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I'm not a fan of racking up my ISO,s to get a shot but sometimes needs must, the challenge that brings howether is quite a thing especially as your subject is five hours late and you are in a very dark location. I was going to give up and go home but something happened that stopped me in my tracks and get to work, the sky was completely covered in clouds adding to the problem of already being in a ridiculously dark place, five minutes before the ship came into view, a wide gap appeared in the cloud base exposing an incredible display of noctilucent clouds, a rare and stunning phenomenon, these are the highest clouds at around 200.000 ft and are literally sheet ice which being so high up absorb the light of the now long gone sun and bringing a bit of real daylight into your dark setting, normally a scene like this would allow you to capture the scene with slower shutter speeds at lower ISO's but here we had a moving ship and the only way to capture this rare moment was to accept quality sacrifices and work with around 1/40 at best, still, I mustn't grumble.
This tornado took a few different forms in it's lifetime. This was the epic dust monster phase just before it roped out and vanished!
A tornado beneath the ominous dark cloud base of a low precipitation (LP) supercell churns up a massive dust cloud as it crosses rural farmland in the plains of eastern New Mexico. This particular tornado, rated an EF-1, occurred near the small town of Floyd in May 2025. The tornado traveled over 5 miles in 17 minutes, leaving behind a trail of mangled utility poles. Fortunately no significant structures were in its path, limiting the amount of damage that resulted. Every summer severe thunderstorms like this one spawn hundreds of tornadoes across the Great Plains.
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Another oldie from October 2012 and the obvious shot of the fence on Mam Tor but when the light is good……..! Sometimes there’s a reason an obvious shot is obvious! 😉
Video frame grab from my tripoded camcorder, I was running to the car to retrieve my GoPro when this took place. This stage lasted no more than 15 seconds after the funnel became fully condensed, as the cloud base rapidly lowered/expanded while the tornado vortex re-organized into a violent (EF4) wedge.
Note the "ghost train" inflow jet off to the left (indicated by the rising dust above the trees) as well as the murky dust cloud behind it which conceals the weakening, but still ongoing EF3 tornado which had formed just northeast of Ottumwa and passed near Farson, Hedrick and Martinsburg.
I submitted this frame grab (with slightly different horizon leveling/contrast adjustment) to the Quad Cities National Weather Service office, it appears on their event write-up for this outbreak
www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_03312023
as well as on the Wikipedia page for the event:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_31_%E2%80...
A trip back to last winter for a sunrise shot, The sun just breaks through the cloud base to shine it`s light on me .
A very misleading weather forecast but what a day it has turned out to be! With that low cloud base both the temperature and humidity were very high. The surf was fierce as can be seen.
I did not see any surfers hooked by the anglers and not too many surfers caught their waves.
Angling seems to me to be all about contemplation whilst surfing is all about participation and anticipation.
Blease Fell Panorama.
One from the archives.
A view looking down St-Johns-In-The-Vale from Blease Fell.
Clough Head and the Helvellyn range are seen under the low cloud base.
Thirlmere is seen to the centre of the image, whilst sunlight illuminates Bleaberry Fell. The prominent small body of water is Tewet Tarn.
On Rabbit Pass between the Wilkin and East Matukituki Valleys NZ. We chose to camp on the pass to enjoy the amazing sunset and views from up there. It was worth it even though we had to wait until late morning for the cloud base to lift and provide visibility for the descent into the East Matukituki.
Introduction
English Christian Movie "Deadly Ignorance" | Who Should We Listen to in Welcoming the Lord's Return
Zheng Mu'en is a co-worker at a Chinese Christian church in the US, has believed in the Lord for many years, and passionately works and expends for the Lord. One day, his aunt testifies to him that the Lord Jesus has returned to express the truth and do the work of judging and purifying man in the last days, news which greatly excites him. After reading Almighty God's word and watching the movies and videos of The Church of Almighty God, Zheng Mu'en's heart verifies that Almighty God's words are the truth, and that Almighty God might very well be the return of the Lord Jesus, so he begins investigating the work of God in the last days with his brothers and sisters. But when Pastor Ma, the leader of his church, discovers this, he tries time and again to intervene and stop Zheng Mu'en. He shows Zheng Mu'en a CCP government propaganda video that slanders and condemns Eastern Lightning in an attempt to make Zheng Mu'en abandon his investigation of the true way, and this video leaves him very confused: He can obviously see that Almighty God's word are the truth and the voice of God, so why do the pastors and elders of the religious world condemn Almighty God? They not only themselves refuse to seek or investigate, they try to stop others from accepting the true way. Why is this? … Zheng Mu'en fears being deceived and taking the wrong path, but also fears losing his chance to be raptured. In the midst of his conflict and confusion, Pastor Ma presents even more negative propaganda from the CCP and the religious world, producing many more doubts in Zheng Mu'en's heart. He decides to listen to Pastor Ma and give up his investigation of the true way. Later, after hearing testimony and fellowship from witnesses of The Church of Almighty God, Zheng Mu'en understands that in investigating the true way, the most fundamental principle is determining whether a way has the truth and whether what it expresses is the voice of God. Anyone that can express much of the truth must be the appearance of Christ, because no member of corrupt mankind could ever express the truth. This is an indisputable fact. If one does not focus on hearing the voice of God as they investigate the true way, and instead awaits the descent of the Lord Jesus on white clouds based on their imaginings, they will never be able to welcome the appearance of God. Zheng Mu'en finally understands the mystery of the wise virgins hearing God's voice spoken of by the Lord Jesus, decides to no longer believe the lies and absurd theories of the CCP government and the pastors and elders of the religious world, and escapes the constraints and bondage of his religious pastor. Zheng Mu'en experiences deeply the difficulty of investigating the true way. Without discernment or seeking the truth, there is no way to hear the voice of God or be raptured before God's throne. Instead, one can only be deceived and controlled by Satan and die in Satan's net, which entirely fulfills the words in the Bible, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hos 4:6). "Fools die for want of wisdom" (Pro 10:21).
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En vol amb l'Arcus M, D-KLIE (C4) ultima meravella en velers biplaça de Schempp Hirth. Un dels millors a nivell mundial.
Vista del actual buque insignia en biplazas de Shempp Hirth, el Arcus M, (D-KLIE) en vuelo, casi en base de nubes con turbulencia.
Flying cross country the Arcus M, D-KLIE (C4) almost at the clouds base, with light turbulence.
My first photograph in almost a month was just a short visit to Helsby station as although it was forecast a sunny morning the early morning cloud refused to break up fully.
Thankfully though as Saphos trains S&C Fellsman approached Helsby station it was bright.
With a decent amount of grey clag which was determined to mingle with the rather grey cloud base 34046 “Braunton” came through dead on time.
Out of view at the rear of the train was class 47 D1944.
Taken on 15th June 2022.
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Looking down from the top of the Brocken to the curve as the train still has a little while to go before it reaches the summit. At this point we were above the cloud base, totally amazing. After this photo with my spikes on I walked down to the track and into the trees down the line. The snow up to my knees in parts.
The Plancius slowly sails by as we head south, still just above 80 degrees north and another weather change on the way! The sun could be seen below the cloud base in the distance and an etherial mist started to appear, we did not know it but the best landscapes were still to come!
Gliding north on the first full day of my week at Lac D'Annecy, I was soaring over peaks that, in hindsight, I don't know why I hadn't flown over before.
All that lies between me and the city which gives the lake it name is the ridge of Mont Baron and Mont Veyrier.
Despite the great sky, my flight was a simple return trip as far north along Mont Veyrier as I dared, for fear of entering airspace, before heading back to Talloires. Before I launched, the sky looked a little ominous, and as such I didn't prepare for a long or high flight, but once in the air I realised the error of my ways as I soared up to the low cloud base, fleeting in and out of the whispy edge of the clouds with endless forest below, and rocky crags above, looking other-worldy through the cloud.
Wooloondool Catchment Sunset in 'natural' texture....
I asked a friend to tell me about these unusual clouds; he obviously has time on his hands but it is very informative:
Cumulus-Nimbus. (abbreviation CB) - They are the thunder storm cloud. Their development requires 3 components;
1) Sufficient/adequate moisture
2) unstable air mass (due uneven/isolated heating (ground conduction resulting in convection)
3) a trigger to start the convection process, after which the Adiabatic Lapse Rate takes over (ie., ALR = uneven reduction in temperature of rising air pockets dependant on its moisture content thus effecting its relative density and subsequently creating a 'boiling' effect, hence the bulging cauliflower type appearance in the lower levels - same as ordinary Cumulus clouds in basic appearance apart from the 'Anvil' shaped top).
There are 2 main triggers; mountain range or, in our case, the coinciding of an alien air mass as experienced with the arrival of a cool change (ie., 'Cold Front').
The Anvil shape is characteristic of a CB. A graphic illustration of 'Wind Shear' with altitude gain (increase in wind speed with altitude gain).
The CB cloud must exceed 20,000 from base to top for it to be able to generate hail. The instability within such a cloud is sufficient to cause structural failure to all aircraft except smaller, stronger military aircraft. Prior to airborne radar being fitted to airline aircraft (about 1960 ~ 1970 ?) there were many 'unexplained' airliner losses due to this reason (Viscount over Botany Bay, Sydney was last large airliner lost in Australia due to this reason.
Stratus and Stratus-Cumulus. The remainder of the cloud is "Stratus" and "Stratus Cumulus" (S) (SC). You can see examples of both in the photo. The lower fragmented pieces are referred to as 'Scud' and are often as low as 500 ft above ground.
If the base of the strata-form cloud is between SL and 8,000 amsl then it is called Stratus Cumulus (SC). When the cloud base for this type of cloud is above 8,000 it begins to form slightly different visual characteristics and is called Alto Stratus (AS). There is usually no turbulence associated with Stratus cloud (absence of convection), however, the existence of such cloud can sometimes mask the presence, in the lower levels of developing CB's.
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From Hartsop above How looking towards the Pennines. If you look at the top left you can make out the Scottish uplands rising above the UK wide cloud base. It's a fact that most UK airports had ground flights all week. This weather was something special and I was lucky enough to catch it.
See my album Christmas Eve 2006.
Winter Sundays in March 1979 were very busy on the Settle - Carlisle line. There were the usual WCML diversions for annual engineering work and additional ECML diversions due to the collapse of the Penmanshiel tunnel.
An unidentified Class 40 is ready to pick up a pilotman at Blea Moor loops as there was single line working over Ribblehead. Semaphore signals, both water towers and both railway cottages are still standing. Ingleborough and Simon Fell are both lost above the cloud base. The natural scene persists but the man made scene has changed considerably during the intervening years.
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I don't want to hear,
I don't want to know
what nobody knows,
on another plain
another level
another world for all it's sincerity
out of reach
out to teach
for want of the other side
and all it may preach
let life be still
if it will
for your inner will
be still
free it all
if you care at all...
and I think you do
I believe I do
I see we all do
as we come and go
returning here
leaving there
following everywhere
one and all
within this world
we travel
coming and going
let all the nice people pass through
for nobody ever stops
to stop,
a momentary ticking thought of time...
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in the clutches of June 4, 2008
Walking along the Panorama near Llangollen. Low cloud from the valley emerged over the horizon and with the low angle of the sun ,backlit the lone walker as he approached the single tree.
The large tornado funnel is under the rotating cloud base at the lower left. Video: youtu.be/EsiMaGcRzHQ
When I looked over to Pen Yr Ole Wen, this one little area really caught my attention. It was how the cloud base was just being caught in the ridges of the top and they seemed to linger there as the cloud passed on by. What finished the photo was a little touch of an angry sky.
Canon EOS 6D + 24-105 F/4 @80mm
ISO 100
F/10
Exsposure Time - 1/10 of a second
The only Dragonfly that i saw all day and then only for a few seconds. The weather was very windy and a closed cloud base.
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Waking with sore legs, my mood was lifted as I realised I was in the mountain Inn at Claunie and not in my one man tent. A leisurely start and a full Scottish Breakfast soon got us going after our long day the day before.
The forecast wasn’t looking good with Gale force winds for the summits and a weather front due to hit by midday! So we decided on a nice wee leg stretch up the Munro Carn Ghluasaid. Only a couple of kilometres from the car park, this was the ideal target to bag before the storm hit Glen Shiel!
As we drove the short distance to the start of the walk we could see the clouds were moving quickly over the tops, however they were OVER the tops which was a good sign , unlike the previous day!!.
An excellent stalkers path zig zagged its way up the mountain and before we knew it we were on the ridge leading to the broad summit plateaux. The cloud base was still above the summits and the views were magnificent, even in the wind that was trying its best to blow us over!! To be honest this felt more like a shoulder of Sgurr nan Conbhairean than a summit in itself!! Anyway it was good to see a view as when I did the round of three many moons ago it was in wet driech conditions with views of nothing!!
A few summit selfies and we about turned and set off back to the car before the rain came. For once – and unexpectedly – our timing was perfect as the heavens opened about ten minutes after we reached the car. Another fine outing
Royal Air Force Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules C.4 ZH877 "ASCOT103" seen just under the cloud base over the North East of England heading South bound.
05/05/21
During my week in the Jura, I was incredibly lucky to have just one day where the cloud base came down to meet us! This made the day grey and damp, but otherwise ok! Not a day for insect hunting, so I decided to explore the 'Cascades du Hérisson', a series of 7 waterfalls following the Hérisson (Hedgehog!) river down the gorge.
This is the first, at the top where I started. (It's 7.5 km return with an ascent / descent of 255 m). The downside to the dampness was that the rocks were VERY slippery in places making it a bit hairy at times! Lol! But it was worth it! There'll be many more pics from this walk to come! ;-)
September 1, 2018 - I-80 Westbound by Gibbon Nebraska US
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After that last storm fizzled out. I had a short drive back to K-Town and what looked like a roll cloud from a distance turned out to be a shelf cloud without it being attached to another cloud base.
Technically this should have appeared to be rotating on a horizontal access but its definition would be a shelf cloud. Due to its formation. This time of years almost anything is possible cloud-wise in Nebraska.
I pulled off for a few minutes til this passed over. It would eventually become a severe thunderstorm as it went through Adams County and eastward. Storms were traveling fast at 45mph so I wasn't going to try and stay ahead of it and chase this cell.
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Wicklow way above Glendalough Co Wicklow. The track rises into the cloud base approx 300M further on
I have no idea what mountain this is. I took a drive out to the Lochcarron area and found the cloud base to be too low and not enough water in the river for the shot I wanted.
I took one photo at a loch, and on the drive home the clouds broke enough to make me pull over and get the long lens and a grad filter out.
This is my first photo in a good while now, hopefully that's me back in the saddle again!
We're only a third of the way through summer, but I'm already longing for autumn. Once again flicking through past photographs whilst waiting for my camera to be repaired; this was taken on my second ever photo-hike in the Peak District, last year in October.
The day brought with it amazing conditions, starting with a thin low cloud base that allowed for the blue to be visible behind it, producing something between a rainbow and a fogbow, more intense in luminosity than anything I've ever seen.
As the sun broke through, these colourful arches formed and the landscape within was spot lit intensely creating the vision of a proscenium arch surrounding a stage.
Early Sunday morning.... after a few days of wandering the eastern sierra's.... a small black car pulled to the side of the road along the 395 highway in Lee Vining Ca, just before the familiar 120 turnoff to South Tufa. A single shadowy figure strolled thru the moonlit darkness with purpose, carrying his light recording instrumentation like some sort of crazy scientist. He obviously came to capture the moon set as it slowly but surely began to inch it's way down to the cloud base hovering over the eastern sierra ridge. The storm that just recently tore thru the mid west and all across the united states this week was just now reaching this shack, his shack, down from the arctic... sprinkling ice crystals across the mountain tops and down onto the Lee Vining valley. Like two old friends, not a word is spoken. In the distance a small light in his car can be seen, if you look close you might see someone putting make-up on :), it's a strange day indeed. As the hours passed and the moon sunk below the cloud base, the flash light paint brush slowly lost it's magic power and light from the sun behind this view quietly illuminated this moment. Drizzles came and went and for hours he waited with his loving companion. Documenting the moment precisely at givin intervals.... a snap here and a snap there should do. As he lay perched with his wide angle directly in front of this beautiful shack somewhere lost inside the shrubbery stalks... quietly composing and totally present.
(3 Hours have now passed)
Earthshaker: "Mizzy, I'm ready to go."
Mizzy: "Okay babe, you ready?"
(pause, he looks around once again, quietly contemplating whether he made the right choice or not, hmmmm... his eyes fixated on the clouds and sun directly behind him in the direction of South Tufa and the Mono Lake Basin... a slight smile crosses his face.)
Mizzy: "... just one minute Babe, I'm waitin to see whats gonna happen when the sun shines thru those clouds behind us."
(quietly and with purpose he dives back into the world of his viewfinder...as the forground begins to lighten from direct sun rays who, after hours of trying, have finally reached this exact place and time.)
Earthshaker: "Babe! BABE!" LOOK! A RAINBOW"
(from his quiet and controlled composure.... he looks up into the sky, grinning as usual, he moves quickly like drunky the clown, or perhaps like a ninja in his first years of training, clumsily kicking and fumbling his way backward over the brush until the beauty of the full arched rainbow, which lasted all but 2 or 3 minutes was in his full frame. Enough time precisely for about 7 snaps... each a bit less brilliant as the absolute first snap. And then it was gone.)
Mizzy: "Ok, Babe. I'm ready to go.
I still find it hard to comprehend the mixed content in this image. My dutch hiking pal Rob and I had just turned around about 150 feet short of the summit of Mount Teide. That would put our altitude at marginally above 12,000 feet.
Rob is seen cautiously making progress down the ice encrusted lava, whilst central to the view is the top of the Mount Teide gondola. Beyond that, bare of snow and ice due to the baking winter sun is an expanse of high larva field and then further back a significant cloud base can be seen making its way towards us.
Those who know the high mountains will understand that the combination of the severe ice and encroaching cloud were plenty enough reason for Rob and I to terminate out ascent.
Image taken 04.03.2018.
A cold glimpse of Wellington and its harbour before the clouds took over this morning. Wrights Hill, Wellington, New Zealand. A stitched panorama.
The perspective crushed by a long lens makes Foinaven look much closer as it lurks under the cloud base 9 miles away whilst the Bog Cotton shimmers in the breeze and the evening sunlight as we walk out of Sandwood Bay near Oldshoremore.
The sky is completely covered by a grey layer of cloud with some lighter parts, which is common with Stratocumulus stratiformis. The layer is thick enough that the Sun would not be visible, hence it is of the variety opacus. The cloud base exhibits undulations, indicating an additional variety: undulatus.
A fortuitous gust of wind arranged thick clouds to frame the Picos de Europa mountains in Northern Spain.
We spent most of the trip to this spot wondering what the big deal was and cursing the clouds that had dogged us all day. Jim, the more energetic of our group decided to head off to the next hill to see what was there while the rest of us sat down for a Snickers bar.
A few minutes later, a small gap in the clouds exposed a patch of distant mountain and a with a few more gusts the gap begain to expand. Hoping that the opening would expose more, I picked up my camera and moved into position. The gap expanded more than I had initially hoped for, and then the foreground clouds cleared for a few seconds revealing Jim taking a photo in the foreground.
Despite waiting in the cold for another two hours, that was the only decent view we got of the mountain as the cloud base rose higher until we couldn't see more than 5 metres ahead of us.
Picos de Europa, Northern Spain, 2012
Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS
My quest to obtain an amazing lightning photograph continues. The storms this night primarily had cloud to cloud lightning and only a couple bolts reached the ground. This one barely got into the frame, but check out those crawlers going for miles across the sky, all the way across the frame! Sadly, junk clouds obscure the view partially, but it was amazing to periodically see bolts leap for 5+ miles along the underside of the cloud base. Hopefully more storms next week.
Today wasn't really textbook sensible flying weather. Unstable air giving a risk of thunderstorms, and wind turbines showing that I'd have to launch from the wrong side of Tap O' Noth didn't stop me taking a look up to the hill fort anyway. Sure enough the sky bubbled a little ominously, but the shade created by the menacing clouds starved the ground of the heat needed to create them, so as I stood on launch the sky cleared a little. Little puffs of air did roll up the steep southern face so I prepared to fly; the sun would soon be heating the farmland below, so the puffs may have a bit more energy by the time I launched, or that was my theory. In fact, as soon as I was ready to launch the wind switched 180 degrees and firmly stayed that way, so I foolhardily carried my wing to the much less steep north-west corner in the slightly desperate hope of simply flying round the west of the hill and back to a field on the south side.
That plan seemed to work, an easy launch led to me gliding round the hill and then bumping in to a surprise thermal which was strong enough to carry me up 800m, well above the peak, in to a position where I could tentatively explore the cloud-scape.
Conditions were still a little ominous; storm clouds tend to suck in air underneath them, creating conditions which to the naive pilot seem especially easy to soar and climb in, but quickly turn in to terror as the usually easy task of getting back to the ground becomes seemingly impossible. So I was fairly conservative in my flying, monitoring the growth of the bubbling clouds, and the extent of remaining blue sky that would be my escape route should I find myself climbing at an alarming rate.
It's often the case that the air moves in interesting ways; today it was blowing from the north between ground and peak height, but completely opposed at cloud-base. The forecast was for air to be generally converging on the very area I was flying in, another inducer of rising air, resulting in a myriad of clouds of differing levels. It made for a beautiful aerial playground where instead of being under all the clouds, I had the chance to fly over and around them for a change.
Here I'm looking down at Gartly, just visible in the centre of the frame. Huntly is catching the sun to the north, in the distance left of frame.
I have been known, on occasion, to seek out severe thunderstorms for the sole purpose of taking photographs. This mesocyclone was much closer than it appears in this image and it was moving directly towards me. As it got closer, I happened to glance up and notice a swarm of funnel clouds 'squirting' out of the cloud base. That was more than enough to convince me that it was time to leave.
Three USAF KC135's cruise the air to air refuelling area off our Norfolk coast. One Euro Fighter a potential customer.
BUT, at the time we had noisy fighter jets overhead above the cloud base.
Not had their transponders on I guess, so not showing on radar.
DENVER,Colo.- My daughter Penelope plays with the curtains in our apartment on February 15, 2014. I spend most of my time taking care of my four-year-old, I photograph her more than any other subject. If I'm lucky she'll be pleased when she is old enough to appreciate them.
Normally I keep my family images private on this platform, but flickr is the only place I can store my images with little worry of filling up that unprecedented amount of free storage.I exhaust other cloud based services within an hour of signing up. On flickr, I have more than 7,000 images stored, which is 3 percent of a terabyte. So now I use flickr to host images for my blogs, who charge too much money for too little storage. . It's a no-brainer really.
I'm just going to share what I want to share from here on out. Family or not.
I put two random words together as a title description, put the title description 'Surveillance tendencies' into Google, and this is what Google Ai came out with.
Surveillance tendencies refer to the increasing use of monitoring technologies and practices in various settings, including the workplace, public spaces, and even online. This trend is driven by factors such as the desire for increased security, greater efficiency, and a perceived need for control, particularly in remote and hybrid work environments.
Here's a breakdown of key aspects of surveillance tendencies:
1. Workplace Surveillance:
Extent:
Employers are increasingly tracking employee activities, including emails, website visits, chats, keystrokes, and location data.
Motivations:
This is often driven by a desire to maintain oversight, especially in remote work settings, and to ensure productivity and compliance.
Methods:
Examples include email monitoring, keystroke logging, GPS tracking, and the use of video surveillance.
Trends:
The rise of hybrid work models has amplified the need for surveillance, with many employers feeling more comfortable with in-person work due to the perceived need for direct observation.
2. Public Space Surveillance:
Growth:
The use of surveillance cameras in public spaces is becoming more widespread, with advancements in technology like AI and cloud-based systems further enhancing their capabilities.
Purpose:
These systems are used for security, crime prevention, and traffic management, among other applications.
Concerns:
There are growing concerns about privacy, potential misuse of data, and the impact on civil liberties.
3. Online Surveillance:
Platforms:
Social media platforms, websites, and online services collect vast amounts of user data, which can be used for targeted advertising, personalized recommendations, and even surveillance.
Impact:
This raises concerns about privacy, data security, and the potential for manipulation and misinformation.
4. Emerging Trends:
AI and Edge Computing:
AI is being integrated into surveillance systems, enabling advanced analytics, facial recognition, and automated decision-making.
Cloud Technology:
Cloud-based surveillance systems are becoming more prevalent, offering scalability, remote access, and advanced processing capabilities.
The Internet of Things (IoT):
The increasing number of connected devices creates new opportunities for surveillance, but also raises concerns about security and privacy.
5. Guiding Principles:
Legality: Surveillance activities must be conducted within the bounds of the law.
Legitimate Aim: There should be a clear and justifiable purpose for the surveillance.
Proportionality: The extent of surveillance should be proportionate to the purpose.
Data Protection: Safeguards should be in place to protect personal data and prevent misuse.
In conclusion, surveillance tendencies are evolving rapidly, driven by technological advancements and changing societal needs. While surveillance can enhance security and efficiency, it's crucial to address the ethical and privacy concerns associated with its increasing prevalence.