Thomas Barnes

University of Cincinnati 2019. "Life is tough. Life is tougher if you're stupid." Bat flip enthusiast.

[Thomas Barnes @_Barnes8]

How it started: How it's going:

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Edward Norton talking to himself at the USA-Türkiye game 😅

[Brian Ross @brewmeone]

Australians watching their team go down 0-2 to Team USA…

[Thomas Barnes @_Barnes8]

Not even Ricky Karcher threw twelve straight balls #Reds

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Walks haunted #Reds

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Sunday Scaries

[Cincinnati Reds @Reds]

THIS. TEAM. DOES. NOT. QUIT.

#ATOBTTR

[Kyle Corwin @kylecorwintakes]

The Artemis II crew traveled a record 252,756 miles back to Earth since the Mets' last win.

[Thomas Barnes @_Barnes8]

Feel bad for Twins fans, but go #Reds. Brutal to lose on a challenge

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

I absolutely cannot top this

[Thomas Barnes @_Barnes8]

@MLB @Reds Let’s go Reds

[MLB @MLB]

Who wouldn’t want a new Cincinnati City Connect? 🔥

We are giving away a new Reds City Connect jersey just for you! Repost and reply for your chance to win!

[ApoStructura @ApoStructura]

People who have flown by the Moon:

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

Just kidding, it’s this one.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Earthset.

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon.

[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

One frame. One moment. Everything after this is momentum, trajectory, physics. But right here, right now, a rocket is deciding to leave the Earth. The solid boosters ignite and hold down claps release. This is the last instant four astronauts are still on Earth but once those clamps release when the booster fire, there’s no going back, only forward.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II liftoff | Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center | April 1, 2026

[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.

The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.

There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.

That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

[Thomas Barnes @_Barnes8]

Artemis2

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

The launch team at @NASAKennedy are GO to begin filling the Artemis II rocket with fuel.

The official launch broadcast begins at 12:50pm ET (1650 UTC). Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than 6:24 pm ET (2224 UTC). Tanking coverage can be found here: https://t.co/VVJqQrRz4a

[Bana Market Burner @EllyDeAiCruz]

Pirates fans! Attention! If you’re coming up for this series in Cincinnati I can give you some travel tips! The best and cheapest gas in the city is the Shell on Liberty Street in OTR!