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The ministry of time
Chapter II: The Mystery of the Incubators
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Sam found himself alone in the laboratory, the dim lights flickering intermittently over the equipment. A bottle of beer was within his reach as he immersed himself in his thoughts. Recently, an unusual event had shaken his scientific world: the disappearance of a body from the incubators. This act not only defied the laws but also raised serious questions about the integrity of the timeline.
As the golden liquid flowed down his throat, Sam pondered the possible devastating consequences that this incident could unleash. What effect would it have on historical evolution? How would it alter temporal continuity? These questions haunted him, filling his mind with unease and concern.
An even more alarming idea seized his thoughts: Who could have orchestrated this act and for what purpose? Time travel technology was heavily regulated, its illegal use a serious offense. Only a few would have access to it, and none of them would have noble motives to carry out such an action.
As Sam delved into his reflections, a determination grew within him: he must uncover the truth behind this enigma. Not only for the sake of the scientific community and temporal stability but also for his insatiable thirst for knowledge. With determination in his gaze, he promised himself that he would not rest until he found answers and ensured that temporal integrity remained intact.
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Luxemburgo - Place du Puits-Rouge - Roude Petz marker
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ENGLISH:
Luxembourg City is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 213 km (132 mi) by road from Brussels, 372 km (231 mi) from Paris, and 209 km (130 mi) from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.
The city's population consists of 160 nationalities. Foreigners represent 70% of the city's population, whilst Luxembourgers represent 30% of the population; the number of foreign-born residents in the city rises steadily each year.
Luxembourg is ranked as having the second-highest per capita GDP in the world with the city having developed into a banking and administrative centre. It was placed first for personal safety, while it was ranked 19th for quality of living.
It is one of the de facto capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Frankfurt and Strasbourg), as it is the seat of several institutions, agencies and bodies, including the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Auditors, the Secretariat of the European Parliament, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Stability Mechanism, as well as amongst other European Commission departments and services, Eurostat. The Council of the European Union meets in the city for three months annually.
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Luxemburgo es la capital de la pequeña nación europea del mismo nombre. Se construyó entre desfiladeros profundos, cortados por los ríos Alzette y Pétrusse, y es famosa por sus ruinas de fortificaciones medievales. La extensa red de túneles de Bock Casemates abarca un calabozo, una prisión y la Cripta Arqueológica, considerada como la cuna del país. A lo largo de las murallas en lo alto, el paseo Chemin de la Corniche tiene miradores impresionantes.
Livestock mobility, flexible use of rangelands, and diverse herds were key elements of traditional nomadic pastoral practices throughout the world and contributed to the high ecological stability of pastoral systems.
Nomads are still found today on the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya. Known in the Tibetan language as drokpa, translating as “high-pasture people,” there are an estimated two million Tibetan-speaking nomads spread over a vast area. Throughout the Tibetan areas of what is now the People’s Republic of China and in the northern parts of Bhutan, India and Nepal, nomads are an important element in the economy and society wherever they are found, but their way of life is disappearing.
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The North American T-6 Texan is a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used during and after World War II. It was primarily used by the USAAF, US Navy (SNJ), and RAF (Harvard). The Texan had a low-wing monoplane design, used for pilot training, and featured a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine. It had a top speed of around 205 mph (330 km/h) and served as a trainer and light attack aircraft. The T-6 Texan remains popular in the civilian warbird community and is known for its stability and excellent handling.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, spent a few days in the Horno Canyon for urban warfare training using simulation paint rounds as a part of a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force deploying to the Black Sea, Caucasus and Balkan regions. BSRF-11 has a unique mission to help promote regional stability, build partnerships with host nations and advise military training capacity of European armed forces training with U.S. troops. The GCE consist of Marines from various companies within the Anti-Terrorism Battalion, Bessemer, Ala. March.14, 2011
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Outrigger boats (bangka) are used in the Philippines at all sizes. You can find them from small canoes to midsize ferry boats.
