Jason Betzner
@jbetzner.bsky.social
I’m a former science teacher with interests in photography, space, and art. He/Him
Silence is Consent. Resist.
https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
Silence is Consent. Resist.
https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
Pinned
Still can’t get over how beautiful this was.
Aurora from Virginia on 11/11/25.
#Photography #Aurora #eastcoastkin
Aurora from Virginia on 11/11/25.
#Photography #Aurora #eastcoastkin
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NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
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A CDC scientist has just correctly pointed out to the conspiracy theorists that the HBV vaccine has been so successful that it’s difficult to collect data for HBV transmission.
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A CDC scientist has just correctly pointed out to the conspiracy theorists that the HBV vaccine has been so successful that it’s difficult to collect data for HBV transmission.
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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures," by Henry Ward Beecher
Felt this hard today
#colorado
#photography
Felt this hard today
#colorado
#photography
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures," by Henry Ward Beecher
Felt this hard today
#colorado
#photography
Felt this hard today
#colorado
#photography
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At the beginning
Before the auroras
Completely filled the sky
They were accompanied
By a very strong proton storm
Producing bright proton auroras
Like the green one on the left
Captured Nov. 11, 2025
#Aurora
#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #landscapephotography #thewildimages
Before the auroras
Completely filled the sky
They were accompanied
By a very strong proton storm
Producing bright proton auroras
Like the green one on the left
Captured Nov. 11, 2025
#Aurora
#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #landscapephotography #thewildimages
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
At the beginning
Before the auroras
Completely filled the sky
They were accompanied
By a very strong proton storm
Producing bright proton auroras
Like the green one on the left
Captured Nov. 11, 2025
#Aurora
#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #landscapephotography #thewildimages
Before the auroras
Completely filled the sky
They were accompanied
By a very strong proton storm
Producing bright proton auroras
Like the green one on the left
Captured Nov. 11, 2025
#Aurora
#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #landscapephotography #thewildimages
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Check out the high-energy precipitation on this pulsating aurora right now in Porjus, Sweden! The pink lower border on the aurora you see is indicative of electrons penetrating deep into the atmosphere.
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Check out the high-energy precipitation on this pulsating aurora right now in Porjus, Sweden! The pink lower border on the aurora you see is indicative of electrons penetrating deep into the atmosphere.
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The most powerful storm I have personally ever witnessed.
This beast near Etowah, OK produced two separate sets of twin tornadoes, followed by an EF3 tornado, and then a 1.25 mile-wide tornado that hit Shawnee, OK... all in the span of one hour. #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
This beast near Etowah, OK produced two separate sets of twin tornadoes, followed by an EF3 tornado, and then a 1.25 mile-wide tornado that hit Shawnee, OK... all in the span of one hour. #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The most powerful storm I have personally ever witnessed.
This beast near Etowah, OK produced two separate sets of twin tornadoes, followed by an EF3 tornado, and then a 1.25 mile-wide tornado that hit Shawnee, OK... all in the span of one hour. #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
This beast near Etowah, OK produced two separate sets of twin tornadoes, followed by an EF3 tornado, and then a 1.25 mile-wide tornado that hit Shawnee, OK... all in the span of one hour. #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
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Heads up! The CIR has arrived, and current solar wind condituons are favorable for mid-latitude aurora. Since the Sun is rising in the U.S., next up will be New Zealand and Tasmania. Keep an eye on webcams and track substorms to catch the best views.
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Heads up! The CIR has arrived, and current solar wind condituons are favorable for mid-latitude aurora. Since the Sun is rising in the U.S., next up will be New Zealand and Tasmania. Keep an eye on webcams and track substorms to catch the best views.
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
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Look to the Milky Way, in Sagittarius, and you'll find the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae. In this region, there are hundreds of millions of stars per square degree. My photo is littered with many of them.🤩
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #photography
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #photography
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Look to the Milky Way, in Sagittarius, and you'll find the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae. In this region, there are hundreds of millions of stars per square degree. My photo is littered with many of them.🤩
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #photography
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #photography
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today the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou - here is an owl from Alaska definitely looking at us - photographed in the deep shade of a grove of trees (also a late #Stripes !) #EastCoastKin #Birds #Nature #Owl #Photography
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
today the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou - here is an owl from Alaska definitely looking at us - photographed in the deep shade of a grove of trees (also a late #Stripes !) #EastCoastKin #Birds #Nature #Owl #Photography
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I finally got around to splitting the video and creating a composite image of the space station pass. (The ISS showed in about 12 of the 2600 frames caught in the video.)
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I finally got around to splitting the video and creating a composite image of the space station pass. (The ISS showed in about 12 of the 2600 frames caught in the video.)
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I am a story.
No matter what has happened to me this year.
Every day I open my phone and scroll through my pictures I get overwhelmed with the emotion of my life in my camera roll.
No regrets. For anything.
Even if it’s going another direction.
#photographerslife
#photography
#noregrets
No matter what has happened to me this year.
Every day I open my phone and scroll through my pictures I get overwhelmed with the emotion of my life in my camera roll.
No regrets. For anything.
Even if it’s going another direction.
#photographerslife
#photography
#noregrets
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I am a story.
No matter what has happened to me this year.
Every day I open my phone and scroll through my pictures I get overwhelmed with the emotion of my life in my camera roll.
