Interesting weather images
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If you like to look at maps, you might find this map from the NWS Storm Prediction Center interesting. They have collected all of the severe weather reports from across the US and put them all on one map for 2015. Looking closely at it brings out a lot of questions about why it looks…
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If you haven’t been watching astronomy news lately, you may have missed the stories about the total solar eclipse that occurred yesterday in Indonesia and the surrounding regions. EarthSky has some excellent photos of the eclipse at https://earthsky.org/todays-image/todays-eclipse-over-indonesia. The National Weather Service office in Boise posted a time-lapse video from the Himawari 8 satellite showing the…
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To end the work week, I thought you might enjoy a look at some clouds that are almost “out of this world”! Lenticular clouds are named for their distinctive lens shape, which some people think make them look like flying saucers. Lenticular clouds are formed by condensed water vapor in air that is flowing smoothly…
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In honor of Astronaut Scott Kelly’s return to Earth after almost a year in the International Space Station, I thought you might enjoy this selection of images of our planet that he took during his stay in space. Several of them include big weather events. You can see them at https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-most-breathtaking-photos-from-nasa-astronaut-scott-kellys-year-in-space-2016-02-26?link=MW_home_latest_news. Welcome home!
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Recent rains in Death Valley has led to a profusion of wildflowers in what is called a rare “superbloom”. Many desert plants have evolved to survive without blooming for several years until heavy rains wet the desert enough for the plants to form flowers. The last time this happened was 2005. EarthSky posted some photos…
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On my Facebook feed from friends this morning was a story about an amazing map which shows every river in the lower 48 states. You can look at the map and read the story of how it was created at https://www.wired.com/2013/06/infographic-this-detailed-map-shows-every-river-in-the-united-states/. It’s not exactly a weather image but is very interesting to look at and captures…
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The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites produced a 9 minute long video which show the entire year of weather as viewed by satellites. It is interesting to watch the patterns of weather change over the course of the year. You can see the narrated video as well as some other photos of weather…