The outrigger canoe is a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull. Smaller canoes often employ a single outrigger on the port side, while larger canoes may employ a single outrigger, double outrigger, or double hull configuration.
Using an outrigger or double hull configuration greatly increases the stability of the canoe, but introduces much less hydrodynamic inefficiency than making a single hull canoe wider. Compared to other types of canoes, outrigger canoes can be quite fast, yet are also capable of being paddled and sailed in rougher water.
I've neglected this project for nearly a year due to some nasty builder's block. I successfully waited it out, and I'm back to building. Please pardon the wood--the two halves of the ship are only connected at the base right now, which makes it rather unstable. Please pardon the cluttered background too. Due to said lack of stability, I can't move the ship to a more photogenic location without raising my blood pressure dangerously. I've attempted to defocus the background out of existence as a compromise.
UPDATE: This model is now complete.
"The remarkable dancing of sandhill cranes is systemic, contagious, addictive, and enthusiastic. Long intricate displays frequently involve the circling of one crane around a stationary partner or the mutual rotation of both partners. Although the dancing is most common in the breeding season, sandhill cranes can engage in their spontaneous dance displays throughout the entire year. The sequences of coordinated dance steps are often seen at summer nesting territories, but are also seen more rarely at roosting and staging sites.
Courting cranes are magnificent as they stretch their wings, pump their heads, bow, and leap into the air in a graceful and energetic dance. Successfully paired sandhill cranes are strictly monogamous and typically mate for life. Juvenile sandhill cranes begin to select their mates between the age of two and five years of age, and remain paired for decades. Because of the stability of their lifelong relationship and its benefits, sandhill cranes are long-lived and commonly survive 20 or more years in the wild"...
from the Michigan Songbird Protection Coalition.
The spring migration is now underway. Flagstaff County, Alberta.
Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and Martyrs at the Diocletian Baths in Rome, the last great architectural project from the genius of Michelangelo.
Meridian Line built by Francesco Bianchini. Stability of the site over centuries is a requirement for high precision astrometry such as the inclination of the Earth axis over its orbit plan. The exact durations of a lunar month and a tropical year were other scientific tasks of this Meridian Line.
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Standing motionless behind the protection of branches and fallen trees, these native Mule Deer watched me cautiously. Their large radar ears shifted at my every movement. Mimicking their stillness, I stood there in the open field like a ridiculous statue dressed in thick winter's clothing. I shifted my weight ever so slightly, adjusting the front foot for stability. The twigs underneath crunched and the smaller doe twitched nervously...And in that second, I snapped a series of shots.
I have been searching for them all season long. A few weeks ago, I caught sight of two large stags dashing out of the dense trees, only to quickly disappeared. It will be snowing again soon, and I'm sure we'll meet again...
كل شيء يحتاج للتوازن حتى مزاج الانسان يحتاج للتوازن وبدون ذلك تصبح الحياة مستحيله وهذه الصوره تبين حاله من التوازن بين الطيور لتصبح الحياة مستمره
I shot this picture in 1983
China, Hebei Province, Malan Valley,…offside from the usual tourist routes,
…the Qing Tombs,”Dingling”, Dìnglíng literally meaning "Tomb of Stability".
The Eastern Tombs of the Qing dynasty are located 125 km Northeast of Beijing. The Qing dynasty, also known as Qing Empire, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636, following the Ming Dynasty, ruling China for 368 years from 1644 to 1912,
The Eastern Tombs of the Qing dynasty basic layout consists of three sections
& considered as the largest, most complete & best preserved existing mausoleum complex in China. Altogether, five emperors, 15 empresses, 136 imperial concubines, three princes & two princesses of the Qing dynasty are buried here.
The last Emperor of China from the Qing Dynasty was Pu Yi, after being a Marionette for the Japanese occupier, years in Soviet & Chinese prisons, the lived the last years of his life until 1967 as librarian & a gardener in Beijing’s botanic garden. Under the then laws, his body was cremated in a crematorium & buried first in the Beijing Revolutionary Cemetery Babaoshan. In 1995, his widow moved the urn to a cemetery outside the city, near the traditional tombs of his Qing ancestors.
