Thursday night's Falcon 9 / NROL-57 launch from Goleta, CA

Tonight's Starlink launch from Vandenberg SFB. In the broadcast, the Falcon 9 was barely visible from the pad cameras, but weather was clear enough south to Goleta to get this shot. First time trying out a wide angle adapter.

NASA is closing its Libraries, including at HQ and multiple centers, "with at least 5 librarians losing their positions:"

It says it's going to be easy. It must be true.

California is a lawless unlivable wasteland of crime, taxes, and overregulation. Avoid at all costs.

Every Orbital Rocket Launch: 1957-2024 YouTube video by Terra Incognita

"well, that escalated quickly."

Amazing visualization of every space launch in history, guiding the simple realization that we are in the second Golden Age of space.

youtu.be/yHNKzQLNiuY?...

Long exposure night launch photo of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 9-12 launch on 11/17/2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base

Tonight's Starlink launch from VSFB. Decided to haul out the DSLR & tripod.

Launch photography is uniquely challenging: you only get one shot at the action, and the iteration cycle to improve is slow due to launch cadence, but that makes it a worthy quest. Not the best, but I'll be trying again.

Fortune favors the bold