Tyler Nordgren

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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To quote my friend and park ranger GB Cornucopia nowhere more than Death Valley does “the sky begin at your feet.”

I’ve never regretted a Galaxy-rise. Death Valley is such a spectacular place. I’m so happy you got to be there for that.

I just happened to arrive on the Big Island an hour after the previous event began. We dropped all our plans, drove strait there, and it was the most surreal experience of my life.

I've been following the journey of Colin O'Brady, who yesterday set the new world record for the longest solo unsupported one-way polar ski journey in Antarctica.

Today, the chance orbital alignment and celestial dance of astrophysical bodies will reward him (and only a few others) with an eclipse.

Is it me, or does making “Such a lovely place” be the only lyrics in English makes it feel extra sinister.

I’ll be doing it again and will make sure to advertise it better then.

And such kind words from the staff there too!

That sounds like a lot of fun. Our first observing run is only a couple hours long and starts at midnight, so no sunset for us. And thanks for the overlook. That looks like where we had good views the last time I was there in 2022.

Ooh, where was this? With the next US eclipse in 2033 (Alaska) I’ll take all the sales I can get between now and then.

We’re up at Mauna Kea for four nights for my wife and her grad student to study Io’s volcanos. Then heading to the park for 4 nights. How long were you there and where did you find the best view to be?

I want to see fountaining too. I’ll be there in three weeks. Last time I was in Volcano Village I missed seeing Mauna Loa erupt by two weeks. Fingers crossed this time.

FWIW, I recently returned from the Serengeti where Kilimanjaro was in fact too distant to be seen. However, it did rain briefly one afternoon.

The moon may not care, but the more journalists hype these non-events the harder it is for us Astro-educators to excite the public about really awe-inspiring events that don’t happen every month. You journalists are the little boy who cried Wolf Moon.

I worked with a small group that turned the color camera calibration target on Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity into functioning works of art. So cool to see art capturing art. www.tylernordgren.com/mars-dial

“Fly, you fucking fools!”

Is it too much to ask to live in a world where it’s not the NASA administrator’s job to reaffirm the president’s big beautiful battleship fixation?

Terrible day locally, but as you said, terrible for the community and society ever since.

I was a Cornell astro grad student at the time. It was the morning of the department’s holiday party when we got the news. Such a terrible day. We were all in shock. Next year will be 30 years.

My wife came to all of my book tour talks before she saw her first eclipse in 2017 in Eastern Oregon. Afterward she told me I hadn’t oversold it. They really are unlike anything else.

Today is the first day I’ve seen grass after three straight weeks of snow. The temperature actually peaks tonight before a new cold front comes through so I may be saying goodbye to the grass again.

That’s some good company in those books.

Thanks everyone for coming tonight. Remember, as big as the universe is, and as small as we may be, we are a way for the stars to know themselves. And that’s no small thing. #parkchat

My pleasure! Thanks for coming and enjoy the stars!

Thanks. It seemed revolutionary back in 2009, I couldn’t be happier it seems almost a no-brainer now. #parkchat

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I’d love too! My favorite geyser is Lone Star because I can ride my bike there and be utterly alone when it erupts. #parkchat

Gorgeous! Is that in Southern Utah. Reminds me of the Capitol Reef area. There are iron hematite spherical concretions out there that are similar to what the Opportunity rover found on Mars. #parkchat