Brian Lukis

20-30% water!?

Western Tasmania #msfs2024 #flightsim

Direct Energy Tansfer ✔️

Cherry blossoms(?) across the landscape - Japan, N of Miyako

(Is this realistic? The colors are so cool!)

#msfs2024 #flightsim #japan

The lunar eclipse as seen above the Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, during the early hours of March 14, 2025. A white to orange to red gradient sweeps across the Moon from the top left to the bottom right of its full disc. Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna

The solar eclipse as seen from the surface of the Moon in Mare Crisium by the Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander. The Sun's corona shines as a bright circle around the dark disc of the Earth. A "diamond ring" flare glows at the five o'clock position against the darkness of space. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

eclipse from earth | eclipse from the moon

I spent a lot of time in my book breaking down WHY this is happening — it’s *content meets community*

- A lot of people don’t want “politics” or “news”, they want to be entertained…comedy, culture

- They want to feel like they’re listening to someone relatable, who talks like them, is like them.

Bubble chart of follower counts for top right-leaning versus left-leaning online shows

As more and more Americans get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning. 🧵: www.mediamatters.org/google/right...

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

Last night's eclipse from the perspective of the moon. dang.

Just in! 📸 The first images from yesterday’s #HeraMission flyby of Mars and its moon Deimos. 👇 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

Rocks and sand. A shadow of a butte darkens the left. More buttes are in the distance; we’ll see more of them later. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Just past sunrise on Sol 4476, the Mars Curiosity Rover used MastCam to take a large mosaic of the surroundings. Here’s my favorite part, looking towards the future drive path and boxworks.

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Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article) It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.

tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)

Mine would have turned it like this one. It was awesome in the clear skies here (minnesota)

The flight sim rig
#flightsim #msfs2024

Japan, Niigata. (Look at those skies)
#flightsim #msfs2024

Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...

I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things

Two observations of a portion of the galaxy NGC 628 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is roughly centered and the galaxy’s arms appear to rotate counterclockwise. The spiraling filamentary structure looks somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus shell. In Webb’s image, the spiny spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange, with prominent dark gray or black “bubbles,” and there is a blue haze near the core. In Hubble’s image, the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters, pink star forming areas and dark brown dust lanes, and the core is a pale yellow.

Two observations of the galaxy NGC 1300 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered, connected to a prominent diagonal bar structure. The galaxy’s two distinct spiral arms begin at the end of the bar and rotate counterclockwise. Together, the arm and bars form a backward S shape. In Webb’s image, the bar and spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange, and are anchored by its central region, which is circular and light yellow. In Hubble’s image, the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star cluster and dark brown dust lanes, and the bar and core are a pale yellow.

Two observations of the galaxy NGC 1512 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered and circular, with two prominent dust lanes crossing the large diagonal bar structure appearing toward the top left and bottom right. The central bar is blue at top, looking like a gap until a closer examination shows it feeds a larger, oval shape that looks braided with many spiral arms. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange. In Hubble’s image the bar is a light pinkish-brown and the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters and dark brown dust lanes.

Two observations of the galaxy NGC 3351 are split diagonally, with Hubble’s observations at top left and Webb’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered and the galaxy’s arms rotate clockwise and form a distinct outer ring. In Hubble’s image, the galaxy’s roughly horizontal bar structure is a pale yellow and the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters and dark brown dust lanes that form half of the large circular ring. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms form the other half of the large ring, which is made of many filaments in shades of orange. They are anchored by its central region, a hazy blue bar, connected to the central core. The core has a small orange oval around a more circular light yellow oval, with a blue dot at its center.

these webb/hubble images are truly incredible. the fact that we can see the universe in different wavelengths of light and spot so many unseen details is mind-blowing 🌌

A historic image showing Earth and the Moon together for the first time, captured by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1977. The bottom of the image features Earth, partially illuminated, with its blue oceans and white clouds visible against the blackness of space. Above and to the left, the Moon appears as a smaller, dimmer crescent, emphasizing the vast distance between the two celestial bodies. This photograph, taken just 13 days after Voyager 1’s launch, offers a profound perspective of our planet and its natural satellite, floating together in the cosmic void.

the first ever image of the entire earth and moon together, taken by voyager 1 in 1977

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!

with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

Looks like we're all on the same ride together. Preach it.

Opinion | There Is No Going Back The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

😈

The Ottawa crowd just booed the American national anthem at a hockey game against the Minnesota Wild.

I don’t think that’s ever happened before.

again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government

Rocks and sand. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

The current workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4437 drive this week.

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BEHOLD! Bluesky has hit 30 MILLION users!

We’re here to stay!

My first rainbow 🌈
Fukui, Japan
#msfs2024 #flightsim

It’s Jupiter but colored weirdly. The equatorial limbs are surprisingly blue. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

I get bored and you end up having to look at a weirdly colored Jupiter because I wanted to see how it looked if I used the Voyager 1 ultraviolet filters. Sorry.

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Map of the actual size of each country