TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Air Force Academy. Intelligence. Citizen Scientist. Glider instructor. Soaring over the Sacramento Mountains near Timberon, New Mexico. Black Lives Matter.

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2024-11-18 18:24:19

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especially when the tree lies right across the driveway. I'm really, really snowed in until I can chainsaw it.
Oh, and the power just went out.

2024-11-18 16:40:18

My snow throwing task has now expanded to include chainsaw work.
#NewMexico #Snow #Storm #Chainsaw
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2024-11-18 15:14:13

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Heeeeelp! 🙂
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2024-11-18 15:04:30

Stubborn aspen leaves refuse to admit that winter is here.
#NewMexico #Snow #Storm #Winter #Autumn #Aspen #Photography
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2024-11-17 17:20:14

#SilentSunday #NewMexico
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2024-11-14 15:50:00

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I dare you to take a bad photo at White Sands.

2024-10-21 05:04:05

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on 20 Oct, as seen from the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico. (Elevation 9,000 feet.)
The moon is out of the sky and the comet is a naked eye object in a fairly dark sky with the tail extending about 10 degrees.
The surface brightness of the tail is similar to that of the milky way that lies 30 degrees to the left. (Not shown in tonight's photos)
1st image is a telephoto shot and a stack of 25 images.
2nd image is a wide angle view in bright twilight, single exposure.
3rd image is a wide angle view in darker twilight and a stack of 20 images.
#NewMexico #Comet #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Photography
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2024-10-20 15:35:14

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Screen grab from video posted around 2AM.
https://www.facebook.com/katguerra562/videos/3801396156844212
https://www.facebook.com/katguerra562/posts/pfbid02iuv6f9z4kpxwHbHqsX8UFBJS9FnpNMwXYCPd6BY9LhiJvP39ukhRwME5aMrcHPzYl
Even more videos....
https://www.facebook.com/katguerra562
#NewMexico #Roswell #Flooding
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2024-10-20 12:40:50

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It looks flat, but there is still enough terrain to guide water into shallow drainages.
And so much rain fell so quickly.
Result: roads with two or more feet of floodwater, moving swift enough to overcome vehicles.
Here's a 1AM video from the Chaves county sheriff. He drove into water that was deep and swift enough that he got swept away while going to rescue stranded motorists.
Screen shot from video shows the sheriff standing on top of his vehicle, looking down at the flood waters that overwhelmed his vehicle.
https://www.facebook.com/chavescountysheriffnm/videos/891874972560029
#Roswell #NewMexico #Flooding
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2024-10-20 03:49:10

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Posted By Chaves County Undersheriff Charles Yslas - (See Updates)
UPDATE - 855PM Flash Flood Emergency Alert has been extended to 1230AM
(See photo)
UPDATE - 815PM Received information that the water is continuing to rise on US285 North milepost 138. (Photo added)
UPDATE - 730PM Receiving information that US285 North has been closed at Cottonwood bridge.
UPDATE - 640PM (US 285, milepost 138 water is over the highway. SEE PHOTOS)
I just came back in town via 70West & there is very high winds, very heavy rainfall, low visibility, water standing in the roadway; avoid traveling on 70 West if possible.
We have reports that the following Roads / Highways in Chaves County are impacted by this storm:
285 North (milepost 131) - water over the roadway.
285 North (milepost 137) - reports of an accident by hydroplaning.
https://www.facebook.com/chavescountysheriffnm/posts/pfbid02xuM5Tk2ShmCbYkVc3jDJEacUmHw9BYMcHBg1B6AK7Zxw6G7hrvzFUSEU7MPKnY5Bl
#NewMexico #Flooding #Roswell

2024-10-15 23:11:20

Autumn aspen leaves, but not your typical golden hue.
Seen in the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico.
#NewMexico #Autumn #Aspen #Photography #Telephoto
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2024-10-14 04:40:39

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on 13 Oct, as seen from the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico. (Elevation 9,000 feet.)
Look at that anti-tail!
1st image is a stack of 48 15-second exposures as twilight was fading. The sky brightness gradient makes it difficult to see all the faint features in the tail equally well. But the twilight colors are beautiful.
In the 2nd image software has subtracted away the sky brightness and color and contrast has been boosted a great deal.
The anti-tail is not only visible, it now is easy to see a central spine in it.
Note that many satellite/aircraft tracks are also visible. When I stacked the image I used a simple average algorithm and did not use any rejection algorithms. Rejection algorithms can remove most satellite trails, but when the image has a large sky gradient, you can sometimes get strange results.
Image covers 10 x 6.6 degrees.
Tomorrow, I need a wider lens.
#NewMexico #Comet #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Photography
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2024-10-14 02:51:48

