Kenneth Becker
@geophotographer.org
Geoscientist/canine caretaker. UAF alum. Based in Alaska
Seismology/Volcanology/Meteorology/Astronomy/Space Weather, & Science Communication
Sometimes successful at photography
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Seismology/Volcanology/Meteorology/Astronomy/Space Weather, & Science Communication
Sometimes successful at photography
See my starter packs for more science!
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This semi-conscious Late-Stage Anthropocene Era Carbon Sack also chooses Science.
Science - Our Most Precious Resource
🌎⚒️🧪🔭. #Science
youtube.com/shorts/igndc...
Science - Our Most Precious Resource
🌎⚒️🧪🔭. #Science
youtube.com/shorts/igndc...
Protect science! 🧪
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
As will this soggy carbon sack
Our ability to discover and test, to prove and disprove, and also to throw our hands up and say we just don't know, and yet still be excited that we might find out...
It's one of the greatest skills we have. We need to protect and support it at all costs
🔭🧪🌊📡🛰️⚒️🌎
Our ability to discover and test, to prove and disprove, and also to throw our hands up and say we just don't know, and yet still be excited that we might find out...
It's one of the greatest skills we have. We need to protect and support it at all costs
🔭🧪🌊📡🛰️⚒️🌎
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
🧪“Living Matter” a new #Biophysics book by Alex J. Levine. Sadly, Prof. Levine passed away before the book was ready.
This quote of his, beautifully captures the way a physicist views living systems. It is particularly poignant in how it captures the transience of human life. For us all.
#science
This quote of his, beautifully captures the way a physicist views living systems. It is particularly poignant in how it captures the transience of human life. For us all.
#science
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 AM
🧪“Living Matter” a new #Biophysics book by Alex J. Levine. Sadly, Prof. Levine passed away before the book was ready.
This quote of his, beautifully captures the way a physicist views living systems. It is particularly poignant in how it captures the transience of human life. For us all.
#science
This quote of his, beautifully captures the way a physicist views living systems. It is particularly poignant in how it captures the transience of human life. For us all.
#science
1/5
The "Boring Billion" era of Earth might have ended with a surprise twist. New thallium data reveals a distinct rise in ocean oxygen during the Tonian period, followed by a crash in the Cryogenian. 🧪⚒️⚛️
#EarthHistory
#Evolution
#Oxygenation
The "Boring Billion" era of Earth might have ended with a surprise twist. New thallium data reveals a distinct rise in ocean oxygen during the Tonian period, followed by a crash in the Cryogenian. 🧪⚒️⚛️
#EarthHistory
#Evolution
#Oxygenation
#geology #geology | Geological Society of America
We used to think that the increase in oxygen levels on Earth around 700 million years ago drove the evolution of animals. However, geoscientists have since discovered that the story of oxygen on Earth...
www.linkedin.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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The "Boring Billion" era of Earth might have ended with a surprise twist. New thallium data reveals a distinct rise in ocean oxygen during the Tonian period, followed by a crash in the Cryogenian. 🧪⚒️⚛️
#EarthHistory
#Evolution
#Oxygenation
The "Boring Billion" era of Earth might have ended with a surprise twist. New thallium data reveals a distinct rise in ocean oxygen during the Tonian period, followed by a crash in the Cryogenian. 🧪⚒️⚛️
#EarthHistory
#Evolution
#Oxygenation
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
An X1.95 flare has just peaked from AR 4341 which is in the Earth-strike zone. A large CME was ejected with an Earth-directed component. A full halo is seen in coronagraphs... it is heading right for us.
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
An X1.95 flare has just peaked from AR 4341 which is in the Earth-strike zone. A large CME was ejected with an Earth-directed component. A full halo is seen in coronagraphs... it is heading right for us.
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
Seahawks running into halftime with a comfy lead of 26-6 against the 49ers!! We are hard at work here at the PNSN, providing live annotations on the fan-generated seismograms coming in from Lumen Field. Let's go Hawks!!
