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Image Captions Example

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

About Image Captions

This feature wraps images in a <figure> tag only when the image carries independent meaning. If the image is part of the content and does not stand alone, it will not be enclosed in a <figure> tag. Only CommonMark syntax is supported.

Usage

Single Image

With Caption

Markdown:

![A description of the image](url "An image title")

HTML:

<figure>
  <div>
    <figure>
      <img alt="A description of the image" src="url">
      <figcaption>An image title</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </div>
</figure>

Without Caption

Markdown:

![A description of the image](url)

HTML:

<figure>
  <div>
    <img alt="A description of the image" src="url">
  </div>
</figure>

Multiple Images

When you include only images within a paragraph, they will be grouped together. Hard or soft breaks can also be used.

With Caption

Markdown:

![Image 1 description](url1 "Image Title 1")  
![Image 2 description](url2 "Image Title 2")

HTML:

<figure>
  <div>
    <figure>
      <img alt="Image 1 description" src="url1">
      <figcaption>Image Title 1</figcaption>
    </figure>
    <figure>
      <img alt="Image 2 description" src="url2">
      <figcaption>Image Title 2</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </div>
</figure>

Without Caption

Markdown:

![Image 1 description](url1)  
![Image 2 description](url2)

HTML:

<figure>
  <div>
    <img alt="Image 1 description" src="url1">
    <img alt="Image 2 description" src="url2">
  </div>
</figure>

With Shared Caption

Markdown:

![Image 1 description](url1 "This becomes the caption")  
![Image 2 description](url2)

HTML:

<figure>
  <div>
    <img alt="Image 1 description" src="url1">
    <img alt="Image 2 description" src="url2">
  </div>
  <figcaption>This becomes the caption</figcaption>
</figure>

Single Image Link

With Caption

Markdown:

[![A description of the image](image-url "An image title")](link-url "A link title")

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <figure>
      <img alt="A description of the image" src="image-url">
      <figcaption>An image title</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </a>
  <figcaption>A link title</figcaption>
</figure>

Markdown:

[![A description of the image](image-url)](link-url "A link title")

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <img alt="A description of the image" src="image-url">
  </a>
  <figcaption>A link title</figcaption>
</figure>

Markdown:

[![A description of the image](image-url "An image title")](link-url)

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <figure>
      <img alt="A description of the image" src="image-url">
      <figcaption>An image title</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </a>
</figure>

Without Caption

Markdown:

[![A description of the image](image-url)](link-url)

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <img alt="A description of the image" src="image-url">
  </a>
</figure>

Multiple Image Link

When you include only a multiple-image link within a paragraph, the images will be grouped together. Hard or soft breaks can also be used.

With Caption

Markdown:

[![Image 1 description](image-url1 "Image Title 1")  
![Image 2 description](image-url2 "Image Title 2")](link-url "A link title")

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <figure>
      <img alt="Image 1 description" src="image-url1">
      <figcaption>Image Title 1</figcaption>
    </figure>
    <figure>
      <img alt="Image 2 description" src="image-url2">
      <figcaption>Image Title 2</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </a>
  <figcaption>A link title</figcaption>
</figure>

Markdown:

[![Image 1 description](image-url1)  
![Image 2 description](image-url2)](link-url "A link title")

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <img alt="Image 1 description" src="image-url1">
    <img alt="Image 2 description" src="image-url2">
  </a>
  <figcaption>A link title</figcaption>
</figure>

Markdown:

[![Image 1 description](image-url1 "Image Title 1")  
![Image 2 description](image-url2 "Image Title 2")](link-url)

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <figure>
      <img alt="Image 1 description" src="image-url1">
      <figcaption>Image Title 1</figcaption>
    </figure>
    <figure>
      <img alt="Image 2 description" src="image-url2">
      <figcaption>Image Title 2</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </a>
</figure>

Without Caption

Markdown:

[![Image 1 description](image-url1)  
![Image 2 description](image-url2)](link-url)

HTML:

<figure>
  <a href="link-url">
    <img alt="Image 1 description" src="image-url1">
    <img alt="Image 2 description" src="image-url2">
  </a>
</figure>

Root Relative Path and Relative Path

Root Relative Path

A root relative path refers to assets located in the public directory of your project.

Markdown:

![A description of the image](/favicon/favicon-dark-128.png "An image title")

Relative Path

A relative path refers to assets inside the src directory, and it is relative to the location of the current file.

Markdown:

![A description of the image](../../assets/images/demo-avatar.png "An image title")

Options

You can specify the options in the astro.config.mjs file.

...
import remarkImageCaption from "./src/plugins/remark-image-caption.ts"
...
export default defineConfig({
  ...
  markdown: {
    ...
    remarkPlugins: [
      ...
      remarkImageCaption, // Plugin here
      ...

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string	""	The class name to apply to the outer `<figure>` element.
excludedPaths	(string \| RegExp)[]	[]	An array of image paths that should be excluded from transformation. This can also be used to exclude paths like those under the `src` folder in Astro projects.
lazyLoad	boolean	false	Set the `loading` attribute on `<img>` elements.
linkAttributes	LinkAttributes		Set the target and relationship attributes for external links. These attributes can also be left unset to delegate handling to other plugins.

linkAttributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
target	string	''	Specify where to open linked documents. The default (empty) does not set a target on links.
rel	string	''	Define the relationship between the current document and the linked document. The default (empty) does not set any relationship.

February in Review

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Ungraded footage, but I wanted to get it out... I'll be better about that next time !! I really nailed the vibe I wanted to though, especially in the intro. Really starting to take better shots I think :) Learning as I go what does and doesn't work. Video really is a whole different beast than I expected, but progress is progress!

Very thankful for all the opportunities that I have such that I get to see all these cool things I never though I'd ever have the chance to! I love the ability to take a look back at the things I've done, and making the video really solidifies the memories.March looks like it'll be quiet, but nothing wrong with that.

Photodump, and I'll see y'all next time! -a

graffiti in Brooklyn

bolts holding down the statue of liberty to its pedestal (????!!!!!)

found @ Newark Penn Station

February Personal Projects Update

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Howdy again ! Time for the second installment of my monthly project updates. Let's keep this short and sweet and get to the point o7

This Blog!

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Pretty much got things sorted out here! Added random quality of life components on the backend, fixed some stuff, pulled latest from the SSG repo, etc.

todo items

[x] make progress bar component
[x] figure out why table of contents component isn't working
[x] figure out why sitemap isn't working
[ ] find/create new banner image (might cancel this one, i'm fine with the silly pixel art one i have now)
[ ] make feb month in review video

Cel Gallery

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Same as last time; need to do all the housekeeping stuff.

todo items

[ ] find privates and be able to push workflows to master
[ ] update collection
[ ] get changes pushed to firebase

Track Predictor

:::warning On the chopping block...! ::: ::progress{percentageString="5%?"}

A little bit of a cop out, but we haven't been using the NJT very much lately so progress has been pretty much nonexistent. I might hop back onto this, I might not, but I'll keep it on here for another month or two in case I pick it back up.

todo items

[ ] finish deciding on parameters to scrape for
[ ] write up scraper
[ ] start running scraper on home server
[ ] plot out roadmap for ML components

Isopod Stream!

:::tip New entry! ::: ::progress{percentageString="80%"}

Idk what inspired me to do this but I wanted a way to watch the isopods over the day. I was originally gonna use a pi with a day/night camera, but the pi I have doesn't work ... so i just used an old phone. Meaning I can't get night views (so no 24/7 stream) but it's a start. New pi is incoming so I'll have to give that a try once it gets here.

It's live from 9am-9pm EST @ https://www.twitch.tv/autumnskies01 :)

todo items

[x] start streaming!
[ ] try out pi with the day/night camera

Gunpla/Model Kits/Crafts

:::tip New entry! ::: ::progress{label="always got something to do and something getting done"}

Adding this to keep better organize and track things I want to start and finish.

todo items

[ ] Finish Tickbalang weathering and Zowort decals/weathering
[ ] Start on new HGRFV kits
[ ] Evangelion paper theatre

That's all for this update! cheers :)

-A

Liberty Park and ISOPODS!

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Howdy y'all! Been a bit of a weird month for me. Trying to keep busy and keep my head down y'know. I'll probably make a little wrap-up video just so all the footage doesn't go to waste; I have a lot of little clips that are fun :)

Anyways! Todays plan was to go get a good little starter pack for some isopods with a quick detour beforehand to Liberty State Park since we were already in the area. Ryan sent me a little guy to bring place(s) so I figured we could make a quick pit stop. About a 30 minute drive later we ended up at Liberty Park.

About the Empty Sky Memorial:

The ‘Empty Sky’ 9/11 Memorial is the official State of New Jersey Memorial that honors the memory of the 750 people that lived in or had ties to New Jersey that lost their lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA on September 11, 2001

The names are placed randomly on the twin brushed stainless steel walls. Individuals' names (4 inches tall) are within reach and engraved deep enough for hand rubbing. The memorial, designed by Jessica Jamroz and Frederic Schwartz, was dedicated on September 11, 2011, the 10-year anniversary.

The brushed stainless steel twin walls are 210 feet long, the width of each side of the World Trade Center Towers. They rise 30 feet, standing parallel to each other with a 12-foot wide paved path of bluestone between them. Like the World Trade Center, the stainless steel reflects the constantly changing light of day. The memorial invites visitors to literally and metaphorically look toward the empty sky in memory and look forward as a community. ^1

When we pulled up to the Empty Sky Memorial, I saw the pieces of steel beam from the World Trade Center. The vibes were heavy. I'm not normally one to believe in spirituality kind of stuff but man it hit different seeing an actual piece from the tragedy. As usual, an occasional tourist taking a smiling family picture with the pieces and the walls of the memorial but that's a given. Still weird to me, and I don't think that'll ever change. To each their own though... 🤷‍♀️

When I was getting out of the car, I realized I couldn't find the bunny :( I PANICKED, realizing that I had lost him. Guess this will be a short trip since the photo op was the main point.

What was cool was seeing the history Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal (CRRNJ), even though it wasn't open due to the ferry being closed. Some info about that:

From 1892 through 1954, the CRRNJ Terminal stood with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to unfold one of this nation’s most dramatic stories: the immigration of northern, southern and eastern Europeans, among others, into the United States. After being greeted by the Statue of Liberty and processed at Ellis Island, these immigrants purchased tickets and boarded trains at the Terminal that took them to their new homes throughout the United States. To learn more about the CRRNJ's history, visit the Historic CRRNJ Train Terminal site. ^1

Facade of the CRRNJ

Interior views of the CRRNJ

The ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island apparently closes on the NJ side in the winter (this started after a hurricane flooded the shit out of the facility some years ago) so I just poked around the grounds for a little bit so the trip wasn't a total wash. It was weird seeing a tourist destination totally devoid of people; it felt almost liminal. Took some quick photos and headed back to the car.

Next up: ISOPODS! We went to a newer and smaller shop that we hadn't been to before, Exotics and Aquatics in Bayonne. Was a bit of trouble getting the wheelchair in, but we got to talk to the owner for a bit and she was very kind !! Her dog was just hanging out with the biggest tegu I've ever seen in my LIFE, one of the birds was just hanging out outside of his cage. Very cool store :^)

We got about 40 assorted isopods; mostly powder orange, but also a few HUGE giant canyons! I've had a lot of fun getting their enclosure set up. Their substrate is currently some CVG mix we had leftover from some mushroom projects. We also got crickets for Felix that day on the way home @ Petsmart after going to Blaze Pizza.... Felix LOVED the crickets but we won't be doing that again anytime soon. He had fun batting them around and cronching them but it gave me the jeebies having crickets. Also at Petsmart I got some superworms I'm hoping to pupate into darkling beetles and breed them, but we'll see how that goes!

That's it for now! Cheers :)

-A

Edgewater Day Trip with Sky

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Another day, another adventure! This time I managed to drag Sky along and we went for a little trip to Edgewater, with a couple detours for me. A brief history lesson first:

The Edgewater Tunnel is a former railroad tunnel through Bergen Hill, the Hudson Palisades. Originally opened in 1894, it was built to gain access to the Hudson River waterfront. About 200 ft (61 m) underground and about 1 mile (1.6 km) long, its western cut and portal is located in the Fairview Cemetery in Fairview and the eastern portal is located in Edgewater. The right-of-way was removed from service in about 1992 and the track was removed shortly thereafter.

A pipeline now runs through the tunnel between Hess facilities in Bogota and Edgewater. A power cable, part of the Hudson Project, running from a Bergen Generating Station substation through the tunnel and under the Hudson to Midtown Manhattan, was completed in 2013.^1

Fairview Cemetery

We drove about an hour out, and stopped at Fairview Cemetery first. It's on the side of a pretty good sized hill, and sprawls 106 acres full of beautiful foliage; they apparently do tours of the grounds the fall. I'm certainly looking forward to that now that I live somewhere where I get to experience seasons :) The cemetery was dedicated in September 1868 and was only 16.5 acres at the time. ^2 Crazy how much history there is to be found in New Jersey! The grounds were very well maintained and they have a large indoor mausoleum. A few groups of people were there paying respect to love ones. There was still just a little bit of snow on the ground, the sun was peeking out through the clouds, and a light breeze in the air. It really was a beautiful visit. A refreshing break from the completely full and unloved old cemeteries I'm used to seeing around in NJ.

To make a long story short though, the tunnel wasn't easily accessible from this side. There is a way in, but I wasn't in the mood to be wading through water to find it. Not today at least :)

As we were leaving, I figured I'd take out the drone and get a quick couple shots. They weren't the best, but still a very stunning view with Manhattan in the background! It was my first time applying for a LAANC as well. Granted, it was automatically authorized, but with it's proximity to an airport and the nature of a cemetery I feel like my anxieties were pretty valid. Quick in and out though, I had the drone up for no more than 5 minutes so as not to cause any trouble. Onwards to the next spot!

Edgewater

The Edgewater side was only really accessible through a steep drop off the side of the road, or through an active construction zone... Safe to say I ended up doing neither and just getting a little bit of drone footage to cut my losses. I parked the car nearby and walked over to the bend in the road that overlooked the tunnel.

Not a very ideal angle to visually fly at all. Since I wasn't trying to lose my drone in a place I couldn't get down to without breaking some bones, getting a terrible disease from all that still water, getting arrested for trespassing, or a horrible combination of the three ... I played it very safe; which again did not yield the best footage, but there's always next time!

Mitsuwa Market

No trip to Edgewater with Sky is complete without a stop at Mitsuwa Market. First, some quick shopping at Little Japan (I was good this time and only got a couple blind boxes and a Mofusand memo card stand) and then dinner at the Market. I got some onigiri from Omusubi Gonbei (the fuckin best onigiri I've had in my life) and Sky got karaage chicken and a half dozen tayaki. On the way out, a quick mandatory stop at the gashapon machines. They had the GOAT of gasha, the Machiboke series, and they were MINI GASHAPON MACHINES! A mythical pull here in the US where the weird ones don't usually make it over the pond.

Guttenberg North Bergen Waterfront Park

On the way home, with my newly found confidence from filing the LAANC earlier, I wanted to get a quick shot of the Manhattan skyline at night and we ended up at this random park. I really pretty spot with lights in the trees, angry birds in the playground, and a beautiful view overlooking the Hudson river and NYC. I got a quick video, after almost slipping and dying because of ice on the stairs down to the waterfront, and back to the car before I could get yelled at!

All in all, a great day trip as always with Sky :) Busy weekend, but I'm glad to have these opportunities to explore all the history and culture this state has to offer.

Sky also got Lucky more of her catnip mice and she's been loving them!

Until next time!!

Snowy Hike on Hibernia Brook Trail

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

::map{height="250px" locations='[{"lat": 40.944772, "lon":-74.492920, "title": "Hiking Trail Entrance"}]'}

Hi again! Yesterday Sky was having friends over, so I figured it'd be a good time to explore somewhere new. I'd been wanting to go on a hike in the snow for a while (remember this for later) and the snow from a week ago was still around. I was digging online for some abandoned places around and found this place on an old Reddit post and decided to head out.

It was about an hour drive, but I quite enjoy the drives out to the west end of NJ. Lots of beautiful scenery, foliage, mountains, and small towns make for a great view for my Floridian brain. I pulled into the parking lot, put on my jacket, got my cameras, and headed in. No idea where exactly the mines were, but I figured the trail would lead me there eventually.

First thing I noticed was a little creek with the top layer frozen over, but water still rushing underneath. I know it's probably a common occurrence in cold climates, but this was the first time I had ever seen it! I walk over to a small ledge (snow covered, as was everything) overlooking the small creek, and hand launch my drone to get some video. I flew over to land the drone on the frozen surface; and to my surprise, nothing bad happened! Solid ice. I clipped a couple of small branches while I was down there, but so far so good. I go to hand catch for the landing; prop blade clips my finger, cancels the landing, hits another branch flying back up, and lands upside down in the snow. It gets BURIED from just the little fall. Fuck.

I end up having to climb down about 15 feet to the creek through thorny wineberry bushes (which I didn't realize were prickly until I grabbed one) to recover it, but all was good besides some snow in harmless parts. Thank fuck. Time to head in for real :)

The trail is very well marked, both on the trees and the footprints in the snow where everyone else was walking through. I took a left at the fork, which ended up taking me along the titular Hibernia Brook. Not too much to see there. Eventually, it leads in a winding path up the side of the mountain. Due to my inexperience with snow, i was getting pretty tired pretty quick; it's like walking through thick sand, but slippery!

I video chatted with my parents while I made my way up the hillside, found a good clearing about halfway to the old Hibernia Cemetery. Spoiler alert: since I took the long way on accident, I didn't make it this time! I hope to in the future though. I plopped down, took my drone out, and went to fly it out over the clearing to get some sunset footage. Welp, some of the snow had made it in the guts of the thing, and it was throwing a downward sensor error and refused to take off. Nothing seemed to be going as I expected it to this trip. I decided to cut my losses and start hiking down since I could feel the night beginning to creep in, despite only having been there for around an hour. Winter sunsets come early and I forget this all too often.

I consulted my phone, and realized thankfully the shorter way down would take me past the mines/bat hibernaculum. I headed back down, following the yellow trail markers until a fork at which I began following the black trail markers. There were some paw prints in the snow; what an adventurous pup that must've been! On the much steeper way down, I slipped and fell about four times, recording 3 of them thankfully, but no gear or body parts were injured. I am a bit sore here the day after, but I can't complain too much. I saw a clearing in the trees and the path splitting to my left; and there it was.

A little bit about the site:

The Hibernia Mine was one of the largest mines in NJ. It was comprised of many smaller mines, all being linked and accessed through a 4000 foot plus adit. The adit was so large that it needed a locomotive in order for the ore transport to be economical. This was handled by the Hibernia Underground railway, the only incorporated mine railway in NJ.

The Hibernia mine is know throughout the northeast not for its rich history, but for it being one of the most important bat hibernaculum around. it is home to an estimated 30,000 bats.

