Traveling has gotten a lot trickier the last few years, so as I’m venturing out of country, I thought I’d pass along some of the most helpful tips I discovered if you plan to fly out of Fayetteville or Raleigh this summer.
As I started doing my homework to see what has changed since COVID-19, I found a lot of useful resources that might help you too.
The biggest change is that you no longer have to have a negative COVID test in most cases. You might be subject to a temperature check, and certainly don’t fly if you have symptoms.
“Daily passenger volumes at TSA checkpoints show that people are traveling again, and TSA is ready for their return. Our airport security checkpoints include 47,500 highly-trained security professionals and new technologies that enhance security and reduce physical contact,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske in a release about summer travel. “We continue to recruit, retain, train and equip a highly-skilled workforce, and we work continuously with our airport and airline partners to anticipate and prepare for higher traffic patterns.”
Here’s some of the other things I learned about how to fly out of Fayetteville, Raleigh, and Charlotte in my research as we get ready for our trip to Mexico.
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Stunning First James Webb Telescope Images Released
Carina Nebula
The final image released during the event was probably the most visually spectacular. This Carina Nebula image shows a collection of stars and gas some 8,000 light years away – relatively close. The area shows stars we’ve never seen before, and even elements that scientists have never seen before, thanks to the infrared capabilities on Webb.
Every bright dot in the image is a star, many of which are similar to our Sun, so many of them also likely have similar planetary structures nearby.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI (Click on image for high resolution version.)
The Southern Ring Nebula
The second image released was of the Southern Ring Nebula.
“The Southern Ring nebula is a planetary nebula. (Despite “planet” in the name, these aren’t planets — they’re shells of dust and gas shed by dying Sun-like stars.) The new details from Webb will transform our understanding of how stars evolve and influence their environments.”
Some stars save the best for last. The dimmer star at the center of this scene has been sending out rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions, and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed for the first time that this star is cloaked in dust.
Stephan's Quintet
This image shows five giant galaxies, containing hundreds upon hundreds of billions of stars.
Four of the five galaxies visible are actually interacting with each other, while the fifth (the one on the left) is actually much closer to Earth, so is nowhere near the others.
There are 150 million pixels in this image, and it’s actually a composite of about 1,000 image files.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI (Click image to see high resolution image.)
The First Image - Webb's First Deep Field
The first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been released, and it’s a stunning look at a cluster of galaxies from 4.6 billion years ago. (Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)
“If you held a grain of sand up to the sky at arm’s length, that tiny speck is the size of Webb’s view in this image. Imagine — galaxies galore within a grain, including light from galaxies that traveled billions of years to us! Why do some of the galaxies in this image appear bent? The combined mass of this galaxy cluster acts as a “gravitational lens,” bending light rays from more distant galaxies behind it, magnifying them.”
Webb's Deep Field
This image is a remarkable showcase of the Deep Field from the first Webb image, but in different waves of light.
“Compare Webb’s Mid-Infrared (L) & Near-Infrared (R) views. Lens flares? Nope, the spikes you see are when light from bright objects like stars is bent by the edges of the telescope. They’re less prominent in mid-infrared.”