Eastern Tombs of the Qing dynasty are surrounded by Changrui, Jinxing, Huanghua & Yingfei Daoyang Mountains, the tomb complex stretches over a total area of 80 square kilometres.
Due to the distance to Beijing, few tourist find their way to the Qing Mausoleum, neither is it much promoted by the tourist office & travel agencies, therefor there is a special atmosphere, relaxing, just like traveling through forgotten time & spaces.
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Kitty action! Short legs = extra stability!
FYI Beibei was trying to reach for a toy above the frame.
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 10, 2015) Two F/A-18 Super Hornets and two Royal Malaysian Air Force Mig 29 Fulcrum fly in formation above aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson Strike group is deployed to 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr.)
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And a little jazz tune from planet earth:
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When I was in my 40's, I used to dress up and go to a cigar club owned by one of the Hollywood legends on Saturday nights. It had smoky mahogany walls and ceilings and beautiful, rich red elegant chairs that one could almost melt into, fantastic oil paintings on the walls.. I was often the only woman there, and those of us there knew we were there for the gorgeous piano jazz. The place is gone now, but I have lovely memories of the music, and can go back if I close my eyes.
The site of the modern castle was established by King Malcolm III, who built a stronghold here in 1057 after destroying Macbeth’s castle at Crown Hill. The great reforming King David I granted Inverness its status as a royal burgh in the first half of the 12th century. A Dominican friary was founded in the town in 1233 and the first permanent bridge across the Ness was in operation by the middle of the 13th century. All the pieces were in place now to enable the town to flourish, and Inverness quickly consolidated its position as the pre-eminent Highland cultural and trading centre, its harbour bustling with shipbuilding, fishing and exports of fish and cattle, hides and furs, wool and cloth, leaving the port on fast cogs for markets to the south and across the North Sea to Scandinavia or Flanders and the wider Continent.
Inverness’s commercial and strategic importance has always attracted military incursions, and its history is turbulent and drenched in blood. The town and its castle were sacked many times during the Middle Ages, by attackers ranging from marauding Highland clansmen to Scotland’s great patriot-king Robert the Bruce, who destroyed the castle in 1307 to keep it from being used as a bulwark against his authority in the north of the country. Mary, Queen of Scots laid siege to Inverness for three days before it capitulated in 1562. Surveying the environs from atop the castle walls, the pugnacious 20-year-old queen caught sight of a patrol of Royal guards and expressed disappointment that she was "not a man to know what life it was to lie all night in the fields, or to walk upon the causeway with a jack (an armour breastplate) and knapschall (a helmet), a Glasgow buckler (a shield) and a broadsword”. Oliver Cromwell extended and strengthened the castle in 1652, but this structure was taken down again within a decade – only Cromwell’s clock-tower remains today. The garrison fort was reinforced once more in 1725, but was captured by Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite army in March 1746, and then blown up by government forces after the Jacobites were crushed at Culloden just a month later. With the clans subdued, and London law enforced across the Highlands, relative, long-term stability came to the Inverness for the first time. Trade flourished, and the town’s first bank opened in 1775. A court house and prison were built in 1789 and 1791 respectively, and Inverness Academy was established in 1792. The Royal Northern Infirmary opened in 1804, and the town got its first newspaper, The Inverness Journal and Northern Advertiser, in 1807.
There were many orchards in highly cultivated Shropshire. Their long lines of trees and blooming blossom were particularly pretty at this time of Spring. And as I looked amongst them for a shot as I drove past, I did a double take when I passed this field. It was such a complex structure rigged in a huge field. With hundreds and hundreds of huge poles set in the ground and an intricate lattice of strings criss-crossing in all directions I was staggered at the amount of work that must be required to set up the field before anything was grown. But what crop? Runner beans, grape vines, I had no idea, but eventually came to the conclusion they must be for hops to go into beer. It was hard to find a composition that gave any interest, but all the same I was impressed with the intricacy and labour that had gone into rigging this big field.
