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Dr Jen Mitchell

@ItsJenMitchell

Planetary geologist & EPMA Lab Manager • She/Her 💖💜💙 Views own

Joined November 2013
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In all seriousness this may have been my favorite shot from Artemis II so far
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My highest resolution moon photo took me years of attempts before I got the right combination of equipment and conditions to create. This used nearly a terabyte of data and hundreds of thousands of photos. This is formatted as a mobile wallpaper, I’m still doing these daily.
Image from Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy)
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Jasmine 🌌🔭
@astro_jaz25 Jun 2024
LAST NIGHT, CHANG’E-6 RETURNED WITH THE FIRST EVER SAMPLES FROM THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON!!! LOOK AT HOW BADASS THIS PHOTO IS.
The Chang’e 6 spacecraft after it touched down on Earth. It’s burnt up next to the Chinese flag with two helicopters behind it.

ALT The Chang’e 6 spacecraft after it touched down on Earth. It’s burnt up next to the Chinese flag with two helicopters behind it.

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@astro_jaz7 Apr 2024
happy eclipse eve!!
Image from Jasmine 🌌🔭 (@astro_jaz)
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Close-up views of New Zealand's latest #meteorite - found by a search party today after falling last Wednesday 13th.
Image from Fireballs Aotearoa (@FireballsNZ)
Image from Fireballs Aotearoa (@FireballsNZ)
Image from Fireballs Aotearoa (@FireballsNZ)
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@astro_jaz4 Feb 2024
WE HAVE THE FIRST IMAGE OF IO FROM JUNO’S FLYBY TODAY!!!
A black-and-white view of Jupiter's moon Io against the darkness of space. The moon is illuminated by sunlight from the right, and on the left, about half of the surface is within the night side. The night side is subtly illuminated as well. Io's surface is marked by dark splotches and tall mountains that cast shadows.

ALT A black-and-white view of Jupiter's moon Io against the darkness of space. The moon is illuminated by sunlight from the right, and on the left, about half of the surface is within the night side. The night side is subtly illuminated as well. Io's surface is marked by dark splotches and tall mountains that cast shadows.

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See that tiny moving light? It's a whole world seen from 97 light-years away! The planet is still young enough that it glows from the heat of its birth. We have a festival of exoplanet light for the first night of Hanukkah. exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/147…
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jay ✰
@jayythewave25 Oct 2023
“can u multitask?” yes actually i’m losing my mind and chilling at the same time
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🌻 Pirxyl 🌻@Pirxyl2 Oct 2023
I’m BEGGING y’all to tell artists how much you love their art, even if you think they already know! Working in a sea of silence can be very discouraging… even one kind comment can be the difference between a small artist quitting or becoming our communities next inspiration!
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trash jones@jzux18 Sep 2023
hey i can’t come in to work today i have to indulge my childlike sense of joy and wonder
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Andre Izidoro@izidoro_astro23 Aug 2023
🚨🪐Postdoc position in Planet Formation🪐🚨 I am looking for a postdoc in planet formation and evolution modeling to join my group @RiceEarthSci. Please, share this announcement with potential candidates and DM me if you want to know more.
Image from Andre Izidoro (@izidoro_astro)
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redwyrm@redwyrmofficial19 Aug 2023
Here is a taste of the writing in the "soon" to be released Lavamancer Book from the 6yo DM. This is one of the new backgrounds you can choose from for your character...
GEOLOGIST You love rocks way more than most people. You have studied them in great detail along with the rest of the materials that make up the planet you live on. You get excited about things like earthquakes and mining. You also tell bad geology jokes… it’s not your fault.

ALT GEOLOGIST You love rocks way more than most people. You have studied them in great detail along with the rest of the materials that make up the planet you live on. You get excited about things like earthquakes and mining. You also tell bad geology jokes… it’s not your fault.

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PC Gamer
@pcgamer7 Aug 2023
Me after playing Baldur's Gate 3 for 36 hours straight this weekend
Image from PC Gamer (@pcgamer)
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Volcaholic 🌋
@volcaholic119 Jul 2023
🔥THIS my friends is the ONLY video you need to watch today!!!!🔥 Incredible cone collapse last night as viewed on the MBL livestream ……. Let me know what you think 😍 Here’s the link to the stream- youtube.com/live/yJfiMhqLgTY… #Reykjanes #LitliHrutur #eruption #volcano #iceland #icelanderuption
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Quite Interesting
@qikipedia30 Jun 2023
In 1864 a meteorite which landed in France was found to have bits of organic material inside it indicating alien life. It took a century to discover that the aliens were bits of plants embedded in glue.
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Hubble
@NASAHubble21 Jun 2023
For #WorldMusicDay, take a listen to R Aquarii! Using data from Hubble and @ChandraXRay, this sonification represents information in this cosmic view as sound, giving us a new way to experience the image. Listen to more sonifications here: go.nasa.gov/447AFbW

Sonification of R Aquarii

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@astro_jaz16 Jun 2023
A picture of Pluto with its “heart” visible

ALT A picture of Pluto with its “heart” visible

The logo for the IAU- the International Astronomical Union. It shows the letters IAU in black and behind them the letters are in white and reversed reading UAI.

ALT The logo for the IAU- the International Astronomical Union. It shows the letters IAU in black and behind them the letters are in white and reversed reading UAI.

Sarah Bellum (@tamsully12) profile pictureSarah Bellum@tamsully1224 May 2023
WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle.
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Happy Birthday Mary Anning, fossil collector and palaeontologist, born #OTD 21 May 1799 🐚 Discover letters and drawings relating to Anning's life and work on our online exhibition 'Mary Anning & The Geological Society' geolsoc.org.uk/MaryAnning #MaryAnning #FromTheArchives
Image from The Geological Society (@GeolSoc)
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A message from Microscopy LIVE! - 'Hello everyone! We'd like to thank you for your interest and support over the past 18 months, and we're sorry to say that #MicroscopyLIVE will be on hiatus for a short while.
Image from Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre (@EMC_PlymUni)
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Dusty and cold, sure – but Mars has a certain, raw beauty. Dawn at the Red Planet, with high clouds floating by. Take time to look up. Full image: go.nasa.gov/3LFrLfT
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