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Barra is nearly the southernmost of the Outer Hebrides; with Vatersey (linked by causeway), it's the southernmost inhabited island of the chain. Its overall dimensions are 18×10 km but it's shaped a little like a long-necked turtle, so its area is only 60 km²
Surprisingly enough, the island's capital, Castlebay, lines the shore of a sheltered bay guarded by a castle ~90 m offshore. Tiny as it is (the whole island's population is ~1,175, never mind Castlebay alone), I was impressed that the village provides the full range of emergency, medical, educational and community facilities.
Kisimul Castle, built in 1039 and never taken by an attacker, was the seat of Clan MacNeil until the twenty-first chief was obliged to sell Barra in 1838. Stones from the castle were recycled as fishing boats' ballast and even paving in Glasgow, but thankfully it was leased to Historic Scotland for 1,000 years from 2001, so is now better protected.
We'd only visited Barra for the day, to experience the world's only airport where scheduled flights (by 18-seat Twin Otter) operate to and from a tidal beach. It's surprisingly inexpensive to fly from Glasgow, passing over Scotland's west coast, Oban and Mull at just ~2,500m – I highly recommend it.
However, the service is vulnerable to low cloud – instrument-only approaches really aren't an option – so when the weather turned we were stranded overnight, returning the following morning on this ferry (~5 hours to Oban) and taxi. All part of the adventure, and it wouldn't deter me from returning!
By the time I took this photo, ~4 hours after the cancellation, the cloud had considerably lifted again – of course – but the cloudbase was still well below ~150 m.
There's been a ferry between Castlebay and Oban since the late 19th Century, but the current ro-ro vehicle service only began in 1974, using a dedicated stern loading ramp since the 1980s.
MV 'Isle of Arran' was built in 1983 and provided the, yes, Arran service for ten years. After a number of other assignments, she's spent summers since 2011 back on the Arran route and winters as a spare vessel available across the CalMac network. On this occasion she was moored overnight to replace MV 'Isle of Lewis' for the early morning sailing. 'Isle of Lewis', the usual Barra ferry, is about a third larger than 'Isle of Arran' and better suited to the open Atlantic. We had an... interesting crossing.
They say that if the cloudbase is too low then the strike eagles wont do the loop , well this shot from Corris shows the cloud stuck at 500ft right through the valley and these guys made it ok. A great day with some epic passes
Dutch Spitfire above the 9000ft cloudbase
Yes this was another cold photoshoot! ;-)
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View from the Niesen towards south into the Kander valley.
The Niesen is a mountain of the Bernese Alps in Swizerland. It overlooks Lake Thun, in the Bernese Oberland region, and forms the northen end of a ridge that stretches north from the Albristhorn and Mannliflue, separating the Simmental and Kandertal valleys.
Administratively, the summit is shared between the municipalities of Reichenbach im Kandertal, to the south-east, and Wimmis, to the west and north. Both municipalities are in the canton of Bern.
The summit of the mountain (2362 metres) can be reached easily by using the Niesenbahn funicular from Mülenen (near Reichenbach). The construction of the funicular was completed in 1910. Alongside the path of the Niesenbahn is the longest stairway in the world with 11,674 steps. It is open only once a year to the public for a stair run.
Because of its shape, the Niesen is often called the Swiss Pyramid.
[Source: Wikipedia]
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6th February 2018 and conditions on the Brocken in the Harz were simply stunning with the mountain being above the cloudbase
June 22, 2014 - Kearney Nebraska US
It was late & close to midnight. I went out about an hour before the storm was supposed visit our area. Storm slowed way down but was producing some nice ambient lighting against the lower cloudbase.
So I decided to stick around & see what was going to happen.
I wasn't going to be disappointed.
#ForeverChasing
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As I reached the summit of Y Garn in the Ogwen Valley this evening, there was barely a cloud in sight, the sunlight lighting the valley below, above the shadows cast by the peaks I stood amongst.
As the evening light drew in and the temperatures dropped, in typical mountain-weather fashion, a huge cloudbase built to the north and swept through the valley and over the ridges beyond.
The summit of Elidir Fawr on which I was stood only yesterday is pictured, quickly being covered by the oncoming rush of cloud - within minutes it had blocked the bright sunlight completely and enveloped the whole mountain range above, below and all around me to a complete white-out.
The red dragon roars...
Went out early to see if one of the stunning sunrises that have been around this week would materialise. It was a different one today though, the other others have been reflecting off of a heavy cloudbase but instead it was a clear sky today. Still, worth getting up for. View south over the Lammermuir Hills with Traprain Law to the middle left. Thank you for looking.
I hadn't planned this little trip and wasn't prepared at all. I had five sets of batteries and found out they were all dead. I managed one shot from one set and then they died, then I put them in my pocket to warm them up and after about 20 minutes managed to get about a dozen more. Doesn't half concentrate your mind when you realise you can't just shoot away to your hearts content!
RIAT - Royal International Air Tattoo first day of flying but the weather was awful with almost continuous rain and almost no flying as cloudbase down to 800' and below minimal requirements for display flying - managed a few shots though.
Looking down the length of Coledale Beck, the particularly straight valley above Braithwaite, on the outskirts of Keswick.
Today's weather put an attractive flat ceiling on the glacial landscape, highlighting the lower, summits whilst hiding the higher points of the surrounding ridges (Scar Crags, Crag Hill, Grisedale Pike and Grassmoor); at a rough guess that puts the cloudbase at ~700 m asl.
Better On Black?
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Saw the forecast for stormy weather and headed into the Dales. Never caught any stunning light but did see dry places and wet places - sometimes not that far apart
Pretty as the foreground trees are, at Brandelhow below Catbells, this view is more about the dramatic background, where sunbeams battle to eliminate the remnants of low dawn cloud.
That cloud hides Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell on the left of the background, with Blencathra off the right.
At 368 m asl, Latrigg is below to cloudbase, as is little Castlehead (182 m) near the right edge of the image.
The green field on the near side of Keswick is Crow Park, part-hidden by Derwent Isle. Friar's Crag is to the right, then Strandshag Bay.
This thunderstorm formed 30 minutes earlier and remained nearly stationary overhead. The unusual lowering of the cloudbase was persistent but surface winds were light. This low precipitation storm produced only trace of rain.
Miami, October 1987. This aircraft crashed on 21 March 1990 after descending below the glideslope on approach to Toncontín Airport. The Electra approached Tegucigalpa's runway 01 in poor weather (low cloudbase, rain) and flew into the southern slopes of the Cerro Hula, 2,500 feet below the 7,000 feet Minimum Safe Altitude at that point on the approach.
This aircraft was originally operated by Braniff as N9710C.
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
Vagar, Faroe Islands - 2024.
Amid the untouched nature of the Faroe Islands, a landscape unfolds that is both raw and breathtakingly serene. Under a dramatic sky filled with grey clouds and soft rays of sunlight, a solitary sheep grazes peacefully on the expansive, rolling hills. The landscape is traversed by a shimmering body of water, winding its way towards the horizon, where rocky coastlines majestically rise. This image captures the essence of the Faroes: a place where nature and simplicity coexist in harmony, and time seems to stand still.
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RIAT - Royal International Air Tattoo first day of flying but the weather was awful with almost continuous rain and almost no flying as cloudbase down to 800' and below minimal requirements for display flying - managed a few shots though.
RIAT - Royal International Air Tattoo first day of flying but the weather was awful with almost continuous rain and almost no flying as cloudbase down to 800' and below minimal requirements for display flying - managed a few shots though.
RIAT - Royal International Air Tattoo first day of flying but the weather was awful with almost continuous rain and almost no flying as cloudbase down to 800' and below minimal requirements for display flying - managed a few shots though.
Not the clearest morning, but as the sun found a narrow gap between the hills east of Windermere and the low cloudbase, the drizzle took on a wonderful diffuse glow.
Then it was gone, and a normal, grey winter day began.
Loughrigg Tarn is in the middle of the image, 1.2 km from my current favourite viewpoint; Windermere itself catches the light 8 km away.
CC Week 39 - Shooting the light
Sunsetting over Whitehouse - got some sunlight but cloudbase very low
9-7-2014 - Emirates, Airbus A380-861.
I've waited a long time to grab a picture of our daily A380 in these kind of conditions... finally the waiting paid off!
Info:
Aircraft was built in 2012 and carried the test reg. F-WWSS. It was delivered to Emirates on 8-5-2012.
C/n - 116
A fantastic visual demonstration of the low cloud base at Edinburgh yesterday by this United 757
Edinburgh Airport - EGPH
June 22, 2014 - Kearney Nebraska US
It was late & close to midnight. I went out about an hour before the storm was supposed visit our area. Storm slowed way down but was producing some nice ambient lighting against the lower cloudbase.
So I decided to stick around & see what was going to happen.
I wasn't going to be disappointed.
#ForeverChasing
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A moment of choice. Evidently I was standing in sunshine on the edge of Hartsop 'village' (well, 'cluster-of-houses-with-a-postbox'), but that wall of cloud rolling down the valley was forecast to last all day. Should I go on, risking low visibility, or retreat for a lowland walk?
This is the lower valley of Pasture Beck, joined by Hayeswater Gill just off the left of the image. The snow-covered peak on the left is Grey Crag, reaching 699 m 1.8 km from here. The prominent tree is at the foot of Hartsop Dodd.
[If you're curious, I went on to Hayeswater, but finding the cloudbase below ~450 m, turned back at the dam.]
