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Post by aabc123 on Jun 10, 2018 13:40:16 GMT -5
Valga in weekend. Town festival and fair   It was not super warm but it has been dry. Grass in sunny places looks like that in the area.  Area of summerhauses near the town   In the evening  Latvian border, frontier post on the left:  Latvian part of Valga:  |
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Post by urania93 on Jun 10, 2018 14:17:28 GMT -5
Some random weather (or season) related pictures from the last week.  ^ strawberries from our garden! They are still a little pale because of the lack of sun, but they are also much tastier than anything you can find in any store around here  ^mum's orchid seems to enjoy the humid weather too. We were given that plant the last September and we were sure that it would have died quickly, instead it is continuing to make new flowers since then! Average weather for the late afternoon in Turin   Such a nice weather for walking from my uni to the bus stop (it is about 1Km away) Finally, our fantastic sunsets. The sun hides between the mountain just west of us at about 7:20 pm at the moment, while the sun is still supposed to be quite high in the sky. (Note: in both pictures the shadow part looks darker than how it actually is because of my camera, which struggles with these pictures with really illuminated vs dark areas).  ^the top of that mountain is above 3000 m, I don't remember the exact value, while the altitude of the road is of about 550 m in that point.  ^the opposite part of the valley, which doesn't have any close mountain on the west side in that point, is still in full sunlight instead. |
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Post by rozenn on Jun 10, 2018 14:44:14 GMT -5
Isn't the mountain behind which the sun sets the Punta Mulatera?
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Post by Nidaros on Jun 10, 2018 14:59:50 GMT -5
From earlier this week, a few photos by me from Sogndal, a town near the innermost of Sognefjord, SW Norway. Mountains in all directions around the fjord, climate is less oceanic and with much less precipitation compared to Bergen. Temperature ca 24C that evening at ca 18:00.
This is obviously the place they buy their garden plants
No fishing in the river. Two tractors across the river
Looks dry This town is along a fjord branch, not the main fjord. Snow patches up on the north-facing part of that mountain.
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Post by Babu on Jun 10, 2018 16:33:08 GMT -5
Nothing screems summer like taking an evening bike trip at 11pm as the sun is setting.  |
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Post by ilmc90 on Jun 10, 2018 16:53:32 GMT -5
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Post by nei on Jun 10, 2018 22:01:59 GMT -5
Nothing screems summer like taking an evening bike trip at 11pm as the sun is setting. nice! Is that a phone mount on her bicycle? |
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Post by Babu on Jun 10, 2018 23:34:44 GMT -5
Nothing screems summer like taking an evening bike trip at 11pm as the sun is setting. nice! Is that a phone mount on her bicycle? Yes but we were borrowing her parents' bikes. |
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Post by Babu on Jun 11, 2018 10:56:44 GMT -5
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 11, 2018 11:30:36 GMT -5
I guess the usual spring dry season was just really extreme this year in Scandinavia.
We only got 1mm of rain though in May after 194mm in April.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 11, 2018 16:20:15 GMT -5
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Post by Babu on Jun 12, 2018 2:53:26 GMT -5
Oh, apparently Lombardy poplar is just a cultivar of Black Poplar. Didn't realize they were a southerly species. There are tonnes of them in Umeå and even in Tavelsjö.
Come to think of it, that shape is perfect for a tree around here. Very little wind making it less prone to topple, and the shape is good for low sun angles.
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Post by nei on Jun 12, 2018 8:52:27 GMT -5
Waiting for the bus in West Vancouver: Nice! The ferry across the Howe Sound looks much more dramatic than the one I took (to tsawwassen ferry dock — bad more sense since I was coming from Victoria, though I did a stopover at one of the Gulf Islands). Cool grocery store? with the goat. My cousin has two goats, they're kinda fun and goofy. Looks like the west side of the Island (Tofino) is a lot more special looking. Though storm clouds are dramatic, hovering right on the mountains of the island. Looks like Howe Sound mountains have the same clouds but without the rain. |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 12, 2018 10:48:01 GMT -5
Waiting for the bus in West Vancouver: Nice! The ferry across the Howe Sound looks much more dramatic than the one I took (to tsawwassen ferry dock — bad more sense since I was coming from Victoria, though I did a stopover at one of the Gulf Islands). Cool grocery store? with the goat. My cousin has two goats, they're kinda fun and goofy. Looks like the west side of the Island (Tofino) is a lot more special looking. Though storm clouds are dramatic, hovering right on the mountains of the island. Looks like Howe Sound mountains have the same clouds but without the rain. hehe yeah that was a grocery and crafts store. Lots of good stuff in there. I got a big wedge of smoked gouda, marble rye, and finally some Vegemite. I can't find it here anymore, only the shitty Marmite. I've done the Tsawwassen ferry as well. It's also a pain in the ass to get to. Horseshoe Bay is very easy to get to... |
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Post by Babu on Jun 12, 2018 14:47:24 GMT -5
This is one of the most menacing clouds I've seen. It has rained on and off today lightly. Maybe up to 5mm in total max.  Also, a very small but in real life extremely bright double rainbow. And I swore I could see a third on the inside of the main one. Probably only imagining it. Don't know if inner ones are possible.  |
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Post by Babu on Jun 14, 2018 4:50:40 GMT -5
Dramatic sky yesterday.  Pretty heavy rain considering we were forecast 0.0mm  HAHA FUNNY JOKE I GET IT HAHA  The yellow dandelion field in Tavelsjö is now white.  Another rainbow.  Found a pretty cool kind of tree in Tavelsjö I've never seen before. That's rare because the biodiversity here sucks, even among park trees.  Don't know what it is.  Biking with dog  Hedgehog  |
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Post by AJ1013 on Jun 14, 2018 19:32:34 GMT -5
Tonight’s sunset  |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 14, 2018 20:01:27 GMT -5
AJ1013that is a really nice sunset. What kind of camera or phone is that?
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Post by AJ1013 on Jun 14, 2018 20:04:40 GMT -5
AJ1013 that is a really nice sunset. What kind of camera or phone is that? iphone8 |
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Post by nei on Jun 14, 2018 20:19:32 GMT -5
Nice photos. Your area looks less obviously "northern" — well, cold compared to the part of Newfoundland I visited [posted climate averages on that thread] that has similar averages to Umeå. I need to relook at your older photos, but looks like you have a lot deciduous trees? Newfoundland is mostly conifers, so it felt like a colder climate. |
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