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PRESERVE LIBERTY
ACERCA DE (ABOUT)
He sido ingeniera, astrónoma, desarrolladora de código, fotógrafa, probadora de juegos, y activista política. Espero que le encante ver mis fotos, aprender mis opiniones, y recopilar información sobre el cosmos.
I have been an engineer, astronomer, software developer, photographer, game playtester, and political activist. I hope you enjoy seeing my photos, learning my opinions, and gleaning information about the cosmos.

MI MISIÓN (MY MISSION)
Educo al público sobre la astronomía para motivar interés en la exploración del espacio. Declaro mis opiniones políticas, porque los Estados Unidos está en peligro serio de perder su república representativa y constitución, y está en camino para convertirse en un país autoritario o enfrentarse con un escenario apocalÍptico. Hay que haber suficientes personas vigorosamente vinculadas en política con sus representantes para evitar ambas calamidades.
I educate the public about astronomy to encourage interest in space exploration. I declare my political opinions, because I believe the United States is in serious danger of losing its representative republic and constitution, and is on track toward becoming an authoritarian country or facing a doomsday scenario. There need to be enough people actively engaged in politics and with their representatives in order to avoid both of these calamities.
MI VISIÓN (MY VISION)
En el futuro que veo, personas, animales, y plantas vivirán en otros planetas. Van a haber estaciones de espacio, astilleros en órbita alrededor de la Luna, otras lunas, y otros planetas. Las personas establecerán colonias en otros mundos, y las colonias eventualmente serán independientes de la Tierra. Las personas necesitan aprender a vivir en otros mundos primero, y la humanidad tiene que preservarse si va a seguir adelante en el cosmos.
In the future I envision, people, animals, and plants will live on other planets. There will be space stations and shipyards in orbit around the Moon, other moons, and other planets. People would establish colonies on other worlds, and the colonies would eventually be independent from Earth. People need to learn to live on other worlds first, though, and humanity must preserve itself if it is to venture forth into the cosmos.
REALCES (HIGHLIGHTS)
- Triángulo del Verano, Vía Láctea, y Galaxia de Andrómeda
Summer Triangle, Milky Way, and Andromeda Galaxy

11/11/2019 Tránsito de Mercurio
Mercury Transit

BLOG
Possible Indictment About Trump Hush Money Payments
Opinion by Melissa Kirk Former President Trump is allegedly being investigated for making payments to quash a story about an alleged affair with Stormy Daniels. The Manhattan…
March 17, 2023
Filibustero (Filibuster)
26 de mayo, 2021 eclipse lunar May 26, 2021 lunar eclipse Opinión por Melissa Kirk El sitio de web de Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington tiene razones…
June 3, 2021
Save the Republic
Cassiopeia, the Double Cluster, Perseus, and the Milky Way Opinion by Melissa Kirk Folks, we are in a battle to save our republic. Go, go, Uncle Joe. Reunite the United States.🙂…
August 17, 2020
Impeachment and U.S.-Ukraine Treaty
November 25, 2019 Dear Congress: In my opinion, though I am not a lawyer, Donald Trump broke the statue against solicitation of a contribution, to his presidential campaign, from…
November 25, 2019
Impeach and Remove Donald Trump
In this photo of the Moon, Tycho's rays dominate. Preserve the Representative Republic November 24, 2019 Dear United States Congress: I want you to impeach Donald Trump and…
November 24, 2019
Luna (MOON)

Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina, and Fracastorius on the Moon
This image consists of a single exposure of a Southeastern portion of the Moon, taken on November 27, 2018, with a 5-inch f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, and a focal length doubler between the telescope and the camera. This camera is designed to capture videos and short duration exposures of solar system objects.
Having been sharpened during postprocessing, the image portrays sunset over several striking features. Mare Nectaris, in the lower right of the image, has prominent wrinkle ridges. Theophilus possesses the acuteness of a fresh impact site. Someone could spend hours studying its terraces, splendid group of central mountains, and ridges. The wide, superficial valley connecting Cyrillus and Catharina is apparent because of the low Sun angle. Fracastorius is a partially ruined crater flooded by lava flows from Mare Nectaris. Because it is a large enough, partially ruined crater, situated at the edge of a sea, it may casually be called a bay.
Features:
20 Zöllner
25 Mӓdler
26 Theophilus
27 Cyrillus
28 Catharina
29 Beaumont
30 Fracastorius
31 Piccolomini
40 Tacitus
46 Zagut
REFERENCES:
[1] Tirion, Will, The Cambridge Star Atlas, Fourth Edition, New York, Cambridge University Press 2011.
[2] Wlasuk, Peter T., Observing the Moon, Springer-Verlag London 2000.

Mare Imbrium
This image consists of 25 exposures of Mare Imbrium and surrounding features, taken on July 16, 2017, with a 5-inch f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, and a focal length doubler between the telescope and the camera. The exposures were stacked together, and the result was sharpened with wavelets.


Street, Tycho, and Pictet
Deslandres Feature
This is an image of the Deslandres Feature of the Moon, on the morning of November 19, 2019. The image is the result of combining 2454 frames from a video of the region, and sharpening the result. The image thru a 6-inch f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope undulated excessively during the video capture. The camera is designed to capture video and still photos of objects in our solar system. A piece tripling the telescope focal length was between the telescope and the camera. The crater at the bottom, with a mountain at its center, is Lexell.
ABEJAS (BEES)

Un abeja poliniza una flor de cacto choya.

A bee polinates a choya cactus flower


MARIPOSAS
(BUTTERFLIES)

ANTÍOPA (MOURNING CLOAK, NYMPHALIS ANTIOPA)

DAMA PINTADA (PAINTED LADY, VANESSA VIRGINIENSIS)

GRIS SEDOSA (GRAY HAIRSTREAK, STRYMON MELINUS)
