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CoastSnap is a Citizen Science program hosted by the University of NSW and interested local councils. Frames like this one at Bar Beach in Newcastle are erected at various sites along the NSW coast and visitors are encouraged to use their phone cameras in the frame provided to take a picture of the target beach. Images with date, time etc are emailed to a central repository for subsequent analysis of patterns of beach erosion and recovery.
This image was taken with a Meopta Belar 75mm f4.5 enlarger lens adapted for digital. The four blade Zebra version used here delivers square bokeh highlights when the lens is stopped down; this image was taken wide open, so the squares are not obvious, and tbh the background rendering wouldn't normally be my first choice in this setting. All good fun though - the lens focusses to infinity with a 16-30mm helicoid (M42) and is nicely sharp.
Day 3 of Pentax Forums Daily in April 2023 challenge.
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Walking through the hammock I was pleasantly surprised to notice this eagle it was quite a distance away and backlit. There was little time to document the moment one frame and it took flight. My catalogue has thousands of eagle photos since I participated in Citizen Science monitoring eagle nests for years what makes this special is this is the first image captured deep within a hammock. Guess one could say it's a feather in my cap.
It was not until viewing this on the big screen did I notice the white streaks on the back of this eagle. First thought was it was a sub-adult then on closer inspection I believe it's slice from another bird.
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This image shows two of Jupiter's large rotating storms, captured by Juno’s visible-light imager, JunoCam, on Juno’s 38th perijove pass, on Nov. 29, 2021.
This image was acquired at 50 degrees 5 minutes north latitude, at an altitude of 3,815 miles (6,140 kilometers). Atmospheric details as small as 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) can be discerned in the image. Bright “pop-up” clouds are visible above the lower storm, casting shadows on the cloud bank below. Although the pop-up clouds appear small in comparison to the large storm below, such clouds are typically 31 miles (50 kilometers) across.
Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill processed the image to enhance the color and contrast, using raw JunoCam data
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. More information about NASA citizen science can be found at science.nasa.gov/citizenscience and www.nasa.gov/solve/opportunities/citizenscience.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY--
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During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes. The dark, circular vortex near the center of the image is a cyclone that spans roughly 250 miles (about 400 kilometers). The color at its center is likely to be the result of descending winds that cleared out upper-level clouds, revealing darker material below.
Citizen scientist Brian Swift used a raw JunoCam image digitally projected onto a sphere to create this view. It has been rotated so that north is up. The original image was taken on Sept. 2, 2021, at 4:09 p.m. PDT (7:09 p.m. EDT). At the time, the spacecraft was about 16,800 miles (about 27,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 31 degrees south.
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. More information about NASA citizen science can be found a science.nasa.gov/citizenscience and www.nasa.gov/solve/opportunities/citizenscience.
More information about Juno is at www.nasa.gov/juno and missionjuno.swri.edu/. For more about this finding and other science results, see www.missionjuno.swri.edu/science-findings/.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY--
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As NASA’s Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near the planet’s north pole.
These powerful storms can be over 30 miles (50 kilometers) in height and hundreds of miles across. Figuring out how they form is key to understanding Jupiter's atmosphere, as well as the fluid dynamics and cloud chemistry that create the planet’s other atmospheric features. Scientists are particularly interested in the vortices’ varying shapes, sizes, and colors. For example, cyclones, which spin counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern, and anti-cyclones, which rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere, exhibit very different colors and shapes.
A NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks help from volunteer members of the public to spot and help categorize vortices and other atmospheric phenomena visible in JunoCam photos of Jupiter. This process does not require specialized training or software, and can be done by anyone, anywhere, with a cellphone or laptop. As of July 2022, 2,404 volunteers had made 376,725 classifications using the Jovian Vortex Hunter project web site at www.zooniverse.org/projects/ramanakumars/jovian-vortex-hu....
Another citizen scientist, Brian Swift, created this enhanced color and contrast view of vortices using raw JunoCam image data. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 15,600 miles (25,100 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 84 degrees.
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. More information about NASA citizen science can be found at science.nasa.gov/citizenscience and www.nasa.gov/solve/opportunities/citizenscience.
More information about Juno is at www.nasa.gov/juno and missionjuno.swri.edu. For more about this finding and other science results, see www.missionjuno.swri.edu/science-findings.