The crag on the hillside, approximately indicating the height of the cloudbase, is at ~300 m asl. Given that the tree is at about 220 m asl, the ceiling felt rather low today, and there really wasn't much point climbing that slope, as the summit of Kentmere Pike is at 730 m asl. Then again, maybe it wasn't quite so rainy up there....
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I was driving along the Carse of Stirling when the sun burst from underneath a very leaden sky and produced wonderful light and a beautiful dark blue cloudbase...
Another shot from what was one of the most awe-inspiring days of flying this year, and in Scotland, for me.
Here, I'm in the final moments of my ascent over Black Mount, reaching the dew point where the ethereal nature of clouds and the science of their formation are on show within an arm's reach. As I circle around the edges of the cloud that marks the top of the thermal that I've climbed almost a mile above Loch Tulla in, wisps of cloud simultaneously appear out of nowhere - as the rising, cooling air can no longer bear the burder of all the moisture it brought up with it - while other wisps descend back in to invisibility as the sides of the cloud tumble down, warming and re-consuming the moisture back to invisibility.
Below me, details of the landscape that may be missed from the ground are laid bare like an interactive geography lesson; that said, it took until I re-processed this shot today to notice the long filled-in ox-bow lakes between the road and river.
And yes, it's squint, but I'll leave it like that as it's more representative of my view of the world as I bank and carve through the invisible landscape of invisible ripples and bubbles.
Saturday provided the last usable conditions for the New Zealand paragliding open, and a task was set that woud eventually take us to Lake Hawea. In previous days, I was late to reach the aerial start line, so was perpetually chasing many other pilots, and risking, with my minimal racing skills, falling behind the back of all the gaggles.
On this day I was determined to leave the start gate on time so that I'd have the best selection of pilots to help me reach goal, so I launched as soon as possible. We had over 30 minutes to kill at the start gate, and there was abundant lift, so it was the perfect opportunity for a photo-shoot with David Snowden. Here, we're just getting in to the swing of things as we leave cloudbase near End Peak. Glendhu Bay and the expanse of Lake Wanaka provide the backdrop.
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The brainy kids wanted to be Brains (in Thunderbirds) ~ the cool kids were hanging out with Destiny, Harmony, Melody, Rhapsody and Symphony in the bar...
Cloudbase, somewhere above
66 (s)miles.. Out on Navi today..
Overcast at first and then heavy rain and mist going over Woodhead Pass and back over Snake Pass..
The rain eased off for my cappuccino break at Bamford petrol station and then on the way back home via Froggatt saw an amazing glimpse of the sun as it went down through a crack in the cloudbase!
Taken in Asakusa, Tokyo. This image is available to buy from Getty Images
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Last night the clouds were very low over Tokyo, Sky Tree offers an accurate marker with its twin observation platforms. The lower deck sometimes obscured by clouds stands at 350m above ground level with the second at 450m.
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June 22, 2014 - Kearney Nebraska US
It was late & close to midnight. I went out about an hour before the storm was supposed visit our area. Storm slowed way down but was producing some nice ambient lighting against the lower cloudbase.
So I decided to stick around & see what was going to happen.
I wasn't going to be disappointed.
#ForeverChasing
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Panned shot of Royal Air Force Short 312 Tucano T.1 ZF287 on a very wet day at RAF Fairford during the 2019 Royal International Air Tattoo. Alas, the cloudbase was too low for a display, but at least we got to see this aircraft fly - albeit just for a circuit and then land again...
two outstanding works of art..
Sun Voyager is a 'dream' boat sculptured by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989).
The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, It consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages.
The Tower consists of 15 searchlights with prisms that act as mirrors, reflecting the column of light vertically into the sky from a 10-metre wide wishing well. It often reaches cloudbase as in this case. On a clear night it can reach an altitude of 4 km. The power for the lights is provided by Iceland's unique geo-thermal energy grid.
The Imagine Peace Tower (Icelandic: Friðarsúlan, meaning "the peace column") is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland. It consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages. These words, and the name of the tower, are a reference to Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine".
The Tower consists of 15 searchlights with prisms that act as mirrors, reflecting the column of light vertically into the sky from a 10-metre wide wishing well.[1] It often reaches cloudbase and indeed can be seen penetrating the cloud cover. On a clear night it appears to reach an altitude of at least 4000m. The power for the lights is provided by Iceland's unique geo-thermal energy grid.[2] It uses approximately 75 kW of power.
Buried underneath the light tower are over 1 million written wishes that Ono gathered over the years in another project, called Wish Trees. Ono plans to have the tower lit every year from 9 October, Lennon's birthday, through 8 December, the date he was shot. Iceland was selected for the project because of its beauty and its eco-friendly use of geothermal energy