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With the cloudbase so low that only part of the control tower is visible, Brussels Airlines A320 OO-SNF kicks up the spray as it heads home to Belgium.
Aircraft: Brussels Airlines (SN/BEL) Airbus A320-200 OO-SNF in special Tomorrowland livery.
Location: Flyvergrillen, Copenhagen Airport (CPH/EKCH), Kastrup, Denmark.
This very green view is from the 305 m summit of Firbank Fell (or at least the highest point offering an unobstructed view of the valley), rather than the more famous crag of Fox's Pulpit.
The road in the foreground is the tiny B6257 linking individual farms into the nominal hamlet of Firbank.
The trees to the right of Goodies farm lead down to the River Lune and a footbridge – that's useful to know.... A meander of the Lune itself is visible 'above' the farm. The isolated Tarnhouse Barn is 'up' and to the right again.
More substantially, the farms on the immediate far side of the Lune, on a glacial terrace, are Thwaite and Hole House.
Beyond Thwaite, the tree-lined side valley is that of Chapel Beck, which passes through Howgill on its way from the open moor of the Howgill Fells; specifically, the upper course of Chapel Beck is Long Rigg Beck, joined on the right by Bram Rigg Beck.
The remaining farms to mention on the cultivated valley side are Gate Side (straddling the Roman road of Howgill Lane), Top Withens and Castley. One can just see Four Lane Ends, at the end of the access road to the latter two.
The first summit on the ridge behind Castley is, oddly enough, Castley Knotts, then Brown Moor, at 412 m just beneath the cloudbase. Behind and further to the left, the 623 m Fell Head is well within the cloud, as are the summits to the right, beyond Long Rigg Beck: White Fell Head and Bush Howe would normally be visible from here in better weather, I think.
At pretty much the northern edge of the Lake District, Blencathra offers wonderfully expansive views, but it's surprisingly difficult to catch them – there's very little in the very immediate vicinity, so one needs a clear day to see much more of distant hills than silhouettes. In summer, cool, wet days are better than hot, hazy ones, but that in turn means the views are better from the lower slopes than the cloud-covered summits.
Today the cloudbase seemed to be at about 650 m asl on the left, over Borrowdale, rising to ~750 m over the Newlands Valley; this viewpoint on Blease Fell is also at about 750 m asl.
The nearest hill on the right is Latrigg. Its left side and the valley of the River Greta are covered by Brundholme Wood, terminating at the A66 main road from Penrith.
In the sunlit fields to the left is the Castlerigg stone circle.
As usual, the only discernable landmark in Keswick is St John's Church, though I can also see Crow Park behind and to the right of the church, on the shore of Derwentwater.
Four islands are visible in the lake: Derwent Island looks like a wooded headland, but Lord's Island, Rampsholme Island and St Herbert's Island are more distinct.
The first high ground on the left is Walla Crag (376 m), then, at the south end of Derwentwater, the 'Jaws of Borrowdale' (King's How (Grange Fell) (392 m) and Castle Crag (290 m)) guard the entrance to, yes, Borrowdale.
Almost lost in haze at the far left is Thorneythwaite Fell (574 m); Seathwaite Fell (601 m), to the right, is even less clear.
On the far side of the lake, the wooded hill on the right is Swinside (244 m), then there's a gap where the glacial Newlands Valley meets the main one, then a very popular ridge begins.
The first climb is to Skelgill Bank (338 m), but the first 'proper' summit is Catbells (451 m) – best avoided in peak tourist season! From there the path curves around to Maiden Moor (576 m) before vanishing into cloud at High Spy (653 m).
To the left, the next slope, behind Castle Crag, is High Scawdel, reaching 521 m above the crags then climbing more gradually to Dale Head, in cloud.
Left again, behind King's How, is Seatoller Fell; behind that, Base Brown (646 m) reaches the cloudbase.
Behind Catbells is the upper valley of Newlands Beck, the far side defined by High Crags (529 m) rising to Hindscarth (727 m). To the right, High Snab Bank rises to Robinson (737 m) then the ridge continues to 333 m at Newlands Hause before dropping, out of sight, to Buttermere.
