Skywatching Archives - Ben Holcomb Storm Chasing Oklahoma Storm Chaser Ben Holcomb Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:17:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 /wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-20240523-White_Tornado_near_Olustee_Oklahoma-1-120x120.jpg Skywatching Archives - Ben Holcomb Storm Chasing 32 32 SpaceX Starship 6 Launch /spacex-starship-6-launch/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000 /?p=33655 A viewing of the launch of SpaceX Starship 6 and the Super Heavy Booster from Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island near Starbase in Texas

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]]> Geomagnetic Storm October 10 2024 /geomagnetic-storm-october-10-2024/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:28:35 +0000 /?p=33146 The second Geomagnetic storm of the year hit in the evening of October 10-11, 2024

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]]> GOES-U Falcon Heavy Launch /goes-u-falcon-heavy-launch/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:26:00 +0000 /?p=32109 A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of the GOES-U weather Satellite from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida

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]]> Aurora Borealis in Badlands National Park /aurora-borealis-in-badlands-national-park/ Sat, 11 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000 /?p=29012 A geomagnetic storm hit earth around May 10th and caused two nights of aurora borealis across the USA. This is the second night in Badlands National Park

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]]> Geomagnetic Storm of May 10, 2024 /geomagnetic-storm-and-aurora-borealis/ Fri, 10 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 /?p=29010 A massive geomagnetic storm hitting earth caused the most prolific aurora borealis I have ever seen on May 10, 2024.

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]]> Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 /total-solar-eclipse-2024/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:58:00 +0000 /?p=28914 4 minutes and 10 seconds of totality in Poplar Bluff, MO

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]]> Annular Solar Eclipse 2023 /annular-solar-eclipse-2023/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0000 /?p=26648 An Annular eclipse observed from Texas Hill Country in Boerne, TX on October 14, 2023.

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]]> Auroras over Alberta /auroras-over-alberta/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:00:00 +0000 /?p=29047 After landing late in the evening on the 27th, we witnessed auroras over Calgary during the early morning hours of the 28th

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]]> Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 /total-solar-eclipse-2017/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 05:00:25 +0000 http://www.benholcomb.com/?p=632 The total solar eclipse of August 2017 viewed from outside the town of Arnold, Nebraska

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]]> NASA Social New Orleans /nasa-social-new-orleans/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 05:00:10 +0000 http://www.benholcomb.com/?p=1052 A one day NASA Social at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and then a short bus ride over to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to see a rocket engine test.

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]]> EFT-1 Orion Test Flight Launch /eft-1-orion-launch/ Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:00:25 +0000 http://www.benholcomb.com/?p=2238 EFT-1 Launch of the Orion spacecraft on it's first test flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I was invited as part of the NASA Social group to attend this special launch!

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]]> Annular Solar Eclipse of May 2012 /annular-solar-eclipse-of-may-2012/ Sun, 20 May 2012 05:00:45 +0000 http://www.benholcomb.com/?p=2946 The May 2012 annular solar eclipse witnessed from the Texas/New Mexico border near Plains, Texas

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]]> STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch /sts-135/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:00:39 +0000 http://www.benholcomb.com/?p=3025 Pictures from the 2011 Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the last launch ever of a space shuttle.

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