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A vortex seen just off the highway heading into Sedona. Many of the locals believe vortices contain mystical healing powers.
Details: Handheld, 17-40mm macro, polarizer, contrast adjustments
This actually started out as a Paris skyline, but then the vortex got it...
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I've been caught in this photo editing vortex. Adobe has just released Lightroom 4 and also CS6 beta. I've been fool enough to fall into their trap and try the free trials and downloads. All of this happening about the same time Sassy and I spent a weekend with my old friend Milo and his wife Pam in Leavenworth Washington. There we took lots of pictures for sure. What a beautiful area. Then last weekend I spent Saturday morning with my oldest son driving around looking for photo ops. Seemed like more driving around than getting out and shooting. Sure loved the company though. Bless his heart he had been up since 4 AM that morning to take his wife Anna to the airport and was really struggling to stay awake. So I had plenty of new images to work on in editing and plenty of new editing software to learn and put to work. I'm excited about Photoshop CS6. Some of the features really look worth spending the money on for the upgrade. The free beta CS6 that I downloaded had some very coveted features that I couldn't get to work. Well after much time invested in trying to figure out why, I finally figured out that I need to upgrade my video/graphics card. My new video card should be delivered to my door tomorrow. Love Amazon.com online shopping. It was Adobe that made me invest in a new computer last time they came out with something new. I'll be pleased if I can get by with a new video card this time.
This is a shot taken last weekend with my son when we were driving by Commencement Bay in Tacoma. Seven bracketed shots ran through photomatix. Still doing much of my editing in CS4. I've got so many actions and plug-ins that I need to work into CS6 that I haven't had time to do yet. And most of all let's not forget I need to spend time with Sassy too. :)
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This movie of temperature observations from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft depicts the first major North American weather event of 2014: cold air moving out of the Arctic and south to cover much of the continent. The temperatures shown are at a pressure of 850 hectopascals (hPa, formerly knows as millibars; sea level pressure is normally around 1000 hPa). Pressures of 850 hPa correspond to an altitude of about 3,000 feet (1 kilometer) above sea level. The temperatures in the movie range from about minus 18 degrees Fahrenheit (245 Kelvin or minus 28 degrees Celsius) to warmer than 66 degrees Fahrenheit (290 Kelvin or about 17 degrees Celsius). The very coldest temperatures in purples and blues are minus 18 to 17 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 28 to about minus 8 degrees Celsius).
The most obvious feature of the movie is the tongue of cold air moving out of Canada and southward to cover much of the eastern United States during early January 2014. This event was covered extensively in the media, and introduced the term 'polar vortex' to a broader audience.
This global perspective illustrates some features not noted in all the recent media attention. Perhaps most obvious: this is not a global phenomenon. The eastern half of the United States includes only about one percent of the total surface area of the planet (about two million of 197 million square miles). One advantage of satellite observations, as from AIRS, is coverage of the entire planet. A truly global perspective is required when studying variations in climate, and this event must be compared against a number of other phenomena occurring around the planet. Note that Alaska and northern Eurasia were warm during this period of unusual cold over the eastern United States.
A narrated version of this visualization along with other available formats can be found on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory web site at:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1269
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About AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, in conjunction with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, AMSU, sense emitted infrared and microwave radiation from the Earth to provide a three-dimensional look at Earth's weather and climate. Working in tandem, the two instruments make simultaneous observations all the way down to the Earth's surface, even in the presence of heavy clouds. With more than 2,000 channels sensing different regions of the atmosphere, the system creates a global, three-dimensional map of atmospheric temperature and humidity, cloud amounts and heights, greenhouse gas concentrations, and many other atmospheric phenomena. The AIRS and AMSU fly onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft and are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
More information about AIRS can be found at airs.jpl.nasa.gov.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL
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Of speaking firmly from the heart
...A.A.
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The polar vortex is here. I never really knew what that meant before but its here and its cold. In the arctic, right now, at Arctic Bay, which is 2,153 miles due north of me, the temp is -27F so this arctic air warmed up by 11 degrees before hitting our doorstep. Our current temp is -16F and the wind chill is -41F.
Im about ready to leave for work but Im sitting here procrastinating in a big way. The building I live in is making all sorts of BIG creeking sounds. Never heard before but I suppose its just due to the cold. My car is parked in the lower level garage so I don't anticipate any problems with it starting. I park in the garage at work so I pretty much don't have to deal with the wind chill temps out there at all. Thank goodness.
The shot above is in Geneva, Illinois along the Fox River and taken just before Christmas but its the coldest looking shot I have in my archives at the moment. Stay warm out there if you have to go out.
Happy Polar Vortex Monday :-)
In CM's RPGs this module became a classic. Not because of the plot or game play, but because of the villain team, Vortex. They were delightfully silly characters and, in the hands and imagination of CM and his gaming friends, they became even sillier. 😊
I wanted to capture the 'tub tornado' (as my kids call it) for this week's challenge. After the first attempt, I realized that a little food dye would provide some added color and drama to the shot.
I love how you can see a darker ring around the outside of the vortex.
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Nikon D3S, Nikkor 105mm/f2.8
EXIF: ISO 200, 105mm, f/5.6, 1/125sec, SB900 to camera right on a stand.
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Name:Vortex
IMO:9525508
Flag:U.k.
MMSI:235076195
Callsign:2CVS9
Vessel type:Tug
Gross tonnage:839 tons
Summer DWT:570 tons
Length:39 m
Beam:15 m
Draught:6.9 m
Home port:Southampton
Class society:Det Norske Veritas
Build year:2010
Builder:Astilleros Gondan
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Beautiful Sungai Chiling, Kuala Kubu. One of the popular dips despite it quite remote location from the city centre. Get here early before the crowd to ensure good composition and avoid "photobomb" :D
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The vortex/funnel that emerges when spinning water fast. At the Exploratorium, one can control the speed with which the water spins, and bring the vortex from a small depression in the middle, to a full-length, twisting air tunnel all the way to the bottom of the container.
Love these 'mechanical manifestations'.. Two vortices are inter-acting like the cog wheels in the gear box
I went to Hasselt again to witness the opening fireworks of the yearly one week big fair.
Well, you know what they say about fireworks... they only go straight up and say BOOM.
So, enough of that and time for some changes in my nocturnal image collection with this new multi dimensional Vortex attraction... obviously also attracting a lot of other spectators :)
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A new joint operation - called Operation Vortex - has gotten underway today (Wednesday 19 January 2022) in Oldham to crack down on vehicle crime and traffic offences in the district.
The Tactical Vehicle Intercept Unit, along with officers from GMP's Safer Transport Team and officers across the Oldham District, worked along the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency at a static base in Chadderton, stopping a number of vehicles either committing traffic offences, or vehicle crime.
Two men arrested, one on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs, and one for driving while disqualified and remain in custody for questioning, ten vehicles have been seized for being driven with no insurance, and one stolen vehicle has been recovered.
In addition, officers also reported 35 traffic offences for a range of driving offences.
Chief Superintendent Mark Dexter from GMP's Specialist Operations said: "This will become a regular operation across Greater Manchester, where we will strive to make our communities and roads safer, tackling illegal vehicles which we know that are all too often used in crime and cause harm and misery on the roads.
"I hope this sends a strong message to anyone thinking of breaking the law on our roads, that we are watching, and we won't hesitate to take action to remove you and your vehicle from the road."
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk