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Alex Innanen
@transmartian.bsky.social
knitter, gardener, planetary PhD candidate
Head in the (martian) clouds
they/them 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
First! Snow!
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thrilled to see how many times York will make me redo my name change before I graduate
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Office tree, October 1 — October 31
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Canadian Space Agency tell me your rover's name or I will keep engaging in extremely overblown crafting activities to make jokes about it
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The thing about attempting to grow potatoes remotely from the opposite side of the city is that it's hard
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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HiPOD: A Song of Ice and More Ice

This stunning image shows part of the South Polar residual ice cap, a term that refers to ice that lingers well past a seasonal change. Our science goal here is to look for any changes in the ice cap.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076435_0940
#Mars #science #NASA
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Invested with the unlimited power of my lab's p card with which I will purchase one (1) package of paper towel
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍

Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I spent way too long making this on my phone
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November 18, 2023 at 11:24 PM
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Can you tell that it's International Observe the Moon Night?
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I did sneak outside to observe her
#ObserveTheMoonNight
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October 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year.

It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭

Full res: flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along

by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi... #Mars @transmartian.bsky.social 🧪🔭
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trains can pass at any time, a passing train told me
September 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You may need to turn up your phone brightness for this one
September 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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September 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The full version of this mosaic (in "white-balanced" colours) is now available on the JPL Photojournal: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...

(You'll definitely want to click the link to fully appreciate the incredible detail!)

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
September 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you feel like making the trek out to the Lämpiö foyer (near Neptune) this evening, you can chat with me about clouds at L32!
#EPSCDPS2025
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Engaged in some light lunar eclipse spotting on the first night of #EPSCDPS2025
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September 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Normal email exchanges are occurring.
August 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social

Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
science.nasa.gov
August 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If nothing else being up at 5 will let you see planets
August 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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www.nasa.gov/missions/mar...

Our JPL engineers continue to blow my mind with their talent. Squeezing every drop of science out of our wonderful rover that we can!

(h/t to @dougellison.bsky.social for making my late night request to acquire this Navcam postcard a reality. The view was too good!)
Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills - NASA
New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.
www.nasa.gov
August 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Sometimes a group meeting can be seven grad students, three undergrads, a postdoc, and their advisor all working on Mariner 4 inspired art. (Original image: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...)
July 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM