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Chris Eccles

@cceuk.bsky.social
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Attempts to retire have so far failed. Astrophotography on a budget, general photography, music, tech, interesting facts, all things quirky. Try to avoid politics but sometimes can't resist.

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Tiger - So Cal Cat🐈 @tiger-socal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This week, Aloka has officially reunited with the monks on the Walk for Peace. Still recovering from recent surgery, he'll mostly ride in the car until fully healed. The Peace Team is also carefully monitoring the weather and has contingency plans in place if needed - currently in NC.🐾 #hedgewatch
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In other news ... The Buddhist Monks Still going strong Just left Raleigh North Carolina enroute to Washington DC WALK FOR PEACE 🕊 They Ask for Nothing They Walk for Peace May this clip bring you PEACE
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Listening to classical music in the car whilst the dog accompanies on squeaky toy.
A small dog on the back seat of a car looking at the camera, chewing on a bone-shaped squeaky toy.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
A picture of the northern lights taken last October from the North York Moors. #astrophotography #aurora #landscape
A wide angle night landscape, a line of trees on the horizon with the northern lights behind, green/yellow towards the horizon, purple/pink higher up.  Stars are visible.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Reflection of the Infinity Bridge and evening light in the River Tees. #photography #landscape
Rippled reflections of a bridge, looking down at the water, the colour of the sky reflecting, changing from orange in bottom left to pale blue at top right.
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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Captured this image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) shortly before I joined BlueSky and forgot to post it. Taken in twilight from the North York Moors. #astrophotography #photography #landscape
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in a twilight sky with stars emerging, some foreground moorland in shadow and a tree in silhouette at the right side of the image, leaning away from the comet.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Everyday Astronaut getting quite excited by the return of the super heavy booster. And listen to that sonic boom!
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Roseberry Topping and Captain Cook's monument, North Yorkshire, on a misty January day. Panoramic format, best viewed large if you can. #scape #landscape
A panoramic-format landscape in black and white, with Roseberry Topping at left and Captain Cook's monument at right, with misty foreground.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Jupiter next to the Hyades, and the Pirate Moon star cluster (NGC1647) at lower left. Taken last night from the North York Moors, 30 second exposure, ISO1000, f/2, 135mm lens. #photography #astrophotography
A wide field view of Jupiter and the Hyades. Jupiter at top left, Hyades to the right, and the Pirate Moon star cluster (NGC16) lower left.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Here's an interesting but useless fact: the combined mass of all the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid 19) virus particles in the world (even at the height of the pandemic) is less than 10kg.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Crescent moon with earthshine setting in Stockton on Tees UK last night. #photography #astrophotography
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
A nice bit of ambient music to chill to. youtu.be/NbX9AiA3OgE?...
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Equinox – Ambient Impromptu (Seaboard Rise, Moog One, Prophet 5, Vermona Perfourmer , Equator 2)
YouTube video by polarspheric
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media. This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign. Meet the team. This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017. 1/
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Uh oh, watch out for brain rot. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Siân Boyle
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter, says journalist Siân Boyle
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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t? This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it? 1/8 @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just about every climate graphic you could want.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Here's a handy tool to help find relevant people to follow.
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It seems to me that #socialmedia platforms go through a four stage lifecycle: 1 User Growth - a new friendly platform grows its user base. Good times. 2. Engagement growth - algorithms take over to maintain financial growth. 3. Chaos - bots move in. 4. Collapse - people leave to a new platform.
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 14/11/2024
This month we've launched a new platform to show how the #NHS is performing. 📈 You can explore a beta version of our new dashboard with today's stats here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch...
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Chris Eccles @cceuk.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi all, I've just joined Bluesky. Rex would like to say hello too.
Friendly looking terrier on the beach looking at the camera.
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