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Bubbles in ice
The stunning beauty of bubbles in the ice of a frozen pond could cow a fantasy artist. The accompanying pictures were taken by Irina Peters and Doug Thorburn in the subalpine high above Kootenay Lake. Bubbles had formed in the ice … Continue reading
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Beach cusps
A delight of a lakeshore walk along a sandy beach is the occasional appearance of beach cusps: a natural rhythmic pattern of small cusps and bays. On the main website, I offer somewhat more spectacular views along with an … Continue reading
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Mirage & eye height
The recent cold outbreak has produced striking mirages on the Lake. The water being above freezing and the air being well below produces a large temperature gradient in the lowest few centimetres of air and a more gentle one a bit … Continue reading
15-seconds of fame
Today on ten-minutes’ notice, I was interviewed for a BBC science programme. Unexpectedly, I was asked to comment on an article in a British newspaper with the intriguing title: Passenger’s amazing photo captures moment her plane flew directly over … Continue reading
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Fog, turkeys, hoboes
In the cool early morning, steam fog rose from a stream and drifted over the countryside. Wild turkeys are silhouetted in the morning mist as they feed in a field. As the fog drifts by, its droplets are intercepted by … Continue reading
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Eclipse
There was a lunar eclipse in the early hours of today. When the Moon is in the Earth’s umbra (totally in shadow), sunlight cannot reach it directly. Yet it glows with two different colours: red and blue. Both are … Continue reading
Collecting web
The chaotic web of an orb-weaver spider has collected drops from a fog that drifted by. (These are not dewdrops.)
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Rainbow notes
I found yesterday’s rainbow picture to be so delicious that it had to be savoured alone: it was the nicest shot I have managed of a semicircular bow replete with its reflection in the calm waters of the Lake. Yet, during the half-hour I watched … Continue reading
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Official local site
bing.com (the Microsoft and Yahoo search engine) tries to add helpful information alongside its listings. So, if one searches for Vancouver Canada, out of the many million listings bing produces, it labels the one from the city, itself, as … Continue reading →