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Author: Michael Riffle

6 September 2023 Michael Riffle

Three for Three in Just Over Three

This past Sunday night I traveled up to the FDR State Park office to watch

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29 August 2023 Michael Riffle

Ghostrider overhead!

This afternoon, shortly before 1pm, I glanced at ADSBExchange.com and noticed a C-130 was headed

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26 July 2023 Michael Riffle

Falcon Heavy Launch Visible Tonight?

There is a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch tonight at 11:04pm that should be visible from

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23 July 2023 Michael Riffle

A Close Strike

On the evening of July 21 a thunderstorm traversed Harris County from northwest to southeast.

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3 July 2023 Michael Riffle

Balloon Bursting Bonanza

Thanks to a favorable weather pattern last week, I was able to capture telescopic views

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16 June 2023 Michael Riffle

Radiosonde Recovery #18

Another radiosonde from NWS Birmingham has been recovered in Harris county, you can read about

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2 April 2023 Michael Riffle

First Weather Balloon Burst of 2023

This morning’s NWS Birmingham weather balloon burst about 7 miles east of West Point at

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15 March 2023 Michael Riffle

Radiosonde Fly-By

This morning I got to see a radiosonde under parachute from my backyard! It landed

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10 February 2023 Michael Riffle

SpaceX Intercepts An Aircraft

During the SpaceX Hispasat Amazonas Nexus launch last Monday night I captured a close encounter

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8 February 2023 Michael Riffle

The Flight of HBAL617

Last week was an interesting week for stratospheric balloon flights in the United States. Much

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