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Photographer / Space nerd / Healthcare Photos of stuff (rockets preferred) We Report Space co-founder Nat Geo contributor President, Health First Foundation Reposts / follows ≠ endorsement More: https://linktr.ee/michaelseeley
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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
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
Thanks, no, I try for these transits
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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
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
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
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.
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
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.
The crater is deeper than the Grand Canyon. (Source: @wikipedia.org )
…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.
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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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 )
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
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).
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.
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.
Saturday night 95% waxing Moon over the Space Coast of Florida, with bonus Boeing 737-823 fly-by.

#photography #moon #avgeek
☀️+✈️ — 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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Wow ! 🧪
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…
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…
#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
Saturday #sunset from the Space Coast

#photography