Joseph Miller

Storm photography and timelapse, weather enthusiast. I geolocate humanitarian crises on Twitter in my spare time.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

See all my photos from Starship Flight 7 + order prints → https://t.co/SbCH8Won4M

Print sales help me continue to travel to capture the most exciting moments in spaceflight - such as capturing both New Glenn and Starship Flight 7 within ~15.5 hours - thanks for the support!

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

I recently got to wondering what the best bang for your buck is in terms of raw elements, so I plotted most of the periodic table using price and crustal percentages. The results? Silver, cadmium, and lead are the best deals #chemistry

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

See all of my photos + order prints from all six full-scale flight tests of the Starship program → https://t.co/B1gEEJCSdY

Print sales help me continue to cover the most exciting moments in spaceflight full-time - thank you!

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

@wxmann It is though, I found the location west of the Al Qasa Dam (compare foreground fields), around here 25°09'26.5"N 56°00'35.3"E. Bonkers stuff

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

@AstroHague @Space_Station Nice Kansas representation! Looks like the town of Oberlin in the image there!

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Save 20% on Starship Flight 5 prints through the end of the month with code 'firstcatch' at checkout → https://t.co/pLFRlN4Xae

Your support helps me continue to cover this exciting era in spaceflight - thanks for following!

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

Bucket list shot came true last night shooting Comet Tsuchinshan Atlas over Capulin Volcano National Monument!

I was honestly shocked how bright it had become over the weekend, it was easily visible to the naked eye!

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

@TownsUsa @VORTEXJeff Greeley co KS technically has a scrubby elm woodland on the south end of Tribune that is larger than 30x30 meters, but the rest of the county is indeed pretty bleak

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

As expected Twitter compression kinda killed the quality, so head to the YouTube link to see the 4K timelapse

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

Here's my final timelapse of the aurora in central Kansas on May 10 (wait for it to really blow up around 30 seconds in). I time-lapsed all night and caught the second two substorms at Quivira NWR. Stunning event.

@Wicky_dubs_WX #solarstorm2024
https://t.co/7kTejNokWW
Sony A7S

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

The slightly abrupt cut-off in peak conditions was my camera battery dying if anyone was wondering🫠

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

I camped out at Quivira NWR in central KS for much of the solar storm, and found this lovely windmill along a lonely road for a self-portrait. Truly a dream night and event.

It’s not really worth chasing any more minor solar events anymore😂

#kswx #aurora #space @NWSWichita

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

@Wicky_dubs_WX Here's from near Sterling KS about 11:30 PM, https://t.co/8SVwkimVXT

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

Frustrating aurora chase in Kansas last night. I was driving west to clear clouds as fast as I could when the substorm peaked (first shot), and things had quieted way down by the time I found a cloud-free spot.

Still the best aurora show of my life so far🤞🏻
#kswx @NWSWichita

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

I imported images of the burn scar into Google Earth and conservatively estimated the area of the four fires to be a combined area of well over 2,200 square miles or 1.4 million acres burned!

#texasfires #oklahoma #fire

[Matt Lanza @mattlanza]

The burn scar evident on satellite imagery in the Texas Panhandle & portions of Oklahoma is incredible today. For context, the first image was from yesterday around midday.

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

Here's a stack of Goes short-wave infrared throughout today showing the true extent of the fires in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, including the massive Smokehouse Creek Fire. We can estimate that over 2,000 square miles have burned based on this satellite imagery! #Texasfire

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls:
This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!!

These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular."

This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll.

In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned.

The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us.

It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful!

Read more in our announcement: https://t.co/rUlrdGXBMs

[Joseph Miller @macho_diamond]

@DaniArfi @lopezdoriga Pero porque es esta imagen falsa? Es el mismo logar en las dos imágenes

[Extreme Weather Verіfіed @ExtremeWXMap]

Catostrophic flooding occurring in Derna, Libya following Storm Daniel, here near 32.759563, 22.638350 @GeoConfirmed #world

[Extreme Weather Verіfіed @ExtremeWXMap]

This severe flooding geolocates to the coastal town of Derna, Libya following rain from Storm Daniel, near 32.766820, 22.649960.