In front of Newlands Hause, Rowling End (433 m) marks the mouth of Newlands. The ridge from there, Sleet Hause, extends right, to Causey Pike (637 m) and Scar Crags (672 m), then into cloud again.
To the left of Causey Pike, Rigg Screes (555 m) rises to Ard Crags (581 m), with Knott Rigg (556 m) at the end of the ridge
That just leaves the slope at the far right of the image: Barrow!
Peacetower, Friðarsúlu, Friedenssäule -
"Give peace a chance"
The Imagine Peace Tower (Icelandic: Friðasúlan, 'the peace column') is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland.
Installed in 2007, 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 campaign for peace, and his 1971 song "Imagine".
Description :
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 and indeed can be seen penetrating the cloud cover. On a clear night, it appears to reach an altitude of at least 4,000 metres. The power for the lights is provided by Iceland's unique geothermal energy grid. It uses approximately 75 kW of power.
Buried underneath the light tower are over 1 million written wishes that Ono gathered over the years for another project called Wish Trees. Iceland was selected for the project because of its beauty and its eco-friendly use of geothermal energy.
Operation :
The tower is lit every year from 9 October, Lennon's birthday, through 8 December, the date he was shot, from 31 December until 6 January (an Icelandic new year period), and for one week around the spring equinox.
On 9 October 2021, it was lit for the 15th time on John Lennon's birthday.
The monument was lit on 24 February 2022, with Ono saying the off-season lighting was "to show solidarity with Ukraine and emphasize the call for peace."
Unexpectedly, today's walk from the head of the Kirkstone Pass had been deep within cloud; south of Red Screes had been sunny, but cloud was clinging to the hilltops through the Pass. This was my first view of the day, dropping below the ~700 m cloudbase to Threshthwaite Mouth, the col between Stony Cove Pike and Thornthwaite Crag (and hence High Street). After an hour or so of negligible visibility, the impact of this expansive southward view suddenly appearing was glorious, and impossible to fully capture in a photograph, though I do rather like the watery light in this one.
The left side of the valley is Park Fell, carrying the high-level Roman road of High Street, which follows the ridge down to, and just left of, The Tongue, the 364 m hill in the middle of the valley floor, ~4 km from here. Trout Beck passes to the right of The Tongue, joined from the left by Hagg Gill. The slope rising to the left of that is the side of Yoke (706 m), west of Kentmere. The last distinct hill on that side of the valley is Sour Howes (483 m); beyond in the haze are low hills north-east of Windermere.
To the immediate right of the foreground is Threshthwaite Crag (which I'd just descended), with the floor of Trout Beck's wide glacial valley behind. The shadowed slope on the right is Doup Crag then an apparently unnamed ridge which descends from Hart Crag.
The main A592 Patterdale-Ambleside road passes between there and the silhouetted hill behind, on which the left 'pointy' peak is Dod Hill (451 m), with Baystones (487 m) taller on the right.
A little known fact is that Colonel White the Commander of Spectrum has his own SPV - appropriately in white and the only SPV to carry a name.
Seen in the Spectrum HQ Underground base on the ground directly below Cloudbase.
Diecast model converted from the Dinky Model.
Diorama inspired buy the Gerry Anderson TV series ' Captain Scarlet'.
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Unexpectedly, today's walk had been deep within cloud; south of Red Screes was sunny, but cloud was clinging to the hilltops through the Kirkstone Pass. This was my first view of the day, dropping below the ~700 m cloudbase between Stony Cove Pike and Threshthwaite Mouth, the col before the ascent back to Thornthwaite Crag and High Street. After an hour or so of negligible visibility, the impact of this expansive view suddenly appearing was glorious.
The head of the classic glacial 'U'-shaped valley, below the cliff in the immediate foreground, is Threshthwaite Cove; past Raven Crag on the side of the ridge from Stony Cove Pike (763 m) to Hartsop Dodd (618 m), the lower valley of Pasture Beck is Pasture Bottom. The slope on the right rises to Grey Crag (710 m).
