A small sucker hole opened up close to sunset this evening. Was not anything spectacular but at least it was something.
Some crepuscular rays at the top of the hole...
Some spot-lit clouds to the northwest...
More of an overview to the northwest just before the hole closed up...
Finally broke the inversion around here today. What was that bright yellow thing in the sky all day? Had some perfectly placed cirrus for the sunset also.
Around local sunset for the yellow. Do no look to close at the focus. Those darn ski mittens and lens changes can result in accidental manual focus.
Fire in the sky and ice on the pond...
Max red right before it disappeared....
Cheers!
If you throw out one day, Jan 4th, the diurnal range has been less than nine degrees for the month. Blandness in the skies and the temperature recording devices at KIND.
And just what is your definition of an expert?
Gung-ho hobbyist?
BS diploma?
Masters with thesis of "The latency of of the airmass above 60N at 500mb?
An Eskimo elder with 39+ different words for "snow"?
Time for another foray into atmospheric optics. Thank you and I am honored that the 2020 thread has over 8,900 views already. As usual I will be erasing the rest of 2019 and 2020 to make room for this years crop as I go along.
Finally broke the run of 100% stratus today. Good thing it as my day off of work.
Started off with a vertical image at 48mm...
A normal orientation at 26mm...
Digging a little myself I see the datum for Lake Erie is 571'. So that puts you around 179' above the Lake. For comparison I am at 948' here and Lake Michigan's datum is 577'. So I am 377' above Michigan. But then I am over 100miles away from the Lake. I sort of guessed that you would have been a lot closer to the Lake elevation seeing how you are so close to the Lake.
Oddities of oddities, the earliest sunset is around Dec. 07 here at KIND. Yeah the sunrises are still compressing but at least we will stop the bleeding here in less-than-a-handful of days in the back-half.
100% off-topic but Gamma for me ill always be the Ronnie Montrose (RIP) band whose second album artwork is one of the all-time greatest. The sharkfins in the grass with the sun-bathing feet, fantastic.
And just what is the long term damage you speak of? Here in the US we have been dealing with it since around January. Six months is only short term in my book.