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Post by knot on Aug 12, 2018 0:59:07 GMT -5
Maximum today was 1.6° C at high noon, with wind-chill commonly about –10° C; squalls gusting upwards 42.78 knots. Quite cool (borderline ice-day), yet very little snowfall due to the pitiful lack of precipitation alongside the polar front; South-Western corner of me paddock facing towards Vulcan State Forest; 1,266 m AMSL; 33° 52' S; the maximum daily temperature was only 0.9° C at this upper region of me property:   |
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Post by Babu on Aug 12, 2018 9:05:43 GMT -5
A friend saw a waterspout in southern Sweden  I found what appears to be wild poplar; never seen that before.  Also found some weird kind of cherries growing in a natural grove, though very close to some terraced housing. Could be either planted or wild. Don't know which. Never seen cherries like this one though planted or in the wild though. Tasted neither bitter nor sweet, but super tart.  |
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Post by Hiromant on Aug 12, 2018 9:21:00 GMT -5
17°C, cloudy, windy and rainy. There's been a severe lack of such summer weather this year so it's very refreshing.   |
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Post by Nidaros on Aug 12, 2018 9:43:16 GMT -5
Maximum today was 1.6° C at high noon, with wind-chill commonly about –10° C; squalls gusting upwards 42.78 knots. Quite cool (borderline ice-day), yet very little snowfall due to the pitiful lack of precipitation alongside the polar front; South-Western corner of me paddock facing towards Vulcan State Forest; 1,266 m AMSL; 33° 52' S; the maximum daily temperature was only 0.9° C at this upper region of me property: ^^ Really does not look like I imagine Aussie-land... |
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Post by Nidaros on Aug 12, 2018 10:02:38 GMT -5
^^Waterspouts are cool...
Time for some Swedish tundra (1300 m asl)
View from 1400 m asl Not exactly alone up here 1420 m asl
Boreal lake in this Swedish town (ca 370 m asl)
Boreal river across the border in Norway (ca 400 m asl).
Then a loongish step to the outer coastal archipelagoes of Norway (ca 65 N) a few days later, giving you a cross - section of Central Scandinavia
These were all taken by me in July this summer
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Post by rozenn on Aug 12, 2018 11:54:44 GMT -5
Nice landscape diversity over small area. This time last year I was in Scandinavia. Have you taken the Fv17 road? Sunset one week ago. Temp was still around 30°C.   Took a stroll in the nearby park on Tuesday. The high was 37°C and in was still in the mid-30s when I took the pics. Loads of fallen leaves.  The parched grass has disappeared in spots.  Damage from a storm 2 weeks ago. The irony, trees have had to put up with both the drought and a random stormy spell.  Yesterday near Disneyland. Grass as yellow as ever.  A lot of trees haven't been able to put up with the lack of rainfall. Disaster. So sad.  |
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Post by Nidaros on Aug 12, 2018 13:05:10 GMT -5
Nice landscape diversity over small area. It's like a 400 km drive, but not in a straight line. This time last year I was in Scandinavia. Have you taken the Fv17 road? Have taken most of it, not all. Took a stroll in the nearby park on Tuesday. The high was 37°C and in was still in the mid-30s when I took the pics. Loads of fallen leaves. Have seen fallen leaves here too, in dry areas. |
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Post by alphatier on Aug 12, 2018 20:39:46 GMT -5
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Post by nei on Aug 13, 2018 9:25:48 GMT -5
^^Waterspouts are cool... Time for some Swedish tundra (1300 m asl) nice photos. Most of that area looks like the high elevations have rather rounded tops than real peaks. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 11:03:51 GMT -5
^^Waterspouts are cool... Time for some Swedish tundra (1300 m asl)
View from 1400 m asl Not exactly alone up here 1420 m asl Boreal lake in this Swedish town (ca 370 m asl)
Boreal river across the border in Norway (ca 400 m asl). Then a loongish step to the outer coastal archipelagoes of Norway (ca 65 N) a few days later, giving you a cross - section of Central Scandinavia
These were all taken by me in July this summer
great pics. is that on top of åreskutan? |
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Post by nei on Aug 13, 2018 11:42:05 GMT -5
17°C, cloudy, windy and rainy. There's been a severe lack of such summer weather this year so it's very refreshing. those are better clouds than a characterless gray sky. Yesterday was mostly a characterless gray sky. Didn't mind, nice change for a bit but it'll get old. Also liked seeing fog on the hills. I went for a bike ride yesterday to check how flooded the Green River is. The thicc skies fit with the high water. Sawmill river, Montague  why was one bird on the outside of the fence looking in? All were squaking loudly  hills above Greenfield were in the clouds  why was the square in the center of town covered with tents?! Hope it wasn't homeless people  Lycra clad cyclists along the Green River  streams on the hillsides were running into the Green River  high volumes meant that it was brown and a bit ugly looking in spots. Still neat to see. Might be the highest I've seen it; though I remember one time it was high in early May  Wisp of fog on the hills  curvy road  this spot wasn't brown   Camus quote gone; new one up "all people are children when they sleep"  covered bridge  history of the dam; first dam was built in 1800 to power a factory. Industry used to be clusterd along rivers in kinda lightly populated rural areas. with another view of the dam hills in fog entering center of Brattleboro, Vermont  Rudyard Kipling used to like to have a pint here Strewthless rent must be high roaring river   couple more town shots bridge to New Hampshire  I decided to bike back on the western, Vermont side of the river. Cornfields  found a dirt road in the woods. Messy with mud. Very dark under the trees; fun road though a quad had loosened up the dirt in patch.  passed by a beautiful but unsurprisingly buggy marsh   another marsh back at pavement  almost back; rather dark looking at 7 pm  |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Aug 13, 2018 11:46:30 GMT -5
Looks really nice there in the summer.
