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Both? Lol. When I heard the jets I got my camera and binoculars out. I was looking outside often thinking the jets might escort AF1. I happened to be at my window when I saw a big plane, recognized the livery through my binoculars, the grabbed my camera and fired off a few shots.

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I caught probably a one-in-a-million shot of Air Force 1 leaving Chicago yesterday.

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Newflood Shark do do do do do doo

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It might be the best month here.

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TFR was for the President visiting Medinah for the golf torment. A 30NM radius is pretty standard for presidential visits. Wires got ccrossed and TFR expired, then 15-20 minute later it was extended. Presumably some aircraft went up after the original expiration

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 27/09/2026

I don't have timestamps, but I saw the TFR drop off my drone flight mapping app at some point that seemed early. Considering he didn't leave Medinah until ~6:40, and the original TFR was scheduled to go to 4:40pm, it seems like something got miscommunicated

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Now that college football and the NFL are back in full swing and the MLB & WNBA playoffs are starting (among other sports about to start play) I feel like sports vague-posts should be required to have a team and/or sport alt text attributed to them.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 26/09/2026

I wasn't arguing those. The posters I was replying to mentioned their relative heights and where the plane intersected their heads. A lower camera angle would explain that. One said Xi was taller in the first pic, but to me that' doesn't appear to be the case.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 25/09/2026

I don’t say it wasn’t edited. I was pointing out that a different source photo (of which edits were appplied), taken from a slightly lower angle would easily account for a change the perspective where the heads would intersect the jet at different heights.

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Quite likely another photographer was crouching right under the other photographer. I don't deny there are edits, but I think the base photo of the edited image is different than the 'original' photo.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

::pushes glasses up on nose:: Actually, it's 13.8 billion years

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So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?

Trump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's face

Trump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird

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The sun was blindingly bright as I waited to create a mock ‘henge, with the sun shining through the sliver of a gap between the L, the skyscraper, and the tracks. My plan don’t work later that night, but at least I came away with this shot.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 23/09/2026

Almost-henge. I was walking home through the Loop on Tuesday, scouting some different perspectives for the Chicagohenge sunset later that night when I came across this scene of the Sears Tower and L tracks intersecting...

A photo looking up at the Sears Tower with L tracks in the foreground. A portion of a passing L train is visible. Between the CTA train and the skyscraper is a bright starburst from the sun beaming directly into the camera

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I haven’t heard them in a few nights, at least, in Pilsen now that I think about it.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 23/09/2026

Thanks for the note! Hope it helps of the sun peeks out

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SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fun fact: Chicago's grid is actually 1.3° off from true north. (There are a few places that try to correct this by making the street realigned.) drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2020/04/why-...

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Why the North-South Chicago Streets Don't Align at North Avenue.

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Heads up! tune Iinto @wgntv.com at 4 & 5pm tonight to watch and hear me talk about Chicagohenge.

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Around 6:00pm (~45 minutes before sunset) the HRDPS model shows clear-ish skies over Chicago. HOWEVER, to catch #Chicagohenge, we need to be concerned with the clouds ~130 miles away. Depending on altitude, coverage, and cloud type, clouds west of the line can block the sun as it nears the horizon

A map showing spotty cloud coverage over northern Illinois and eastern Iowa. A magenta dashed line denotes the approximate border where clouds interfere with sunset

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If you want to learn more about the biannual sun/skyscraper alignment I have a (now old) blog post that details the phenomena and gives you some tips for shooting it www.nickulivieriphotography.com/blog/chicago...

Chicagohenge - an equinox sunset. - Nick Ulivieri Photography

Photographing Chicagohenge with Nick Ulivieri. How to capture the stunning sunsets through the skyline around the spring and fall equinox.

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Happy #Chicagohenge, everyone! Astronomical fall officially arrives at 7:05pm CDT today. Happy shooting if you're out chasing the sun between Chicago's concrete (and steel and glass) canyons. The forecast is iffy this afternoon, but worth a shot.

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In Spring it’s the opposite. Chicagohenge can start a day or so before the equinox

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