Brock Crags (561 m) is at the end of the valley, where Hayeswater Gill joins from the right, meeting Pasture Beck on their combined way to the main valley of Patterdale on the left.
A first glider flight for a student.
Mountain lee wave was present, as forecast by Skysight, in the morning of 6 April. The cloudbase was much lower than usual and it was contactable as low as 2000 ft AGL; this wave bar had remarkable structure underneath.
Taken in Narita, Japan.
Here is the second in my series of shots taken at Narita Temple, est 940. After entering the complex
via the main gate, you then proceed up to an elevated internal gate that houses a giant vermillion lantern. On the far side of this is a stone bridge, which traverses an ornamental pond, that subsequently leads to steps ascending to this the courtyard of the Great Main Hall.
At the time of shooting the cloudbase was low, the glow seen here is from additional illumination located on the other side of the complex.
Please press 'L' to view in the lightbox.
Canon EOS 60D | RAW | ISO 100 | f/9 | 30s | 10-22mm at 10mm | AWB | Evaluative | Getty Images
Cavok Air's Antonov AN-12K is a regular on the Ankara-Belfast route, but rarely visible here in the south-east - although you can hear her coming for several minutes before she is in range. With a 22000ft cloudbase today, however, she was easy to spot.
In front of Schiphol's Control Towers on a misty night. The highest part of the main ATC Tower is barely visible because of the low cloudbase.
The Second Severn Crossing from New Passage, Gloucestershire. August 2012.
The orange glow in the sky isn't a lingering sunset, rather the lights of Newport reflected in the cloudbase.
Since 1896, the Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR) has been carrying tourists 7½ km from 108 m asl in Llanberis to 1,065 m asl at the summit station, a short walk from Yr Wyddfa, the highest peak in England and Wales at 1,085 m. That's an average gradient of 1 in 7.86, though it reaches 1 in 5.5 in places, so is, unsurprisingly, a rack-and-pinion railway, operating on a narrow gauge of 800 mm. The route is scenic (weather permitting...) but extremely exposed, meaning that the service only runs March-November, and that's only to Clogwyn (¾ of the way to the top) until May. Even then, there are many days like this, when the cloudbase is at ~850 m.
Each service comprises a locomotive (0-4-2T steam or 0-4-0 diesel) pushing a single carriage of 56 (74 if diesel) passengers up the mountain or regulating its descent. The two aren't coupled, apart from an electricity cable, to prevent a derailed locomotive dragging the carriage with it. Following a fatal derailment on the railway's opening day (oops), there's limited risk of that anyway, as a gripper rail now holds the locomotive's (and the carriage's) toothed wheel (pinion) to the track's toothed middle rail (rack).
This is either SMR locomotive No.2, "Enid" (SLM 0-4-2T 924) or No.3 "Wyddfa" (SLM 0-4-2T 925), both built in 1895 by Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (SLM) of Winterthur, Switzerland.
Not the best morning to photograph the southern end of the reservoir from High Loup: when one can't see Castle Crag hillfort at the top of that cliff in the background, the cloudbase must be at ~370 m asl, which is ~100 m below my preferred viewpoints. I followed Old Corpse Road for a while anyway, but it seemed like thick, autumnal cloud, so I soon turned back.
I later met a couple who had camped at ~650 m on Selside – just above the inversion. Waa!
You can see the shadowy lines beaming across the red clouds caused by 'virga rain' blocking the early sun rays. Virga rain is formed when water droplets falling from the cloudbase evaporate before reaching the ground. There are several wispy streaks of virga rain in the centre of this shot, taken at 6:44am from Milk Hill on the North Wessex Downs.
Despite the weather, Peter Teichmann gets airborne from Dunsfold in his lovely old Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk 'Lulu Belle'.
Operated by the Hangar 11 collection, G-KITT is painted to represent a P-40N-1 Warhawk and as can be seen, the cloudbase was almost down on the deck but he still gave us a nice little spirited display, even executing a low-level role!