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
January 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Seahawks running into halftime with a comfy lead of 26-6 against the 49ers!! We are hard at work here at the PNSN, providing live annotations on the fan-generated seismograms coming in from Lumen Field. Let's go Hawks!!
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
Remember the Dec 6, magnitude 7 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake? Here is some follow-up reporting that you may be interested in. From AK state seismologist Mike West: “...researchers all around the world [are] investigating this earthquake in different ways." https://bit.ly/4jBf3xu
Yukon earthquake reveals a fault line hidden beneath glaciers | CBC Accessibility
An earthquake which struck near the Alaska-Yukon border last month has revealed a fault line hidden beneath ice, drawing international research interest.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Remember the Dec 6, magnitude 7 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake? Here is some follow-up reporting that you may be interested in. From AK state seismologist Mike West: “...researchers all around the world [are] investigating this earthquake in different ways." https://bit.ly/4jBf3xu
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JWST identified nine "platypus" galaxies that defy standard cosmic categories. These objects from the infant universe appear as tiny points of light, yet they lack the signature physical traits of stars or quasars. 🔭🧪🛰️
#JWST
#DeepSpace
#Astrophysics
#Cosmos
www.earth.com/news/webb-di...
JWST identified nine "platypus" galaxies that defy standard cosmic categories. These objects from the infant universe appear as tiny points of light, yet they lack the signature physical traits of stars or quasars. 🔭🧪🛰️
#JWST
#DeepSpace
#Astrophysics
#Cosmos
www.earth.com/news/webb-di...
Webb discovers 'platypus' galaxies that defy current cosmic categories
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified a population of “platypus galaxies” that defy existing categories.
www.earth.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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JWST identified nine "platypus" galaxies that defy standard cosmic categories. These objects from the infant universe appear as tiny points of light, yet they lack the signature physical traits of stars or quasars. 🔭🧪🛰️
#JWST
#DeepSpace
#Astrophysics
#Cosmos
www.earth.com/news/webb-di...
JWST identified nine "platypus" galaxies that defy standard cosmic categories. These objects from the infant universe appear as tiny points of light, yet they lack the signature physical traits of stars or quasars. 🔭🧪🛰️
#JWST
#DeepSpace
#Astrophysics
#Cosmos
www.earth.com/news/webb-di...
As will this soggy carbon sack
Our ability to discover and test, to prove and disprove, and also to throw our hands up and say we just don't know, and yet still be excited that we might find out...
It's one of the greatest skills we have. We need to protect and support it at all costs
🔭🧪🌊📡🛰️⚒️🌎
Our ability to discover and test, to prove and disprove, and also to throw our hands up and say we just don't know, and yet still be excited that we might find out...
It's one of the greatest skills we have. We need to protect and support it at all costs
🔭🧪🌊📡🛰️⚒️🌎
This semi-conscious Late-Stage Anthropocene Era Carbon Sack also chooses Science.
Science - Our Most Precious Resource
🌎⚒️🧪🔭. #Science
youtube.com/shorts/igndc...
Science - Our Most Precious Resource
🌎⚒️🧪🔭. #Science
youtube.com/shorts/igndc...
Protect science! 🧪
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
As will this soggy carbon sack
Our ability to discover and test, to prove and disprove, and also to throw our hands up and say we just don't know, and yet still be excited that we might find out...
It's one of the greatest skills we have. We need to protect and support it at all costs
🔭🧪🌊📡🛰️⚒️🌎
Our ability to discover and test, to prove and disprove, and also to throw our hands up and say we just don't know, and yet still be excited that we might find out...
