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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 5h

The Full Moon is beautiful tonight, seen here over the Space Coast of Florida at 8:46pm (ET) as the International Space Station and its crew of 7 passed overhead.

Traveling @ ~17,500mph, it took less than 3/4 sec for the ISS to transit the face of the Moon.

#moon #photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 1d

Bathed in the light of the setting Sun, that’s a Boeing 737-86N (HP-1726CMP) transiting the nearly full Moon Monday over the Space Coast.

Copa Airlines 445 was traveling from Orlando (MCO) to Panama City (PTY) @ 19,250ft & 389 kts.

(📷:me; flight data: @flightradar24.com )

#aviation #photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 1d

Thanks, no, I try for these transits

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 1d

✈️+🌖

Sunday night over the Space Coast of Florida as a Boeing 737-823 (reg N957NN) photobombs the 91% waxing Moon.

American Airlines 1385 was traveling from Boston (BOS) to Miami (MIA) @ 36k ft & 405 kts.

(📷: me; flight data: @flightradar24.com )

#Avgeek #photography #aviation

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 4d

Halloween 75% Moon seen Friday night from Gainesville, FL, as an Airbus A320-232 (N635JB) tries to sneak by.

JetBlue B6225 was traveling from New York (JFK) to Tampa (TPA) @ 26,625ft & 366kts.

(📷:me, flight data: @flightradar24.com )

#AvGeek #Photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 6d

UPS delivers to the Moon, maybe?

That's a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (N292UP) passing in front of the 1st quarter Moon over the Space Coast Wed night.

UPS flt 2332 was traveling from Louisville (SDF) to Miami (MIA) at 30k ft & 479 kts.

(📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24.com)

#avgeek #aviation

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 9d

Sunday morning in Cocoa Beach, Florida as #SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites just after 11am (ET).
The group in the foreground of the wide shot is visiting from Europe -- they were most excited to see the launch.

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 12d

At 9:30pm (ET) Thursday, #SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, sending the SpainSat NG II satellite to space.

This was the view from Palm Shores, Florida, looking over the Indian River Lagoon.

#photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 19d

Good morning, Space Coast, this is your 5:27am wakeup call.

This is the Thursday morning SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch that sent a batch of Starlink satellites to space, seen from Satellite Beach, Florida.

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 26d

The crater is deeper than the Grand Canyon. (Source: @wikipedia.org )

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 26d

…with an albedo nearly double that of most lunar features. The feature is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, and displays unusually bright features when viewed through a large telescope. It is also readily identified when most of the lunar surface is illuminated by earthshine.

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 26d

Fun fact: The bright crater the plane is pointed at is Aristarchus crater, named after the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos; it's a lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon's near side. It is considered the brightest of the large formations on the lunar surface…

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 26d

🌕+✈️
Wednesday morning over the Space Coast as an Airbus A321-271NX (N731NK) casually photobombs the 98% waning Moon.

That's Spirit Airlines 3123, traveling from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to New York (EWR) @ 34,975ft & 433kts.

(📷:me, flight data by @flightradar24.com )

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 27d

A Piper Seneca (reg N333SE) from Paris Air in Vero Beach, Florida, soars gracefully across the face of the full-ish (99% waning) Moon, captured last night (10/7/25) from Melbourne, FL. Cruising at 5,425 feet and 127 knots, per @flightradar24.com —aviation meets astronomy! 🌕✈️

#AvGeek #photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 28d

While you were sleeping (probably), Space Coast: At 2:46am Tuesday, #SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, sending a batch of Starlink satellites to space.

This was the scene from Cocoa Beach, bathed in moonlight from the Full Harvest Moon (overhead, behind me).

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Oct 5

Thanks AI bot!

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Oct 5

This was the only one I was close to a proper transit with, @americanair.bsky.social 3068, traveling from Charlotte (CLT) to Miami (MIA) at 38k ft & 449 kts.

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Oct 5

By the time the skies cleared, the Moon was too far west to align with flight routes from my preferred shooting site (home). There were 3 planes in the MIA route, so I shifted east, using @flightradar24.com & @photoEphemeris for reference.

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Oct 5

Saturday night 95% waxing Moon over the Space Coast of Florida, with bonus Boeing 737-823 fly-by.

#photography #moon #avgeek

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Sep 26

☀️+✈️ — That’s an Airbus A320-232 (N626NK) caught passing in front of the Sun Friday over the Space Coast.

Spirit Airlines 2460 was traveling from Atlantic City (ACY) to Miami (MIA) at 38,025ft & 427kts.

(📷: me, flight data by @flightradar24.com )

#avgeek #photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Sep 26

Bull Creek WMA

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Thomas Heimburg @theimbu.bsky.social · Sep 24

Wow ! 🧪

Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Sep 24

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent NASA’s IMAP mission to space this (Wednesday) morning at 7:30am (ET), seen here transiting the newly risen Sun.

Don’t worry — despite the shockwaves and plume, the Sun is just fine…

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Sep 24

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent NASA’s IMAP mission to space this (Wednesday) morning at 7:30am (ET), seen here transiting the newly risen Sun.

Don’t worry — despite the shockwaves and plume, the Sun is just fine…

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Sep 21

#SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking over Cocoa Beach Sunday morning at 6:53am (ET), with special guest, the space "jellyfish," downrange, as the second stage catches light from the rising Sun.

This was a seriously pretty launch.

#photography

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · Sep 21

Saturday #sunset from the Space Coast

#photography

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