No regrets. For anything.
Even if it’s going another direction.
#photographerslife
#photography
#noregrets
No matter what has happened to me this year.
Every day I open my phone and scroll through my pictures I get overwhelmed with the emotion of my life in my camera roll.
No regrets. For anything.
Even if it’s going another direction.
#photographerslife
#photography
#noregrets
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Finally sharing the pics of the northern lights
#fyp #foryou #trending #photography #northernlights #skyphotography #nature
#fyp #foryou #trending #photography #northernlights #skyphotography #nature
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Finally sharing the pics of the northern lights
#fyp #foryou #trending #photography #northernlights #skyphotography #nature
#fyp #foryou #trending #photography #northernlights #skyphotography #nature
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10-frame panorama from 11/11/25 on the eastern plains of Colorado. The meteor is from another shot #photography #astrophotography #stars #Colorado #nightskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #weareroamers #auroraborealis #northernlights #photographersunited #nightsky #starry #milkyway #panophotos
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
10-frame panorama from 11/11/25 on the eastern plains of Colorado. The meteor is from another shot #photography #astrophotography #stars #Colorado #nightskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #weareroamers #auroraborealis #northernlights #photographersunited #nightsky #starry #milkyway #panophotos
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Throwback No. 2 from our June Trip to Iceland.
#Bruarfoss #Þakgil
#Iceland #Nikon #DJI #Landscapephotography
#Landscape #Summer #Highlands
#Bruarfoss #Þakgil
#Iceland #Nikon #DJI #Landscapephotography
#Landscape #Summer #Highlands
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Throwback No. 2 from our June Trip to Iceland.
#Bruarfoss #Þakgil
#Iceland #Nikon #DJI #Landscapephotography
#Landscape #Summer #Highlands
#Bruarfoss #Þakgil
#Iceland #Nikon #DJI #Landscapephotography
#Landscape #Summer #Highlands
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I'm going through my back-catalog of aurora pics for my upcoming side quest website, and still in awe of some of the light shows we've gotten over the past two years during this solar maximum cycle.
This was from mid April in Iceland this year. #northernlights
#theothermidnightsun (science joke)
This was from mid April in Iceland this year. #northernlights
#theothermidnightsun (science joke)
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm going through my back-catalog of aurora pics for my upcoming side quest website, and still in awe of some of the light shows we've gotten over the past two years during this solar maximum cycle.
This was from mid April in Iceland this year. #northernlights
#theothermidnightsun (science joke)
This was from mid April in Iceland this year. #northernlights
#theothermidnightsun (science joke)
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“Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.”
-Yvonne Woon
#birdoftheday
#reflections
#birds
#birdphotography
#natureslessons
-Yvonne Woon
#birdoftheday
#reflections
#birds
#birdphotography
#natureslessons
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.”
-Yvonne Woon
#birdoftheday
#reflections
#birds
#birdphotography
#natureslessons
-Yvonne Woon
#birdoftheday
#reflections
#birds
#birdphotography
#natureslessons
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BOOM! X-CLASS FLARE HAPPENING NOW from an un-numbered active region (AR) on the Sun's northeastern limb. This is ex-AR 4274 which gave us the G4 storm earlier in November. Apparently, it still has some juice left for more fireworks.
#heliophysics
#heliophysics
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
BOOM! X-CLASS FLARE HAPPENING NOW from an un-numbered active region (AR) on the Sun's northeastern limb. This is ex-AR 4274 which gave us the G4 storm earlier in November. Apparently, it still has some juice left for more fireworks.
#heliophysics
#heliophysics
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Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek — a Republican — says he won't support Trump's effort to gerrymander the state after Trump used a slur to describe Gov. Tim Walz.
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek — a Republican — says he won't support Trump's effort to gerrymander the state after Trump used a slur to describe Gov. Tim Walz.
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
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Some northern lights from northern Manitoba Canada
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Some northern lights from northern Manitoba Canada
I will no longer vomit in the toilet or trashcan.
Nay, I will vomit outside in some mud and hope it gets buried quickly so that it may one day be fossilized so people of the future can puzzle over why I ate so many Oreos.
Nay, I will vomit outside in some mud and hope it gets buried quickly so that it may one day be fossilized so people of the future can puzzle over why I ate so many Oreos.
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I will no longer vomit in the toilet or trashcan.
Nay, I will vomit outside in some mud and hope it gets buried quickly so that it may one day be fossilized so people of the future can puzzle over why I ate so many Oreos.
Nay, I will vomit outside in some mud and hope it gets buried quickly so that it may one day be fossilized so people of the future can puzzle over why I ate so many Oreos.
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A delicate display of Aurora Borealis in Southern Alberta. Perhaps the best lit picnic table in the province
Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada.
#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Aurora #Alberta #Astro
Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada.
#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Aurora #Alberta #Astro
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A delicate display of Aurora Borealis in Southern Alberta. Perhaps the best lit picnic table in the province
Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada.
#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Aurora #Alberta #Astro
Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada.
#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Aurora #Alberta #Astro
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Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
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Here is the current Sun. We have major flare players on the southeastern limb and a new AR cresing over the northeastern limb soon.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
November 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Here is the current Sun. We have major flare players on the southeastern limb and a new AR cresing over the northeastern limb soon.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
There are five lights
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
There are five lights