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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mix of good and bad news for both sides on a busy Strait of Hormuz spotted TODAY 👇 3 VLCCs transiting in broad daylight, 10:46 AM. Oil slicks from hit ships in W and E preferential targetting areas. Red arrows. 4th VLCC being pulled by a tug after being disabled.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have a suspect for injured US Marines ship. ST HELENA 8716306 was the only ship reported hit on the 14th. Served a period as FLOATING ARMORY in Gulf of Oman before repurposing for expedition cruising. Famous for being Extreme E off-road racing series support vessel and more, historic!
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oman oil spill spotted YESTERDAY eve 👇 NO salvage tanker there yet. EDT KENNEDY is on station. "Russia Dark Fleet Suezmax tanker CAROLINE BEZENGI was PACKED TO THE GILLS with ONE MILLION BARRELS of crude oil when she came out of the Black Sea", showed Tanker Trackers Inc..
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EDT KENNEDY spotted YESTERDAY 👇 keeping station 3.3 km from grounded CAROLINE BEZENGI at 17.5081, 56.2936 Confirms report on RT that salvage operations started. This Oman HUGE, exxon valdez scale, oil spill is a MAJOR environmental emergency World press is not talking about.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Russia Putin’s mega yacht spotted in Kamchatka 9 DAYS AGO 👇 at 53.0113, 158.6484 On the 18th, she had already left 👇; next cloudless Sentinel-2 satellite pass. Her 13th satellite image at browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=16&lat=... h/t @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social
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Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Project 23700 rescue vessel "Voevoda" arrived in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from Severomorsk. It appears that the "Graceful" yacht did as well. Photo by"Tatyana"(Sept 14)
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For those who don´t trust THE BBC or an American satellite company, there you go 👇Saudi Arabia F-15 crash site spotted TODAY at 15.542, 45.081 Taken down only 18 miles from Marib while bombing Houthi positions. Hot war zone. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=16&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Saudi Arabia F-15 fighter jet downed by Houthi 🏴‍☠️ spotted YESTERDAY 👇 at 15.5419, 45.0808 - located by X Me1Ray after BBC Verify at www.bbc.com/news/article... 28 km WNW of Marib, Yemen.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
VLCCs spotted sailing in broad day light AGAIN TODAY 👇despite Iran "blockade". 3 VLCCs spotted inbound at 25.8547, 56.5048 1 PANAMAX outbound at 26.2537, 56.1841 browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Several very large crude carrier tankers spotted transiting Strait of Hormuz US route in broad day light 👇 at 25.8932, 56.5362 Just off Oman coast, despite Iran "blockade". 3 VLCCs inbound 1 outbound. 10:46 local time; yesterday. @geoconfirmed.org browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=17&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
2 metalic sheen oil slicks spotted TODAY 👇 on Strait of Hormuz Iran side. One starts right where thermal anomalies were detected ~8 hours before at 25.9097, 57.075 Indicates location where Iran related ships were hit by US last night. One is KYLO, now leaking oil at the bottom.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
VLCC crude tanker spotted TODAY 👇 transiting outbound Strait of Hormuz via US "safe" route at 26.2856, 56.5632 In broad daylight! What IRGC Aerospace Force doing? Busy night? Note anchored SIDR oil slick. NOT IRGC speedboats off Scooby-Doo Island. Sentinel 2 10:46 AM local 06:46 UTC
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Damage spotted TODAY in Saudi Arabia King Kalid AB aircraft shelter unit 👇 at 18.31725, 42.80753 Large scorched apron area reaching other units confirms claimed Houthi ballistic missile hit. Satellite image acquired at 07:30 UTC. @geoconfirmed.org browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Anak Krakatau volcano spotted TODAY 👇 erupting under a Level 3 alert status after a major volcanic eruption that began late Friday. September 03, 05 and 08 Sentinel 2 SWIR satellite images. #Krakatoa browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=14&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
2 Saudi VLCC tankers hit by Iran while transiting Strait of Hormuz on US safe route spotted TODAY 👇 at 26.4338, 56.4993 SIDR, drifting near where she was tracked after being hit & 26.3161, 56.5533 SENEGAL PROSPERITY , going slow ahead; just maintaining steerageway.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Tibet Gyirong Port and Nepal Rasuwagadhi before and after 👇 "Vantor has activated its Open Data Program, providing free access to high-resolution satellite imagery for frontline organizations and the open-source mapping community." Access the imagery at browser.moregeo.it/external/van...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Drone video of Nepal avalanche at its start is legit 👇 Talk is guy heard the sound and started filming, so several seconds after mountain side detached. It is possible to see glacier bottom slush flow and dust cloud.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Rasuwagadhi Bhote Koshi Flood Cause spotted YESTERDAY 👇at 28.2916, 85.5306 Landsat image shows a clear zone of glacier and rock breakage and collapse in high-altitude terrain upstream, near the Nepal-Tibet border, feeding into the Lhende Khola / Bhote Koshi river basins.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nepal Rasuwagadhi "glacier-inclusive flood" start point 👇 28.2916, 85.5306 Based on NDRRMA Nepal satellite image and OpenStreetMap at www.openstreetmap.org/search?query... "glacier-inclusive flood occurred in the Lhende River due to a snow-rock landslide"
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Crude oil tanker hit by Iran last night while transiting Strait of Hormuz via US "safe" route spotted TODAY 👇 iddling at 26.2470, 56.5701 Tug MARIA LEADER tracked 40 minutes ago assisting METRO VENETIAN off Oman. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Oman 🇴🇲 CAROLINE BEZENGI 🇨🇲 oil spill official area is the same spotted by S1 on the 7th 👇 For a total observed SAR slick area of 390 km², the total estimated volume calculated using the 10/90 rule yields an operational range of 351 m³ to 8 667 m³ or 2, 208 to 54, 512 barrels.
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John Amos @johnamos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This August 2 Sentinel-2 satellite image shows oil streaming downwind more than 70km from the grounded oil tanker Caroline Bezengi, indicating this oil spill off Oman's coast is getting worse. Where is the response?
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John Amos @johnamos.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Major oil spill underway off Oman: Sentinel-1 radar satellite images showing oil slick from the grounded oil tanker Caroline Bezengi on July 27 (left) and August 7 (right). No sign of any response or salvage activity.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Confirmation tank breach occurred on CAROLINE BEZENGI port bow section of the hull. A LOT of black crude oil leaking visible 👇 on X SynMaxInt satellite image. #oilspill
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨 Tanks on grounded Russian dark fleet Suezmax tanker CAROLINE BEZENGI appear to have been breached! 🚨 Based on thick dark crude oil spotted TODAY 👇& 40 km oil spill spotted 3 days ago on RADAR at 17.4938,56.3213 In brown color between ship and island and going eastward along island.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
High value target spotted hit in Yanbu Industrial City 👇 at 23.940, 38.311 FUCHS' 3rd largest LUBE PLANT after Germany & China. Supplies Saudi Arabia & 26 MENA nations and also runs 3rd-party blending for majors like Shell, BP-Castrol & Chevron. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
USS COMSTOCK LSD-45 👇spotted off Oman going to US Iran blockade AOR 3 days ago. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 27/07/2026
A motion processed version of the capture showing them Starship and ship moving with the ocean.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 27/07/2026
Following a request from my friends at @nasaspaceflight.com, we attempted to capture the splashed down SpaceX Starship in the Indian Ocean using Umbra satellites. We seem to have caught it and its recovery ship. 2026-07-27 03:56 UTC. spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im...
A black and white image with a rainbow smudge in the middle.A black and white image with two rainbow smudges in the middle, being ships.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Damage from Iran hits at US Camp Buehring spotted TODAY 👇 Tower / Comms building at 29.6969, 47.4251 Containerized Housing Unit at 29.6988,47.4291 Helicopter clamshell hangar at 29.7035, 47.4320 Maybe missed some here due to low res. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=16&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
BDA of housing units taken out by Iran ballistic missile hit spotted TODAY👇in US / Kuwait Ali al Salem AB at 29.3472, 47.5453 4 HU totaled, 2 heavilly damaged & 2 lightly. Enabled by commercial satellite images bought by Iran on 🧵
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
4 large troop housing units spotted taken out TODAY👇in US Kuwait Ali al Salem AB at 29.3472, 47.5453 after X EGYOSINT @geoconfirmed.org
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New satellite image via @soaratlas.bsky.social shows I was too conservative in my satellite image BDA for Iran Jask IRGC naval base; hit by US 👇 Both boathouses were taken out good, totaled. Plus 2 buildings. Before image is old, wonder what are 3 rectangles at boathouses right 👇
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Iran ballistic missile damage on US Jordan AB spotted TODAY👇 at 30.3289, 36.1461 Attack was 3 days ago. Reprocessed Iran image. Original on 🧵
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Iran drone hit damage at 4 ⭐️Crowne Plaza Duqm roof spotted TODAY in Oman at 19.5697, 57.7019 HVAC destroyed. Heavy-duty AC units and chiller systems designed to regulate indoor temperatures. Critical for Duqm's extreme desert heat and coastal humidity. @geoconfirmed.org Image source: Iran media
