From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #202 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, July 21 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 202 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Clouds [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Clouds [Catherine McKay ] Re: Clouds [Catherine McKay ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:29:29 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Clouds Thank you for the link, Willy and Joe. Those photographs are absolutely mesmerising. I had not heard the term before but, no doubt, I've seen the clouds. They only occur in the Summer so, I won't be popping out for a look now since it is the dead of Winter here. I am comforted by the fact that there are some things that remain unknown. By the way, I've often wondered if Britain is too far south to view Aurora Borealis. I witnessed it once when travelling down from the Yukon. It was a freezing Winter's night on the lonely Alaska Highway in a truck that picked me up. It was not coloured but a curtain of white light, dancing in the black sky. Unfortunately, Australia is too far north to witness Aurora Australis. It is visible in Antarctica and probably in southern Argentina. I should make the effort to witness that one too before I get too old. British scientists have looked at clouds from both sides, now but, they still don't know clouds. Fortunately, it's cloud illusions I recall...and...my imagination. Mark in Sydney NP The Venice Dreamer - George Winston ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:49:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Clouds Beautiful. Some images made me feel as if I were looking up at the ocean. Thanks, WtS. ________________________________ From: T Peckham To: William Waddell ; JMDL Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 1:08:24 AM Subject: Re: Clouds Exquisite--thanks very much for this. Terra On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:59 AM, William Waddell < williamwaddell@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > I love photographing nature. Being a wonderer at heart this item really > interested me. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10635796 > Imagine my delight when half way through... Just lovely. > Wx > > - -- Curiosity is my religion. David Ryan Adams ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:09:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Clouds I've only ever seen Aurora Borealis once in my life and that was the year I spent in Quebec (City). It was a very cold winter night. I remember the light being green. According to Wikipedia, the Auroras (or, rather, Aurorae) are "commonly visible between 65 to 72 degrees north and south latitudes, which would place it in a ring just within the Arctic and Antarctic circles. Aurorae occur deeper inside the polar regions, but these are infrequent occurrences, and these are often invisible to the naked eye." Quebec is at 48 N latitude, so maybe it was an uncommon occurrence. I've certainly never seen it again. London is at 50 N, and Aberdeen, Scotland at 57 N. I guess if you wanted to see this on any regular basis, you'd need to head further north. Sydney is at 34 S - you need to head south, Mark! ________________________________ From: Mark-Leon Thorne To: williamwaddell@hotmail.co.uk Cc: joni@smoe.org Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 3:29:29 AM Subject: Re: Clouds Thank you for the link, Willy and Joe. Those photographs are absolutely mesmerising. I had not heard the term before but, no doubt, I've seen the clouds. They only occur in the Summer so, I won't be popping out for a look now since it is the dead of Winter here. I am comforted by the fact that there are some things that remain unknown. By the way, I've often wondered if Britain is too far south to view Aurora Borealis. I witnessed it once when travelling down from the Yukon. It was a freezing Winter's night on the lonely Alaska Highway in a truck that picked me up. It was not coloured but a curtain of white light, dancing in the black sky. Unfortunately, Australia is too far north to witness Aurora Australis. It is visible in Antarctica and probably in southern Argentina. I should make the effort to witness that one too before I get too old. British scientists have looked at clouds from both sides, now but, they still don't know clouds. Fortunately, it's cloud illusions I recall...and...my imagination. Mark in Sydney NP The Venice Dreamer - George Winston ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #202 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe