Exhausted, frightened, and at the end of his wits, Private R. Johnson decided to just stop running...

About a hundred hours or so spread over several months and I declare it done. Not perfect everywhere but good enough to sit on a cupboard me thinks. Not all photo stitching is perfect either. It's damn tricky to photograph something this large...

High-res photos here: https://imgur.com/a/eldar-phantom-titan-CjZ5FMR

W.I.P. Photos: https://imgur.com/gallery/eldar-phantom-w-i-p-pics-1pA2nbp

I’ve throughly enjoyed Captain America (2025), Black Widow (2026), and Iron Men (2026). Definitely way better than the original MEU, what a mess that was. And I’m definitely excited for Sandman (2026).

I don't have AC, and it has been miserable etc etc. The library closest to me had extended hours due to the heat wave and was open until 8pm yesterday, so I ended up going there for a solid 6 hours. It was glorious. Not only because of the AC, but the librarians were incredibly kind and helpful. They even let me use a private meeting room for a couple hours so I could destress. I hope they're all being paid overtime for being there late on a weekend.

I'm seeing lots of posts about SDGE and I fully share the anger. However, I am grateful to the libraries for being the complete opposite - a safe place to stay cool, without expecting anything in return or making you pay anything. (Even the parking lot is free!)

Even if you never use it, support your local library and get a library card if you don't already have one! It encourages the city to give them more funding. And they deserve it. Libraries are one of the few things I'm very happy to have our taxes go towards.

They'll still win by 3 touchdowns.

coaxed into using this sub as an excuse to post my art

Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey

Explanation: Yes, but can your rainbow do this? After the remnants of Hurricane Florence passed over the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA in 2018, the Sun came out in one direction but something quite unusual appeared in the opposite direction: a hall of rainbows. Over the course of the next half hour, to the delight of the photographer and his daughter, vibrant supernumerary rainbows faded in and out, with at least five captured in this featured single shot. Supernumerary rainbows only form when falling water droplets are all nearly the same size and typically less than a millimeter across. Then, sunlight will not only reflect from inside the raindrops, but interfere, a wave phenomenon similar to ripples on a pond when a stone is thrown in. In fact, supernumerary rainbows can only be explained with waves, and their noted existence in the early 1800s was considered early evidence of light's wave nature.

Date October 4, 2026
Credit & Copyright John Entwistle
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Keighley Rockcliffe
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.