Marcy Harbut

Don't make me use the red pen! My views are not the views of NASA or Caltech. I'm just here for the cat pics.

[BabelColour @StuartHumphryes]

Today I've worked on one of the most gorgeous Autochrome plates I've seen. It was taken in colour about 116 years ago, and it depicts Suzanne Lumière - daughter of Louis Lumière who co-invented the Autochrome process. She is seated in a woodland glade, backlit with stunning depth of field, eating a bowl of cherries whilst wearing a striking red cardigan which complements the colour of the fruit beautifully. It is art, romanticism and technical brilliance rolled into one. They don't get much better than this.
It was taken using the family's early colour glass-plate process and isn't colourised.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is 'lb' the abbreviation for 'pound'?

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Frank Culbertson, Expedition 3 Commander aboard the @Space_Station, captured this photo as smoke rose from the Twin Towers in New York City 25 years ago today.

We pause to reflect on that terrible day and pay tribute to the victims, survivors, and heroes of the 9/11 attacks.

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

One week ago – @NASARoman launched to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy.

And here is a view you may not have seen! A drone captured Roman lifting off from Launch Complex 39A, showcasing the power, precision, and beauty of launch day.

Designed to explore the mysteries of dark energy, exoplanets, and the structure of the universe, Roman will help us see the cosmos like never before.

Claim your pixel when Roman captures its first images. https://t.co/BXkW9jRDKR
Video courtesy: SpaceX

[Marcy Harbut @MarcyHarbut]

Trailcams confirm that cats are cats no matter how wild. 😂

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to add to the discourse, but…

It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

[NASA @NASA]

Roman is on her way, and the Golden Age of Discovery is just the beginning.

[Americana at Brand Memes @americanamemes]

People in LA since last week:

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Orbiting over wavy green auroras! Moments like these are some of the most surreal in spaceflight. What a view!

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Star trails from the ISS! Lots of cool physics to see in these. Stars moving as thin lines in the direction of our orbital path but forming arcs to the left of our velocity vector. Lightning flashes making purple spots into the time history. City lights streak by. A faint red glow is seen as part of our upper atmosphere. Surreal!

[Defenders of Wildlife @Defenders]

A gray wolf has been spotted in California’s Sequoia National Park for the first time in more than 100 years!

The three-year-old female, known as BEY03F, was born in northern California and has traveled an impressive distance south, likely in search of a mate and new territory.

[Gijs de Reijke @GijsDeReijke]

Four years of planning the shots paid off.

#EclipseEspaña #Eclipse

[Marcy Harbut @MarcyHarbut]

@RolandOrzabal_ My fellow GenX bestie and I were canoeing down the Deschutes River in Oregon earlier this week and passed a group of teen boys playing this song while swimming in the river. We were so surprised and charmed that they could appreciate a brilliant 80s hit!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

During our Odyssey unit in high school we had to read @MargaretAtwood’s “Siren Song,” which reveals what the sirens sang, and I’ve been haunted by the final lines ever since.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

[Marcy Harbut @MarcyHarbut]

@MaryPeltola I sang this song every day in grade school and still know all of the lines by heart!