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First appearance of the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier “Thunder Child” (“The Mighty Avengers #1 May, 2007. Design/Dialogue by Brian Michael Bendis & Frank Cho)
MS. MARVEL: “Wow, Tony.”
TONY STARK: “I know.”
MS. MARVEL: “What was wrong with the old helicarrier exactly?”
TONY STARK: “It stunk. It actually smelled.”
MS. MARVEL: “Like cigars.”
TONY STARK: “And other things.”
MS. MARVEL: “You know, they invented carpet cleaners.”
TONY STARK: “I’m the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., so I get a new helicarrier.”
MS MARVEL: “Can I have the old one?”
TONY STARK: “I was thinking of tossing it up on Ebay.”
No fictional covert organisation worth its suicide capsules would be without a futuristic airborne headquarters and since 1965 Marvel Comics’ S.H.I.E.L.D (Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate) has operated a succession of fantastic and fiscally outrageous ‘helicarriers’.
Former S.H.I.E.L.D Director Nick Fury was pretty hard on helicarriers and has written off a number of the expensive flying fortresses over the years. Since billionaire industrialist/inventor Tony Stark recently became the Director he has worked tirelessly to put his own distinctive stamp on the organisation. Previous helicarriers have been joint efforts, but this one is definitely all Stark’s own work, cheekily featuring a good helping of the streamlined styling and signature red and gold colour scheme made famous by his Iron Man armour.
I couldn’t wait for this beaut new beasty to show up as a collectible so thought I’d have a crack at tooling up my own.
My helicarrier is 16 centimetres long and is made from Super Sculpey, an oven fireable polymer clay. The ‘guns’ are made from 1.5 mm aluminium tube and can be swivelled on their mounts. They can rotate 360 degrees in the vertical plane, which means they can service targets in a range of envelopes from air-to-ground/air and even space. With barrels that size I’m assuming they must be something particularly chunky, maybe some kind of hypervelocity, variable load electromagnetic rail gun, but when Tony Stark is involved who knows? Maybe they’re part of some really humungous sound system that can blast out Black Sabbath on cue, or p’rhaps he’s going to build a couple of giant hands on the ends of the tubes! What they’re probably not is..a bluff! Though Stark’s rep would probably allow him to get away with that too. (Now, that WOULD be irony, man!)
I’ve interpreted the drawing as best I can with only the one admittedly cool drawing to work from.
Helicarriers traditionally loft their own squadrons of aircraft, often from flight decks that look very much like a standard sea borne carrier’s ‘flat top’. S.H.I.E.L.D has had Vertical and Short takeoff and Landing capable aircraft for some time so I reasoned that the flight decks are probably quite abbreviated and accessible by elevators. I’ve detailed the helicarrier with both paint and letraset rub on transfer as well as some very old stick on ‘line’ tape that I’ve had sitting around for decades and which remains handy for jobs like this.
Unless the typical helicarrier outrigger engine pods are meant to be added later the engines must be integral to the hull so I’ve placed six exhaust outlets along the keel to represent them. I mean, this is a Tony Stark invention and I doubt he’d just whack ginormous rotor blades on the thing. Probably some seriously humungous repulsors, I reckon.
For the picture I didn't mess with the model too much. Just dropped it onto a blue screen (okay, a scrap of blue fabric) on the outdoor table, photographed the hell out of it, pulled the ship element out in Photoshop, and dropped it into an Aussie sky plate I shot seperately. Fiddled with the lighting a little, painted some foreground cloud in, and did some general digital housekeeping to clean things up.
I’ve taken the liberty of christening her “Thunder Child” because...well, because I can!
H.G Wells fans will know why, though I dare say that the Thunder God Thor’s mighty brow might be a little puzzled by the name.
Other favourite ‘skyships’ include: Manta Station (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), Spectrum’s Cloudbase (Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), and U.N.I.T’s Valiant (seen in the Doctor Who episode, The Sound of Drums).
Oh, and the rings painted on the business ends of the guns do NOT denote kills.
Probably.
They're, um, clearance markers so that the helmsman can get a visual check on his proximity to the dock when landing.....
Fair dinkum!
Ahhhhh, Red Hulk, you ruddy maggot. Only went and crashed the bloody thing! On the other hand, what a tax write off Stark's going to get! Wonder who will get the contract to build the new one....$$$$$!!
The Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is a sculpture in Reykjavík, Iceland by Jón Gunnar Árnason. The Sun Voyager is located on the waterfront north of Reykjavík's city centre, and points towards the sun when it is setting in the north, as suggested by the name. The sculpture is constructed of steel and resembles a Viking ship, and is the most photographed art piece in Reykjavík.
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. 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. It uses approximately 75 kW of power.
Buried underneath the light tower are upward of 500,000 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.
Construction of the tower started on 9 October, 2006 when Ono dedicated the location, and it was officially unveiled on the same date in 2007. The ceremony was broadcast internationally to numerous television networks. In attendance with Ono were son Sean Lennon, bandmate Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison, widow of George Harrison, and Olivia's son Dhani Harrison. Paul McCartney was invited, but could not attend due to a court case. Yoko Ono said on the day of the inauguration that the tower was the best thing that she and John had ever done.
Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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66 (s)miles.. Out on Navi today..
Ladybower Reservoir here..
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!
Humidity and temperature sensors and underground soil tensiometers are strategically located throughout Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015. Data from this and other sensors will be transmitted to a comunication repeater on the hill in the distance, where it will go to a cloud-based irrigation management system. The farms are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Color-coded flags mark strategic locations where soil tensiometers are buried at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015. Data from this sensor and other sensors will be trnsmitted to a comunication repeater on the hill in the distance, where it will go to a cloud-based irrigation management system. The farms are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Micro irrigation flexiable plastic hoses (poly tape) with water emitters, tap directly into large flexible distribution hoses at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015. They are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Micro irrigation flexiable plastic hoses (poly tape) with water emitters, run into and are buried in rows of strawberries at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Solar powered weather monitoring field station that measures temperature and relative humidity at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, they are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless soil tensiometers positioned throughout farms in three counties will enable them to track soil conditions and better manage the watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data and methods with other producers. Better management by producers using a dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Other methods include use of treated water and blending of treated water with salty ground water to bring it to useable levels. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Solar powered weather monitoring field station that measures temperature and relative humidity at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, they are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless soil tensiometers positioned throughout farms in three counties will enable them to track soil conditions and better manage the watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data and methods with other producers. Better management by producers using a dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Other methods include use of treated water and blending of treated water with salty ground water to bring it to useable levels. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Solar powered weather monitoring field station that measures temperature and relative humidity at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, they are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless soil tensiometers positioned throughout farms in three counties will enable them to track soil conditions and better manage the watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data and methods with other producers. Better management by producers using a dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Other methods include use of treated water and blending of treated water with salty ground water to bring it to useable levels. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless solar powered soil tensiometers, and weather field stations positioned throughout farms in three counties enable them to track soil, temperature, and humidity conditions with a cloud-based irrigation management system, to better manage watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data, methods, and experiences with other producers. Better management by producers using a currently dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Solar powered weather monitoring field station that measures temperature and relative humidity at Reiter Berry Farms, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015, they are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve on the 30% water savings they already achieve with precision micro subsurface irrigation. The use of a Wireless Irrigation Monitoring Network (WIN) to collects data from wireless soil tensiometers positioned throughout farms in three counties will enable them to track soil conditions and better manage the watering and soil conservation efforts in more than 700 acres. They actively share their data and methods with other producers. Better management by producers using a dwindling supply and quality of ground water (wells) in this county will help recharge the aquifer and prevent the migration of nearby Pacific Ocean salt water into the ground water they use. This is one of the ways growers are extending the water supply. Other methods include use of treated water and blending of treated water with salty ground water to bring it to useable levels. Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) has been involved with family farming since 1868; is a leading fresh, multi-berry producer in the world; and a leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.