Mick Hyde

Mick Hyde

@mickhyde.bsky.social

"I'm taking the time for a number of things, that weren't important yesterday" Photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickhyde Blog - https://astromick.blogspot.com/ ALSJ contributor - https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/

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Astronomy 🔭
@astronomy.bsky.social

NASA says Orion's heat shield passed its Artemis II test, with about 10 times less damage than last time 🔥 Artemis I (left) vs. Artemis II (right)

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Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

Speaking of Saturn photobombing pics of moons (see my earlier post today)... This video sequence, taken in 2007 by astronomer Jan Koet, shows the Moon moving in the sky—revealing giant Saturn, almost 1.5 billion km away. The video is at twice actual speed.

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Ian Dunt
@iandunt.bsky.social

Burnham praises Badenboch at PMQs over her conference attack on Reform: "In a spirit of unity... I'm going to commend her for drawing a line... with the party over there for suggesting that her children weren't British... She was brave and she was right to call it out."

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Robert Pearlman
@collectspace.bsky.social

Thirteen years after NASA's Mars rover Opportunity surpassed the Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle and 12 years after it rolled by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 2, the solar system has a new record holder for the distance driven on another world... Read more: www.collectspace.com/news/news-10...

collectspace.comPerseverance Mars rover sets record for distance driven on another worldA planetary exploration record places into perspective that not all distances logged off-Earth are astronomically large. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on...

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Jim F Aaarrgh👻 🔭🍻⭐️⭐️ 🌳
@jfritte.bsky.social

What should happen now is we sanction the US, somehow. A boycott is a good way, as shown by Canada, and tariffs on certain American goods could work, as long as there is a decent alternative from either here, Europe or Canada in the main. Stop buying American stuff!

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️

Mick Hyde
@mickhyde.bsky.social

Ginza, Tokyo Wow! 🤩 Pentax 67TTL with a Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm F2.8 lens. This Pentax 67 has been customized with a Hasselblad V mount. As you can see, this means you can shoot the legendary 80mm Planar lens in the a 6x7 format. This camera has been further customized with a wooden right-hand grip.

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Odd This Day
@oddthisday.bsky.social

Happy 90th birthday, Brian Blessed Sorry, that should read: HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, BRIAN BLESSED

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social

I have another Brian Blessed story, which is second hand, but… a friend of mine worked on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Palladium, in which BB played Baron Bomburst. Apparently, he kept buying extra props from Hamleys on his way in to the theatre…

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Riding With Robots
@ridingrobots.bsky.social

From NASA 📍Gale Crater, Aug. 11, 2026, 8:30 a.m. local Mars time. The Curiosity rover captures the Sun rising on crags known as yardangs, a scene that scientists have long been waiting to see up close.

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OSINTRadar
@osintradar.bsky.social

Axios: The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected case of plague and a quarantine in Russia,According to Trump administration officials who spoke to Axios. ✅️Follow us for the latest updates