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Post by Nidaros on Aug 13, 2018 12:55:32 GMT -5
^^Waterspouts are cool... Time for some Swedish tundra (1300 m asl) nice photos. Most of that area looks like the high elevations have rather rounded tops than real peaks. True. Many mt ranges in Mid-Norway and adjacent area in Sweden have rounded tops. Sylan mt range is at the border: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SylanThe highest mt in Dovre mt range SSE of Trondheim - Snøhetta 2286 m / 7500 ft:
But some, usually a little to the west, are more real peaks, like Innerdalstårnet here in Trollheimen SSW of Trondheim (from wikimedia):
And Skarfjellet, also in Trollheimen mt range.
On the outer seabord, there is a marked line as soon as you get to the Northern Norway region: Coastal mts become real peaks: The Seven Sisters near Sandnessjøen (66 N) up to 1072 m asl.
This is my images from when I climbed Heilhornet, the southernmost coastal peak in Northern Norway (1058 m asl, 65 04 N)
The mt in Sweden was Åreskutan.
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Post by Hiromant on Aug 14, 2018 1:47:16 GMT -5
I've been seeing yellow leaves a lot lately. Must be a combination of the dry summer and approaching fall.   |
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Post by Lommaren on Aug 14, 2018 7:55:18 GMT -5
Some pictures from the last day or two:
Stark contrast by the river between the humid continental vegetation and the steppe grass:
The artificial waterfall:
No fishing without a license here dammit  The river was so low that you would have to sleep on the floor to drown there, but in a normal November it'd be desperately needed!
First time I can recall being able to walk more than halfway out in the water on stones above the surface:
While in most cases I'd be walking on the floor of the river here, now I was able to get a completely different view. Also, watch that mirror effect!
The two stocks appeared way larger than normal on the other side of the Folkunga Bridge:
"Greenhouse tunnel":
Yesterday saw me ride through a road I haven't been in two years, strictly to get some amazing August evening views on the 26 km bike ride:
Farmlands right at the entry!
Spectacular:
Rolling hills:
These cows seemed okay in spite of living on a steppe:
August evenings are something special visually:
Interesting area to say the least, also some planted trees growing on the side:
Looking towards the next barn about halfway on that 5 km road:
Still a nice light:
The road finished just like it started: a large barn in farmlands!
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Post by nei on Aug 14, 2018 9:28:42 GMT -5
Lommaren you should crop out the blank foregrounds of your photos; feels like we're looking at nothing, especially when the bottom half of the photo we can see individual gravel in details. Cropping doesn't take long
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Post by Babu on Aug 14, 2018 9:47:32 GMT -5
He just needs to learn composition better. Instead of having the sky take up a third of the picture, have it take up either half or two thirds. Seeing as the aspect ratio isn't the problem, cropping isn't either.
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Post by Lommaren on Aug 14, 2018 11:57:37 GMT -5
There's a clear explanation for the picture you're mainly looking at nei . It was a sharp descending downhill from where I stood, which coupled with a strong up-down camera made the road seem more visible. When I take pictures with this cellphone sideways, they look normal in size. Maybe it's some setting on the phone I need to figure out. |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Aug 14, 2018 12:13:04 GMT -5
Looks a bit tropical where I'm sitting, especially with the hazy sky. Just need some coconut palms and thunder.   |
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Post by Babu on Aug 15, 2018 17:28:46 GMT -5
Current state of acorns.   Found an alder with leaves the size of my fucking face. It's right next to the agricultural university. I'm curious if they're doing frankenstein experiments or something.  These were growing there too. Never seen anything like it. Super weird. They're about 2.5m tall.  The agri uni seems to be experimenting with random trees planted all over their local forests. Here's a birch that has super weird squibbly wobbly leaves.  This tree looked cool. A bit weedy. I don't know what it is. Maybe some ash? Or come to think of it, it could be elderflower except too young to bear and berries.  This spruce has really dense storeys lol. They should call it peacock spruce or fan spruce.  And Nidaros , I finally found a beech tree. Or at least I think it's a beech tree. Considering how healthy this one is looking I have no idea why there aren't any beeches except this one in Umeå.   |
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The river was so low that you would have to sleep on the floor to drown there, but in a normal November it'd be desperately needed!