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Massive hull breach spotted TODAY 👇 in Russia Izumrud patrol ship sunk yesterday by Ukraine made Sargan-3000 USV at 44.5647, 37.9934 located by X WritingFates Black Sea Solntsedar nice little harbor, 20km from Novorossiysk. X UA_NAVY sat image 👇 browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Visible heavy roof penetration spotted in US 5th Fleet support warehouse 👇 at 26.20808, 50.6204 Iran IRGC precision-guided MUN/UAV hit NSA Bahrain logistics sector on 08-09 JUL. Surrounding port/vessels intact. No US casualties. Satellite images via Iranian media. www.google.com/maps/place/2...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Iran ballistic missile hit in Al Udeid US base in Qatar 🇶🇦 spotted 👇 at 25.12094, 51.3304 Largest US military installation in the Middle East. IRGC says it´s a fighter aircraft maintenance center. Note blown out panels at right. Source: X FarsNews_Agency www.google.com/maps/place/2...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ANVIL POINT Ro-Ro spotted delivering military supplies to UK in Duqm Port Oman LAST WEEK at 19.6785, 57.7257 IDed by X AtlasObserver She´s utilized for "pre-positioning" & rapid deployment of vital military sealift cargo, tells me @leguape.bsky.social h/t @mtanderson.bsky.social
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sanaa Airport struck ~12:00 UTC TODAY 👇 Yemen gov claims responsibility. Videos show smoke plume and cratering/damage consistent with precision runway denial against Iran flight w/ Houthi 🏴‍☠️ delegation from landing. Aircraft diverted to Hodeidah. No casualties reported. From video at X Ala_miin
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New China base in Antelope Reef spotted YESTERDAY and 7 months AGO👇at 16.46523, 111.5895 browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=15&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
USS BUSH spotted TODAY only 162 km from USS LINCOLN at 23.4968, 61.5699 23.0166, 60.0693 Lincoln Pretty much same AOR. + Oiler & destroyer Dual-carrier ops in Gulf of Oman indicate severe escalation in warfare, naval blockades, and breakdown of diplomatic ceasefires.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
LING HANG ZHE 领航者 <Navigator or Pathfinder>, used TODAY for Long March CZ-10B first-stage net/wire capture, spotted YESTERDAY and tracked NOW at 16.6044, 113.5287 Rocket recovery vessel/platform delivered in late 2025 for China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology CALT.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Unreported SHIP HIT by Iran while transiting Strait of Homruz spotted YESTERDAY ~0646 UTC 👇 42 km off Fujairah at 25.1323,56.7779 Based on fuel slick trail hit 20 km off US Oman recomended route. Around first red arrow start. POSS not coordinating. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Torifune Asteroid spotted YESTERDAY 👇 by Japan 🇯🇵 Hayabusa 2 from 10 km away, during a flyby. JAXA Press Release at global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/0...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Strait of Hormuz TODAY´s snapshot shows 8 VLCCs crude tankers and a vehicles carrier SUPREME ACE, white rectangle, outbound via Iran tolbooth route 👇 2 ships spotted outbound on US Oman route & 2 military escorts ( 66 an 74 m lenght, not sure about type or if 🇺🇸 🇴🇲 or🇦🇪). Caveat, not extensive list.
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fully operational Arabat Strait earthen embankment crossing spotted YESTERDAY 👇 at 46.1482, 34.8085 beside Henichesk/Arabat Spit Bridge damaged by Ukraine drone strikes. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=16&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Damage to Russia Project 15310 cable vessel hit by Ukraine 🇺🇦 drones spotted TODAY 👇 in Kerch Zaliv shipyard at 45.2678, 36.4268 She deploys system for underwater military reconnaissance & lays proximity mines; worth ~US$ 250 million. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Intense ship traffic spotted TODAY on the US Oman Strait of Hormuz route 👇at 26.3838, 56.5606 <ship at image center> 6 leaving the Persian Gulf & more important, 3 inbound VLCCs. Just a sample of total daily transits. Image is a 06:46 UTC snapshot. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
USS LINCOLN spotted YESTERDAY 👇 operating inside Gulf of Oman at 23.8314, 60.3536 located by X supbrow with a destroyer escort 5 km astern at 23.8743, 60.3559 Now we know her new AOR; same area she was spotted by China 3 days ago; on reskeet. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
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