Darryl Nelson

Nerd. Science educator. Part supernova remnant. Might be a bit partial to 80s music.

[Darryl Nelson @docmegatronic]

@DrCatherineBall Yep. Just surviving.

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@DrCatherineBall Indeed 😢

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@DrCatherineBall That gets me every time 😭

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C/2021 A1 Leonard tonight. Not overly bright, but a distinctive tail #Cometaleonard #astrophotography #cometleonard

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An attempt at astrophotography which turned out rather well.

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@CaseyBriggs

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Garden wonders. A garden orb weaving spider (Eriophora transmarina) spins her web for the evening. You may not like to run into one of these webs, but you can’t deny the spectacle #spider #orbweaving #eriophoratransmarina #nature #agoodnightswork #bringonthebugs

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And here she is, all ready. Eriophora transmarina, the garden orb weaving spider. #spider #eriophoratransmarina #orbweaving #readyfordinner

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My new favourite word: doomscrolling. Finally, a name for what I've done for most of 2020.

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SARS-CoV-2 is a problem, but the biggest problem is human stupidity and ignorance, which will ensure more people die from the virus than otherwise would.

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@johniadarola Not just Americans 😕

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@Ben_Domensino The Monaro region really need this, @Ben_Domensino. It is so very, very dry down here. Keeping fingers crossed 🤞

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Callistemon (bottle brush) in flower. Phenom. #lifeisaflower #callistemon #nature #plantswillsaveus

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Should Robert De Niro have been “talking” Italian, or “speaking” Italian? #grammarpoliceredalert #randommusings #covidcrazy

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Hello friend ❤️❤️ #echidna #gonnafindmesomeants #native

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Air quality in #jindabyne deteriorating. Is horrific too strong a word? Danger, Will Robinson! @p_hannam @hamishNews #AirQuality #AustralianBushfires #bushfires #monaro

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Terrible air quality on the Monaro (Berridale) this morning. The cities get a lot of the press when it happens, but country people feel this just as acutely @p_hannam @hamishNews #AustralianBushfires #bushfires #AirQuality

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The darkest orange is the area that had its hottest daytime temperatures on record (data back to 1910) for December just gone. I’ve never seen anything like it.
https://t.co/cQ85IKET9r

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This must be what it looks like orbiting a red dwarf star. Though the lack of tidal locking and heat suggests we are not 😕 #smoke #bushfires #astronomy #reddwarf

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Clearly a street appropriate only for speed readers #toomanysigns #speedreader