On: A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

[frereubu]

For those too lazy to go digging:

https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/7498ED4A7CB57/media%2FGu8ks...

Original tweet: https://xcancel.com/Astro_Ayers/status/1940810789830451563

[js2 → frereubu]

A link to an even higher resolution image was posted hours earlier:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44937613

https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2025/07/Nichole-Ayers-S...

[bilekas → frereubu]

Thank you, I don't think it's too unreasonable when talking about an amazing image to link to the image in the article to be fair.

[araes → frereubu]

From lfaw explanation linked below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939514

"The phenomenon took place at roughly 29°N 101.5°W over Coahuila, Mexico." That's ~50 miles from the Ciudad Acuña / Del Rio border crossing with Texas.

[th0ma5 → frereubu]

Surely X isn't the sole source for this?

[stronglikedan → th0ma5]

Sure, why not? It's the sole source for a lot of things, just like reddit is the sole source for a lot of other things, so why go anywhere else?

[antonvs → stronglikedan]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/r...

[MisterTea → stronglikedan]

> Sure, why not?

People like me who have never used twitter. It makes no sense to spread this information across platforms.

[notyourwork → MisterTea]

You don’t have to use twitter (I don’t).

[MisterTea → notyourwork]

But how would one know to look there for the high resolution image?

[waltwalther → frereubu]

Thank you!