Artronaut B.E.Johnson
@imperialearth.com
Photographs That Haven't Been Taken
Astronomical & Space Artist • Glassblower • 3D Modeler & Animator • Technical Illustrator • Production Designer • Photographer • Writer • Racing Engineer • Pilot
Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new.
Astronomical & Space Artist • Glassblower • 3D Modeler & Animator • Technical Illustrator • Production Designer • Photographer • Writer • Racing Engineer • Pilot
Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new.
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“Impressed” is insufficient to describe this.
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
“Impressed” is insufficient to describe this.
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Did we somehow fall into an alternate timeline?
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Did we somehow fall into an alternate timeline?
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Starter Pack Boost 💙🌊
If you stand with Minnesota, Despise Trump, and want to grow with us…I’d like to help
Just Share and say Hi 🤷🏽
I’ll Vet and add you ASAP
@democracyhere.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
@ltwlauren.bsky.social
@dougieg633.bsky.social
UNITY!! 🫂👊🏽
go.bsky.app/9PwW9XZ
If you stand with Minnesota, Despise Trump, and want to grow with us…I’d like to help
Just Share and say Hi 🤷🏽
I’ll Vet and add you ASAP
@democracyhere.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
@ltwlauren.bsky.social
@dougieg633.bsky.social
UNITY!! 🫂👊🏽
go.bsky.app/9PwW9XZ
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Starter Pack Boost 💙🌊
If you stand with Minnesota, Despise Trump, and want to grow with us…I’d like to help
Just Share and say Hi 🤷🏽
I’ll Vet and add you ASAP
@democracyhere.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
@ltwlauren.bsky.social
@dougieg633.bsky.social
UNITY!! 🫂👊🏽
go.bsky.app/9PwW9XZ
If you stand with Minnesota, Despise Trump, and want to grow with us…I’d like to help
Just Share and say Hi 🤷🏽
I’ll Vet and add you ASAP
@democracyhere.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
@ltwlauren.bsky.social
@dougieg633.bsky.social
UNITY!! 🫂👊🏽
go.bsky.app/9PwW9XZ
40 Years? Seems like 10.
I was Mission Artist on two launches, two landings. Paintings in the Smithsonian.
Have my own Launch and Reentry Helmet, seen below.
After this, my career as an astronomical/spaceflight artist took a hit, never to recover.
Need to write about my experiences on Substack:
I was Mission Artist on two launches, two landings. Paintings in the Smithsonian.
Have my own Launch and Reentry Helmet, seen below.
After this, my career as an astronomical/spaceflight artist took a hit, never to recover.
Need to write about my experiences on Substack:
January 28, 2026 at 12:39 AM
40 Years? Seems like 10.
I was Mission Artist on two launches, two landings. Paintings in the Smithsonian.
Have my own Launch and Reentry Helmet, seen below.
After this, my career as an astronomical/spaceflight artist took a hit, never to recover.
Need to write about my experiences on Substack:
I was Mission Artist on two launches, two landings. Paintings in the Smithsonian.
Have my own Launch and Reentry Helmet, seen below.
After this, my career as an astronomical/spaceflight artist took a hit, never to recover.
Need to write about my experiences on Substack:
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Warning violent content⚠️
Trump & his administration are shredding the Constitution.
They're ignoring our rights.
& trying to turn our country into a fascist surveillance state.
They're attacking our people & our way of life, but you can do something about it.
Call Congress now: 202-224-3121!
Trump & his administration are shredding the Constitution.
They're ignoring our rights.
& trying to turn our country into a fascist surveillance state.
They're attacking our people & our way of life, but you can do something about it.
Call Congress now: 202-224-3121!
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Warning violent content⚠️
Trump & his administration are shredding the Constitution.
They're ignoring our rights.
& trying to turn our country into a fascist surveillance state.
They're attacking our people & our way of life, but you can do something about it.
Call Congress now: 202-224-3121!
Trump & his administration are shredding the Constitution.
They're ignoring our rights.
& trying to turn our country into a fascist surveillance state.
They're attacking our people & our way of life, but you can do something about it.
Call Congress now: 202-224-3121!
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DARN! Missed #Caturday again.
Here's one of our recent rescue kittens becoming alarmed at Sterling, one of our grown juveniles, outside the Kittenenclosure.
His ridgeback is impressive.
Here's one of our recent rescue kittens becoming alarmed at Sterling, one of our grown juveniles, outside the Kittenenclosure.
His ridgeback is impressive.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
DARN! Missed #Caturday again.
