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Hoodie ripples
A Hooded Merganser plied zebrine waters. The astute observer might guess that this posting was made solely so I could use the word zebrine. After all, I am guilty of taking as much pleasure from interesting words as from … Continue reading
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Iridescence
Iridescent colours arise in a different manner than most of the colours we see. Flowers, paints, clothing, and cat fur show colours from selective absorption. Some wavelengths (colours) are absorbed while others are reflected. The colours formed by iridescence … Continue reading
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Alpenglow
Winter in the valley of Kootenay Lake often offers a low ceiling of stratus—the claustrophobic overcast that prompts some people to suffer cabin fever. Yet, it is not always thus. On clear days, the view of the surrounding mountains can more … Continue reading
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Celestial splendour
I am an enthusiastic sky watcher. By any standard, yestermorn’s sky was magnificent: a medley of haloes embellished with crepuscular rays. Shifting in brightness, the haloes would come and go. Seen (top to bottom) were: circumzenithal arc (with brilliant … Continue reading
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Fiery sunrise
The rather wet spring has protected us from most forest fires this summer, although there have been a few minor ones. At the moment, there is small fire in the Purcell Mountains (adjacent to Sphinx Mountain) on the east … Continue reading
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Steam fog
The coming of steam fog signals the coming of fall. Steam fog forms when the lake water is much warmer than the air over it. This often happens when the surface water is still warm from the summertime, but … Continue reading
Bow on drumly water
The waters were drumly. Ok, you won’t find the word, drumly, in most dictionaries. It is an old Scots word meaning turbid or murky. Drumly is not how one would normally describe Kootenay Lake—a remarkably transparent, indeed potable, body … Continue reading
Finn’s water birds
Guest posting Finn is my seven-year-old grandson. I played consultant, but Finn took and edited his own pictures using his own equipment. I helped post them. Alistair While visiting at Kootenay Lake, I get to wander around with Granddad as … Continue reading
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Summer begins
Summer began today. After an unconscionably wet spring, the Sun rose to a clear sky and estival forecasts. Of course, when I say summer began, I am offering an observation, not a proclamation. Alas that was not the case, when two weeks … Continue reading →