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With another dry day forecast I just couldn't resist heading back up to Yr Wyddfa to capture another image at sunset.
This would make it my 3rd ascent in less than 2 and a half days.
I was becoming increasingly apprehensive that I was going to struggle to capture anything remotely decent with haze becoming thicker and thicker as the day drew to a close.
Upon reaching my chosen location with less than minutes to spare, I was pleasantly surprised to see clouds forming above the summit itself. It was such a strange thing to see... pink pockets of air highlighted by the falling sun just appearing as by magic above the monarch of Eryri.
Despite visibility being moderate at best, I knew Id come away with something. I was hoping to merge multiple images to make one large panoramic should it be good enough to print, however the strong winds meant that the newly formed clouds where moving at such speed that anything other than a single exposure was impossible.
Only a matter of months ago this place was coated with snow, enough that myself and a small group were able to summit via trinity face with the help of axes and crampons. To sit here and look at it, this time, with the warm sun on my back and pink and orange tones highlighting every rock around me was pretty amazing.
Fickle Forecast!
I took a short walk around the block and snapped this photo of the mailboxes near my driveway. It's hard to believe we are going to hit 52'F on Tuesday!
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Exposure: 1/125s at f/8.
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Although a bit cold, the weather condition has been wonderful today. However, for the next couple of days the folks at KNMI have predicted much colder temperatures and even wet snowfall on Monday. These great white dudes are probably going to be busy for the next couple of days. I think I may have captured the first signs here :)
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Explore #122 - Mar 16, 2007
The forecast seems clear as Tanabata is coming upon us!
Here is Minarai Hinako during her nighttime stroll while viewing the Milky Way above.
Please remember the event time is Saturday, July 9th at 10:00 am SLT.
My fancy Astronomy Weather forecast App said: "Excellent Stargazing conditions tonight, mostly Clear".
The weather was spectacular, but definitely not for Astrophotography purposes. More often than not, the predictions are completely incorrect.
This forced me to start doing my own Astrophotography weather forecasts, by looking at the latest Weather Satellite images and weather data. So far the results seem to be more accurate.
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Relieved to have dodged Hurricane Irene here in the Sunshine State! Sincerely hoping for a change in her direction for all of you along the northeast corridor - and the best possible outcome!
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Some interesting hurricane facts:
Hurricane season lasts June 1 through November 30. It is rare, but hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic as early as March or as late as December.
The average life of a hurricane is 9 days.
Florida has had more hurricanes than any other state. Over 60 have touched down there since 1900.
The Perfect Storm of 1991, made famous by the book and movie was created out of the remnants of Hurricane Grace.
Hurricanes circulate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
Hurricane Katrina killed at least 1,836 people, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the Okeechobee (Florida) Hurricane in 1928.
The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of World War II.
A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher.
All hurricanes begin life in a warm moist atmosphere over tropical ocean waters.
A typical hurricane can dump 6 inches to a foot of rain across a region.
The most violent winds and heaviest rains take place in the eye wall, the ring of clouds and thunderstorms closely surrounding the eye.
Every second, a large hurricane releases the energy of 10 atomic bombs.
Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes. They are not as strong as regular tornadoes and last only a few minutes.
Slow moving hurricanes produce more rainfall and can cause more damage from flooding than faster-moving, more powerful hurricanes.
Hurricane Floyd was barely a category I hurricane, but it still managed to mow down 19 million trees and caused over a billion dollars in damage.
Most people who die in hurricanes are killed by the towering walls of sea water that comes inland.
In the Pacific Ocean, Hurricanes are generally known as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are called tropical cyclones.
The man who first gave names to hurricanes was an Australian weather forecaster named C. Wragge in the early 1900s.
Hurricanes are the only weather disasters that have been given their own names.
The first hurricane of the year is given a name beginning with the letter “A”. There are actually six lists of names in use for storms in the Atlantic. These lists rotate, one each year; the list of this year's names will not be reused for six years. The names get recycled each time the list comes up, with one exception: storms so devastating that reusing the name is inappropriate. In this case, the name is taken off the list and another name is used to replace it; there will not be another Hurricane Andrew, because Andrew has been replace by Alex on the list.
