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Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thank you for your prompt Tom, finally spotted #noctilucent #clouds over the #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton #Shropshire tonight.

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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 28/06/2026

The best evening display of noctilucent clouds so far this year.

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Very impressive looking storm in the South! I just wish we had publicly available velocity data to see if this beast turns supercellular, with just rainfall it's easy to speculate & hard to prove!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Check out this beautiful magpie moth I caught in my friend's back garden a few days ago! It had been chilling on his deckchair but decided to fly onto a hedge leaf when we walked past :) As much as moths can be creepy things that don't respect your space sometimes, they're fascinating creatures!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Looks like the Bird Photography fans of Bluesky are sharing pictures of birds with #FoodInBeaks So here's a lucky shot I got in 2024, of a less than lucky fish experiencing the ultimate yoink from a hungry heron! I think its face says it all! #Photography #Nature #BirdPhotography #Heron

A heron in a body of water, with a small fish in its beak

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride month to all who celebrate! I may be too straight to be directly involved, but being interested in colours in the sky I might as well share a couple of facts about rainbows :)

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What a great day for storm watching! I managed to follow the initial Northern cell from its birth to its death, and got a nice long-range view of the anvils further South as well! These are just initial mobile photos (cropped to remove location-identifying info), I've got plenty to process!

An early view of the developing, updraft-dominated Northern thunderstorm, showing the updraft tower, anvil cloud, and a distinct lowered region, along with relatively weak rainshafts.

A view of the high-contrast updraft and low-contrast downdraft of the Northern storm complex

A distant anvil cloud marking the position of a highly active Southern thunderstorm

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Been loving the beautiful spring wildflowers lately! The colours they bring really are amazing :) #photography #nature #flowers #wildlife

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

What a squall-y day it's been! I took a drive out to try & catch the thunder, but was sadly too late & got overtook by a milder section lol Ah well, I hope someone got some cool views!

Radar capture at 17:15pm of the weather, showing multiple distinct squall lines across England

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I went for a walk in the warm sunshine yesterday, and saw something interesting - a tiny, stationary white dot in the sky near a passing jet! I grabbed my camera & zoom lens to take a closer look, and this is what I saw - a neat weather balloon drifting through the sky! #Photography

A photo of an airplane leaving a contrail, with a small white dot visible above it

A photo of a high-altitude balloon, with several instruments visible beneath

A zoomed in photo of a high-altitude balloon, with several instruments visible beneath

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In times like these sometimes you just have to look to the universe & think "wow" If humans are being awful & you are powerless to help, take a walk in nature. Admire what's been there for millions of years, and will last many millions more regardless of what we do. We live in an amazing universe!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

20 years ago to the day! A truly incredible example of how dangerous supercells & strong tornadoes can develop even here. It's very lucky imo that this beast didn't kill anyone, few people impacted likely knew it was even a risk, let alone taking the precautions needed for an EF~3 beast!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I sadly wasn't able to catch any of the funnel clouds people reported a couple of days ago, but yesterday I finally caught another thunderstorm - my 2nd this year! It had a pretty impressive updraft structure as well, it almost looks like it was broadly rotating 👀 #photography #timelapse

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Brilliant noctilucent clouds on a late night drive! These uncommon, enigmatic clouds are only found fairly close to the poles around the summer solstice, and are (by far) the highest clouds in the sky! They shine electric-blue as due to Earth's curvature, the Sun hasn't set up there!

Driving along a road, with a bright noctilucent cloud display visible in the background

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Came across the best thing today in a random charity shop! His name is Willow, and he's an old boy who can't walk, but his owners regularly take him out to see the world :)

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 19/06/2025

The summer of 1976 is repeatedly used by.. people.. to somehow discredit climate change or hot summer weather. Here are the global temperatures from 1976 compared with 2024. In 76, the UK was a warm anomaly on a much cooler planet. Today? The entire planet is warmer.

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Beefy storm day ahead down South, stay safe if you're in the path! And if you're chasing, try to stay out of the hail cores 😂 Of course this happens while I have a broken ankle & can't drive 🙃 Ah well, maybe next time

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Keep your eyes out everyone! This storm could put on a good show tonight! (Same for us in the UK too!)

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

A timelapse of some pretty lenticular clouds I caught yesterday! These unusual clouds can sometimes look like flying saucers, and are easy to tell from other clouds by the fact they don't move with the wind! They're formed by standing waves resulting from hills :) #photography #nature #clouds

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

They're quite far from me but some nice storms are going up! :) #Storm #Photography

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Exciting stuff, but currently too far South for me! Anyone in the areas of interest should keep an eye out for some good storms!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Why must the fun storms always be too far away 😔

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Today's pretty storm! I sadly wasn't able to get to the larger cell before it fizzled, but as it faded a couple of smaller storms popped up nearby! This also gave me my first lightning of the year :) #storm #thunder #photography #nature

