James Canvin
@nivnac.bsky.social
Former radio astronomer, current meteorologist and data scientist. Planetary image processing and rover hugger.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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The MER rover Opportunity photographed the lengthening shadows on its 2847th Martian day, or 'Sol'. I combined 6 images making this view while fighting the wildly different contrast and exposures in the preliminary jpegs. Two versions are on the ASU PANCAM site:
pancam.sese.asu.edu/2847B_P2445....
pancam.sese.asu.edu/2847B_P2445....
February 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The MER rover Opportunity photographed the lengthening shadows on its 2847th Martian day, or 'Sol'. I combined 6 images making this view while fighting the wildly different contrast and exposures in the preliminary jpegs. Two versions are on the ASU PANCAM site:
pancam.sese.asu.edu/2847B_P2445....
pancam.sese.asu.edu/2847B_P2445....
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Of course Earth is my favorite planet. It's home. But Mars is where my imagination lives. I've dedicated the last 8 years of my career to its exploration. I refuse to let billionaires ruin the home of my imagination and defile the frontier of the human experience.
Mars is getting a lot of hate online these days thanks to Musk, and that breaks my heart. I hate that the awe and wonder around space that was once captured by inspiring voices like Carl Sagan has now been so thoroughly corrupted by the likes of space billionaires. 😔
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Of course Earth is my favorite planet. It's home. But Mars is where my imagination lives. I've dedicated the last 8 years of my career to its exploration. I refuse to let billionaires ruin the home of my imagination and defile the frontier of the human experience.
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Everyone is dealing with the US Presidential inauguration in their own way. My version, for now, is to express my thoughts as a citizen of the USA.
Feel free to ignore this deeply political post, but as they say, “buckle up” if you choose to read through. 🧵
Feel free to ignore this deeply political post, but as they say, “buckle up” if you choose to read through. 🧵
January 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Everyone is dealing with the US Presidential inauguration in their own way. My version, for now, is to express my thoughts as a citizen of the USA.
Feel free to ignore this deeply political post, but as they say, “buckle up” if you choose to read through. 🧵
Feel free to ignore this deeply political post, but as they say, “buckle up” if you choose to read through. 🧵
Managed to catch Comet ATLAS fortuitously through the only tiny gap in-between trees as seen from my balcony here in Melbourne. Pretty ancient Nikon D90, f/5 4”. 21:37 AEDT (58 mins past sunset) 6° above horizon, just about to enter cloud. #comet #cometc2024g3
January 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Managed to catch Comet ATLAS fortuitously through the only tiny gap in-between trees as seen from my balcony here in Melbourne. Pretty ancient Nikon D90, f/5 4”. 21:37 AEDT (58 mins past sunset) 6° above horizon, just about to enter cloud. #comet #cometc2024g3
Today I finally got to meet Glen Nagle in person after nearly 20 years of knowing each other online! He gave us an amazing tour of Canberra DSN complex. The amount of space history artefacts that Glen has been able to save, both in the visitor centre and in his archive is staggering.
January 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Today I finally got to meet Glen Nagle in person after nearly 20 years of knowing each other online! He gave us an amazing tour of Canberra DSN complex. The amount of space history artefacts that Glen has been able to save, both in the visitor centre and in his archive is staggering.