The planet Jupiter has a hurricane which has been going on for over 300 years. It can be seen as a red spot on the planet. This hurricane on Jupiter is bigger than the Earth itself.
In 1938, a man on Long Island bought a barometer. The instrument signaled a hurricane but the man thought it was defective and went back to the store to complain. When he returned, he found his house has been swept away from a hurricane. It turned out the barometer was correct.
Sources:
www.hurricane-facts.com/Interesting-Hurricane-Facts.php
www.strange-facts.info/interesting-facts-about-hurricanes
miami.about.com/od/weather/a/hurricanenames.htm
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#31 Playing with Light
It was not as sunny as forecast. So I changed the plan and came here. I like the black clouds for the feelings of devils.
Loved this little frog figure with his umbrella and measuring water tube. He sat on balcony rail at my brother's house in Montreal in the subdivision of Elm Park in Dollard des Ormeaux. QC.
The Aurora forecasts last night weren't looking great and I wasn't expecting to catch any colour at all. So it was a nice surprise to catch a bit of pink / red diffuse glow with the beacon as foreground interest.
Shot last night well after midnight on the cliffs at Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire.
The weather forecast is for RAIN and Flooding due to the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Wednesday. So it is Tuesday evening at the Local Giant. I received many comments that I looked great and the outfit was very pretty on me. I know that I also turned more than a few heads. What do you think? Want to shop with me!
Well raise was forecast, and rain appeared. I wish I hadn't been out on a bike ride when it did appear though. I was a little wet.
Well I was shooting fall colors in Zion National PArk when I saw that they had forecast snow for Bryce Canyon, so instead of heading back to LA, I headed out to Bryce Canyon! And I was treated to snow, sun, clouds, snowstorm, and then a glorious sunrise over the s-capped hoo-doos in Bryce! :)
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It looks pretty quiet now. The heavy snow is supposed to hit us tomorrow, so we'll be staying home where we're safe!
I didn't realize how much I had missed Africa, and it was really great to be back on African soil after 9 years.
We relaxed, ate too much, met some seriously nice people and had a lot of fun....from a photography point of view it was a failure for me though. I think I may just have to lower my ambitions, and take it 'pole-pole' (slowly-slowly in Swahili :-).
I hope you are all well, and I'll try and catch up as soon as possible....
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Papercuts- Gym Class Heroes
I wanted to do this picture as I have had too many friends in tears because they are struggling with depression paying for their pills. ..... I know the pain Bi Polar is my destructive mistress .. I know shes abusive and I need to keep her off my doormat .. but I miss feeling fully being able to fly artistically .... its a struggle to remind my self that she leaves a mess and people who I love in tears .. I miss the rush but remember the people that your beast hurts if you dont keep the gates closed.... if your struggling dont go down the rabbit hole find the rope ....
Following the Bog Trail before a rainstorm.
Swan River National Wildlife Refuge. Flathead National Forest, Montana.
The Stena Forecaster berthed at the P & O terminal in Dublin Port while on charter to them for their Dublin-Liverpool route.
This is from a recent photoshoot with beautiful Chrissy. In this shot, she was seated next to a fountain on a patio outdoors. She had fun trying on a variety of hats and using different umbrellas. Rain was not in the forecast—but the colorful umbrella was a beautiful compliment to Chrissy.
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"The forecast is calling for Sun & More Sun
this week in my neck of the woods. It's a
good thing because tomorrow's election
day in Mississippi. I've already voted an
absentee ballot....since I'll be doing my
patriotic duty again.....working at the polls."
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"Don't know if your voting booth will be
open on Tuesday....but if it is I hope you'll
be able to get out and vote. And thank God
we still have a choice.....AMEN?"
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"Wishing you all a week full of Sunshine!"
~Mary Lou
Our forecast is for high-elevation snow in the Rockies this weekend! Snow in summer just isn't right, lol, but we know it can happen!