It's one of the greatest skills we have. We need to protect and support it at all costs
🔭🧪🌊📡🛰️⚒️🌎
The California Geological Survey offers a variety of interactive web maps, including geologic and geohazard maps, mineral resource maps, and earthquake regulatory zone maps. These maps can be found here: maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/#datalist
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Everfreeze
-45.6⁰C, -50⁰F, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 2026
Photo credit Kenneth Becker
#photography
#winter
#coldsnap
#fairbanks
#alaska
#frozencamera
❄️📷
-45.6⁰C, -50⁰F, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 2026
Photo credit Kenneth Becker
#photography
#winter
#coldsnap
#fairbanks
#alaska
#frozencamera
❄️📷
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Everfreeze
-45.6⁰C, -50⁰F, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 2026
Photo credit Kenneth Becker
#photography
#winter
#coldsnap
#fairbanks
#alaska
#frozencamera
❄️📷
-45.6⁰C, -50⁰F, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 2026
Photo credit Kenneth Becker
#photography
#winter
#coldsnap
#fairbanks
#alaska
#frozencamera
❄️📷
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The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Spots Record-Breaking Asteroid in Pre-Survey Observations | Rubin Observatory
Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, have discovered the fas...
rubinobservatory.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
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A 2012 solar eruption rivaled the power of the 1859 Carrington Event but narrowly missed Earth. New USGS research maps the consequences if a storm of that magnitude hit the US grid today.
🔭🧪☀️🛰️⚒️
#SpaceWeather
#Geology
#SolarStorm
#Science
#Carrington
www.usgs.gov/news/feature...
A 2012 solar eruption rivaled the power of the 1859 Carrington Event but narrowly missed Earth. New USGS research maps the consequences if a storm of that magnitude hit the US grid today.
🔭🧪☀️🛰️⚒️
#SpaceWeather
#Geology
#SolarStorm
#Science
#Carrington
www.usgs.gov/news/feature...
What a Solar Superstorm Could Mean for the US
If a geomagnetic storm as large as the famed “Carrington Event” of 1859 were to occur today, it could adversely affect telecommunications and electric power transmission systems across the U.S., espec...
www.usgs.gov
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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A 2012 solar eruption rivaled the power of the 1859 Carrington Event but narrowly missed Earth. New USGS research maps the consequences if a storm of that magnitude hit the US grid today.
🔭🧪☀️🛰️⚒️
#SpaceWeather
#Geology
#SolarStorm
#Science
#Carrington
www.usgs.gov/news/feature...
A 2012 solar eruption rivaled the power of the 1859 Carrington Event but narrowly missed Earth. New USGS research maps the consequences if a storm of that magnitude hit the US grid today.
🔭🧪☀️🛰️⚒️
#SpaceWeather
#Geology
#SolarStorm
#Science
#Carrington
www.usgs.gov/news/feature...
Stars in Sextans A form dust grains made almost entirely of iron despite the galaxy having low levels of heavy elements. JWST observations verify that chemically primitive stars can generate solid material. Iron grains absorb light efficiently without the spectral signatures of silicates
#jwst
🔭🧪🛰️
#jwst
🔭🧪🛰️
NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog's Unexpected Talent for Making Dust - NASA Science
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one of the most chemically primitive
science.nasa.gov
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Stars in Sextans A form dust grains made almost entirely of iron despite the galaxy having low levels of heavy elements. JWST observations verify that chemically primitive stars can generate solid material. Iron grains absorb light efficiently without the spectral signatures of silicates
#jwst
🔭🧪🛰️
#jwst
🔭🧪🛰️
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mapped the Sun’s outer magnetic boundary, the Alfvén surface, for the first time. Flying closer than ever, it reveals where the solar wind escapes and shapes space weather. #NASA #Sun #SpaceWeather #SolarScience
🧪🔭🛰️☀️
Paper:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
🧪🔭🛰️☀️
Paper:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
First maps of the sun's outer boundary may help predict solar storms
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has mapped the shifting boundary between the sun and the rest of the solar system.
www.sciencenews.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mapped the Sun’s outer magnetic boundary, the Alfvén surface, for the first time. Flying closer than ever, it reveals where the solar wind escapes and shapes space weather. #NASA #Sun #SpaceWeather #SolarScience
🧪🔭🛰️☀️
Paper:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
🧪🔭🛰️☀️
Paper:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Happy Winter Solstice! In Fairbanks, we're only getting 3 hours and 42 minutes daylight. The sun sets soon at 2:40 pm here.