Here's one of our recent rescue kittens becoming alarmed at Sterling, one of our grown juveniles, outside the Kittenenclosure.
His ridgeback is impressive.
Here's one of our recent rescue kittens becoming alarmed at Sterling, one of our grown juveniles, outside the Kittenenclosure.
His ridgeback is impressive.
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No, you're not seeing double.
4 of the new rescues:
Snow Drift & his twin sister on a fleece blanket.
Junior [looks just like his mom] & [no name yet] on the arm of the Adirondack chair.
Still working on getting their eyes cleaned, being stuck shut from bad colds - but they're all getting better.
4 of the new rescues:
Snow Drift & his twin sister on a fleece blanket.
Junior [looks just like his mom] & [no name yet] on the arm of the Adirondack chair.
Still working on getting their eyes cleaned, being stuck shut from bad colds - but they're all getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 PM
No, you're not seeing double.
4 of the new rescues:
Snow Drift & his twin sister on a fleece blanket.
Junior [looks just like his mom] & [no name yet] on the arm of the Adirondack chair.
Still working on getting their eyes cleaned, being stuck shut from bad colds - but they're all getting better.
4 of the new rescues:
Snow Drift & his twin sister on a fleece blanket.
Junior [looks just like his mom] & [no name yet] on the arm of the Adirondack chair.
Still working on getting their eyes cleaned, being stuck shut from bad colds - but they're all getting better.
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Perfect...
#cats
3 of 12 of our new rescues snoozing on dad's lap in the Kittenclosure.
What better way to start a Sunday than being so trusted by new arrivals that they fall asleep on you?
#cats
3 of 12 of our new rescues snoozing on dad's lap in the Kittenclosure.
What better way to start a Sunday than being so trusted by new arrivals that they fall asleep on you?
January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Perfect...
#cats
3 of 12 of our new rescues snoozing on dad's lap in the Kittenclosure.
What better way to start a Sunday than being so trusted by new arrivals that they fall asleep on you?
#cats
3 of 12 of our new rescues snoozing on dad's lap in the Kittenclosure.
What better way to start a Sunday than being so trusted by new arrivals that they fall asleep on you?
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It's #Caturday !
We saved 12 🐈 lives this week.
2 feral moms, 10 kittens between them. 2 are albinos.
Built a separate enclosure.
Got them all washed. No fleas! All kittens have colds with stuck shut eyes and plugged noses, requiring repeat cleaning.
Video feed if we can figure out RTSP.
We saved 12 🐈 lives this week.
2 feral moms, 10 kittens between them. 2 are albinos.
Built a separate enclosure.
Got them all washed. No fleas! All kittens have colds with stuck shut eyes and plugged noses, requiring repeat cleaning.
Video feed if we can figure out RTSP.
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's #Caturday !
We saved 12 🐈 lives this week.
2 feral moms, 10 kittens between them. 2 are albinos.
Built a separate enclosure.
Got them all washed. No fleas! All kittens have colds with stuck shut eyes and plugged noses, requiring repeat cleaning.
Video feed if we can figure out RTSP.
We saved 12 🐈 lives this week.
2 feral moms, 10 kittens between them. 2 are albinos.
Built a separate enclosure.
Got them all washed. No fleas! All kittens have colds with stuck shut eyes and plugged noses, requiring repeat cleaning.
Video feed if we can figure out RTSP.
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Visit our BlueSky Rescues account: @bengalmania.org
Stray, abandoned, orphaned, injured, desperate, hungry, scared - we take them in. Give them a home, medical care, love and gain their trust. They give back more than we can ever say, and we are ever thankful.
bengalmania.org
501(c)(3) non-profit
Stray, abandoned, orphaned, injured, desperate, hungry, scared - we take them in. Give them a home, medical care, love and gain their trust. They give back more than we can ever say, and we are ever thankful.
bengalmania.org
501(c)(3) non-profit
For every cat, there are a thousand stories. Here are but a few.
Feline Rescues Care, Shelter & Sanctuary
bengalmania.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Visit our BlueSky Rescues account: @bengalmania.org
Stray, abandoned, orphaned, injured, desperate, hungry, scared - we take them in. Give them a home, medical care, love and gain their trust. They give back more than we can ever say, and we are ever thankful.
bengalmania.org
501(c)(3) non-profit
Stray, abandoned, orphaned, injured, desperate, hungry, scared - we take them in. Give them a home, medical care, love and gain their trust. They give back more than we can ever say, and we are ever thankful.
bengalmania.org
501(c)(3) non-profit
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It's #Caturday !
Amber, one of our smallest rescues 🐱, nestled into mommy's fluffy chair blanket.
She's so sweet. She greets me at the bottom of the stairs every morning, stands up as tall as she can and implores me to join her for breakfast. 🍵
🐈 Can't pass that up.
Amber, one of our smallest rescues 🐱, nestled into mommy's fluffy chair blanket.
She's so sweet. She greets me at the bottom of the stairs every morning, stands up as tall as she can and implores me to join her for breakfast. 🍵
🐈 Can't pass that up.
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
It's #Caturday !
Amber, one of our smallest rescues 🐱, nestled into mommy's fluffy chair blanket.
She's so sweet. She greets me at the bottom of the stairs every morning, stands up as tall as she can and implores me to join her for breakfast. 🍵
🐈 Can't pass that up.
Amber, one of our smallest rescues 🐱, nestled into mommy's fluffy chair blanket.
She's so sweet. She greets me at the bottom of the stairs every morning, stands up as tall as she can and implores me to join her for breakfast. 🍵
🐈 Can't pass that up.
Get 'em While They're HOT!
Full Impulse!
NEW in the HotShop!
Always wanted a pointy-nosed, 3 fin Rocket for the Buck Rogers in all of us? Now you can.
A Rocketship Christmas Tree Ornament in hand blown glass that you can display all year long.
A Universe of colors available.
6" - 7" long.
glasssculpture.org
NEW in the HotShop!
Always wanted a pointy-nosed, 3 fin Rocket for the Buck Rogers in all of us? Now you can.
A Rocketship Christmas Tree Ornament in hand blown glass that you can display all year long.
A Universe of colors available.
6" - 7" long.
glasssculpture.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Get 'em While They're HOT!
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Get 'em while they're HOT!
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
NEW in the HotShop!
We're working on a new planet ornament: Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. It is larger than Mercury, has a thin oxygen atmosphere and her internal ocean potentially contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
We wonder what creatures swim there.
We're working on a new planet ornament: Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. It is larger than Mercury, has a thin oxygen atmosphere and her internal ocean potentially contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
We wonder what creatures swim there.
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Get 'em while they're HOT!
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
Hmmmm.... Perhaps we should require that from candidates for president
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
cbsn.ws
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hmmmm.... Perhaps we should require that from candidates for president
Get 'em while they're HOT.
In production in the hotshop:
Heirloom Blown Glass Solar System Ornaments.
Get the Whole Solar System as a set or build yours up one planet at a time for a yearly tradition.
Also: Moon, Milkyway, Black Hole, Kuiper Belt mini set, Planet 9, Europa & Titan.
glasssculpture.org/artglass/hol...
Heirloom Blown Glass Solar System Ornaments.
Get the Whole Solar System as a set or build yours up one planet at a time for a yearly tradition.
Also: Moon, Milkyway, Black Hole, Kuiper Belt mini set, Planet 9, Europa & Titan.
glasssculpture.org/artglass/hol...
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Get 'em while they're HOT.
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It's #Caturday !
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's #Caturday !
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
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As do we.
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As do we.
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Our long-standing Allegany Artisans Studio Tour, on the 18th and 19th, now end up coinciding with No Kings #2. As such, we'll have to be in the glass studio hotshop, as opposed to showing our support.
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our long-standing Allegany Artisans Studio Tour, on the 18th and 19th, now end up coinciding with No Kings #2. As such, we'll have to be in the glass studio hotshop, as opposed to showing our support.
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
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It's #caturday !
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's #caturday !
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
Substack #2: A One-Sided Coin
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A One-Sided Coin
Always Comes Up Heads
open.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Substack #2: A One-Sided Coin
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My First Substack:
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
And A Slight Amendment...
substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My First Substack:
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
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Happy #TunaTuesday
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Happy #TunaTuesday
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
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It's #Caturday - Moonlight 🐈 Stressing Out Again
Turned from doing the dishes and met with this. What a hoot.
Takes the stress out of one's day. (He isn't, so why should we be?)
We're dealing with Covid-19 here, picked up at #WorldCon during our #HUGOs delivery.
Gotta take the bad with the good.
Turned from doing the dishes and met with this. What a hoot.
Takes the stress out of one's day. (He isn't, so why should we be?)
We're dealing with Covid-19 here, picked up at #WorldCon during our #HUGOs delivery.
Gotta take the bad with the good.
August 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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✨A HUGO First! ✨
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
✨A HUGO First! ✨
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/