Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Monday, 7 February 2011

Northern Hemisphere covered in snow & ice

At first glance it looks like a graphic from a Discovery Channel programme about a distant ice age. But this astonishing picture shows the world as it is today - with half the Northern Hemisphere covered with snow and ice.

Read the full article here:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353073/Winter-storm-Map-shows-Northern-Hemisphere-covered-snow-ice.html

EXTRACT:

World of two halves! Map shows most of Northern Hemisphere is covered in snow and ice


It is the extent to which the line dips down over the Northern Hemisphere that is so remarkable about the image.


The image was released by the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Association (NOAA) on the day half of North America was in the grip of a severe winter storm.



view the PHOTO here.

Monday, 20 December 2010

Total Lunar Eclipse on the Winter Solstice 6.32am - 8.53 UK time. (Total Eclipse at 7.40am)

Total Lunar Eclipse on the Winter Solstice 6.32am - 8.53 UK time. (Total Eclipse at 7.40am)


The Moon will be very low in the west-north-western sky, close to the horizon and in a rapidly brightening sky.

From locations in Scotland and Northern Ireland, totality will be visible in its entirety, but the Moon will be low down after the time of greatest eclipse.
 
see http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20101220/tuk-winter-solstice-marked-by-eclipse-6323e80.html