Not technically a fence as such but........stuffit!
Hops are the female flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant, Humulus lupulus (Cannabaceae). They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. (Wikipedia)
"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability." Ho Chi Minh
Are you not better than a pine? Do not grieve but find real joy and peace in my Lord.
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10
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Today the KCS no longer exists as an independent company. Now part of the CPKC.
With the exception of a few trips to Mississippi, most of my experience with the KCS has been along the former Gateway Western lines. The KCS takeover of the ATSF dependent GWWR brought stability to a line that had become redundant to the newly formed BNSF. The KCS continued the upgrade of the physical plant that GWWR started and the route is now in better shape than ever. The Bartlett Grain loading facility at Jacksonville has brought much needed traffic to an under utilized line and hopefully the new company will continue to bring in additional business.
I must admit that from a railfan point of view that after being able to photograph GWWR and ATSF powered trains, I initially wasn't really excited with the KCS takeover with their gray engines and all but when they brought back the Southern Belle scheme first to the business train and then to the rest of the fleet my opinion quickly changed.
Shown here is a westbound extra MESKC passing through the small village of Hillview IL on a Saturday afternoon in March of 2016. In a few miles they will cross the Illinois River at Pearl. The lead units look great in the belle scheme. Goodbye KCS.
International criminal court / The Hague / The Netherlands
This is one of the new buildings of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (see link below). It is situated at the edge of the dunes and after finishing the buildings the dune nature around the buildings was restored. It was Friday evening, so almost nobody was working there anymore. The size of the building, the plants in and around the building, the bird on the roof and the sunset sky created for me a surreal mood.
From their website www.icc-cpi.int/about:
"Justice is a key prerequisite for lasting peace. International justice can contribute to long‐term peace, stability and equitable development in post‐conflict societies. These elements are foundational for building a future free of violence."
www.icc-cpi.int/about/how-the-court-works/Pages/default.a...
It is a matter of concern that free people needs peace, harmony and stability.
BahaI, house of worship. The Bah'i Faith is an independent world region, divine in origin and scientific in its method.
All are welcome to meditate and pray in silence.
Added legs, tried a new way for the hands. Articulation and stability is way way better than the previous version now!
C'è sempre aria fredda pur se splende il sole ! Una notizia è che quel pesco ornamentale che avevo postato ghiacciato, non sta fiorendo, quei petali un pò fioriti dai germogli stanno volando via nell'aria fredda !
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Fino alla metà di aprile le settimane trascorreranno tra giornate miti e soleggiate e fasi piovose e relativamente fredde, con le piogge che bagneranno con insistenza le regioni settentrionale e centrali, accompagnate ancora da nevicate !
Nella seconda parte di aprile invece l'atmosfera tenderà ad una maggior stabilità e le regioni cominceranno a correre spedite verso l'estate, ma solo nelle regioni meridionali. Nel resto dell'Italia il tempo rimarrà più incerto !
Nell'ultima parte della stagione l'alta pressione si impadronirà dell'Italia con giornate calde e piene di sole !
(meteo clima)
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Non c'è cammino troppo lungo per chi cammina lentamente e senza premura; non c'è meta troppo lontana per chi vi si prepara con la pazienza.
(Jean de La Bruyère)
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There is always cold air even if the sun is shining! A news is that that ornamental peach tree I had posted frozen, is not blooming, those petals a flowery from the buds are wishing away in the cold air!
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Up to the middle of April the weeks will pass between mild and sunny days and rainy and relatively cold phases, with the rains that will steeply insist the northern and central regions, still accompanied by snow!
In the second part of April, however, the atmosphere will tend to a greater stability and the regions will begin to run sped towards the summer, but only in the southern regions. In the rest of Italy the weather will remain more uncertain!
In the last part of the season the high pressure will seize Italy with hot and sunny days!
