Eric the Heliophysicist

@eric-helio.bsky.social

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Scientist, kayaker, photographer, computer nerd, and scientist. Builds energetic particle instruments and manages space missions.

Prothonotary Warbler

Young Frankenstein "What hump?"

A windows box with a title of Error, a red circle with a white X in it, and an OK button

Cedar Waxwing

Spider web on grass looking like a Black Hole 2D mesh diagram.

Pre-dawn, pre-launch of the #IMAPMission.

Family of four river otters on the Rocky Gorge Reservoir, Maryland.

Eric Christian (wearing 'bunny suit') in a clean room in Florida, working on his High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT) instrument for the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission.

Four raccoons (mother, tail down, and three young) on our deck rail.

I got within 4 or 5 feet of this gator. It's a good thing it was only about 2 foot long.

A 6-7 foot gator.

Killdeer on the shore of the Rocky Gorge Reservoir