#ThickTrunkTuesday this big old #RedwoodTree (plus a carport & a few cars it smashed) fell victim to the massive wind & rain during the January #AtmostphericRivers

#photography #NaturePhotography #AtmosphericWaterBomb #PineappleExpress #MyPhoto #AllRightsReserved

Storms force #california to look harder at capturing rainfall to ease drought (finally!!!) #AtmostphericRivers https://apple.news/A9gfN6ypdRreUFxR1fM4bHg
Storms force California to look harder at capturing rainfall to ease drought — POLITICO

The state’s farms and cities need more water despite recent rain and snow.

#CaWx #CaliforniaStorms #AtmostphericRivers #CaliforniaFlood

California’s #rainstorm hell “among the most deadly disasters in our history” - The Guardian

https://apple.news/A-X5dBszBRkKBr2nMEdkmcg

California’s rainstorm hell ‘among the most deadly disasters in our history’ — Guardian US

The series of storms that have pummeled the state have killed at least 19 people and left swaths of land flooded

@CrankyCyborg

Another shot from that night, where the reflection of the tree seems to bend back & gives the appearance that it & the actual tree merge.

#photography #WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #ArtPhotography #MastoPhoto #MastoArt #Rain #Rainstorm #PineappleExpress #AtmostphericRivers #PixelFed

#UltraWideAngle #XPan #ShotOneOnePlus9Pro #OnePlusxHasselblad

#BlackAndWhitePhotography of vary bare trees during this week's rainstorms.
It's a very wide angle shot with the camera placed against a window & you can see the reflection in the glass on the far right side of the photo.

2nd pic is edited for high contrast & coolness 😎

#photography #WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #ArtPhotography #MastoPhoto #MastoArt #Rain #Rainstorm #PineappleExpress #AtmostphericRivers #PixelFed

#UltraWideAngle #XPan #ShotOneOnePlus9Pro #OnePlusxHasselblad

@nwsbayarea_bot Unusually specific and in fact absolutely correct. #AtmostphericRivers #AtmosphericFirehose
Torrents of unusually heavy rain in #Berkeley #AtmostphericRivers
Note to self: taking longer showers is not an appropriate response to #AtmostphericRivers

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#AtmosphericRiver
Literally a river in the sky.
Huge amounts of moisture (water) dumped on the land when the river comes ashore.
Read Helen Griffith on their impact on the UK ⬇️
- they aren’t new, a few in the atmosphere at any given time
- they can help with replenishing water resources, but
- negatives of flooding
- the impacts likely to be worse with climate change
#atmostphericrivers

https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-the-role-of-atmospheric-rivers-in-uk-winter-floods/

Guest post: The role of ‘atmospheric rivers’ in UK winter floods - Carbon Brief

This article unpacks how these atmospheric rivers form, what impact their rainfall can have, and how they may change as global temperatures rise.

Carbon Brief