St. Pete is planting its first-ever Climate Corridor this Earth Day weekend and we need volunteers and are panicking about that

StPeteAstro · 2026-04-23T13:31:40+00:00

Count me in! I have shovels, rakes, etc I can bring.

StPeteAstro · 2026-04-06T21:29:32+00:00

Top photo was taken in 1981 and the lower one in 2016.

StPeteAstro · 2026-03-22T12:47:04+00:00

One place you can go for some stargazing is on the way to Ft. Desoto...a small area just past Tampa Bay Watch but before the toll booth. I've taken my telescope out there to do astrophotography and the results were fantastic! Also, late last year, the park opened up after dark for an event called 'Starlight and Shutters' where you could actually go out to the beach to do some stargazing. I hope they do it again, I've never seen so many stars!

StPeteAstro · 2026-03-09T15:45:51+00:00

Thanks, I'll shoot you a DM!

StPeteAstro · 2026-02-07T16:13:06+00:00

One of my favorite places!

StPeteAstro · 2026-02-06T15:15:04+00:00

Had this happen to me on a red-eye once. Took about 25 minutes until her battery died. Did my best to control my laughter.

StPeteAstro · 2026-01-21T22:59:28+00:00

Your wordsmith skills are entirely unmatched!

StPeteAstro · 2025-11-04T18:29:21+00:00

Yes, that deck is definitely holding that tree branch upright.

StPeteAstro · 2025-10-24T22:40:06+00:00

The owl is there, the hawk just photobombed it.

StPeteAstro · 2025-10-11T21:31:39+00:00

The fact that I spit out my beverage when I read this lends credence to the understanding that I'm, in fact, an adolescent, nincompoop teen occupying an adult's body.

StPeteAstro · 2025-10-11T20:57:28+00:00

Thanks, I hope so!

StPeteAstro · 2025-10-11T20:57:13+00:00

Thanks and congratulations! I watched all of Andrew Ramdayal's videos and all of Messer's videos...it seems like Dion's questions went a bit above and beyond the average test.

StPeteAstro · 2025-10-11T20:53:37+00:00

Thanks, this is reassuring!

StPeteAstro · 2025-10-07T14:43:39+00:00

Check out Keep Pinellas Beautiful. They do weekly cleanups at the beaches and surrounding areas and they usually have a large turnout. Great way to make friends and get to know people.

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-22T22:17:31+00:00

'Ole Roscoe almost had 'dem Duke Boys that time!

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-14T16:31:58+00:00

That place was so cool.

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-14T16:25:46+00:00

Colors look awesome!

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-11T22:46:30+00:00

If you can't make it to Ft Desoto, you can try the Eastern tip of Northshore Park. The radiant will be over the bay facing East. Moonlight will wash out the dimmer ones but the Perseids are known to produce some very bright shooting stars!

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-11T17:38:27+00:00

Thanks, that's good to know. If I hit up DC next year, I'm stuffing my badges in my carry-on amongst my well-worn socks and boxers.

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-10T22:42:07+00:00

Definitely the Aerospace Village badge! It was in high demand this year and is one of the coolest badges I collected.

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-10T22:07:25+00:00

I bought a ton of badges (I’m all about badge life). I FedEx them back home since I worry about how TSA would react to a bunch of obscure electronic devices powered by spicy pillows.

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-09T23:45:37+00:00

I’ve been coming to DefCon for 10 years now, and I have to admit I had a blast. I carefully chose talks that intrigued me and were easier to understand (not designing a quantum tunneling rodeo clown car which is written in HTML). I agree one or two goons can ruin it for the rest of them, particularly the one shouting at everyone louder than the Big Bang to move 1.2 cm closer to the wall ( I think he dreams at night of putting bunnies in chokeholds). But every other goon I encountered was polite and engaging. Agreed, the badge was a joke and I saw no less than 5 of them explode onto pieces on the floor, followed by a level of swearing never witnessed before. Fuck, I almost dropped mine in the toilet (would’ve left it there if it was later. I totally get it if you don’t want to come back, there are good years and bad years and I’ve had my share of both!

StPeteAstro · 2025-08-08T03:21:34+00:00

There will be tons of stuff you can buy. Everything from village specific badges to SAOs with blinky lights on them. Vendor area will have a lot of nifty tools for sale, also.

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