Photos of Stuff posted to Michael Seeley's Flickr page.

International Space Station

The streak in the middle of this photo is the International Space Station, and astronauts Jack Fischer, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Peggy Whitson soaring high over the Space Coast of Florida, seen here from Lake Washington in Melbourne, FL. I'm facing toward the NW, and the horizon was still bright from the sunset, and compensating for the light, I had to take many 30 second exposures. The image is a composite of 5 of the frames, although, because the breeze picked up and was moving the clouds along, I'm only using the background of one of the frames. (Photo by Michael Seeley)

Sunrise and crepuscular rays

Spot the Station: Negative. Lovely sunrise (and bonus crepuscular rays, aka sunbeams): Affirmative. The sky was too bright, and/or cloudy to capture the International Space Station flying overhead, although it was, at times, visible to the naked eye. Good morning. Sunrise and crepuscular rays seen over the Indian RIver Lagoon from Melbourne, Florida. (Photo by Michael Seeley, July 22, 2017)

Beach

Florida beach, from the air.

We're made of star stuff

"We're made of star stuff." (Carl Sagan) The Milky Way seen from Bull Creek Wildlife Management Management area on July 15, 2017. This is a merge of 7 images, all taken at ISO3200, f2.8, 30 seconds with a full-frame Canon 5D4 and a Rokinon 14mm ultra-wide angle lens. (Photo by Michael Seeley)

Full Moon ISS Transit

I was able to capture the July full Moon (aka "Thunder Moon") rising earlier in the evening, and then 7 hours later, this: an International Space Station transit of the same full Thunder Moon. The transit was visible from Cocoa, Florida (not far from where the components of the ISS launched from). And, it lasted a luxurious 1.05 seconds, slower than the .5 second transits I've been capturing (I assume) because the ISS was a greater distance from the viewing location (400-ish km vs. this one at 630km). I caught it using the 4k video recording on a Canon DSLR (ISO640, 1/1250 and f11), shot through a 400mm lens with a 2x teleconverter. 34 individual frames were extracted, and then I combined them using PhotoShop. Minimal edits were done in Lightroom along the way. For my uber space nerd and physicist friends, the details of the pass are pasted below. I use calsky.com and transit-finder.com to plan these shots and, frankly, I remain continually amazed that such a finely tuned event can be predicted, much less captured in this detail. Transit details (source: transit-finder.com): "Sunday 2017-07-09 02:58:22.00 • Lunar transit ISS angular size: 43.81″; distance: 630.76 km Angular separation: 2.9′; azimuth: 206.1°; altitude: 37.4° Center line distance: 0.54 km; visibility path width: 5.77 km Transit duration: 1.05 s; transit chord length: 29.4′ R.A.: 19h 17m; Dec: -19° 49′; parallactic angle: -23.6° ISS velocity: 28.1 ′/s (angular); 5.15 km/s (transverse) ISS velocity: -5.31 km/s (radial); 7.40 km/s (total); Direction of motion relative to zenith: 23.2° Moon angular size: 30.0′; 41.1 times larger than the ISS Moon phase: 99.9%; angular separation from Sun: 177.4° Sun altitude: -34.9°; the ISS will be in shadow"

July full moon aka Thunder Moon

The full moon riseth, seen here (sort of) over the Eau Gallie Causeway. The July full moon is often referred to as the "Thunder Moon", an apt name, as there have in fact been a few thunderstorms in the area today. I was expecting the moon to rise above the highest point of the causeway. This wasn't the shot I wanted, but it works ok as a wider panorama. (Photo by Michael Seeley)

Shadows

Morning flight over Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.

Sunset over Lake Washington

Sunset over Lake Washington, seen from Melbourne, Florida on July 7, 2017. (Photo by Michael Seeley)

InstelSat35e by SpaceX

This is a daytime streak of the #IntelSat35e #Falcon9 launch by #SpaceX on the evening of July 5, 2017. After 2 previous launch attempts, the third attempt was successfulm with the rocket lifting off at 7:38pm (ET). This is a 117-second exposure seen from the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Quite simply, there is a lot of rocket history in this frame. Because the launch was approximately 45 minutes before sunset, this long exposure required a 10-stop neutral density filter. Other settings: ISO100, f22 and 117 second exposure. (Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)

86 seconds of fireworks

4th of July fireworks over Melbourne, Florida.This is a compisite of 4 images, comprising 86 seconds of total exposure time. (Photo by Michael Seeley)

Sunset, clouds and lightning

I was in position for the SpaceX launch this evening. Leading up to tonight, the weather seemed to be the primary concern, but with just a few seconds remaining in the countdown, it was not the weather but a technical issue with the rocket that caused a scrub. As we headed home, we were treated to the spectacle of a lightning show at sunset, presumably the weather that might have interfered with the launch. We pulled over and watched the show, and let the camera run. Although I have 14 different frames that captured sticks of lightning, I'm not thrilled with the different composites I'm coming up with. In the interest of simplicity (and sleep), I present here one of the frames, a 2-second exposure that caught one stick of lightning, while the sky was on fire from the sunset. In the foreground are two guys who were net fishing from the shore. And, I've unapologetically applied a hefty amount of "detail extractor" using Color Efex 4 in order to bring out the detail in the clouds. (Photo by Michael Seeley, taken south of Mims, Florida)

Satellite Beach from the air

Satellite Beach, seen the morning of July 2, 2017.

Jetty Park Sunrise

Julian Leek posted a great photo earlier today that reminded me of two things. First, many of us were awake way too earlier yesterday (Thursday) morning waiting for the SpaceX Falcon9 first stage to return to port, and, second, the sunrise was quite pretty, and I snapped a couple of shots of it. Before I went out to the pier (left), I stopped by the beach to see if the SpaceX fleet was visible (it was, but it is out of frame to the right), and was greeted by a group of vultures hanging around the walkway. Three of them flew away, but this one remained, creepily undisturbed by my presence. So I'm calling this shot "vulture, waiting for a falcon, at sunrise."

The Return of BulgariaSat1 by SpaceX

High resolution image of the now twice flown and twice landed #SpaceX #Falcon9 first stage, which most recently carried the #BulgariaSat1 satellite to orbit. This is the rocket entering the Port Canaveral channel Thursday morning (June 29, 2017) atop the drone-ship "Of Course I Still Love You", and of particular note, it is sitting atop a piece of equipment that stablilizes the rocket after landing. It has been called the "roomba", "octo-grabber", and "Optimus Prime". This is a merge of 4 images, creating an effective resolution of 5580x9540. (Image by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)

The Return of BulgariaSat1 by SpaceX

Photos from the early morning return of the now twice launched and landed #SpaceX #Falcon9 first stage to Port Canaveral aboard the drone-ship "Of Course I Still Love You". This follows the successful launch of the #BulgariaSat1 payload. (Photos by Michael Seeley / WeReportSpace)

The Return of BulgariaSat1 by SpaceX

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Fishing at sunset

Superbowl Sunday Sunset

Fisherman at sunset

Lake Washington fisherman at #sunset in Melbourne, Florida, April 24, 2016.

Vernal Equinox Sunset - 2016

Welcome to Spring: a couple watches the cloudy but still pretty #‎equinox #‎sunset, looking due east over Lake Washington, Florida.

Sunrise in Florida

Losing an hour of sleep didn't stop people from enjoying the #sunrise in Satellite Beach, Florida on March 13, 2016.

Downtown LA from the Griffith Observatory

Photos taken on the evening of January 28, 2016 from the Griffith Observatory, high above downtown Los Angeles.

SES9 Falcon9 Launch by SpaceX

T+90 seconds into the flight of the Falcon9 rocket. The plume is lit by the sunset. The sunset was about 10 minutes prior to the launch.

SES9 Falcon9 Launch by SpaceX

153 second exposure of the Falcon9 rocket carrying the SES9 satellite, launched by SpaceX on March 4, 2016 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

SES9 Falcon9 Launch by SpaceX

Liftoff of the Falcon9 rocket

"What are you looking at?"

Photos of a very photogenic Blue-throated Macaw at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida.

Beach sunrise

Sunset in Melbourne, Florida, September 13, 2015

Beautiful sunset in Melbourne, Florida seen from Nail Farms on September 13, 2015

Watercolor

Sunrise over the Indian River Lagoon, September 10, 2015. Seen from Melbourne, Florida.

Sunrise at the beach

#‎Sunrise, August 15, 2015, captured at 6:52am from Seagull Park in Satellite Beach, Florida. Confession: This is probably my first proper beachside sunrise since moving to Florida. I was a little wrapped up in the sunrise, and I was also trying to get away from this one fisherman in particular who seemed determined to be in my frame (although these birds in this shot were in fact kind enough to move out of the shot) so I didn't notice the small crowd that had gathered. When I turned around to leave, nearly 30 people had gathered at the deck and stairs to silently watch the sunrise.

Monday morning sunrise

This is the sun rising over Merritt Island seen from Melbourne, Florida Monday morning, August 10, 2015 at 6:53am