Jason Perry

Animated gif of Juno/JIRAM 3.5-micron observations of Io from December 27, 2024. This gif covers roughly 45 minutes of time as Juno passed Io at a distance of 74,444 km. The eruption at West Illyrikon was so intense that it saturated the detector and caused internal reflections within JIRAM's optics

Well, lost that pool. Donaldjohanson really is bilobal.

From the No Kings parade here in Tucson

Did you know that as a pitcher, there is no limit to how many strikeouts you can get in an inning? Just a fun weird baseball fact.

Uh uh, I've seen A View to a Kill.

Gritty is already an astronaut. He is alien who found a liking to human hockey. That isn’t a costume. He just showed up one day.

Sign of a good commentary team. Switch to watching the Cubs-Rangers game. See the Rangers have a pitcher named Leiter. I start wondering, “hey, I wonder if he’s related to Al Leiter?” Immediately they start talking about his father, Al Leiter.

Just for Ted Turner: youtu.be/8XSMUDipC9I?...

I'm with Stephen King on this one: the 60s are worse if JFK hadn't been shot. the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act fail. JFK gets stuck in Vietnam as he keeps trying to show that he's "tough on Communism". Apollo 11 lands on the Moon 2 years late and the Apollo program is cancelled after 13.

Well, hello there little fella. Juno's Stellar Reference Unit captured this view of Thebe from a distance of 5,000 km on May 1, 2026 during PJ83. science.nasa.gov/photojournal...

It's at this moment, Timmy realized that adults, and even the President, can be complete dumbasses.

Thankfully that's a two seater because my shoulder hurts just from watching that. Great shots!

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