Amoré 🇿🇦

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Applied Researcher at the South African National Space Agency. Passionate about understanding near-Earth space. Lover of nature—it's where I find my balance 🌱🧘‍♀️ 🌊 Views expressed here are my own.

Illustration of Earth surrounded by its magnetic field, with the thermospheric shock wave and interplanetary magnetic field extending from the sunward side. The image shows how solar winds interact with Earth's protective magnetosphere. Adobe Stock. (n.d.). Earth and its magnetic field with solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field [Stock photo]. Adobe Stock. https://stock.adobe.com/za/49372340?continue-checkout=1&asset_id=49372340
Dog wading through a reflective marshland with vibrant patches of pink and red vegetation, set against the dramatic backdrop of the green and rocky Kleinrivier Mountains in the Western Cape, South Africa. A serene and colorful nature scene
An animated comparison showing Earth's magnetic field during normal conditions versus a geomagnetic excursion. The first part of the animation depicts a strong, stable dipole field with clear magnetic lines extending from the North to South poles. The second part illustrates a weakened and chaotic magnetic field with multiple temporary poles forming at different locations on Earth's surface, representing the irregularity of a geomagnetic excursion. Image courtesy of NASA, sourced from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_54559main_comparison1_strip.gif).
Relaxing during fieldwork in the arid landscape near Victoria West, South Africa. A concrete pillar with an Overhauser magnetometer is visible in the background, set up for recording geomagnetic field data. The reddish soil and scrub vegetation stretch towards flat-topped hills under a clear blue sky.
Massive ice shelf under a sky full of wispy clouds
A map showing the total magnetic field strength in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) region, calculated using a global field model. The map includes colour contours representing total field strength values in nanoteslas (nT), with the weakest field values (below 30,000 nT) centered over South America and gradually increasing outward. Green-labeled markers indicate the locations of INTERMAGNET ground observatories: VSS, PST, KEP, ASC, SHE, and HER. The map spans a region from 80°W to 20°E longitude and 80°S to 20°N latitude, with a gradient bar on the right indicating the total field strength scale. Image is my own.
Two Sable antelopes (black and white with long curved horns) grazing on a hill on a cloudy day.
A big sunflower facing the sunset, clear blue skies.
"A dual-camera setup housed under a clear protective dome, situated in a snowy landscape near Tromsø, Norway. The setup includes two cameras and associated equipment designed for auroral measurements. Snow-covered mountains and sparse trees are visible in the background, with the structure partially surrounded by snow.
A vast icy landscape under a thin layer of cloud, with a bulldozer towing a shipping container and fuel tanks across the snow.
Illustration of Earth with magnetic field lines, showing electrons traveling along them to the upper atmosphere. The green shaded area represents the auroral oval around the magnetic pole, with brighter green features depicting typical aurora shapes in different parts of the oval. Image courtesy [NOAA](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/aurora-tutorial)
A scenic landscape with golden grass fields under a cloudy sky. The foreground features patches of shrubbery, while the horizon shows a vast open plain. The lighting creates a dramatic contrast between the bright fields and the dark, overcast clouds
A panorama of the Swartberg Pass near Prince Albert, South Africa, showcasing a winding dirt road flanked by rugged mountain slopes and a vast valley stretching into the horizon under a bright blue sky
Rocky shoreline near Tromsø, Norway, with a serene fjord reflecting snow-covered mountains in the background under a pale winter sky
Southern Rock Agama lizard basking on colourful, sunlit, rocky terrain in the Cederberg Mountains. The lizard's blue-grey body and light stripes blend seamlessly with the red and orange hues of the rocks
A striking deep orange spiky flower. Green background.
Image of a tar road with a row of tall trees
Black and white cat sleeping among ferns
Baobab tree, or the 'upside down tree': Legend goes that it believed itself superior to other trees, so the gods uprooted and replanted it upside down to teach it humility. Outside Messina, South Africa.
Angora goats walking over the road. Outside Graaff-Reinet, South Africa.
Picture of a purple and yellow flower taken during a deep pink and purple sunset. Outside Beaufort West, South Africa.