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on 13 Oct, as seen from the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico. (Elevation 9,000 feet.)
**Quick look - single exposure** (I will post stacked/processed images later.)
Image covers approx 10 x 6.6 degrees.
A faint anti-tail is visible.
#NewMexico #Comet #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Photography
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2024-10-07 17:10:21

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Hurricane Milton is now #1 in the WikiP list of hurricanes....for most rapid intensification:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records#Fastest_intensification
#Hurricane #Milton #HurricaneMilton

2024-09-28 13:48:28

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on 28 Sept, as seen from the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico.
1st image is a stack of 30 5-second exposures. The trees in the horizon are blurred as the camera follows the motion of the rising sky.
2nd image is a single exposure. It's noisier/grainier and you can't see the faint parts of the tail well.
3rd image is overprocessed. Software flattened the sky gradient and made it neutral gray, then a super boost of contrast and color saturation. It shows that, yes, the dust tail is definitely yellow.
Put a red circle around 12 Oct on your calendar. That evening this comet will show up in the evening sky after sunset. If it doesn't break apart and melt, it may be an easy naked eye object in evening twilight.
#NewMexico #Comet #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Photography
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2024-09-25 17:23:48

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I cropped down to just the star field and fed it as a jpg to:
https://nova.astrometry.net/
Plate solved in seconds:
https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/11025011#annotated
Tell Robert Reeves that Tom Krajci says hello from New Mexico.
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2024-09-22 16:34:18

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This appears to be progress, but we won't see the new boundaries in elections until 2026.
https://latino.ucla.edu/press/voting-rights-win-in-new-mexico-navajo-community-gains-equal-opportunity-to-elect-preferred-candidates-in-second-san-juan-county-commission-district/

2024-09-19 04:26:23

Four views of Venus and Spica in evening twilight.
First photo is a telephoto lens view. Brilliant Venus is at the top of the frame and the blue-white star Spica is a bit below center. The twilight sky gradient goes from blue to orange and I framed the shot to capture more of the orange sky below Spica.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spica
The three other shots are wider and wider views that capture more and more stars as the sky gets darker. (The sky can't get very dark because of the full moon.)
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Photography #Telephoto #Venus #Spica
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2024-09-17 04:00:09

Aurora as seen from the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico.
The display lasted five minutes.
I really pushed the contrast on these photos, and lowered the blue (and a bit of the green) channel because of the full moon making the sky so bright.
Good night from the aurora capital of the northern hemisphere. ;-)
#NewMexico #Aurora #SpaceWeather #Photography #Astrophotography
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2024-09-01 14:47:16

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In 2002 I was getting briefed up in St. Petersburg, Florida (HQ of USCENTCOM) before heading out to my next duty assignment - US Embassy Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
At one briefing I sat next to a reservist who was a police officer from St. Petersburg.
I started to ask him about how well software, such as CompStat/CrimeStat was helping them fight crime.
He stopped me in the middle of the question.
"We don't fight crime. We push crime."
We all know what neighborhoods they push from, and where the crime gets pushed to. :-(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompStat

2024-08-04 04:45:19

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Hot Cheetos? YouTube?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J71uH2uqgeg

2024-07-14 01:24:28

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Thank you!

2024-07-14 01:13:37

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A friend has a problem with EMI. Can anyone give him ideas to help troubleshoot?
It's an aircraft avionics issue in a glider cockpit. Everything is powered by battery.
He's not on Fedi/Mastodon.
His description is below.
Thanks in advance!
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I have 2 electrical devices that are causing interference with any nearby radio. Initially, I thought it was just my radio but it's any radio. So, I am no longer looking for an issue with my radio or antenna.
However, I did find a spectrum analyzer that can also generate a frequency simulating EMI (I think)
For testing purposes, I supplied each device with a separate battery.
I tried using foil around the 12v USB and variometer. Again, with no change. I also tried foil around the radio.
Not the best Faraday cage.
Usually, I get some sort of change. But not in this case
#EMI #RadioInterference #Troubleshooting #RFinterference #Avionics