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There were gale warnings locally on Saturday, so I was surprised to see a small motor boat heading out of the harbor. Shortly after reaching the lighthouse at the mouth of the Sheboygan River the boat made a rapid turnaround. The lighthouse photo shows that event and the reason why the boat changed its course.
This little spikey snowflake is doing something really phenomenal when you dive into the details, growing inward and outward on different layers simultaneously! Want the science? Read on!
Many people mistake snowflakes for being two-dimension objects. While the normally grow along a flat plane, they are anything but flat and featureless. Let’s explore the features we see here, starting with the center hexagonal gem. You’ll be thrilled to know that same physics that created this, also creates branches and other snowflake features!
The basic rule: whatever sticks out the farthest, grows the fastest. This makes sense, right? More access to water vapour the further out from the center of a snowflake you are. The inverse is also true – whatever is furthest away from the access to water vapour will grow the slowest. Take into account the three-dimension nature of a snowflake as a hexagon prism, and you might be able to imagine how cavities begin to form in the inner areas of each prism facet grows slower than the outer top, bottom, left and right edges. These cavities can start in the center of the facet and slowly grow to the corners. In some instances they can actually divide the entire snowflake in two! And that’s exactly what happened in the center.
The bottom of the two halves must have been slightly thinner, and it grew a little faster outward as a result (the available building blocks have less volume to fill to extend the growth further outward). Boom, branches! Leaving the original shape at the time of separation to stay the same, maybe growing slightly thicker in time.
If growth is slow, snowflakes tend to thicken up. We can see a perfect example of this about mid-way up each branch, looking faintly like the letter M, but with the center column higher than sides. Imagine this shape as the outer branch of a snowflake, dialing back the clock. This edge grew thicker, so thick that it towered over the rest of the snowflake. If you add more humidity, the crystal would again grow outward… but because of this extra tall outer ridge, it began growing out from the top and bottom as separate planes.
The top plane had a unique opportunity to now only grow outward, but also back in towards the center of the snowflake. This growth is slowly filling in the dual-plane structure, and this is how “skeletal form” snowflakes are made. :)
Science!
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I am an extrovert, I draw my energy from the energy of others. I come alive in a group setting, I thrive while engaging. Knowing this, it has been particularily interesting to see a gradual shift over time. As I've gotten older, I have found myself becoming more of an introvert, my energy source comes from within. I now need solitude to center myself, and recharge my batteries. For me, solitude comes with plenty of self discovery and growth...part intentional, part accidental byproduct of time spent alone. With this internal shift, I have come to know myself better, and love myself more, than I ever thought possible..
A large container ship clears the Golden Gate on its way to the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco, California.
Water trickles down over the pebbles outward bound to the sea at Cambois beach.
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Another lake view from my first bike ride of 2025. It stormed the next day, but my bike and I are fully prepared for future rides.
Marple & Wolfit, Grantham. Side by side watching for pigeons.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, East Midlands - Marple & Wolfit
August 2020
Impressive even in the rather uninspiring livery, Belle Vue’s YR61RVK covering the 17 during the ongoing dispute is almost at Shude Hill but already has the destination set for his return journey to Rochdale, or maybe he forgot to change it from the previous journey.
I took a relatively early morning riverfront walk today. The trio that I'm posting were some of the sights that I saw along the way.
Chinese imperial roof decoration or roof charms or roof-figures (檐獸 / 檐兽; Pinyin: yán shòu) or (走獸 / 走兽; Pinyin: zǒu shòu) or (蹲獸 / 蹲兽; Pinyin: Dūn shòu) was only allowed on official buildings of the empire. Chinese roofs are typically of the hip roof type, with small gables. Variant versions are still widespread in Chinese temples and has spread to the rest of East Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
Along the unions between the roof panels, near the corner, a row of small figures is placed. These are often made of glazed ceramic and form an outward marching procession. Here we see the imperial yellow glaze reserved for the emperor.
At the tail of the procession will be an imperial dragon, representing the authority of the state.
🌓Outward. Same concept as "Upward" but in the standard/non-infrared spectrum. Lighting pattern typically used for dark/low-key images, eerie against a bright background. Details on IG: www.instagram.com/sydniindman_photo/
Strobist info: small flash in beauty dish with diffuser CL, short light, slightly upward facing. Small flash inside of a small cardboard box on the floor CR, aimed at wall to the right. Radio trigger.
Under sail and motor while waiting for the car ferry to cross the mouth of Poole harbour. Explored on the 1st.Oct.
'Cemvale' ex 'Arklow Valley' passing Ellesmere Port heading outward after calling at Runcorn docks 03/04/21.
Lilium longiflorum.
This plant is native to Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. It is a stem rooting lily, growing up to 1 m high and bears a number of trumpet shaped, white, very fragrant, and outward facing flowers.
I saw the majesty and sculptural quality in close up.
I picked it in our garden, the last one this year (they bloomed while we were away!!!)... and it opened in the strangest way... open sideways... one of nature's abnormalities that sometimes occur.View On Black
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