Sky full of stars through the trees, Gauteng, South Africa. Bats whirling and scything through the night and the call of Hadida Ibises in the trees.
(If anyone can help me identify the constellation, I’d be really grateful. It’s just next to Orion.)
#southernhemisphere
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Moon enthusiasts might spot the Grimaldi Crater near the moon’s edge if they zoom in a bit - it’s the darkest spot on the front side, right next to the Ocean of Storms. And judging by the orientation, this photo was likely taken in the Southern Hemisphere - unless I managed to twist myself into some bizarre yoga pose while shooting.
I didn’t know any of this off the top of my head, of course. I spent the last hour and a half researching that mysterious dark patch on the moon’s edge and pondering why Stellarium showed the moon's crescent lit from the bottom left. Turns out, it all depends on the exact time and the quirky alignment of the moon and sun in the northern sky.
#photography #moon #southernhemisphere #squared
I didn’t know any of this off the top of my head, of course. I spent the last hour and a half researching that mysterious dark patch on the moon’s edge and pondering why Stellarium showed the moon's crescent lit from the bottom left. Turns out, it all depends on the exact time and the quirky alignment of the moon and sun in the northern sky.
#photography #moon #southernhemisphere #squared
In three hours, at 12:43Z, it will be the #Equinox; #Autumnal in the #NorthernHemisphere and #Vernal in the #SouthernHemisphere. It’s marked by the #Sun being directly overhead at the #Equator at local #Noon, or somewhere in the eastern #AtlanticOcean this time, Here, there has been persistent heavy rain all morning and it presages the transformation to #Autumn.
‘New El Niño’ discovered south of the equator…
A small area of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, near New Zealand and Australia, can trigger temperature changes that affect the entire Southern Hemisphere, a new study has found... phys.org #weather #pacificocean #southernhemisphere #temperature #ocean #extremeweather #climate #geography #elnino
https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/07/23/new-el-nino-discovered-south-of-the-equator/
for much deliberation · ‘New El Niño’ discovered south of the equator…A small area of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, near New Zealand and Australia, can trigger temperature changes that affect the entire Southern Hemisphere, a new study has found… phys.org #we…
Stay warm and comfortable where ever you are. #caturday #catsofmastodon #southernhemisphere
Greg Cocks Over A Decade Of Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring At Amsterdam Island In The French Southern And Antarctic Lands
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02740-9 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #monitoring #mercury #Hg #anthropogenic #emissions #environmental #atmospheric #levels #atmosphere #SouthernHemisphere #AmsterdamIsland #data #opendata #Antarctica #southernocean #ileamsterdam #airpollution #pollution #publichealth #model #modeling #pollutants
#mastoquestions #southernHemisphere #fanUsage
So my tiny chamber in my flat gets crazy hot by 5pm. I have a standing fan. I kinda need to keep the curtains mostly closed because I have a poorly positioned window. Do I:
The #DecemberSolstice occured almost exactly five hours ago at 03:28Z marking the start of #Winter in the #NorthernHemisphere and #Summer in the #SouthernHemisphere. At that time, the #Sun would have been overhead at the #TropicOfCapricorn somewhere in #WesternAustralia.
Nice to see all the #RugbyWorldCup2023 chatter on #Mastodon. Sadly, my Manu #Samoa didn't make it out of the pool stage. So, backing another #SouthernHemisphere #Oceania #Pasifika team #NZL #AllBlacks.
" #Winter #heatwave in #Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn - Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C.
Exceptional winter heat in the Andean mountains of South America has surged to 37C, prompting local scientists to warn the worst may be yet to come as human-caused climate disruption and El Niño cause havoc across the region.
The heatwave in the central Chilean Andes is melting the snow below 3,000 metres (9,840ft), which will have knock-on effects for people living in downstream valleys who depend on meltwater during the spring and summer.
Tuesday was probably the warmest winter day in northern Chile in 72 years, according to Raul Cordero, a climate scientist at the University of Groningen, who said the 37C recorded at the Vicuña Los Pimientos station in the Coquimbo region was caused by a combination of global heating, El Niño and easterly gusts, known by locals as Terral winds that bring hot, dry weather.
Dozens of meteorological monitoring stations at more than 1,000 metres altitude recorded temperatures above 35C in winter, according to the Extreme Temperatures Around The World blog."
The Guardian · Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn
Reminder - it is #Winter in the #SouthernHemisphere - "‘Winter is disappearing’: #SouthAmerica hit by ‘brutal’ unseasonal #heatwave
Buenos Aires records hottest start to August in 117 years, #Chile sees highs towards 40F and #Bolivia, #Paraguay and #Brazil also bake
Now should be South America’s bleak midwinter, but several parts of the continent are experiencing an extraordinary unseasonal heatwave that scientists believe offers a disturbing glimpse of a future of extreme weather.
Argentina’s riverside capital, Buenos Aires, this week recorded its hottest 1 August in 117 years.
Cindy Fernández, a weather bureau spokesperson, said her country was facing “a year of extreme heat".
“Winter temperatures are way off the scale – not only in the central region where Buenos Aires is but also in the northern regions bordering Bolivia and Paraguay where temperatures reached between 37C (98.6F) and 39C (102.2F) this week. Hundreds of miles to the west, in #Chile, temperatures rose even higher, towards 40C.
“July was the planet’s hottest month since records began and the #Andes are now experiencing their own thermal ordeal,” announced the Santiago-based newspaper La Tercera. “Although we’re in winter, Chile is living through a little hell of its very own.”
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"Five years ago, winter in Paraguay made for chilly days, Mendoza pointed out. “But now it’s 30C-35C [86F-95F] in the winter due to climate change.”
In the Catholic University’s shade-filled campus off the #Paraguay River, Oscar López Grutter, the school’s administrative director, agreed that recent winters in Paraguay have changed as the world has grown hotter. “This winter is less cold and much shorter,” he said. “There’s less nature – there’s climate disorder, more cars, more industry, more pollution. Deforestation, less trees and, unfortunately, less periodic rains.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/south-america-winter-heatwave
The Guardian · ‘Winter is disappearing’: South America hit by ‘brutal’ unseasonal heatwave
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"... over the #SouthernHemisphere in *recent* decades. Increased contributions of meltwater from the #Antarctic #IceSheet, mostly from melting at depth due to increased warm deep water reaching the edge of the continent, has added #freshwater to the sea currents, making the water less dense. This *lighter* water flows up to the surface, increasing the stratification in the near-surface layer.
Because the stratification is stronger,..."
FediScience.orgZack Labe (@ZLabe@fediscience.org)Attached: 1 image
"Overall, there is almost no ice over four years old remaining—it now comprises just 3 percent of the total ice cover. This is the same percentage as last year and contrasts starkly with the late 1980s when 30 to 35 percent of the Arctic Ocean’s ice was older than 4 years."
End of winter NSIDC update: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/04/polar-dawn-to-dusk/
Today, the #equinox will occur at about 21:24Z – just over twelve and a half hours from writing this. It marks the moment when the #Sun is directly overhead at #Noon at the #equator. Given the time it will occur, the event will take place over the #PacificOcean, around 142.5°W. It marks the start of #Spring in the #NorthernHemisphere and #Autumn in the #SouthernHemisphere.
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@pruvisto@graz.social @kirt@newsie.social @kirt@aus.social @Gargron @pruvisto
#Geolocation of who? (or what)
I also have a (maybe slightly snobbish?) inclination to try to avoid the #USA (as much as this is possible for an #English speaker on the internet) and seek out people from my own side of the planet.
So if you were looking at % user base that was also a bit disappointing, but it seems to not be that? But I'm quite confused now.
Today is the #December #Solstice, marking the start of #Winter in the #NorthernHemisphere and #Summer in the #SouthernHemisphere. It occurs when the #Sun is at its most southerly #zenith at midday. This year it is at about 21:48Z meaning that it will be somewhere precisely overhead in the southern #PacificOcean, but to the east of the #InternationalDateLine. It also means that the Sun will set at its most southerly bearing of the year tonight giving you either the longest night or longest day.
lunation 1204, 2020
taken over the span of two months during a period of intense grief and insomnia. 18 moon phases composited together.
The #equinox will occur later today, in about four hours from now. It marks the beginning of #spring in the #NorthernHemisphere and #autumn in the #SouthernHemisphere. It is marked by the moment the #Sun is overhead on midday somewhere on the #Equator. Given its time this year, it’ll be somewhere over the #IndianOcean (15:33Z).
#PreetChandi becomes first #woman of colour to #ski solo to #SouthPole | #Antarctica | The Guardian
I’ve never been to the #SouthernHemisphere at this time of year but I don’t think I’d ever head this far down #South!
www.theguardian.comPreet Chandi becomes first woman of colour to ski solo to south poleBritish Army physiotherapist ‘Polar Preet’ skied 700 miles across Antarctica in 40 days, five days ahead of schedule
It has just passed 10:03 UTC and so we’ve just had the #December #Solstice.
The majority of us see the world through the lens of living in the #NorthernHemisphere. Just to be a bit different, welcome to the #SummerSolstice and longest day of the year to our #SouthernHemisphere dwelling brethren. Hope you enjoy the first day of #summer. For the rest of us, it’s the longest night of the year and the first day of #winter and the #WinterSolstice.