I don’t talk about space weather too often because it usually does not affect climate or agriculture, but this is too interesting not to share. A new Mars expedition, the Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, today released stunning images of Mars’ mysterious auroras,…
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If you love spectacular photography and time lapse images of clouds, you will enjoy this new 4-minute video from Mike Olbinski showing a series of haboobs, or dust storms, crossing through his home state of Arizona. In the past he has released a number of videos showing the monsoon, tornadoes,…
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Most people are fascinated by “before and after” pictures showing how people and places can transform over time. This story from Yale Climate Connections shows how photographers are documenting changes to natural features caused by the warming climate by trying to recreate historic photographs of famous places. Where there was…
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If you enjoy looking at time lapse images of clouds, you are sure to love this new video of time lapse photography taken from wildfire remote cameras across California. It’s about 5 minutes long and shows cloud imagery at a bunch of different remote camera sites.
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It’s the time of year when frost starts to affect large parts of the Southeast. One of the interesting phenomena that can occur in these chilly conditions are something called “frost flowers”. Basically, they are formed by thin ribbons of moisture freezing in the soil and being extruded upward into…
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Do you love to look at amazing photos of weather events? I do! Here is an article from Science Focus that discusses a new book published by the Royal Meteorological Society that includes photos from the last five years of their weather photo contest. The twelve photos here are a…
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If you like to watch exciting time lapse video of clouds, you can never go wrong with Mike Olbinski’s fantastic cloud videos. This week he released a new one, Vorticity 4, that highlights spinning clouds, plus a few tornadoes, cloudbursts, and lightning. You can view it at https://youtu.be/YJgDBr_pH4U. Be sure…
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