Contributions of the group Weathervane

Lorsque la "sorcière girouette" pointe le nord

nobody@ipernity.com (Christa1004) — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:04:13 +0000

en janvier, il fait froid dans le pays...

WHEN THE WEATHER WITCH POINTS NORTH in January, it gets cold in the country...

WENN DIE WETTERHEXE im Januar nach Norden zeigt, wird es kalt im Lande...

Cape Reinga lighthouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:10:30 +0000

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At the northern extremity of New Zealand's North Island and now a very popular tourist destination. This lighthouse only began operation in 1941, replacing another on a nearby island. It was automated in 1987 and, since 2021, has operated on solar power with batteries. Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone.

Comme fraîchement lavé ...

nobody@ipernity.com (Christa1004) — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 23:18:46 +0000

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Après une matinée pluvieuse, le soleil s'est montré dans l'après-midi, avec des couleurs brillantes (vue depuis le séjour au 1er étage).

AS IF FRESHLY WASHED... After a rainy morning, the sun came out in the afternoon with bright colours (view from the living room on the 1st floor).

WIE FRISCH GEWASCHEN... Nach einem verregneten Vormittag zeigte sich am Nachmittag die Sonne mit kräftigen Farben. (Blick vom Wohnzimmer im 1. Stock).

Monte Gordo, Morning on the beach

nobody@ipernity.com (Xata) — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 21:18:42 +0000

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Tourists are gone and we feel free!

Weather office

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:52:43 +0000

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This would have been the Longreach weatther office. Like most such field offices I'm fairly sure it now is deserted and automated, though the Dines Anemometer still is there at right. In the foreground (that dish mounted on a turret) an old WF2 wind-finding radar, as I used to operate long ago. It's now very much a museum piece. Behind, to the left, is the current Longreach weather radar, you can see its current output here.

Footnote: If you'd like to see the current Longreach weather, click the little box at lower right in the "map features" section of the radar page. The red number is temperature, blue is wind speed.

Reposted to wish everyone a HFF and a great weekend.

A boat on the roof ridge.

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:20:31 +0000

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Traveling 2 day.
My contribution to HWW group.
Stay well.

Bourke Post Office

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:20:12 +0000

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Australia's smaller country towns have some lovely old buildings, such as this Post Office and the pub across the road (see PiP) in Bourke. I guess there isn't the same pressure to "replace with newer" that applies to the larger centres.

Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a safe and enjoyable weekend.

Harbour view

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:38:34 +0000

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Looking across the little harbour at Wollongong, on the NSW south coast. The pole on the left was originally the central pivot point for a crane used for the goods carried by the old coastal steamers early in the last century.

Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a safe and enjoyable weekend.

Bruny Island Lighthouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:40:17 +0000

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In 1804, the British colonists opened a second Australian penal colony in Hobart, at least partly to prevent further French interest in the area - see my previous image. HFF and have a great weekend everyone.

The following is from Wikipedia. "(this) is the second oldest extant lighthouse tower in Australia, as well as having the longest (158 years) history of being continuously manned. It was first lit in March 1838 and was eventually decommissioned on 6 August 1996.

The project was commissioned by Governor George Arthur in 1835 after a series of shipwrecks south of Bruny Island and construction began in April 1836. The lighthouse was built by convict labour using locally quarried dolerite over two years. When first lit in March 1838 it was Tasmania's third lighthouse and Australia's fourth."

There now is a new automated and solar powered light near the old lighthouse.

On the Roof

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger (Grisly)) — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:49:28 +0000

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A sea front weather vane at Burnham on Sea in Somerset.

Nacreous Clouds

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 11:12:54 +0000

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Copied from an old 1966 slide. Previously posted some years ago, now with a better quality image. View large on black.

The Bureau of Meteorology had asked us to look for these colourful thin clouds and, in August, we were surprised and delighted to see them behind the meteorological office. They are Nacreous Clouds, also known as "Mother of Pearl" clouds because of their colours or, more currently, as "Polar Stratospheric Clouds". They are made of ice crystals (which give their colour), are about 20-25 km high, and form when temperatures there drop below -80 C. They had always been considered quite rare and I believe our sighting was one of the earliest confirmed at Mawson in Antarctica. There have been very numerous sightings since, significantly becoming as late as October, because of climate change effects.

Ozone normally forms in the early spring in the polar stratosphere and absorbs ultraviolet radiation as the sun returns, in the process warming the stratosphere. In the 1970s it was found that Chlorofluorocarbon gases (once used in spray cans and old refrigerators) mix through the atmosphere and break up the newly formed ozone, causing the polar stratosphere to remain colder in spring. This is the "ozone hole". Although chlorofluorocarbon gas use has (largely) been banned, it will take years for the gases already released to break down, for the ozone hole to heal totally, and for the stratosphere to return to normal. Yes, this is relevant to climate change: see this link.

Autumn Afternoon.

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger (Grisly)) — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:48:51 +0000

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The habour entrance lighthouse late on an autumn afternoon during low tide at Watchet on the West Somerset coast,

HFF and take care

Wetterhahn

nobody@ipernity.com (Erhard Bernstein) — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:27:02 +0000

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Auf der Petrikirche in Braunschweig.
Der kupferne Hahn wurde von Bodo Kampmann gestaltet und 1971 angebracht.
Er ist immerhin 3,25 m hoch!

le sens du vent.....................

nobody@ipernity.com (PascalL) — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 05:11:44 +0000

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la Chartreuse du Colombier
sur la serre maison

Aan de Amstel

nobody@ipernity.com (Ko Hummel) — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:21:53 +0000

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HFF to all Ip members

Cold run

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:25:08 +0000

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From an old 1966 slide. This group of serious looking people was part of one of the doctor's regular experiments on acclimatisation (generally called "cold runs"). The idea was to stand around outdoors for a given period, then record how cold it felt ... goodness knows if it proved much!

Stiftskirche St. Servatius auf dem Quedlinburger Schlossberg (2*PiP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Erhard Bernstein) — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 08:14:57 +0000

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whc.unesco.org/en/list/535

Bei der Schiffergesellschaft

nobody@ipernity.com (Erhard Bernstein) — Mon, 06 May 2019 11:16:25 +0000

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Am "Hamburg-Wochenende" beim Abstecher nach Lübeck entdeckt.

HFF vom Großvater!

nobody@ipernity.com (Erhard Bernstein) — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 07:56:01 +0000

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Der Großvaterfelsen ( de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fvater_(Teufelsmauer) ) bei Blankenburg ist der westliche Endpunkt der Teufelsmauer im Harz

Ein altes Panoramio-Bild (Nr. 107461619)

Spitze!

nobody@ipernity.com (Erhard Bernstein) — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:57:17 +0000

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... mal wieder eine Ansicht aus Quedlinburg von unserem Rundgang. Der Blick vom "Konvent" zum Nikolaikirchhof.