David Blanchflower BSc

I've been using them to warm up😉

Football stadium with pitch and stands on three sides.

My view.

Can see Orion now. Would be a great night for #astrophotography 🔭 🧪

I'm waiting to enter the ground and can see Jupiter shining bright. Beautiful evening.🔭 🧪

I'm on my way to the toon for the match. Very early as usual. Completely clear sky for once. This year has rained every time I've seen Newcastle play. Rare evening.

Will be!

Beautiful blue sky here this afternoon. Forecast to be clear tonight while I'm at the match.

How are you feeling?

Cambridge 'closest to driverless bus rollout in the UK' The city is said to be

Cambridge 'closest to driverless buses in the UK.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health - Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure...

CO2 is now affecting the body chemistry of humans

If the current levels of emissions are maintained, we could be facing potentially toxic atmospheric compositions within 50 years

THIS IS STAGGERING AND DEVASTATING NEWS

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The truth is out there...

#BloodMoon #Moon #eclipse 3 March 26 sequence of photos showing the eclipse. The earth shadow starts to cover the moon from bottom left, Southern Hemisphere perspective, then moves to cover the full moon which glows a dull red, until the mood begins to emerge again, starting to get bright on the top right until it returns to a full moon appearance.

#BloodMoon #Moon #eclipse 3 March 26 sequence of photos showing the eclipse. The earth shadow starts to cover the moon from bottom left, Southern Hemisphere perspective, then moves to cover the full moon which glows a dull red, until the mood begins to emerge again, starting to get bright on the top right until it returns to a full moon appearance.

#BloodMoon #Moon #eclipse 3 March 26 sequence of photos showing the eclipse. The earth shadow starts to cover the moon from bottom left, Southern Hemisphere perspective, then moves to cover the full moon which glows a dull red, until the mood begins to emerge again, starting to get bright on the top right until it returns to a full moon appearance.

#BloodMoon #Moon #eclipse 3 March 26 sequence of photos showing the eclipse. The earth shadow starts to cover the moon from bottom left, Southern Hemisphere perspective, then moves to cover the full moon which glows a dull red, until the mood begins to emerge again, starting to get bright on the top right until it returns to a full moon appearance.

#BloodMoon #Eclipse #Astrophotography March 3 2026
For once, clear skies in the South East SA.
Getting my settings right as I went.
Device: Nikon Z 8
Lens: VR 500mm f/4E
Aperture: f/4
Varied as I went:
Shutter Speed: 1/800s - 1/3s
ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 16000) to ISO 1000
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Comets and asteroids visible in the sky tonight Would you like to see a comet tonight? Find out what comets and asteroids you can see in the sky tonight and over the coming weeks?

Comets and asteroids visible in the sky tonight

What comets and asteroids can you see in the sky tonight and over the coming weeks? Find out when and where to look to see a Near Earth Object.

www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/what-...

he moon setting through the archway of St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. Photo taken this morning before sunrise.

Celestron Travelscope 70 Telescope, Canon EOS 1200D camera. Simple camera tripod.

In my case I rarely connect to the internet with my computer.

🎧 Ep 271 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:

🤩 @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social returns with ‘The King’s Mother’ & incredible women of the Wars of the Roses

🖼️ Faith Douglas has A-Z of plants, with Q

📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com

Must admit I've never fancied having an Instagram account.

Hope you're alright Kate.

Yellowstone: World's largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020 The Echinus Geyser had been silent for the last six years, and it is unknown whether the eruptions will continue into the summer.

World's largest acidic geyser wakes up in Yellowstone from six-year slumber. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How I arrived on BlueSky from Twitter.

I'm still using 10, won't be "upgrading."

'Blood rain' and fiery sunsets as Saharan dust sweeps UK North African dust carried to the UK by a weather system are forecast to have some unusual effects in the coming days.

'Blood rain' and fiery sunsets as Saharan dust sweeps UK. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Solar halo and sundogs on March 2, 2026, above the Sea of ​​Japan. Photographed in Yuzhno-Morskoy, Nakhodka, near the lighthouse chapel.

#PhotoHour #StormHour
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This is a large radio telescope, painted entirely white; the upper half is its large dish antenna, pointed directly upwards; the lower half is the support tower, positioning structure, and access stairs. The telescope here sits in the New Mexican desert, flat and dry with a low horizon. The sky is blue with a few small clouds near the horizon. On the path at lower left, leading to the telescope, two people stand and observe.

This very large #Round thing is one of the 28, 25-meter (diameter) radio telescopes that make up the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array ("VLA"), about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico [USA]. Two people in the foreground give an idea of scale.

11 October 2016

#BlueskyArtShow #VLA #RadioTelescope

Waning Moon dims.

West as well as south of the UK.

The next Eclipse we have to look forward to is the BIG one on the 12th August 2026, Total Solar Eclipse. Partial from the UK and most of Europe. Total from parts of Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, and Spain. 🔭 🧪

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2047UT 3 March 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Tomorrow night I'll be attending Newcastle's match against Man Utd. I wonder how many goals we'll concede this time. Average is around 3 lately.