Image courtesy of National Weather Service Fairbanks
📷❄️☀️🌄
#sunset
#wintersolstice
#alaska
#nws
Image courtesy of National Weather Service Fairbanks
📷❄️☀️🌄
#sunset
#wintersolstice
#alaska
#nws
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy Winter Solstice! In Fairbanks, we're only getting 3 hours and 42 minutes daylight. The sun sets soon at 2:40 pm here.
Image courtesy of National Weather Service Fairbanks
📷❄️☀️🌄
#sunset
#wintersolstice
#alaska
#nws
Image courtesy of National Weather Service Fairbanks
📷❄️☀️🌄
#sunset
#wintersolstice
#alaska
#nws
Webb’s near-infrared image shows that the flash called GRB 250314A came from a supernova when the universe was only 730Myo. The image also reveals the host galaxy for the first time at this distance, giving scientists a direct view of early cosmic evolution.
#JWST
#Astrophysics
#EarlyUniverse
🧪🛰️🔭
#JWST
#Astrophysics
#EarlyUniverse
🧪🛰️🔭
GRB 250314A Pull-out (NIRCam Image) - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope identified the source of a super bright flash of light known as a gamma-ray burst: a supernova that exploded when the universe was only 730 million years old. Webb’s ...
science.nasa.gov
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Webb’s near-infrared image shows that the flash called GRB 250314A came from a supernova when the universe was only 730Myo. The image also reveals the host galaxy for the first time at this distance, giving scientists a direct view of early cosmic evolution.
#JWST
#Astrophysics
#EarlyUniverse
🧪🛰️🔭
#JWST
#Astrophysics
#EarlyUniverse
🧪🛰️🔭
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
As of this morning, our data analysts have worked through ~180 aftershocks above magnitude 3 from yesterday's large earthquake near the Hubbard Glacier. While we have not detected landslides, note that this event was on the same fault system that led to the 1958 Lituya Bay tsunami.
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As of this morning, our data analysts have worked through ~180 aftershocks above magnitude 3 from yesterday's large earthquake near the Hubbard Glacier. While we have not detected landslides, note that this event was on the same fault system that led to the 1958 Lituya Bay tsunami.
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
A G3 (STRONG) geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. This is due to a CME predicted to arrive at Earth around early-midday Dec 9 UT (Monday night).
Auroral displays may be seen across the central U.S. Follow for more updates.
Auroral displays may be seen across the central U.S. Follow for more updates.
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A G3 (STRONG) geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. This is due to a CME predicted to arrive at Earth around early-midday Dec 9 UT (Monday night).
Auroral displays may be seen across the central U.S. Follow for more updates.
Auroral displays may be seen across the central U.S. Follow for more updates.
Is it too early to jokingly refer to this as the 6-7 earthquake? Read more about what we know so far, summarized in our web story here: https://bit.ly/4aC083z
December 6 Magnitude 7 Near the Canadian Border | Alaska Earthquake Center
On Saturday, December 6, just before noon, a magnitude 7 earthquake was felt across a 500-mile radius around the epicenter, near Hubbard Glacier, about
earthquake.alaska.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Reposted by Kenneth Becker
Did you feel shaking in Yukon at 1:41 p.m. MST today? That was a M7 #earthquake near the seismically active YK-AK border and 250 km to the west of #Whitehorse.
Shaking was felt across much of Yukon and southeastern AK.
Details and report shaking:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
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Shaking was felt across much of Yukon and southeastern AK.
Details and report shaking:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
⚒️🧪
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Did you feel shaking in Yukon at 1:41 p.m. MST today? That was a M7 #earthquake near the seismically active YK-AK border and 250 km to the west of #Whitehorse.
Shaking was felt across much of Yukon and southeastern AK.
Details and report shaking:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
⚒️🧪
Shaking was felt across much of Yukon and southeastern AK.
Details and report shaking:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
⚒️🧪
Update from AEC:
There have been a number of aftershocks, and AEC has confirmed the initial event to be a magnitude 7.
