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Lightning hitting a powered pole in front of Mary G Montgomeryy high school during this mornings storm. @spann

@spann lightning hitting a power pole in front of Mary G. Montgomery High school in Semmes during this mornings storm

Southern Grace Lavender Farm swarming with honey bees 🐝 🥰 @spann

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NASA Artemis passing close to the Moon

Historic First: Artemis II Crew Becomes the First Humans to Witness the Orientale Basin in Its EntiretyBREAKING: In a stunning milestone for deep-space exploration, the Artemis II astronauts have captured the first-ever view of the Moon’s Orientale Basin with human eyes — seeing its complete, majestic structure for the first time in history.As the Orion spacecraft swept past the lunar limb during its historic flyby, the crew photographed the entire basin in one breathtaking frame, with Earth hanging beautifully in the black void beyond.A 930-Kilometer Cosmic BullseyeThe Orientale Basin is one of the Moon’s most impressive geological features — a massive multi-ringed impact structure roughly 930 km (580 miles) across. Formed about 3.8 billion years ago by a colossal asteroid or comet strike, its concentric rings ripple outward like frozen waves from a stone dropped into a cosmic pond.The outermost Cordillera ring forms the dramatic outer rim, while inner rings (the Rook mountains) mark zones of dramatic crustal rebound and collapse after the initial impact. Because Orientale straddles the Moon’s near and far sides near the southwestern limb, it has always appeared severely foreshortened and partially hidden from Earth-based telescopes and earlier missions. Only now, from Orion’s unique vantage during the flyby, has the full scale and symmetry been revealed directly to human observers.The Shot of a LifetimeThe image was taken through an Orion window as the crew passed over the site at just the right moment — with perfect illumination highlighting every ridge, ring, and shadow. It’s not just a photo. It’s a pivotal new dataset that complements decades of orbital data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, GRAIL’s gravity maps, and earlier probes.Entering the Zone of SilenceAs Orion continues its trajectory around the Moon, the crew is now heading into the most isolated phase of the mission: loss of signal. For roughly 40 minutes, the bulk of the Moon will completely block all radio communication with Earth, leaving Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen in profound solitude on the far side.They are venturing where only a handful of Apollo astronauts have gone before — deeper into cislunar space, pushing the boundaries of human exploration farther than any crew since 1970.The Moon is yielding its secrets once again… and humanity is watching live.This is what returning to the Moon — and preparing for Mars — truly looks like.

Highest potential for strong wind gusts continues across the Tennessee Valley tonight… storms will weaken over the next few hours as they move east into a more stable airmass.

Joshua Tree National Park Sunset @spann @JoshuaTreeNPS

View from the south rim @GrandCanyonNPS 11/24 @spann

ON THIS DATE IN 2005: Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a category three storm over Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. The majority of the loss of lives in Hurricane Katrina was due to flooding caused by fatal engineering flaws in the flood protection system, specifically the levee, around the city of New Orleans. Eventually, 80% of the city, as well as large areas in neighboring parishes, were flooded for weeks. The flooding also destroyed most of New Orleans's transportation and communication facilities, leaving tens of thousands of people who did not evacuate the city prior to landfall with little access to food, shelter, and other basic necessities. The coast of Mississippi suffered severe damage from wind and storm surge, but received little national attention due to the situation in New Orleans. The death toll was 1,836 as a direct result of Katrina.

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I got to witness this gorgeous thunderstorm while fishing the pier at @GulfStatePark @spann

Gorgeous reflection from the clouds over Mill Pond Lake #Michigan #clouds #sky @spann

Wauseon,Ohio sunset @spann #Farmland #Ohio #cornfields #Farming

Double rainbow Midtown-Mobile @spann

I’m so excited to announce that I am starting and will serve as the Chief Meteorologist for the Alabama Weather Network, a new endeavor to serve all 67 Alabama counties with the most accurate weather coverage possible. Whether it's a blue-sky day or there’s severe weather anywhere in our state, our Network will be on the air 24/7 with the latest weather updates. We go live on August 11. Be sure to follow the Alabama Weather Network @AlabamaWXNet right now for the latest updates!

🚨 BREAKING: 23 girls are now MISSING from Christian summer Camp Mystic in Hunt, TX after the area was INUNDATED with flooding, per Lt. Gov. Patrick The deathtoll is now 13 and rising, with more rain on the way. PLEASE pray for the missing girls and their families 🙏🏻

#NiagraFalls #Canada @spann

Yesterdays sunset @spann

@violent_clips Yet the 5:00 news is going to be videos of their loved ones talking about “what good people they were”

Sunset in St.Augustine @spann