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Good pic
I thought this was pretty good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. Thank you Andrew j |
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Re: Good pic
Hankjam wrote:
> I thought this was pretty good. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ > > If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. Here you go: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multime...kshire_med.jpg -- Dnc |
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Re: Good pic
Hankjam wrote:
> I thought this was pretty good. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ > > If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. > > Thank you > > Andrew j What causes that with clouds, the storm? |
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Re: Good pic
Peter Brooks wrote:
> Hankjam wrote: >> I thought this was pretty good. >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ >> >> If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. >> >> Thank you >> >> Andrew j > > What causes that with clouds, the storm? That'll be from the cooling towers of a power station - this, for instance: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...228_didcot.jpg http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Glid...119/Didcot.jpg http://www.npower-renewables.com/why...ges/didcot.jpg is Deadcat. -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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Re: Good pic
platypus wrote:
> Peter Brooks wrote: >> Hankjam wrote: >>> I thought this was pretty good. >>> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ >>> >>> If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Andrew j >> >> What causes that with clouds, the storm? > > That'll be from the cooling towers of a power station - this, for > instance: > http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...228_didcot.jpg > http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Glid...119/Didcot.jpg > http://www.npower-renewables.com/why...ges/didcot.jpg > > is Deadcat. In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics of Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...marsh1_big.jpg -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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Re: Good pic
platypus wrote:
> In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics > of Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: > > http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg > http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...marsh1_big.jpg Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter local weather! -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Re: Good pic
Hog wrote:
> platypus wrote: > > > In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics > > of Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: > > > > http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg > > http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...ct03/thorpemar > > sh1_big.jpg > > Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter > local weather! I was wondering the same, thinking that they'd created their own micro climate. -- Cab :^) - I'm dyslex-spic apparently GSX 1400 - Speedy Zimmerframe. UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1 email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org UKRM Firefox Extension: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/ukrm.xpi The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/ |
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Re: Good pic
Cab wrote:
> Hog wrote: > > >>platypus wrote: >> >> >>>In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics >>>of Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: >>> >>>http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg >>>http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...ct03/thorpemar >>>sh1_big.jpg >> >>Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter >>local weather! > > > I was wondering the same, thinking that they'd created their own micro > climate. Was probably enough to push through an inversion, then it's all down hill till you run out of steam... |
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Re: Good pic
Hog wrote:
> > platypus wrote: > > > In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics > > of Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: > > > > http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg > > http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...marsh1_big.jpg > > Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter local > weather! It probably does. Didcot seems to have its own snow-based microclimate. -- ogden sv650 - surprisingly quick for a girl's bike |
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Re: Good pic
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:45:56 +0100, Cab wrote:
>> Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter >> local weather! > > I was wondering the same, thinking that they'd created their own micro > climate. They're cloud factories, silly. And so I tell all inquisitive children. |
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Re: Good pic
In message <Sd8ti.1025$cw7.574@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, platypus
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> writes >platypus wrote: >> Peter Brooks wrote: >>> Hankjam wrote: >>>> I thought this was pretty good. >>>> >>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ >>>> >>>> If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> Andrew j >>> >>> What causes that with clouds, the storm? >> >> That'll be from the cooling towers of a power station - this, for >> instance: >> http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...228_didcot.jpg >> http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Glid...119/Didcot.jpg >> http://www.npower-renewables.com/why...ges/didcot.jpg >> >> is Deadcat. > >In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics of >Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: > >http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg >http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...marsh1_big.jpg > You can see Drax for miles. The surrounding land is fairly flat. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/ |
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Re: Good pic
In message <f933du$ucf$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes >platypus wrote: > >> In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics >> of Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: >> >> http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg >> >>http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...3/thorpemarsh1 >>_big.jpg > >Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter local >weather! > It does. Go to uk.sci.weather for more details. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/ |
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Re: Good pic
In article <Sd8ti.1025$cw7.574@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, platypus
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> writes >platypus wrote: >> Peter Brooks wrote: >>> Hankjam wrote: >>>> I thought this was pretty good. >>>> >>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ >>>> >>>> If it changes, I writing about a snap above the clouds. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> Andrew j >>> >>> What causes that with clouds, the storm? >> >> That'll be from the cooling towers of a power station - this, for >> instance: >> http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...228_didcot.jpg >> http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Glid...119/Didcot.jpg >> http://www.npower-renewables.com/why...ges/didcot.jpg >> >> is Deadcat. > >In fact, the original pic is probably Drax - here's a couple of pics of >Drax by the same guy who took the first pic: > >http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...y/drax_big.jpg >http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/photog...marsh1_big.jpg > Dunno why the second one is called Thorpe Marsh - as that's a smaller (now not used) power station near Barnby Dun, tens of miles from Drax. -- Mike Buckley |
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Re: Good pic
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:35:59 +0100, Tim <tim@nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk>
wrote: >My late uncle worked on building the condensation towers at Drax. I >wouldn't be surprised if he worked on the other's too. It's about 6 >miles in a straight line between my aunt's farm and Drax. Funny old world. My Dad was project manager or somesuch for the building of Drax. -- ZX-10R |
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Re: Good pic
cat wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:45:56 +0100, Cab wrote: > > >>> Is that all steam in the second pic? it looks as if it should alter >>> local weather! >> >> I was wondering the same, thinking that they'd created their own >> micro climate. > > They're cloud factories, silly. And so I tell all inquisitive > children. Ahhhhhhhhh *of course* -- Hog |
