Chris Scott

The sun through a hazy ice cloud resulting in a spectacular circular halo of light around the sun.

Cracking solar halo this morning over #RutherfordAppletonLaboratory in Oxfordshire, UK.

An image of the Andromeda spiral galaxy orientated vertically against a starry backdrop

It's been raining over the UK for what seems like forever but back when it was just cold, I captured a few photons from my back garden. They'd taken 2.5 million years to get there so I figured a few more weeks before I shared them wouldn't hurt. #Andromeda

Thanks so much to @mostly-books.bsky.social for hosting my daughter for work experience today. She had a blast! And getting her to write reviews to display with her favourite books? Genius.

I did. It was raining. You'll just have to enjoy it for the rest of us! (if you can take the responsibility)

The news in haiku:

G4 storm rages,
Above 8 oktas of cloud,
Space Weather FOMO!

Mind blowing stuff, thanks Chris!

What's the latest on 3I/Atlas?

Knowing you, that's going to be one heck of a good sentence though.

YouTube video by Billy Bragg BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS

The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage".

What would Woody do?

Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...

Things You Can Make ChatGPT Write for You - Hayley DeRoche Your last words But before them What to murmur to a lover in bed What to say in the group chat when someone's Sister mother brother is dead and The apology you could never quite get right for a friend And hell why not make the robot compose your proposal Your wedding toast, too Your best friend's birthday roast You could ask it to write a custom lullaby For the baby snuffling at your breast. You can cradle to grave away Every warm human word You could ever have said And when they chisel your gravestone For your final rest We can ask ChatGPT Because it knew you best

Love it 🙌

AR 4274 is rotating back into Earth's firing line for the 3rd time! 🌍☀️ It's been busy throwing out eruptions while on the farside, along with other ARs keeping things lively. The recent M-class flare and latest data suggests it may still be quite complex 👀
#SpaceWeather

Interested in the solar wind? Interested in lightning? Interested in the solar wind AND lightning? Then this could be the PhD for you! Come and work with us at the University of Reading.
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Those drums are *huge*!

Marvellous! This will be the soundtrack to my analysis this afternoon.

Evokes memories of the goth nightclub 'Benedicts' in Boscombe in the 1980s. Wall-to-wall gloom with music playing over scenes from Eraserhead shown on repeat.

Seconded!

🚨Here we go‼️🚨 Looks like the third eruption could be just arriving at L1 🌞💨🛰️🌍 #SpaceWeather #Aurora #NorthernLights

Meanwhile, somewhere in the undergrowth there's a hedgehog saying to its mate "I've just seen my first sweaty Welshmen of the season!"

YouTube video by Undead Guitars (formerly Red Guitars) Blazing Zombies (Official Video)

Undead Guitars' Blazing Zombies rise from the ashes of Red Guitars. Happy Halloween! youtu.be/JkqYeJ28XlU

Our single is out today! On all the usual digital platforms, Spotify, iTunes, etc. If you'd like to visit any of the places we are online, our videos, blog etc here is a good place to start. Have look and follow us if you can, it all helps to spread the word: linktr.ee/Undead_Guitars

Wow.

Well, you would say that.

Image of theta aurora courtesy of ESA. A black and white image taken from space over Antarctica with the sunlit side to the lower left and a theta shaped aurora visible around the magnetic pole on the night side.

Looks like a theta aurora to me. Coincidence?
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/de...

Full moon with upper right side still in the Earth's shadow as the total lunar eclipse ended. View from Oxfordshire, UK.

Much swearing as my whizzy telescope insisted on a software update as the eclipse ended and clouds rolled in, but I got something!

When did we stop talking about lunar eclipses and start talking instead about blood moons? Are we now to avoid their scientific wonder in favour of dread-laden hyperbole?

Congratulations Roger!

Now laugh at my joke!

Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've been in that church. It was genuinely moving.

I'm looking forward to meeting you!

This.

Wow.