⚒️🧪
#alaska
#earthquake
earthquake.alaska.edu
Follow @akearthquake.bsky.social for more information
There have been a number of aftershocks, and AEC has confirmed the initial event to be a magnitude 7.
⚒️🧪
#alaska
#earthquake
earthquake.alaska.edu
Follow @akearthquake.bsky.social for more information
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Update from AEC:
There have been a number of aftershocks, and AEC has confirmed the initial event to be a magnitude 7.
⚒️🧪
#alaska
#earthquake
earthquake.alaska.edu
Follow @akearthquake.bsky.social for more information
There have been a number of aftershocks, and AEC has confirmed the initial event to be a magnitude 7.
⚒️🧪
#alaska
#earthquake
earthquake.alaska.edu
Follow @akearthquake.bsky.social for more information
The National Tsunami Warning Center announced there is NOT a tsunami expected from the M6.8. https://www.tsunami.gov/
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
www.tsunami.gov
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There is no tsunami risk for this earthquake. I will repost the Earthquake Center's announcement about that.
Go to AEC's website for more information:
earthquake.alaska.edu
⚒️🧪
#Alaska
#earthquake
Go to AEC's website for more information:
earthquake.alaska.edu
⚒️🧪
#Alaska
#earthquake
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There is no tsunami risk for this earthquake. I will repost the Earthquake Center's announcement about that.
Go to AEC's website for more information:
earthquake.alaska.edu
⚒️🧪
#Alaska
#earthquake
Go to AEC's website for more information:
earthquake.alaska.edu
⚒️🧪
#Alaska
#earthquake
SWOT recorded the 29 July 2025 M8.8 Kamchatka tsunami in altimetry, showing unexpected dispersive wave patterns. This data could refine tsunami forecasts and constrain the rupture and models
#SWOT
#tsunami
🧪⚒️🌊🛰️
Article
scitechdaily.com/nasa-satelli...
Paper
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
#SWOT
#tsunami
🧪⚒️🌊🛰️
Article
scitechdaily.com/nasa-satelli...
Paper
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
Model Animation of M8.8 Kamchatka, Russia 2025 Tsunami
YouTube video by SciTech Daily
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
SWOT recorded the 29 July 2025 M8.8 Kamchatka tsunami in altimetry, showing unexpected dispersive wave patterns. This data could refine tsunami forecasts and constrain the rupture and models
#SWOT
#tsunami
🧪⚒️🌊🛰️
Article
scitechdaily.com/nasa-satelli...
Paper
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
#SWOT
#tsunami
🧪⚒️🌊🛰️
Article
scitechdaily.com/nasa-satelli...
Paper
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
A team led by University of Cambridge analyzed 183 fossil backbone segments from at least 32 ancient anacondas and found they already measured 4-5 metres around 12.4Mya. Their size has remained essentially unchanged since then.
#Anaconda
#Evolution
🧪⚒️🐍🧬
Paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Anaconda
#Evolution
🧪⚒️🐍🧬
Paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Scientists discover why anacondas stayed giants for 12 million years
Ancient anaconda fossils show that the snakes became giants soon after emerging in Miocene South America. Their size has stayed stable for over 12 million years, even though other huge reptiles went e...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A team led by University of Cambridge analyzed 183 fossil backbone segments from at least 32 ancient anacondas and found they already measured 4-5 metres around 12.4Mya. Their size has remained essentially unchanged since then.
#Anaconda
#Evolution
🧪⚒️🐍🧬
Paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Anaconda
#Evolution
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Paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
They certainly didn't chicken out!
I'll see myself out.
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#ak
#alaska
#earthquake
#chickens
#footage
#AEC
I'll see myself out.
🧪⚒️
#ak
#alaska
#earthquake
#chickens
#footage
#AEC
This may just be my favorite video from Thursday's shaker. Whatever happened to animals being able to sense an earthquake coming? These birds are basically unruffled. Maybe they're used to it? Thanks to Michele from Knik for this one! And to everyone who shared your informative videos.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM