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American Redstart, a lively warbler with flashy colours. This one didn't appear happy with the rainy conditions.
Yesterday was a horrible day. While overcast, the temperature climbed steadily along with windy conditions leading to the hottest day for 12 years.(since 2014) according to the ABC. A state of emergency has been declared after multiple fires were ripping through the state.
Staying under cover was so important for humans and wildlife, though we are yet to know the overall death toll (3 missing) and damage to land and property.
The air is smoky here in Melbourne this morning with clouds, wind and lightning storms overnight.
I really don't know how the emergency services people manage and the wonderful CFA volunteers.
Power and phone services are also non-operable in some affected areas.
On a brighter note - the cooler weather has arrived giving some days to recover. But not enough rain to impact the fires raging out of control.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/fire-weather-heatwave-live....
Up north Queensland, a tropical low possible Cyclone is threatening large dumps of rain with probable flooding. I hope people keep safe there as well.
The conditions on this trip were perfect with the river slowing down and the snow still on the ground from the recent storm. The area of the river slows down enough to get nice reflections. This part of the river is just a little ways past the section that opens up for a view of Bridalveil Falls. There is a good stretch of the river that is accessible for a nice walk and great scenery.
Flying into rough conditions does not faze him when he knows that there are fish at the end of his journey.
Raw weather conditions on Rannoch Moor with the Buachaille Etive Mòr in the distance. In the foreground is one of the many rivers that join River Etive. Print.
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The conditions have really closed in on us now, with cold winds blowing rain at us at over 40mph (65kph), but still, one has to get a selfie at the summit, and here I am at the first one of the day, Mayar, with the our 2nd in the distant gloom, Driesh.
After a trip back up to Aberdeen for meetings at the office, I stayed a little longer to climb Mayar and Driesh. Mayar stands at 928 meters (3044 feet) and is my 29th Munro, and gives me the 10% of Munro's bagged I have always wanted. Driesh, at 947 meters (3106 feet), is my 30th Munro and the 2nd of the two I climbed this day.
Where the land meets the sky is almost nonexistent here. I love the look of the lone tree against a field of white.
Bleak conditions in the Brecon Beacons earlier today. This is the view across from Corn Du to Pen y Fan. Bitterly cold and high winds made for an interesting climb up to Pen Y Fan and some difficult photography. All images had to be taken 'hand held' as placing my camera onto a tripod would have seen it leaving Brecon and ending up in the Bristol Channel. LOL. Hope you like the images.
This image is included in 2 galleries 1)"Great earth" curated by Takako and 2) "Landschaften 2020 0202" by BAKAWI.
Listed as UNESCO in 2010, the Zhangye Danxia Landform area is known as “the eye candy of Zhangye”. Many artists admire this masterpiece as it is unbelievably colorful, like a n imaginative oil painting . Zhangye's Danxia landscape has lots of precipitous red cliffs, most of which are several hundred meters high, and multicolored ridges of weathered strata, sometimes stretching to the horizon. These formations, sometimes smooth sometimes sharp, stand out against the greens or grays of the plains , looking grand and magnificent, vigorous and virile.
Across the Danxia landscape zone, a kaleidoscope of numerous red rocky outcrops resemble weird and wonderful shapes like castles, cones, towers ; as well as humans, creatures, birds and beasts. Their peaks peeping through the mist and clouds, produce mirage-like scenery of fantastic mountains and pavilions.
Zhangye 's Danxia was formed by the erosion of red sandstone, forming isolated peaks and steep stratified outcrops. Its special geological structure, combined with long-term desert conditions , freeze-thaw peeling, and wind and water erosion gave rise to its present appearance.
Geologists believe that Danxia topography is formed by folding of layered oceanic crust. Exposed slanting rock layers have different colors, textures, shapes, sizes, and patterns. The combination of differences in density and erosion create towering peaks, cave holes, and stone halls. (Sourced from Internet)
甘肅張掖國家地質公園位於中國甘肅省張掖市, 規劃面積322平方公里。 2012年4月, “甘肅張掖丹霞地質公園” 國家地質公園（建設）資格被國土資源部批准。 2016年6月, 經實地驗收, 國土資源部同意命名該處為 “甘肅張掖國家地質公園”。這裡曾因其色彩斑斕的岩石地貌而被中國多家媒體選為中國最美地貌之一, 於2008年1月被甘肅省人民政府批准為省級“肅南－臨澤丹霞地貌風景名勝區”。
該公園位於祁連山北麓, 臨澤縣和肅南縣境內。兩縣均在甘肅省地級市張掖統轄範圍內。丹霞地貌主要分佈在康樂鄉和白銀鄉地段。臨澤丹霞景區是公園的核心區域, 距張掖市區以西30公里, 臨澤縣城以南20公里。這是整個公園發展最為完善, 遊客人數最多的一個景區。 第二大景區冰溝位於梨園河北岸, 於2014年8月3日正式揭牌。 冰溝佔地總面積為300平方公里, 海拔1500-2500米。 第三大景區肅南丹霞景區位於甘肅省臨澤縣。
張掖丹霞因其與眾不同的岩石色彩而舉世聞名。這些岩石光滑而險峻, 高數百米, 是紅礫石, 砂岩和其他礦物經過2400萬年的沉澱堆積而成。這種夾層蛋糕 般的效果與構成喜馬拉雅山脈的地殼板塊運動有關。經年累月的風吹雨淋，最終被雕琢成了如今這番奇特景象, 或形似塔, 或貌似柱, 或溝壑縱橫, 色彩斑斕, 形態各異。
Great conditions at the Waddensea from the shore in Friesland. Playing with the constantly changing light and clouds is a real treat. In the background the Wadden island Ameland is visible with the lighthouse "Bornrif".
While the storm conditions prevented much color in the sunrise this morning, it still provided a dramatic backdrop at the always nice South Tufas.
Reminder that the Los Angeles DWP is keeping Mono lake artificially low below the state-mandated level and actively harming its ecosystems in order to supply only ~1-2% of just the city of LA's water supply. The city of LA uses ~30% of its water on watering grass lawns.
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Blue tide....
The Waterfalls at Hilton Falls Conservation area are amazing and fun to photograph in the best of weather conditions. yesterday was the first time I have been to the falls in the winter; mostly due to the three mile long trek in cold conditions and the slippery ice covered trail, which is better suited for snowshoes and cross country skis than my blundstones... (note to myself get some crampons or anti slip footwear next time) I only took one spill... landing hard on my posterior, other than my pride no real damage.
Even though the trip was slow and slippery it was well worth the hike. I got some great shots...I will post more later this week.
This is a shot of the river as the water winds its way down the stream away from the falls. I slowed the exposure down to give the water more movement and to isolate the ebb and flow of the current as it dances over and around the ice covered rocks in the shallow water..
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After finding and photographing this unusual fungi for the first time last year, we decided on a return visit yesterday (25th Oct 2025) we took a chance visiting the site 4 weeks earlier than last year and we were lucky enough to find just the one clump fruiting! The biggest of these 4 measures approx 8-10mm across - so not the actual size of a ping pong bat! It wasn't easy to light the specimen, so this was the best shot we could manage under trying conditions! Maybe a return visit in 2-3 weeks will produce a few more!
Heritage Flight Training.
Davis-Monthan AFB.
3-3-23.
Photo by: Ned Harris
Note: "Vapor" is caused by low pressure areas created on the aircraft's skin and wings as it moves through moist air. As the pressure drops so does the temperature, and if the temperature reaches the saturation point, water vapor is created. Such conditions are highly sought-after by aviation photographers.
After dodging clouds for well over a month and despite some bad seeing conditions we were finally able to image Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on 1/22/2023 this past weekend from Grand Mesa Observatory.
The Comet is heading towards its closest approach to Earth on February 1st, 2023 and should increase in brightness up to this point. It is currently faintly visible to the naked eye from a dark non-light polluted location. The Moon does complicate things a bit and will be bright in the sky and up most of the night in the coming days until it's at it reaches full Moon on Feb 6th. After the 6th the Moon will rise later in the evening giving the opportunity to see the Comet clearer the second week of February in the early evening hours. It will also be located high up in the night sky close to zenith which will also make it easier to observe and photograph.
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will head past some interesting celestial objects in the night sky making a close pass by the bright star Capella on Feb 6; then moves through the Constellation Auriga Feb 7-9th; it also makes a close approach to Mars on Feb 10th where it will be a bit over 1 degree or about two full moon widths away from Mars in the night sky. Some very interesting photo and observing opportunities to look forward to, I hope at Grand Mesa Observatory and everyone else will have clear skies for some of them!
The appearance of this comet is interesting as well with its tails splayed out in opposite directions caused by its orientation in the solar system relative to our vantage point here on Earth. A very good explanation for this comes from Ian Whittaker a senior physics lecturer in physics at Nottingham Trent University in the U.K. who had this to say in a Newsweek article recently released:
"The neutral particles come off in a cone behind the comet as it moves—a bit like being behind a big truck on the motorway while it's raining, all the excess water hits whatever is directly behind it."
"The charged particles will do the same unless there are any electric or magnetic fields nearby. The sun itself has a magnetic dipole (like the Earth) and has a magnetic field flowing out into the solar system. So the charged particles coming off of the comet are picked up by this magnetic field and sent directly away from the sun (anti-sunward)."
This forms the traditional backward-facing tail streaming out from behind a comet.
"The third comet tail is made up of the neutral particles but is not actually traveling towards the sun, it is just the relative position of the comet, Earth, and sun," Whittaker said.
He continued: "If we go back to the analogy of the truck traveling on a lot of surface water, the spray comes out and mostly goes behind, but in a slight cone shape. If we were now in front and looked backward, we would not see the main spray hitting the car behind but a slight amount either side of the truck where the edge of the cone is. The apparent third comet tail is the same thing, we are seeing neutral particles flowing away from the comet in a cone and from where we are on the Earth we just see both edges of this cone so it looks like two tails when it is really one."
Credit Newsweek: www.newsweek.com/comet-ztf-green-tail-antitail-towards-su...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)
Technical Info:
Captured by Terry Hancock, and Kim Quick at Grand Mesa Observatory, Processed by Tom Masterson
Capture date 1/22/2023
Integration
5 x 180 sec images stacked. Total time 15 Minutes.
Location: Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com
Grand Mesa Observatory System 5
Camera: QHY 128 Pro C One Shot Color
Optics: Borg 107ED
Image Acquisition software N.I.N.A
Pre-Processed in Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight
Post Processed in Photoshop, Pixinsight, StarXTerminator (for PShotoshop).
In mucky conditions, 37800 has bought 466041 from Gillingham to be scrapped, and 37420 passes by on 5Z37 York NRM - Tyseley. 66701 on a loaded scrap train and kettle 60103 make up the shot. I was the only person here for the last scrap train, today it was crowded. I missed the head on shot of the 37 and lots of steam, keep an eye out for Terry's shot, it will be a belter.
Today the conditions were very difficult for taking a good landscape picture. I had to use unusual parameters, that I would not normally use. Wide aperture, high iso, fast exposure. Because in every 2 seconds waves splashed over my head. There was no way to use my tripod. I had my back to the sea, protecting my camera and in between the waves I tried to snap some pictures as quickly as possible. The filters needed to be wiped after each wave. 15 minutes later my clothes were soaking wet and I had to get back to my car. But the exciting and interesting foreground forced me to try these desperate measures.
Conditions came together for me as a Utah Railway local from Provo, passed through Salt Lake City at 8:45 p.m. on July 14, 2019. The sun's rays appeared at the last second, ducking beneath an opaque cloud bank. The sleepy moon in the sky was an unexpected bonus.
As the land becomes saltier, nature adapts with salt-tolerant plants surviving in the conditions,
Holland Track by Fatbike – September 2016 - #Holland 28
An image I had in my mind for some time now. This morning had some good conditions to have a try. Not so bad I would say ; ) please feel free and tell me what you think.
As always many thanks for looking folks and enjoy your weekend !
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Météo dantesque en ce 19/01/2021 au sommet du Hohneck (Alt : 1363m), aucune visibilité cause brouillard, vent violent soufflant à 100km/h, par une température de -10°, neige abondante, l'hôtel du Hohneck véritablement transformé en hôtel fantôme . (petite dédicace au film "Shining" de Stanley Kubrick).
The weather on 19/01/2021 at the top of the Hohneck (Alt: 1363m), no visibility causes fog, strong wind blowing at 100km/h, at a temperature of -10°, abundant snow, the Hohneck hotel truly turned into a ghost hotel. (small dedication to the film "Shining" by Stanley Kubrick).
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Sometimes the conditions we deal with no matter how tough or easy doesn't matter much in the end. What really matters it seems is "Did You Get" what you wanted or did you get what you needed.
View in Black.
Listen to the Rolling Stones tell it: youtu.be/oqBjjBkHnh0
Stormy conditions along the coast of Olympic National Park in Washington. Near the end of this exposure a big wave came in at me, so I quickly whisked my tripod and camera out of harms way, which ended up creating an effect I rather liked in the image.
Absolutely wonderful conditions in the New Forest yesterday which I very nearly missed! I had set the alarm for 04.15, however a quick glance out of the window suggested that the dawn might not be that special so I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.
Fortunately I woke again at 05.00 and by then the Moon could be seen through some thin cloud with a hint of mist forming. I hurriedly got ready and headed into the ‘Forest deciding to see what conditions were like at Mogshade.
I’m so pleased I made the effort as mornings like this don’t come around that often. A classic case of; ‘if you don’t go, you don’t know’!
...of bad conditions. Having only one morning a week to get out with my camera can be very frustrating, especially as I am at the mercy of the weather. Once again this week there was some fantastic conditions though the week while I was at work, then more flat grey skies on my day off. This is the 3rd week in a row now so I am hoping for some better conditions before autumn is over, especially now the colours are really starting to change. This is a crop from a wider pano that I shot at Thirlmere yesterday morning where water levels are still very low.
Some glorious calm conditions on Loch Arklet. I was lucky enough to have my drone to do some video footage too. I didn't know which image to post so I thought I would post both panoramics together to show how much light changes the scene. Keep safe everyone.
Finally all the right conditions to get on the skis and get back into the back country. This was the location of a major bridge washout in the floods a couple of years ago. Now there is a temp bridge and work is underway to construct a new one.
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After a day of shooting the in mainly overcast conditions we were on our way back to the lodge for some food. I noticed that the horizon was a lovely colour and that the clouds were breaking just enough to see the setting sun.
My stomach was pleading with me to find a nice pub but we decided we had to head in the direction of a beach and see what the light was like. As we drove towards our destination all we could see was a faint red glow above the hills, but as we got closer the mountains opened up and showed us the most amazing sunset.
Unfortunately, it's a 15 minute walk from where we could park the car and even after running we only just managed to catch the sun just as it was falling behind the hills of the Uist. Even though the sun had already set it was still lighting up the clouds nicely, so I set up for a long exposure.
In rapidly fading light conditions and with the temperature dropping towards zero Colas Rail loco 43257 powers along the far north line between Georgemas Junction and Watten at Gillock on Sunday 19/1/2025 working 1Q78 1112 Inverness Milburn Yard to Inverness Milburn Yard via Wick Network Rail PLPR test train.