(meteo climate)
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There is no too long path for those who walk slowly and without care; there is no goal too far for those who prepare themselves with patience.
(Jean de La Bruyère)
Today I am grateful for strength and stability. Meaning the strenght that I find every day to keep going, to keep this family, my business, friendships, and everything else that requires our daily strength to keep going. Time is soo limited and often I just want to hide for a minute, but from somewhere (most times) I find my strength and keep going. Stability is incredibly important and also comes in many ways. Stability through jobs, money, a roof over our head, relationships and more.
I am thankful for it all...
Ps Happy fence friday ;)
Imaging planetary interiors using seismic pulses was one of the most important tasks before deciding whether the Federation should colonise and terraform a new planet. Shallower resources could be mined, and deeper strata revealed information about the planet's composition and tectonic stability.
Little rover for the 40th anniversary of Classic Space. Old grey of course. Saw Alec Hole use this windscreen arrangement too, but I promise I built this before I saw his lovely Tanker Rover!
Sarah
These are the swords we built for BW this year. They were inspired both by Sean's epic sword and the wing piece. :) It was rather fun playing with the handle in order to fill up all the holes but it came at the expense of stability (and several other builds I wanted to build xP). In the end you can only hold this sword in one way or it'll break in half. xD
Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos Caudatus
The long-tailed tit is globally widespread throughout temperate northern Europe and Asia, into boreal Scandinavia and south into the Mediterranean zone. It inhabits deciduous and mixed woodland with a well-developed shrub layer, favouring edge habitats. It can also be found in scrub, heathland with scattered trees, bushes and hedges, in farmland and riverine woodland, parks and gardens. The bird's year-round diet of insects and social foraging bias habitat choice in winter towards deciduous woodland, typically of oak, ash and locally sycamore species. For nesting, strong preference is shown towards scrub areas. The nest is often built in thorny bushes less than 3 metres above the ground.
The nest of the long-tailed tit is constructed from four materials - lichen, feathers, spider egg cocoons and moss, with over 6,000 pieces used for a typical nest. The nest is a flexible sac with a small, round entrance on top, suspended either low in a gorse or bramble bush or high up in the forks of tree branches. The structural stability of the nest is provided by a mesh of moss and spider silk. The tiny leaves of the moss act as hooks and the spider silk of egg cocoons provides the loops; thus forming a natural form of velcro. The tit lines the outside with hundreds of flakes of pale lichens - this provides camouflage. Inside, it lines the nest with more than 2,000 downy feathers to insulate the nest. Nests suffer a high rate of predation with only 17% success.
Outside the breeding season they form compact flocks of 6 to 17 birds, composed of family parties (parents and offspring) from the previous breeding season, together with any extra adults that helped to raise a brood. These flocks will occupy and defend territories against neighbouring flocks. The driving force behind the flocking behaviour is thought to be that of winter roosting, being susceptible to cold; huddling increases survival through cold nights.
From July to February, the non-breeding season, long-tailed tits form flocks of relatives and non-relatives, roosting communally. When the breeding season begins, the flocks break up, and the birds attempt to breed in monogamous pairs. Males remain within the winter territory, while females have a tendency to wander to neighbouring territories.
Pairs whose nests fail have three choices: try again, abandon nesting for the season or help at a neighbouring nest. It has been shown that failed pairs split and help at the nests of male relatives, recognition being established vocally. The helped nests have greater success due to higher provisioning rates and better nest defence. At the end of the breeding season, in June–July, the birds reform the winter flocks in their winter territory.
Population:
UK breeding:
340,000 territories
Purple combines the calm stability of blue and the fierce energy of red. The colour purple is often associated with royalty, nobility, luxury, power, and ambition. Purple also represents meanings of wealth, extravagance, creativity, wisdom, dignity, grandeur, devotion, peace, pride, mystery, independence, and magic (sourced from BournCreative).
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Little Owl / athene noctua. 15/08/19.
'1911 - AND A MONUMENTAL MOMENT.'