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

11 years ago today I caught this "whale's mouth" effect in the outflow region of a beefy incoming thunderstorm! I was only a teen then but I remember this storm very fondly as one of the first I really took the time to photograph. Good times! (Ground cropped to avoid doxxing) #photography #storm

A "whale's mouth" effect in an approaching thunderstorm

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Can you see a faint shimmering white line in the clouds, just above the centre of the frame? This is a faint fragment of a parhelic circle! This elusive ice-halo is caused by refraction through ice crystals! It's hard to distinguish from cloud, but timelapses can give it away as it remains fixed!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Storm potential on Thursday? The models seem divided atm (ICON-EU predicts no rain, GFS predicts a line). I hope we get something though, I haven't heard the sound of thunder since last September!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The Peak District always has such incredible views 😌 This was taken on a walk a couple of days ago, when the weather was almost like summer! #photography #nature #england #peakdistrict

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Stunning view of Venus so close to solar conjunction! It's a shame the crescent phase is so brief, only lasting a couple of months every couple of years, because it's so amazing to see the planet as a delicate crescent :)

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 02/04/2025

Potosi, MO #tornado from a post on X.

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Terrifying day (and night) for powerful tornadoes, stay safe everyone across the pond!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The eclipse has begun, and my totally-not-Frankensteinian setup of a good camera plus an old solar filter I used with my first telescope is capturing every moment!

Initial view of the partial solar eclipse (taken through a reflective solar filter, hence a bunch of ground is visible lol)

My camera photographing the eclipse, with a solar filter attached

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Jon Sansom @jonsansom.eurosky.social · 24/03/2025

Odd slowly moving light in the sky tonight - plane or satellite with atmospheric halo effect? #photography #astro

Night sky photo (6 second exposure) of a light in the sky surrounded by a spiral shaped halo. Stars can be seen in the background. Looking North from North West Essex

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Seen a ton of photos of this impressive sight! It's caused by the fuel of a SpaceX launch interacting with the upper atmosphere :) I'm not sure why it took that spiral shape though. As usual, I missed it 🙃 Ah well, maybe next time 😅 #Space #Astronomy

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

First real storm of the year! Sadly I didn't get any of the thunder, but drove out a little to try and put myself in a kink in the storm line, it didn't give me anything too impressive but there was a bit of turbulent cloud :) Apparently it caused flash floods though sadly

A rainstorm with high-contrast low clouds ahead of it

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Didn't catch this lunar eclipse due to a combination of it being low in the sky & cloudy, so instead here's my first & best ever eclipse capture - the 'Super Blood Moon' eclipse of 2015! It was a truly unforgettable night, and well worth being exhausted at school the next day 😅 #Photography

The total lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015, in a collage of photos, showing both the partial phases and the red totality.

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Keep your eyes out if it's clear! Below are the UK times from timeanddate :) The total eclipse might baaarely be visible from the UK, but it'll be tough. Even more so if there's cloud 😅

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

It's been a beautiful day of convective, stormy showers! Sadly no lightning (except apparently a brief bit in London) but some pretty anvils! This kind of weather is always a fun part of early Spring, when cooler air combines with a warming Sun to produce small showers :) #Photography #Storm

A large storm shower, with anvil details and rainshafts, over an open field

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Sorry I haven't been active for a while, but if you need something to look out for, for the next few days all 7 non-Earth planets are visible in the sky *at once* during the early evening! Some are definitely easier than others, but it's still an impressive alignment!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This is one of the most infuriatingly stupid and batsh!t insane ideas I've seen in recent times, and it's frustrating for me too as a rare UK chaser-ish who wants to go to America & see the big stuff. Storm chasers are integral to tornado warnings, and risk their lives for free. They deserve better

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Everyone in Ireland and Northern England/Scotland especially needs to really take this one seriously, it's gonna be something quite incredible. Don't take any unnecessary journeys, make sure your manager doesn't drag you into work, and stay safe out there!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It's not very often you see the entire UK covered in weather warnings at once! The amber is a maximum-impact one as well, meaning it could turn red if the forecast fully verifies :O Stay safe everyone! This could be quite a day!

A Met Office weather warning map, showing a variety of wind & rain warnings fully covering the UK, including an amber wind warning across Northern England

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The fact Webb can resolve distant galaxies behind a *globular cluster* is actually insane. Humanity can do some incredible things when we put our minds to it!

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

As a hobbyist photographer I cannot tell you how exciting it is to see a competitor app to Instagram, even before Zuckerberg's recent... umm... mid-life crisis turn to professional bootlicking, the platform always seemed to actively hate photographers with a burning passion.

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Chilly views in the Peak District! Good time for some wandering! #Derbyshire #PeakDistrict #Photography

View down a train track from Hope Station

Snowy view of the bridge at Hope station

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OverYourHead Photography @overyourhead-photo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Beautiful view of a gorgeous conjunction! Venus & the Moon always look so beautiful together, two dominant bright lights filling the sky! 😍 I'll have to look into when Jupiter next joins them as well

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