Interesting weather images
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If you love watching the clouds, today is your day! According to their website, “This year, for the first time, the Cloud Appreciation Society is launching Cloud Appreciation Day on Friday September 16th. This will be an internationally recognized day when people around the world are encouraged to spend a few moments appreciating the beauty…
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You might think that summer is warmer than winter because the earth is closer to the sun. But in fact, the earth’s orbit takes us farthest from the sun in summer, on a date called the aphelion. This year’s aphelion is today, July 4. EarthSky posted an interesting story from 2018 with a photo that…
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Today is World Oceans Day. In honor of the day, EarthSky posted a link to NASA’s Perpetual Ocean video, a 3-minute compilation of ocean currents from 2005 to 2007 across the globe. You can view it and read more about it at EarthSky | Video: Perpetual Ocean will wow you.
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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, including some new never-before seen…
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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, lightning, and other severe weather…
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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 once a glacier, now there…
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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.