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If you like beautiful images of the landscape, especially those containing weather elements, you will love this slide show of the winners of the 2018 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. See them at the Beauty of Planet Earth here.
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A new data visualization tool called PolarGlobe has been made available by scientists at Arizona State University. While it focuses on information from polar regions, it has global atmospheric circulation and also some ocean circulation information at multiple levels. I haven’t had the chance to play with it much yet,…
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Here is a link to a really cool time lapse video of waves in a new snow pack in New York. The mechanism is similar to the movement of sand dunes over a desert floor over time, but it is the first time I have seen it with snow. I’ve…
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Stu Ostro of the Weather Channel posted a set of the most amazing weather images from 2018 at the end of the year. If you have not had the chance to view them yet, take a few minutes to see some of the spectacular views of weather from earth last…
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I am a sucker for beautiful images of earth as taken from high altitudes, so you can see the wonderful patterns of water and geology on the surface. You can read a story about a new photo essay here that shows the impact of water on the landscape and see…
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The Weather Channel posted a story this morning showing the best 15 satellite images that they saw this year. They are really amazing! You probably remember some of them. Check them out at https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-12-amazing-weather-images-satellite-radar-2018. The picture I have posted here is not one of them, but I think it’s pretty…
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Did you know that the Appalachian Mountains can affect weather and climate a long distance away from where they are? The cold air damming that we call “The Wedge” is one way that it affects local conditions here in Athens GA and in places as far away as Birmingham. Downslope…
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