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Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets starting around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste", which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still a significant amount of woodland in this part of Britain, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250–100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
There are around 250 round barrows within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. One such barrow in particular may represent the only known inhumation burial of the Early Iron Age and the only known Hallstatt culture burial in Britain; however, the acidity of the soil means that bone very rarely survives.
Following Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, according to Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), the area became the site of the Jutish kingdom of Ytene; this name was the genitive plural of Yt meaning "Jute", i.e. "of the Jutes". The Jutes were one of the early Anglo-Saxon tribal groups who colonised this area of southern Hampshire. The word ytene (or ettin) is also found locally as a synonym for giant, and features heavily in local folklore.
Following the Norman Conquest, the New Forest was proclaimed a royal forest, in about 1079, by William the Conqueror. It was used for royal hunts, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads; hence it was then 'new' as a single compact area.
The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Twelfth-century chroniclers alleged that William had created the forest by evicting the inhabitants of 36 parishes, reducing a flourishing district to a wasteland; however, this account is thought dubious by most historians, as the poor soil in much of the area is believed to have been incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, and significant areas appear to have always been uninhabited.
Two of William's sons died in the forest: Prince Richard sometime between 1069 and 1075, and King William II (William Rufus) in 1100. Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest; 17th-century writer Richard Blome provides exquisite detail:
In this County [Hantshire] is New-Forest, formerly called Ytene, being about 30 miles in compass; in which said tract William the Conqueror (for the making of the said Forest a harbour for Wild-beasts for his Game) caused 36 Parish Churches, with all the Houses thereto belonging, to be pulled down, and the poor Inhabitants left succourless of house or home. But this wicked act did not long go unpunished, for his Sons felt the smart thereof; Richard being blasted with a pestilent Air; Rufus shot through with an Arrow; and Henry his Grand-child, by Robert his eldest son, as he pursued his Game, was hanged among the boughs, and so dyed. This Forest at present affordeth great variety of Game, where his Majesty oft-times withdraws himself for his divertisement.
The reputed spot of Rufus's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. John White, Bishop of Winchester, said of the forest:
From God and Saint King Rufus did Churches take, From Citizens town-court, and mercate place, From Farmer lands: New Forrest for to make, In Beaulew tract, where whiles the King in chase Pursues the hart, just vengeance comes apace, And King pursues. Tirrell him seing not, Unwares him flew with dint of arrow shot.
The common rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose. In the Great Storm of 1703, about 4000 oak trees were lost.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under the New Forest Act 1877, which confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and entrenched that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed 65 km2 (25 sq mi) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
As of 2005, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made during the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaved woodland. Rhododendron remains a problem.
During the Second World War, an area of the forest, Ashley Range, was used as a bombing range. During 1941-1945, the Beaulieu, Hampshire Estate of Lord Montagu in the New Forest was the site of group B finishing schools for agents[18] operated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) between 1941 and 1945. (One of the trainers was Kim Philby who was later found to be part of a spy ring passing information to the Soviets.) In 2005, a special exhibition was mounted at the Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999, and it became a National Park in 2005.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest and www.thenewforest.co.uk/
A nearly continuous line of severe thunderstorms stretched from northern New Mexico to southern Wyoming but was only about 10 miles wide.
I received winds South @ 45G55mph as this line moved through at 60 mph.
This image runs from east to west and was taken 45 minutes after the squall passed through.
Cloud type: Stratocumulus stratiformis opacus mamma cumulogenitus?
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The promised clear night sky didn't show up. Not to big a problem / niet het soort nachtfoto dat ik voor ogen had, maar toch tevreden
Clouds roll over Haleakala on the island of Maui.
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Too many clouds for a fire sky but this sunset has nice multiple structure and some color.
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After three lovely days in the north-west of England, showers were forecast today, and the forecast proved correct. This was taken at our holiday home in the north of Lancashire, where we watched the clouds and the showers moving fairly quickly towards us throughout the day.
Thickening late afternoon clouds is a portent of an approaching winter storm (expected tomorrow). Taken 27 Dec.
Cloud type: Stratocumulus lenticularis
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Somewhere over the Caribbean Sea a thunderstorm passes above a little island with turquoise sandbars. Aerial shot from 35,000'.
How many storms can you count?
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After walking over in the lake district for over half of my life I eventually managed to witness a cloud inversion. As we drove to the top of Kirkstone pass I noticed the mists enveloping Ambleside in the valley, so off we trecked to try & find a vantage point to try & capture the scene, & this was the result.
5 X shots joined into a panorama taken at iso 50 - 84mm - f16 - 10 seconds. Lee 0.6GNDH & 0.3GNDS Filters.
Star trail, single exposure lasted 1 hour, taken of course in a moonless night.
I've been so many times above the clouds that I no longer even remember how many...
For me it has become a totally normal thing to see below me a lovely carpet of clouds.
Since the late evening this carpet of clouds was entirely shrouding the Valle Gesso, Natural Park of the Maritime Alps (Italy).
From my vantage point I saw that this valley was pointing slightly to the north, so I instantly knew that thanks to Earth's rotation through a very long exposure I would have got the trails of the stars converging right into the cloudscape! Almost like a logical continuation, an extension of it :-) With some distant light pollution coming from the valleys of Cuneo that would have provided a proper hint of light (light pollution is such a precious component in night photography, unfortunately too often misunderstood and underestimated by beginners).
And so it was, as evidenced by this photo.
It has been really fascinating to fix this interrelation between such elements so ethereal and peculiar (stars, light, clouds). A minimalist and silent dialogue... as I love to understand and live the mountain, in serene and peaceful solitude, admiring these bridges toward the otherworldly.
I am pretty sure: in silence there is the answer.
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Driving through the lanes west of Marlborough in the Kennet Valley, these spectacular cloudscapes caught my eye. Finding somewhere with a clear view over the fields to them, and where I could also park safely on these very narrow roads, was another matter. But I got there in the end!
Late afternoon (5PM) showers tried to developed but lower level air was very dry. Virga and some gusty winds was the best the atmosphere could deliver.
Typical to most days in the UK, the sky is covered in cloud. What looks like a featureless sheet of grey from the ground, looks like this "bumpy" nature of contiguous cumulus clouds from above. At least the sun shines up here. This was taken during a flight from Gatwick to Inverness possibly over Milton Keynes.
These are low-level clouds (below 2,000 m) that appear as a vast, "lumpy" or "heaped" patchwork quilt when seen from above. They often form when individual Cumulus clouds (those white "cotton balls") spread out and join together, creating a contiguous layer that covers the sky. The taller, more "cauliflower-like" bumps seen in the centre of this view are Cumulus congestus—cells that have a bit more vertical energy and are starting to "tower" above the main layer.
Cruising over the UK, it's very common to fly above this type of "maritime" air mass. While it’s gloomy for those on the ground, pilots often prefer being "on top" because it offers smooth air compared to the light turbulence sometimes found inside the Stratocumulus layer.
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A dramatic and intense sky looms over a rural landscape, with dark, swirling supercell storm clouds contrasted against a glowing sunset. The empty road stretching into the distance enhances the sense of vastness and solitude.
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