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28 Sep 26!

Monday, September 28, 2026

A great day for Space Junkies* everywhere!  Starship 14 reached orbit successfully!  At lift off it generates 2.4 TIMES the thrust of the Saturn V moon rocket… Once on orbit it released 26 new & improved Starlink communication/internet satellites.  How improved?  These 26 just up the capacity of all of Elon’s satellites by 2.8%.  It […]

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27 Sep 26!

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Looking over the new development last night was the Full Moon coming up (that white dot on the middle…). This is a crop from the center of the photo above.  Not too shabby for a cellphone photo!  I got it as close as I could to the bottom photo. This is the digital zoom from […]

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31 Jul 26!

Thursday, August 6, 2026

A few photos from this year’s State Fair!  This is the Fine Arts/Photography/Horticulture/Commercial Building.  It is listed in the National Historical Register.  Photography is through the left hand door. This is looking back out from one of the doors at closing time. The Moon was a bright orange because of all of the wildfire smoke […]

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3 Jul 26!

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Fire(works) In The Sky! Happy Independence Day Eve! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>    

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7 May 26!

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

From the 2002 Black Hills trip: the Moon over a West Yellowsttone motel. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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20 Mar 26!

Saturday, March 21, 2026

After spending much of the day getting ready for traveling home, the sky gave a nice show.  That funny white dot is the crescent Moon with the dark side illuminated with Earthshine.  Neat in person, not too bad for a cellphone! A little closer. And as a close up*…while it looks like you can see […]

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Day 26053! 22 Feb 26! My longest post of the year so far!

Sunday, February 22, 2026

I watched a Youtube video from a guy who travels all over Arizona using his drone.  It was on the Center of Arizona (Finding the Center of Arizona).  Turns out it is in a park in Camp Verde just down the road! As you can see by the monument, it is actually 23.3 miles to […]

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Day 26044! 13 Feb 26!

Friday, February 13, 2026

First, something from when I was down here two years ago: the Full Moon over Tuzigoot. Next, a little something the Dailylife Wife found when she was making fajitas. And last, a 3D printable from a 3D printing file site! Because what says modern technology better than something completely…cute… ~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26034.5…

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Finally, late tonight, I was able to get Starlink ordered!  Hurray Me!  I ordered it last week, then realized I needed to use the referral link for DD#1, then it got stuck with a PENDING subscription that could not be cancelled.  I got GROK involved (he/it runs Starlinks troubleshooting/customer support department) and it took from […]

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Day 26034

Monday, February 2, 2026

I did make it to the moonrise.  Tuzigoot wasn’t in line with Moon from where I could shoot, so we get a few trees on the horizon. This first one, which was first, is a iPhone 13 photo.  The cellphones sure can see a lot more than the human eye: there was hardly even a […]

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