Interesting weather images
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National Geographic has an interesting set of animated maps showing seasonal migration patterns for seven different species of birds that you might be interested in seeing. The maps show how morning counts of birds vary by month, which allows you to see how they move with the seasons. There is also a map which shows…
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Today is Veterans Day, and a friend of mine shared a photojournal story from The Atlantic from last May on the fading remains of battlefields from World War 1, which ended 100 years ago this year. You can see it here. My dad’s father fought in WW1 on the side of the Germans. He was a…
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Here’s an interesting timelapse graphic based on USGS data which shows the time evolution of rainfall from Hurricane Matthew and the resultant flooding in rivers up the East Coast. You can view it at Reddit here.
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Here is an interesting time-lapse video showing the power outages from Hurricane Michael. Over 3.1 million customers affected, and at one point 1.6 million people were without power. Check it out at https://imgur.com/GRV1J7w.
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If you like time lapse videos of clouds as much as I do, you will be thrilled to watch this latest short video by Mike Olbinski of the Arizona monsoon of 2018. It includes scenes of cloudbursts, lightning, and amazing dust storms set against fantastic desert scenery. Make sure you watch it full screen with…
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If you like aerial photography, you will be sure to like this photo feature from The Atlantic magazine showing a series of images, all at the same scale, showing patches of the earth that are seven square miles big each. The array of different topographies is amazing! You can see the images here. Be sure…
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If you like beautiful weather images (and I know you do), you will enjoy these two shortlists of weather photographs selected from over 4,000 entries to the Royal Meteorological Society’s annual photo contest and from the Weather Channel’s competition. Visit https://www.weather-photo.org/events/weather-photographer-year/2018-weather-photographer-year/finalists/ to vote for your favorite from RMetSoc and see the top fan favorites at TWC…
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