Tucson's Summer Monsoon Moon Post Processed Version 4
Moon last night in wispy monsoon clouds.
I named my photo Tucson's Summer Monsoon Moon because Tucson's summer monsoon for 2019 has started. The name is not for anywhere else except tropical regions on earth that also have similar monsoons.
Tucson has two monsoons each year just as does India. Both places lie between two oceans or seas and are in the trade winds latitudes. The trade winds reverse direction each year so winds that brought in moisture from the first ocean or sea, upon reversal, bring in moisture from the second ocean or sea.
The reason the trade winds reverse direction is because the earth's spin axis is at an angle with respect to the orbital plane of revolution of the earth about the sun. This is a subtle effect of the laws of motion known as the Coriolis force.
Tucson's Summer Monsoon Moon Post Processed Version 4
Moon last night in wispy monsoon clouds.
I named my photo Tucson's Summer Monsoon Moon because Tucson's summer monsoon for 2019 has started. The name is not for anywhere else except tropical regions on earth that also have similar monsoons.
Tucson has two monsoons each year just as does India. Both places lie between two oceans or seas and are in the trade winds latitudes. The trade winds reverse direction each year so winds that brought in moisture from the first ocean or sea, upon reversal, bring in moisture from the second ocean or sea.
The reason the trade winds reverse direction is because the earth's spin axis is at an angle with respect to the orbital plane of revolution of the earth about the sun. This is a subtle effect of the laws of motion known as the Coriolis force.