“It’s not like we’re breaking records by a little bit now and then,” Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, said. “It’s like the whole climate just fast-forwarded by fifty or a hundred years. That’s how strange this looks.”

"strange" in this context means "terrifying" --

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-is-the-sea-so-hot

Slowly working my way through a few terabytes of timelapses shot in Feb and March.

Just after dinner we saw auroras poking through gaps in the cloud. I setup my first camera outside the rental cabin, pointed across the fjord to capture the clouds rolling by.

For the next hour I was helping my FIL shoot the more active auroras in the east. And didn't realise that my cloud timelapse was turning into an aurora timelapse :) Huge win.

#Aurora #TimeLapse #Photography #Senja #LumixS5II #SigmaPhoto

Miyazaki's sketches ignite the imagination, revealing glimpses of the breathtaking landscapes, captivating characters, and otherworldly details that would later grace the silver screen.

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Spirited Away wasn't just a film; it was a journey into a world lovingly crafted by Miyazaki's brushstrokes.

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Which detail from these concept drawings sparks your inner explorer?

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #spiritedaway #hayaomiyazaki #sketch #conceptart #mastoart

Loch Shiel at Glenfinnan in the Western Scottish Highlands and another example of being in the right place at the right time to catch a burst of autumnal sunshine, highlighting the colours of the season. Sometimes, luck is on your side!

#Scotland #highlands #autumn #landscape #photography

Scientists: Maybe now the world is burning, governments will do something about the thing we've been warning them about for decades?

Narrator: Governments did not, in fact, do anything.
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Three constituencies get the chance to take another step toward ridding the UK of the Tories.

Forget the polls! They were wrong regarding Brexit & wrong regarding Trump! 😳

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