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Icebreakers
Kootenay Lake has three (semi?) aquatic mammals. By medium weight they are: the beaver (~ 23 kg), otter (~ 8 kg), and muskrat (~1.2 kg). It is difficult enough to obtain decent pictures of any of the three, but … Continue reading
Frost patterns
This is the time of year to watch for patterns in frost. Viewing is best around sunrise following a clear night. The patterns of frost, dew, and snow melt have been discussed other years (e.g., IR snow melt) and … Continue reading
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Iris’s art
While I could offer an explanation for this morning’s cloud iridescence, instead I am going to give all the credit to its ancient eponym, Iris, the Greek goddess of sky, rainbow, and the messenger of the gods. (Two pictures, … Continue reading
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Haloes
This morning’s haloes, forming over the Lake, might have been expected. After all, a storm is moving towards us and is expected to bring rain overnight and tomorrow. Often such events are presaged by a canopy of cirrus, which is just … Continue reading
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Ground fog
Clear fall mornings are a good time to enjoy the tranquility of ground fog. However, the view from my home is of the Lake rather than of a grassy valley bottom, so I don’t get to see it. Rather, I … Continue reading
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Graupel and wind
The elements raged. Graupel pelted the Lake. And the wind lifted heavy wooden furniture off of someone’s dock.
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Steam fog in July
Normally the harbinger of the fall season, the presence of steam fog in July is uncommon. Yet, I have now seen it a couple of times at sunrise. Steam fog forms over the Lake when the water is warmer than the air … Continue reading
Deteriorating
Late Saturday afternoon I posted a picture taken from my home of smoke from a wildfire on the ridge between Duhamel and Sitkum Creeks. The fire has since grown and has been descending the ridge toward the lakeshore. Homes at … Continue reading
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Plume from afar
The picture, posted on Saturday of a (controlled) burn around the Sitkum Creek fire, was dramatic. Doug Thorburn has sent me a picture that was taken about the same time and puts the matter in perspective. His view is … Continue reading →