Never will I get used to seeing Great American Pelicans in the wild here - to me, they always look like they have escaped from the Zoo. On 22 June 2020, I saw so many of them when I drove south as far as Frank Lake. It's not unusual to see them there - it is just overwhelming to see them in such large numbers. Barely room to move and sharing the bits of raised land surrounded by water, with endless, very noisy gulls (many California Gulls). I also posted a video of them, so that you can hear the constant sound.
Pretty well all the birds at Frank Lake are very or extremely distant, even more so now that the whole area is so flooded. The path and boardwalk are under water and the blind remains boarded up, to prevent the risk of lack of social distancing. The few people who were at the lake were doing a great job of staying distant.
What a surprise it was, when I pulled off the gravel road by the outflow area, to see that another person who was also pulling over was good friend, Diane. We spent such an enjoyable few hours together - but the required distance between us at all times, of course. Diane knows the birds and can find them, including through her scope, so I ended up seeing far more (zooming in on my camera) than if I had been there on my own (no binoculars).
The best find of all was the 'rare in Alberta' Great Egret. I could barely even see the tiny white speck with the naked eye. Diane found it through her scope, and we were both so excited as she hadn't yet seen it. Actually, when I first arrived at Frank Lake, I thought I had found it, standing in a far, far away tree. A large, upright, white bird - what else could it be? Now that I have edited one of the three photos I took, I am wondering if it was a Great Blue Heron that I saw. In which case, the fact that my friend spotted the definite Great Egret, meant that I ended up seeing this rare bird after all. Thank you, Diane!
Another bird that we both enjoyed seeing and hearing was the tiny Marsh Wren. Such a cute little bird, singing its heart out among the Cattails and Bulrushes. Definitely not the easiest of birds to photograph, especially when keeping our distance from it.
The various bird species that I tried to photograph resulted in many poor quality photos, As always, though, poor photos are far more meaningful than no photos. In order to get much closer captures, one would need to walk right up to, or along, the edge of the water. The extra stress this could cause is just what the birds don't need, especially as there are lots of babies right now.
My original plan was to call in at the Saskatoon Farm on the way home. By mid afternoon, I was hoping I could reach the farm before the restaurant closed, and I just made it. A quick wander around took me to the enclosure for the hens and chickens. One hen had been separated and I quickly saw why. She had maybe half a dozen teeny babies that were the cutest little things.
My hope had been to buy a few food items - I hadn't placed a food order, as I didn't need many things. Most things were already sold out by the time I was about to leave. No problem at all, as I know I will be back there before long. I think it's my second home.
This is the last Pelican photo that I will post, at least from this trip : ) Now I need to add some bright and cheery colour to my photostream! Maybe I will next add a few photos taken at the Saskatoon Farm, though I would rather have posted a few photos taken yesterday, 25 June 2020. In the morning, I got together with five friends at the garden paradise where one of them lives. We each drove west of the city in our own vehicles, and social distancing was perfect. So much room, and so much wildlife. Jackie does so much for the birds and animals that either live on her land or visit during migration. They know a good thing when they see it : ) After a couple of hours of chatting - which felt SO good! - we went our separate ways. For me, that meant driving just a little further west along my usual backroads. There was one great sighting that I had to stop and photograph and then - my car 'died' AGAIN! This time, it didn't take too long to get it to work, but it is still an awful feeling every time it happens.
This is from St. John...the beauty of a crystal clear day!
and is kind of sunny right now but the forecast today is for snow...
I'm paying to see that =/
Today is going to be a long day just because I have to go to the dentist...
Good morning for you that sometimes wake up already complaining about something too...
Let the day begin!
Sesion Fotografica the street
Modelo Camila Colombo
Iluminación Natural & Reflejada
Makeup Cynthia
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Netanyahu ("have Gaza and West Bank!") is missing here, for example. And a lot of others can be added, too...
Nevertheless: I wish all Flickr friends a peaceful, good, healthy New Year
In this open landscape of the Charente Maritime the weather can change very rapidly from bright sun to storm - with dramatic light effects.
More from the "Landscapes with & without people" set...
PS May 2016: this was originally posted at rather low resolution and the compressed version did not show the textures of the filed and clouds – so I have re-posted a bigger version...
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