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Joined April 2018
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And make sure to check out the most comprehensive and awesomest collection of #IridiumFlares 😍🛰✨ from all over the world: catchtheiridium.com Thanks to @catchtheiridium #WorldIridiumFlareDay #flarewell
Happy World Iridium Flare Day! 💫 We're grateful to the Iridium flare community around the world. Check out some of the flares they've captured: bit.ly/3R7OKzm #WorldIridiumFlareDay #Flarewell #IridiumFlare
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
Happy World Iridium Flare Day! 💫 We're grateful to the Iridium flare community around the world. Check out some of the flares they've captured: bit.ly/3R7OKzm #WorldIridiumFlareDay #Flarewell #IridiumFlare
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
One of my first captures of an #IridiumFlare was the only shot I ever got of SV98 on 18 June 2018. What a joy that was! It was a –2.8mag. 🤩❤️🛰✨ I hope Twitter compression doesn't wipe it out. #WorldIridiumFlareDay #flarewell @catchtheiridium
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This was my last #Iridium capture, SV97. From #SpringValley on November 6, 2019. Happy #WorldIridiumFlareDay. 🛰️☁️🌴📷 #LasVegas #GoOutsideAndLookUp #flarewell #Iridiumflares #ThePhotoHour @catchtheiridium @maryhardesty_ @SithWitchHatake @iramollay @IridiumComm
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My post feels meager after that awesome pic of SV02, but I just happened to capture SV02 🤩🛰💖 some moments ago, a very bright flash-flare @catchtheiridium #flarewell #IridiumFlare
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
Happy #WorldIridiumFlareDay! I don’t have all the info on me as to what @IridiumComm sats these were, but you can find them on @catchtheiridium’s site. It was an honor to capture these. #flarewell #iridiumflare – at St Petersburg, FL
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We may all remember our own #IridiumFlare pics. But can you recall a great shot by someone else that you would like to see again? I do! I nominate @john_pahl for Eiffel Tower and @davebatz for Santa Maria :) Send out your nomination for #WorldIridiumFlareDay 🤩💖🛰💫
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
Happy #WorldIridiumFlareDay. This was my last #Iridium capture, SV97. From #SpringValley on November 6, 2019. 🛰️☁️🌴📷 #LasVegas #GoOutsideAndLookUp #flarewell #Iridiumflares #ThePhotoHour @catchtheiridium @maryhardesty_ @SithWitchCT9904 @iramollay @IridiumComm
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
My contribution to #WorldIridiumFlareDay is my photo of Iridium 14 flaring over the Eiffel Tower, Paris back in 2018. It was a lovely warm June evening and the view from the Pont de Bir-Hakeim was amazing @iramollay @catchtheiridium
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
Let's remember the iridium flares. #WorldIridiumFlareDay 2021. This photo of Iridium91 was taken in the morning hours of October 7, 2018 in #Schleiz, #Germany. #Iridium #Iridiumflare @iramollay @catchtheiridium @IridiumBoss @sjb_astro
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
So excited to see such an amazing educational video from @Spicey_Spiney about the original #Iridium network's #Iridiumflares. Highly recommend watching this to learn about what those mysterious streaks of light were in the night sky, starting in 1997. #thankyou Mary! #flarewell
Here is a video I made for the 1st #WorldIridiumFlareDay! #flarewell #IridiumFlares Share your photos and memories with these hashtags! youtu.be/meKkjgHJI0k
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#WorldIridiumFlareDay The flare of #Iridium54 in the morning dawn above wind turbines near #Schleiz, #Germany. 23.02.2019 Photographed with an 8x gray filter. @IridiumBoss @Spicey_Spiney @iramollay @catchtheiridium @IridiumComm @andy_stones @samuele_pinna #FlareWell
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Not a really shining flare, but it was the first after 7 months of totally dark over my sky. One of the last SV97 #iridiumflares photographed 30th October 2019 at 5.27 GMT #WorldIridiumFlareDay #flarewell
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
Inspired by @john_pahl's #IridiumFlare shots, I developed an interest in capturing them 💖🛰🌟 over some interesting spots in my beautiful hometown of Vienna. Here's a selection: #WorldIridiumFlareDay #flarewell
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
On 6 November, 2018 I caught #Iridum55 & #Iridium59 two minutes apart without moving the camera. ✨⭐️🛰️🌳📷 #GoOutsideAndLookUp #WorldIridiumFlare #Iridiumflares #flarewell @catchtheiridium @iramollay @Spicey_Spiney @IridiumComm
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#WorldIridiumFlareDay one of my strangest iridium flare captures was this iridium 22 flare which contained colour, unedited @Spicey_Spiney @iramollay @KlimpkeK @catchtheiridium @IridiumComm @IridiumBoss #flarewell
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
Love that you all are celebrating #WorldIridiumFlareDay! We are fortunate for all your night photos, and for @catchtheiridium being created to capture their beauty. Keep looking up - the night sky is filled with so much wonder!
Today is the 1st #WorldIridiumFlare day on the anniversary of the 1st max magnitude flare being photographed (20th Septembre 1997). Is there a particular #Iridiumflares that has impressed you among all those seen live or observed on catchtheiridium.com gallery? #flarewell
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Catch The Iridium retweeted
One of my favourite #iridiumflares - 26 July 2014 captured against the Milky Way while on a visit to @kielder_obs 😀 #WorldIridiumFlareDay #WorldIridiumFlare #astronomy #iridium #space
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