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Tag: atmospheric science
October 7, 2013
European Space Agency can serve your imagery fix whilst NASA is down. #planetearthispretty
Colossal (and Devid Sketchbook) provides this awesome option.
Luckily there’s still at least one space agency still publishing photos of space (and space from Earth), the European Space Agency. The ESA has an incredible Observing the Earth archive that’s updated every week and each satelitte image is usually accompanied by a brief essay to explain a bit about what you’re looking at.
Now for the whoa part:
Via Colossal (and Devid Sketchbook)
July 29, 2013
I think I found the perfect set of images to depict the wonderful diverse nature of our sky and atmosphere.
These remarkable images are by Manuel Cosentino, and depict the same house, photographed from the same position at different times over a two year period.
Via Colossal.
June 24, 2013
Talk about context in language. #phasesofmatter
The Indonesian word for water is air.
Via Futility Closet.
June 16, 2013
Wow. This here is what you would call a gigantic rotating supercell!
A supercell is a thunderstorm that is characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft.[1] For this reason, these storms are sometimes referred to asrotating thunderstorms.[2] Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (supercell, squall line,multi-cell, and single-cell), supercells are the overall least common and have the potential to be the most severe. Supercells are often isolated from other thunderstorms, and can dominate the local climate up to 32 kilometres (20 mi) away. (From Wikipedia)
A supercell near Booker, Texas from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.
By Mike Olbinski, via Colossal
April 22, 2013
“Timestacked” photography of our Earth’s sky. Just shows the dynamic (and beautiful) nature of our atmosphere.
These would make a wonderful slide showing the dynamic nature of our atmospheric systems…
“…photographer Matt Molloy has daily encounters with brilliant sunsets and cloudscapes that he’s been photographing for over three years. One day he began experimenting with time-lapse sequences by taking hundreds of images as the sun set and the clouds moved through the sky.”
By Matt Molloy, text via Colossal
March 8, 2013
Mini magnetically floating cloud.
“NUAGE EN SUSPENSION”
Kinetic sculpture. Plexiglas, Magnet, electro-magnetset, Cotton wool. 20x20x40
By Laurent Debraux, via Colossal.
March 3, 2013
This piece is called “Even the air and the water obey (the Laws of Thermodynamics). Part 1” #hotartcard
Thinking of entering my own art at the upcoming #hotartcard event. Although to be honest, I’m more of a “I only draw/paint because my walls look a bit empty, and I’m actually a scientist, so feel a little funny calling myself an artist” kind of artist.
Even the air and the water obey (the Laws of Thermodynamics). Part 1
(pastels and charcoal)
June 16, 2012
Styrofoam cup cloud #whoa
A picture I’m sure I can use if I want to talk about consumerism, waste, and our climate.
Plus, whoa…
By Tara Donovan via My Modern Met.
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