photo by DCSkyCam “A meteoroid shoots down in this ~3 second exposure taken at 9:53 Eastern over DC”
Stephen asks last night:
“Tracking something I just saw… Approx 9:58pm Bright cobalt blue fireball falling in the sky in DC. My location is at 14 and U, and I was tracking it going northwest…” (more…)
Thanks to Emily for sending: “At Thomas circle and saw this guy on my run. No clue what it is but he was huge and slightly terrifying!”
Photo with foot for scale: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was in DC last month and saw this as I was walking to the National Mall from the metro station. A friend said your people might know what it is?”
Kelly asked: “Multiple commercial planes flying over rock creek park. Isn’t that restricted air space? Is there a re-routing plan when there are storms? Seems odd.”
Thanks to Justin for sending last night: “Planes are flying over DC! They must have emergency clearance b/c of the thunderstorms up north. Fist time I’ve seen this! One basically flew over Calvert Woodley. Crazy.”
photo by Maura Lillis
Thanks to Maura for sending:
“I took the attached picture during the storm Tuesday night. The lightning illuminated some kind of natural wall – is it the incoming rain, or some kind of humidity wall? (more…)
Thanks to Ann for sending from the Alexandria Target parking lot. (more…)
In the proverbial poker game against the coming Wegmans, Giant would like to raise but they might be bluffing… (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I found this hole in my car roof a couple days ago after being parked on the street in Columbia Heights. There’s no damage on the interior. What could it be?” (more…)
1221 Connecticut Ave, NW
Lucky Bar closed in late 2021. It was the end of an era. A glorious era. I mean I like gelato but I’m gonna need a minute: (more…)
Rash reported last week: “Last night I was out on 18th St with friends and was walking home and got a notification that my AirPods were being tracked via AirTag. Has this happened to anyone else??”
Unfortunately there have been a few reports of this happening to others and Samara shares this article: “Apple AirTags Can Be Used for Stalking, Other Crimes” (more…)