Vapour trails
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01-May-2023
A heat T-storm, in the late afternoon, poured 34mm or l/m2 of rain into this area which the setting sun was unable to dry, therefore keeping the humidity close to saturation.
The Babno basin/polje is known for the strong nocturnal thermal inversion due to factors that enhance it such as the calcareous bottom and the open-air meadow area, which favor the rapid loss of heat from the ground towards space and a rapid decrease in temperatures from sunset.
The decrease in the evening temperature therefore favored the condensation of an already saturated water vapour.
In a short time, the entire basin will be covered by dense fog of low height.
A shot from this mornings mooch around Felixstowe, I even remembered to check the tide table BEFORE I left the house this time...!!!
29-08-2016 | Published in the 'Daily Dozen' in the online version of National Geographic.
" Hear your Voice - I hear You Call me
Through the Ether - Through my storm
There is nothing left to hold me
All I fall - Into my Soul...."
(Aleah-Vapour)
** It was a strange day, very cold and bright, and a total absence of wind led to some strange clouds caused by industry . This was taken from Hull, looking across the Humber to the South bank of the river . I am sure these conditions have happened before, but I cannot remember the Humber so calm and blue.
Though it was not my intention, I think I have managed to capture the scale of the Humber Estuary . In the left, you can just see the outline of the North bank as it curves south; the mouth of the river is more or less straight up from the little red light ship. The estuary was celebrated in Philip Larkin’s famous poem, The Whitsun Weddings, describes leaving Hull by train and then observing the Humber:
“We ran behind the backs of houses, crossed a street
Of blinding windscreens, smelt the fish-dock; thence
The river’s level drifting breadth began,
Where sky and Lincolnshire and water meet.”
Back in 2016, I arrived in New Orleans for the first time . I dropped my bags, didn’t head for the nearest bar, and rushed to see the Mississippi River . I was a bit disappointed; it seemed less impressive than the Humber. I know the Big Muddy a much grander river and hundreds of miles longer than the River Humber, but standing on the riverfront at New Orleans, I felt strangely robbed, so I went and had a beer and a beignet.
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A larger caterpillar (on the same acer) than I posted the other day. The smaller one is still there and survived yesterday's deluge. I Think this one has a little more detail. Should repay viewing large if you have the time.
font: Pie Contest
Walter Wingate.
A Misty Dawn
The air is moist with thaw;
And where with patient moil
The teams their furrows draw,
A following halo crowns their warmth of toil.
The alders where they rim
The half-awakened stream,
Are vapour swathed and dim,
Like morning sleepers trammelled yet with dream.
The autumn hues are flown:
The landscape waits the day
Subdued to monotone:
A pencil sketch upon a ground of grey.
But where the morning shows
Beyond the eastern pale,
The mist is warmed with rose-
Faint as a blush behind a bridal veil.
The erubescence dies:
The world is grey again:
And through the alders sighs
A quiet fall of soft November rain.
I took this shot on the way to our cottage in the country here in Germany. The car was moving quite fast at the time and I took lots of shots with my iPhone through the window of the car… luckily I found this one amongst them!!
As I was sitting in the backyard the other evening, I noticed this vapour trail during the last ray of light and thought it would make for a great shot.
Nikon D850, Nikkor 14-24mm at 14mm, 7.6sec, f/11, ISO 64 and -3.0 EV.
NiSi S5 holder (150 x150)with cpl, Soft Nano IR GND (0.9) and 6 stop Nano IR ND64 (1,8)
Edited in Lightroom Mobile on my iPad Pro.
Taken in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
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Contrails or vapour trails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. Contrails are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals...l have always been fascinated by them but never took a photo of them ..
Was certain I was never going to come across an interesting bug until I got my reward for helping to water our neighbours plants when I spied this hairy feller!
It’s a vapourer moth apparently after a bit of an image search, looks more impressive in this part of its life cycle as the moth form is less impressive. There has been a massive decline in moth and butterfly populations of late because of over use of insecticide and even light pollution issues. We’ve been trying to leave a chunk of our garden ‘wild’ at least that’s my excuse!
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This was one of a number feeding on a ceanosis in a neighbour's garden. The adult male of the species is easily recognisable by their rich reddish brown forewings. The females are virtually wingless and are unable to fly and remain close to the papal cocoon. They are found throughout Europe, temperate Asia, Siberia and the USA. As with most hairy caterpillars, the bristles are connected to venomous glands and function as a defensive barrier to would-be predators and cause irritation to the skin. They feed on the foliage of various trees and shrubs.
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An Air France Boeing 777 -228 (er) flying at 37,000 feet and travelling at 472 knots coming from Tokyo and going home to Paris , all useless information really but it does give the shot identity . Taken for the one shot a day 2023 group and just to see how the new Sig handled such a shot .
It's that time of year again. It's rare for a year to go by without finding a vapourer or rusty tussock moth caterpillar in the garden. This one is on a Japanese anemone leaf.
Whilst out walking around Hoober Stand today I couldn't help but admire the powder blue Mediterranean skies & the total absence of vapour trails from aircraft.A rare sight.
2009. This one caused a bit of a stir when I first did it. Surprisingly simple to paint, maybe only took a couple of hours to paint. I remember Berst walking over while I was working on it and he was like "are you going to put and outline on this?" and I was like "no!" and he was like "hmmm, I dunno...". After I was finished he saw the vision and agreed it worked.
Africa Zimbabwe Victoria Falls Water Shrubs Outdoors Sky Blue Clouds White Vapour Rock Gorge River Zambezi
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All those light trails left by the many planes in the sky remind me of war footage; endless smoke trails left by missiles and bullets. I feel like that adds something to this shot of one of the Martello Towers on Eastbourne seafront.
I'm not sure why I didn't do anything with the shots from this trip, back in 2014. Perhaps there was something I was after that I simply didn't capture? Regardless, when I found the individual (pre-stacked) shots I found them to be rather OK. So, here they are. I must return to some of these places one day and try something different.
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