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY
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A new NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks your help spotting vortices – spiral wind patterns – and other phenomena in photos of the planet Jupiter.
Another NASA citizen science project, called Junocam, seeks help from members of the public processing images from NASA’s Juno Mission and choosing targets for the spacecraft. However, the new Jovian Vortex Hunter project provides images that have already been processed by the science team, making it quick and easy for anyone to lend a hand. Categorizing the images will help scientists understand the fluid dynamics and cloud chemistry on Jupiter, which create dazzling features like bands, spots and “brown barges.”
In this image from 2019, citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from the spacecraft's JunoCam imager. This stunningly detailed look at a cyclonic storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere was taken during its 23rd close flyby of the planet (also referred to as “perijove 23”). Juno observed this vortex in a region of Jupiter called the “north north north north temperate belt,” or NNNNTB, one of the gas giant planet’s many persistent cloud bands. These bands are formed by the prevailing winds at different latitudes. The vortex seen here is roughly 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
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*I had to "neglect" getting adequate sleep to do my final observations! After fourteen hours and forty-two minutes, the last of my "indoor reared" Monarch caterpillars emerged from it's chrysalis! She will be kept overnight to strengthen before her release. She is actively crawling around in her net enclosure and exercising her wings by frequently opening and closing them. You may notice that the butterfly appears to have only four legs, while asking yourself, "Don't insects have six legs?" The answer is yes; however, the butterflies in the Nymphalidae Family use only four legs, the middle and rear ones, while keeping the two, small, vestigial forelegs tucked close to their bodies! *This shot also looks like the butterfly is "distorted," but the abdomen which is bent downward is still filled with blood that will be pumped into the wings. (Below in the comment section is a photo of how the pupa looked minutes before the Monarch emerged.)
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The Monarch caterpillar is doing well, eating heartily and steadily growing!
Day three of indoor rearing project.
Size of caterpillar on 8/24/21 at 12:52 AM CDT - 24mm long, 5mm wide.
Size of caterpillar on 8/26/2021 at 5:27 AM CDT - 30mm long, 6 mm wide.
Size of caterpillar on 8/26/21 at 9:25 PM CDT - 40mm long, 9 mm wide. *That's a lot in in 16 hours!
Size of the caterpillar on 8/27/2021 at 11:49 PM CDT - 45mm-long, 9mm-wide.
Photo of the day 12 November 2020 at Spectacular Animal..
This photo has been selected as an Icon of the Week 9 to 16 December 2020 at Spectacular Animals for the Month of December, 2020.
On April 9, 2022, as NASA's Juno mission completed its 41st close flyby of Jupiter, its JunoCam instrument captured what it would look like to ride along with the spacecraft. Citizen scientist Andrea Luck created this animated sequence using raw JunoCam image data.
At about 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) in diameter, Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. At the point of closest approach on April 9, Juno was just over 2,050 miles (3,300 kilometers) above Jupiter's colorful cloud tops. At that moment, it was traveling at about 131,000 MPH (210,000 kilometers per hour) relative to the planet.
By comparison, at closest approach Juno was more than 10 times closer to Jupiter than satellites in geosynchronous orbit are to Earth, traveling at a speed about five times faster than the Apollo missions did when they left Earth for the Moon.
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. More information about NASA citizen science can be found at science.nasa.gov/citizenscience and www.nasa.gov/solve/opportunities/citizenscience.
More information about Juno is at www.nasa.gov/juno and missionjuno.swri.edu/. For more about this finding and other science results, see www.missionjuno.swri.edu/science-findings/.
Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by AndreaLuck © CC BY--
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My tribute to "The Hubble Space Telescope", one of the most successful scientific endeavors that completely changed our view of the known Universe and our place within it.
Best viewed LARGE!
The image is not at full resolution, but is still best viewed as LARGE as possible. Zoom in and out by clicking on the image (in the gap under the Astrometry identification notes) and pan around. You can also view the image in lightbox mode by clicking HERE.
Original Resolution: 18 000px.
Current Resolution: 8 000px.
About M42, the Great Nebula in Orion:
M42 (NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way Galaxy, in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 light-years from Earth, and is the closest region of massive star formation.
Why I like to "play around" with scientific data:
This Feynman quote sums it up...
"Feynman, that's pretty interesting, but what's the importance of it? Why are you doing it?'' ``Hah!'' I say. ``There's no importance whatsoever. I'm just doing it for the fun of it.'' - "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman'', by Richard P Feynman.
Data source:
The Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA).
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Processing:
Narrowband Monochrome FITS data in the HST Palette.
Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Image processing by Martin Heigan.
Hubble Palette explanation:
www.astronomymark.com/hubble_palette.htm
Narrowband explanation:
www.swagastro.com/narrowband-information.html
My brief description of the Electromagnetic Spectrum of Light:
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Hubble Legacy Archive Credit:
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA).
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Bad photo in impossible backlight, over-cropped and upside down so you can read the text: MWTAG.org, Monarch Watch, AESE 475. Noticed one of several female monarchs visiting the dry Crepe Myrtles and lush milkweed in our backyard had a sticker on its wing. Weird, right? Go to the website—I did, to report the sighting—and see how citizen scientists are tagging monarchs to track the migration behavior of my childhood’s most familiar butterflies.
“No individual butterfly completes the entire round trip. Female monarchs lay eggs for a subsequent generation during the northward migration. Four generations are involved in the annual cycle and the generation undertaking the southbound migration live eight times longer than their parents and grandparents.” —Wikipedia
9 Jan 2022; 19:40 CST; Slider
America's most recognizable butterfly and also it's most imperiled. No matter who you are or where you live, you can help this species by planting milkweed and nectar plants that are native to your area. Don't use pesticides, but garden organically to minimize mortality to monarchs, other insects, lizards, skinks, frogs and birds. Become a citizen scientist and monitor monarchs in your area. Educate others about pollinators, conservation and how they can help.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Vistosas o crípticas, me interesan todas las especies de mariposas y polillas. Aquí están muchas de las que ví durante los últimos años
Showy or cryptic, I'm interested in all species of butterflies and moths. Here are a lot of the ones I've seen over the past few years
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Today's image is this tiny little guy I managed some photos of today. He's from the Peacock Spider genus and the more common species of the Maratus found through suburban gardens and parks on the east coast of Australia.
Maratus griseus / White-banded House Hopper.
Victoria Point QLD Australia.
Sunday 16th November 2025.
Single shot, hand-held with manual focus.
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Florida’s only endemic bird. Spotted During Jay Watch 2019 in Lake County FL. It is also an endangered species because of the scrub habitat loss due to urban sprawl and climate change.
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Human Spaceflight image of the week:
A third prototype of the AstroPlant citizen science initiative made its debut at the Border Sessions festival in the Netherlands last week. The desktop greenhouse allows people to help collect data on potential crops to grow in space.
Just as agriculture revolutionised human settlements on Earth, it will also be a game changer in space. But first we need data.
The Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative team, or MELiSSA for short, has been working for over 27 years to create ecosystems for astronauts. They are finetuning how microrganisms, chemicals, catalysts, algae and plants interact to process waste and deliver unending supplies of oxygen, water and food.
To help speed the process, the team is recruiting citizen scientists with the AstroPlant initiative. The idea was conceived at the Border Sessions conference in 2016 to ask home-gardeners, schools, urban farmers and other enthusiasts to nourish seeds selected by the MELiSSA team.
Last April, more than 40 participants across Europe brainstormed the prototype and other aspects of the initiative, including hardware design, user interface and business development. The third prototype presented to the Border Sessions audience last week is the result.
AstroPlant is a plant lab fitted with sensors that track the entire growth cycle. Air and water temperature, humidity levels and leaf temperature, among other statistics, are uploaded via an app along with other user-collected data. The MELiSSA team then analyses the crop data for space farming potential.
A crowd funding campaign is planned for September to fund a set number of kits for interested participants. The initiative hopes eventually to have AstroPlant kits set up in secondary schools as part of its educational goals.
Border Sessions is an annual technology conference and year-round lab bringing together various partners to advance new ideas and experiments.
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Yesterday was an expected high end storm day for SE QLD with long lived clusters of supercellular storms that pumped out tens of thousands of lightning strikes over Brisbane suburbs and unfortunately giant hail stones to 12cm were reported. Luckily for me, my vantage point (Greenslopes) only received the very odd golf ball size with mostly marble and pea sized hail.
SE QLD Supercell Outbreak.
24th November 2025.