My patience paid off when this beauty chose one of the monument's date bosses to perch on. This provided more shelter and stability than a high tree branch the bird had favoured for several hours earlier.
We both made the most of the opportunity ... me snapping away, the owl doing some serious grooming! This image was made immediately after a vigorous feather shake-up! What a fabulous subject she was, deserving of the whispered endearments I made and the huge grin I wore.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
A corner of one of the President Relander Memorial cubes. Made of red granite, the whole memorial weighs almost 100 metric tons. Talk about stability
Storm Cloud Night Before Storm Katie On Easter Sunday.
Photo taken from Brooklands view in Seacroft, Leeds 14.
Date of impact 28 March
Maximum wind gust 106 mph (171 km/h)
The Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight
Power outages 100,000
Katie, the eleventh storm of the season, was named by the Met Office on 25 March. During the first half of 28 March strong winds were experienced widely across southern England with coastal gusts of 70-80 mph and inland gusts of 50-70 mph in many places. The peak gust of 106 mph was recorded at the exposed site of The Needles Old Battery. Impacts were widespread across southern England including trees felled, wall, fence and roof damage, scaffolding collapses, bridge closures, flights, ferries and train cancellations and power outages
Hazards
Lightning; these clouds produce lightning.
Wind; these clouds may produce strong winds especially during a downburst
Hail; these clouds can sometimes produce hail
More severe storms; The Cumulonimbus Calvus can further grow larger if the updraft is strong. it can form into a cumulonimbus incus, and bring more severe storms.
Cumulonimbus calvus is a moderately tall cumulonimbus cloud which is capable of precipitation, but has not yet reached the tropopause, which is the height of stratospheric stability where it forms into a Cumulonimbus Capillatus (fibrous-top) or cumulonimbus incus (anvil-top). Cumulonimbus calvus clouds develop from cumulus congestus, and its further development under auspicious conditions will result in cumulonimbus incus.
This cloud consists mainly of water droplets. By definition of cumulonimbus cloud, at its top water droplets are transformed into ice crystals, but for cumulonimbus calvus content of ice crystals is small and freezing is in early stage, so cloud top still looks round and puffy.
Cumulonimbus calvus is characterized by distinctive (between other types of cumulonimbus cloud) rounded shape and relatively sharp edges of its top area, unlike cumulonimbus incus or cumulonimbus capillatus, which have cirriform tops. Developing cumulonimbus calvus loses sharp outlines of the top as more water droplets transform into ice crystals. Strong updrafts may form pileus or thin vertical stripes protruding upwards out of the cloud. When upper part of the cloud freezes to greater extent and clearly visible cirriforms appears, cumulonimbus calvus turns into another species of cumulonimbus.
Cumulonimbus calvus arcus is a sub-type of cumulonimbus calvus, which has arcus cloud ahead of cloud's front.
Species
cumulonimbus calvus: cloud with puffy top, similar to cumulus congestus which it develops from; under the correct conditions in can become a cumulonimbus capillatus.
cumulonimbus capillatus : cloud with cirrus-like, fibrous-edged top.
„Stability - unfortunately lost in many constellations at the moment…“
„Stabilität - in vielen Konstellationen derzeit leider verloren gegangen…“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
I went back to Ireland in mid-March to see my Dad, and although I took the camera with me, the light was generally awful, the weather even more terrible, and I was very tired. But on my last full day I went to visit a friend in Armagh City and the weather was decent, a typical March mix of sunshine and showers, with a gusty breeze.
On the way back, I took a detour to one of my favourite spots to shoot the Mourne Mountains from, the Windy Gap near Dromara. Conditions weren’t spectacular, as the cloud deck was much too low down on the hills, but the blustery weather made for some interestingly wild clouds especially for long exposure shots. I didn’t have a tripod with me given it costs to take on one an aeroplane these days, so I used the wall for some stability. Ironically, the best of the shots in the sequence, in my view, was the short exposure one I used to try and get my framing right.