The last 80 years, the mine has sat idle. Despite being vandalized, walled up, sealed, reopened, cemented shut, and dynamited Hibernia's final status appears to be solidified as a bat home for the rest of its days

-- Source: abandonedmines.net

Very cool! So much history here in NJ, just an hour drive away from where we live now. It's a huge change of scenery from everything I grew up with. Clearwater is practically unrecognizable from 50 years ago; I couldn't imagine finding something as old as this back home. It was honestly kind of terrifying looking in. It was pitch black, despite the sun still peeking out a little. There was a sort of heaviness in the air too. Maybe it was just me not being used to the silence of nature, but it spooked me. There were signs advising of ongoing research going on by Rutgers University, and what looked like cameras set up looking into the cave, so I used that as a good excuse to get my photos/videos and leave.

The rest of the trek back was uneventful, thankfully. A pretty tame and flat walk back to the parking lot. I got back into the car, made sure all my gear was intact, and headed home. All in all, a pretty fun (albeit short) hike that definitely put me in my place about hiking in the snow. I need to find some good hiking boots with better traction so I don't have to slam as many times on gentle slopes.

Until next time :)

-autumn

January Personal Project Updates

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Howdy !! ~~and happy inauguration day i guess fhjsdkalfhj.~~ I'd like to continue on with this blog by documenting my progress on my personal projects. It'll be nice to be able to look back and see how much ~~or how little~~ progress I've made! I don't have a ton of personal projects going, but I hope to change that this year and keep better track of them so more things can get finished. With that said, let's get to it o7

This Blog!

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We'll start here since it's what I've been chugging on most lately for obvious reasons. The base had almost everything in a way that was appealing to me which is nice! I'm not the biggest fan of creative decision making so having something that I resonated with was nice. I added the map component (which i spent way too long on). Just a couple more things I want to finish up before I call it ""done"".

todo items

[x] make progress bar component
[ ] figure out why table of contents component isn't working
[ ] figure out why sitemap isn't working
[ ] find/create new banner image

Cel Gallery

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I just need to change around some of the text (now that I've changed domains) and push some updates i had, as well as add some new things I've gotten. However, the project has a bunch of offline keys that I need to check before I'll be able to push everything up. not as easy as the blog in terms of pulling down the repo and pushing updates to the live site. hasn't been a huge priority but now that I'm back in my web projects this should be what i work on next.

todo items

[ ] find privates and be able to push workflows to master
[ ] update collection
[ ] get changes pushed to firebase

Track Predictor

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Problem: NJ Transit trains at New York Penn Station usually get track announcements only 10 minutes or so before they depart, so there's always a mad rush to pile into the small stairwell that takes you to the platform to get onto the train. Solution? Lots of webscraping and data analysis :)

Still pretty exploratory here, but the end goal is to be able to take in current conditions (weather, time of day, day of week, etc.) and use some sort of reinforcement algo to decide what track a given train will be on for NJ Transit @ Penn station. Very loose right now but very do-able I think, and it would be a good opportunity to learn about machine learning in a very primitive but functional way.

todo items

[ ] finish deciding on parameters to scrape for
[ ] write up scraper
[ ] start running scraper on home server
[ ] plot out roadmap for ML components

Well that's it for now! I hope to get more personal projects spun up this year, but we'll see how that goes :) Hopefully this blog type format will keep me accountable and feeling like I have actual landmarks of progress to make which is always good for motivation. Making a list and writing stuff down like this also forces you to be more mindful of the things you spend time on, so I'm hoping that works for me to help wrangle in the attention span.

-autumn

First Post!

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

These might get out of order for a little bit because I'll be posting old stuff here as well, but this is the first actual post I'm making! Pretty boring, I know, but it's a start.

This blog will serve as a place for me to write about my travels, adventures, thoughts, projects, and things I find interesting. Maybe nobody will read these, and that's okay!

It will serve it's purpose for me as a sort of journal to keep track of what I'm working on, what I've done, and what I'm interested in.

Hope to be around for a while! :)

-autumn 11:50pm

Intrepid + Cooper Hewitt Museums

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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