View Outside My Window (7 Viewers)

Windy but warm. That’s not a river of chocolate either. Lol
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Panoramic photo from above my window via my drone. New neighborhood being built next to mine. :(

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Previously, all that cleared land was woods and a x-mas tree farm.


Below is a screenshot from google maps to see the actual scale of the development and the "progress" made in 18 months. :tdown::cry:

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Panoramic photo from above my window via my drone. New neighborhood being built next to mine. :(

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Previously, all that cleared land was woods and a x-mas tree farm.


Below is a screenshot from google maps to see the actual scale of the development and the "progress" made in 18 months. :tdown::cry:

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More people coming into the world every day
 
View out the back right now:


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Jelly. It’s -14 Celsius here and snowed most of yesterday. Winter comes every year but I still don’t like it. Been to Texas twice in my life. I really should make a third trip and just stay. Lol
 
By all means. I’m not from Texas…. But I got here as fast as I could.

23° C. Outside on the back deck now.
Ya I remember being there 25 years ago thinking a long sleeve shirt in April was nice. They people I visited talked about the time it snowed 15 years earlier. I really like the idea of visiting snow and then being able to leave it behind. lol
 
Ya I remember being there 25 years ago thinking a long sleeve shirt in April was nice. They people I visited talked about the time it snowed 15 years earlier. I really like the idea of visiting snow and then being able to leave it behind. lol
Snow/ice DOES happen here.
This was feb of ‘23:

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Well, not right outside my window — a safe distance from the house. Annual NYD bonfire.

Here’s the burn pile 20 hours later:

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It was built around a dead tree I had to cut down last year. In the past the stump burned along with the branches/brush, but this one went up fast, in the wind, leaving the tree behind. Now trying to hollow it out from the inside, which can also sometimes burn/sever the roots.
 
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You saw that despite the big, bright full moon!

I bet the aurora from there on a moonless night is just sublime. :love:

(I've been lucky to see it from northern climes and in dark-ish skies. Utterly beautiful and surreal all at the same time. Color me officially jealous. :tup:)

I lived in Alaska for four months… The landscape / terrain is just bonkers and these photos give a sense of the staggering sights one encounters daily.
 
Views from my first shift at the new observatory. Super busy the first two mostly clear nights learning the new setup, but a winter storm came through southern Arizona bringing snow and plenty of ice at the observatory and higher elevations in the area. The skies cleared earlier today allowing me to take a couple photos while assessing the situation in the afternoon.

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Snow covered mountaintop and trees seen through one of the open vent doors in the side of the telescope building. The snow-free desert valley seen below.

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A view of the Willcox Playa off in the distance. This is a (usually) dry lakebed that sticks out in satellite views and is near a busy east/west flight corridor which means view of it from above is possible from a plane on that path.

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Finally, a view of sunset from the window of our common area and dining room windows. Unfortunately, despite the clear skies we're closed because there's enough ice on the building that we can't risk opening to prevent ice falling in and on the telescope and instruments.
 
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First time flying into MCO, view from the balcony at the airport Hyatt.

Nothing like coming from Indiana to have it be 30 degrees in Florida.

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