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Late night Blues...
🇺🇸 BLUE31 is KC-135R 64-14839 #AE103D
🇺🇸 BLUE32 is KC-135R 58-0113 #AE0593
🇺🇸 KC-135R 61-0308 #AE0532
🇺🇸 KC-135R 62-3559 #ADFF0D
#GlobalThunder25

October 25, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Kevin Olsen

@drksolsen.bsky.social

They use ML to catalogue and characterize the steaks from ExoMars CaSSIS and MRO HiRISE and then attempt to link them to other dust activity, shown in this figure.
(I put the caption in the alt text. The density curves on the bottom are called Joyplots 😊)

A Map of slope streak (bright, white; dark, black) and RSL (red) distribution, overlain on TES albedo (<0.2 transparent, 0.2–0.26 gray, 0.26–0.32 blue31), highlighting several spatially coinciding, distinct cut-offs of slope streak and high albedo terrain (>0.26), such as in southern Arabia Terra, north-west Elysium Planitia, southern Amazonis, and north-western Tharsis. This implies that streaks can only form in the highest albedo (smallest particle size) terrains. Viking merged color mosaic in the background. B Joyplots (showing kernel density estimates) of slope streak (bright, tan; dark, solid black), RSL (red), and background (black line) MCD daily mean dust deposition rate on a horizontal surface for Ls 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° (left34) and sensible surface heat flux for Ls 90° (northern summer) at 12, 3, 6, and 9 AM (right34). Average values indicated.

May 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM

OSINT Mirror Feed

@osint-mirrors.bsky.social

KC-135R "CLEAN21" 59-1521 #AE0598 (Leg 1 outbound 31/07)
KC-135T "CLEAN22" 60-0337 #AE0482 (Leg 2 outbound 31/07)
KC-135R "BLUE31" 57-1454 #AE0380 (Leg 1 return 03/08)
KC-135R "BLUE32" ?? (Leg 2 return 03/08) (4/5)

August 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM

OSINT Mirror Feed

@osint-mirrors.bsky.social

KC-135R "CLEAN21" 59-1521 #AE0598 (Leg 1 outbound 31/07)
KC-135T "CLEAN22" 60-0337 #AE0482 (Leg 2 outbound 31/07)
KC-135R "BLUE31" 57-1454 #AE0380 (Leg 1 return 03/08)
KC-135R "BLUE32" ?? (Leg 2 return 03/08) (3/4)

August 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM