Tootfinder

30 years ago #OTD I was in #India to observe a Total #SolarEclipse lasting under a minute in Neem Ka Thana, Rajasthan: my report on the whole trip to this amazing country - written originally for an English magazine - can be found at https://geocities.restorativland.org/CapeCanaveral/5599/india_95_story.html while the picture here was taken by Voyto Rušin at the same observing camp and processed by Miloslav Druckmüller: http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/eclipse/Ecl1995i/0-info.htm

Enjoying these leaf colours! Photo from a couple of days ago.
(Do we have a leafy equivalent of the #Bloomscrolling tag? No actual blooms here!)
#leaves #autumn

Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Siversk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/ukraine-confirms-withdrawal-from-siversk.html

What comet #Lemmon looks like from the #ISS right now - a picture by the Japanese #astronaut Kimiya Yui from https://x.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1981102591494021158 with more timesteps. And see also https://x.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1980373847154258171 and https://x.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1980759984410423546 and the animation https://x.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1980376397156872537

Skala received Australian Abrams tanks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/skala-received-australian-abrams-tanks.html

On-sky Demonstration of #Subdiffraction-limited Astronomical Measurement Using a #PhotonicLantern: #Telescope hack opens a sharper view into the universe: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/telescope-hack-peers-deeper-into-universe - it is the first time the novel imaging technique has been used on telescopes.

Switzerland extradites Ukrainian over Russian-backed sabotage plot: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/200925.html

Extreme environmental tolerance and space #survivability of the moss, Physcomitrium patens: #moss survived 9 months directly exposed to the elements of #space: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105940 -> This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/we-were-genuinely-astonished-this-moss-survived-9-months-outside-the-international-space-station-and-could-still-grow-on-earth

RE: #CECOT piece is everywhere on the web - even the Internet Archive: #60Minutes ... a #StreisandEffect writ large: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect