I did a satellite capture at the same location on November 5, 2024 - the day of the US presidential election. While this location has a great view of the ocean, the early few minutes were problematic as there was a large eucalyptus tree blocking the northern horizon. The Palisades fire burned the foliage of that tree, but eucalyptus are know to tolerate fire. On the first image the tree looks like a fuzzy character from Dr. Seuss. The second image is looking up Temescal Canyon, one of the main access roads to the community. The four lanes are currently blocked to car traffic as it is being used to process and sort debris being removed from fire-damaged homes. The third image is from November 5th. It is interesting to compare the status of the road, the hillside homes and the mountains in the distance. The last image is towards the west with Malibu peaking out of the marine layer. So much has transpired since the US election. Being ruled by billionaires has not been fun. Somehow I think they believe their wealth is a validation of their political ideology. Between the tariffs (taxes on Americans), the dismantling of government agencies, immigration anxiety, a shift away from science-backed health and environmental policy, the decline of reproductive rights, the instability of the US dollar, the general xenophobia and so much more, it scary that we aren't even 6 months in. Perhaps what we are witnessing is the burning down of our country. Maybe the rebuild will offer opportunities to reimagine this country. It is hard to watch.

2025-06-01 21:20:42

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-01 23:53:00

Foto Colectania Hangar Ràdio Web MACBA

Barcelona, Spain

2025-06-01 22:55:00

Arbroath, Scotland

2025-06-01 22:54:25

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-01 19:29:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-01 23:39:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-06-01 22:58:00

Gilboa, New York, United States

2025-06-02 08:51:45

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-02 12:20:00

Foto Colectania Hangar Ràdio Web MACBA

Barcelona, Spain

2025-06-02 11:14:29

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-02 12:49:00

Arbroath, Scotland

2025-06-02 12:52:00

Goownown Growers The Seaweed Institute

CAST, Helston, Cornwall, United Kingdom

2025-06-02 12:48:28

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-02 21:49:00

Oppressive Heat

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2025-06-02 11:25:00

Gilboa, New York, United States

2025-06-02 22:04:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-06-02 23:39:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-06-02 22:56:00

Cyprus Amateur Radio Society

Nicosia , Cyprus

2025-06-02 21:08:12

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

Gusty winds, cloudy, rain expected later.

2025-06-01 19:08:07

Sasha Engelmann

Hackney Downs, London, United Kingdom

Today at a seminar, a woman asks me about 'witchy weather' and 'necromancy'. I blank on 'witchy weather' until I remember that, while the Palisades fire was still burning, my uncle sent me a YouTube video in which two men in a typical American podcast setting blamed the 'three lesbians' in the LA Fire Department, together with mayor Karen Bass ("rumoured to be a lesbian", they say) for the destruction of the fires. On the train ride home, I dig out an unfinished poem that I wrote some months ago using lines from that podcast. Reading it again, the link to the figure of the witch seems all too clear... “The mayor was in Ghana at a cocktail party when she was warned of the Santa Ana wind.” “She was warned about the winds that the chaparral had not been cleared that there was not sufficient water” “That she’d cut the fire department budget by 17 million dollars and wanted to cut it by 50” “That she appointed an LGBTQ activist as the fire chief who bragged she was to hire 70% DEI.” ~ ~ ~ “I just have to ask, as I don’t live in California: Is most of the leadership of the LA fire department overweight lesbians?” “The fire chief is,” “The assistant fire chief is,” “There’s rumours the mayor is.”

2025-06-02 22:41:35

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-02 21:00:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-06-02 22:32:00

Tsonami Arte Sonoro

Valparaiso, Chile

2025-06-02 23:32:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-06-02 22:49:00

Filip Shatlan and Diana Engelmann

Gainesville, Florida , United States

2025-06-02 23:10:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-03 08:25:39

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-03 12:08:00

Foto Colectania Hangar Ràdio Web MACBA

Barcelona, Spain

2025-06-03 11:01:49

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-03 12:36:00

Arbroath, Scotland

2025-06-03 12:39:00

Goownown Growers The Seaweed Institute

CAST, Helston, Cornwall, United Kingdom

2025-06-03 12:35:32

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-03 18:58:00

Oppressive Heat

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2025-06-03 08:33:00

Gilboa, New York, United States

2025-06-03 12:35:18

University of York, Campus East, United Kingdom

I've been reflecting recently on how my relationship with the atmosphere has changed since becoming a glider pilot. Different patterns and shapes of cloud are now read as resources for staying aloft, even on the ground. The photograph alongside this entry neatly illustrates a promising 'gliding sky' - large clouds with dark, flat undersides, and fluffy tops: all of which indicate potential for lift below. In particular, the clouds are forming a noticeable 'line of energy', that can be followed like a road, hopping from one source of lift to another. However, the one key aspect not captured here is the wind, which today would put paid to any flying - guests up to 32kts, which would exceed the safe takeoff and landing limits of any glider. Even if the wind was slightly lower, the strong drift would present a challenge for local soaring - hard to stay the course. Finally, there are sharp scuds of rain, which is always unwelcome, especially when airborne. Today's NOAA imagery showcases the source of all this atmospheric energy very well, and I am very pleased to be on the ground!

2025-06-03 12:43:09

Richard A Carter

University of York, Campus East, United Kingdom

2025-06-03 08:54:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-03 21:51:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-06-03 21:52:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-06-03 23:26:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-06-03 19:53:11

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-03 22:43:00

Cyprus Amateur Radio Society

Nicosia , Cyprus

2025-06-03 22:28:47

Bathgate, West Lothian, UK

2025-06-03 20:33:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-06-03 23:13:00

Iterable pueyrredon

Cordoba , Argentina

2025-06-04 06:20:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-06-04 08:01:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

2025-06-04 10:24:00

Cosmos Astronomy Club MIT WPU

2025-06-04 09:07:00

Mauritius, Mauritius

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