Tag: sunset

Intermission 24a

Intermissions have been thin on the ground this year. Perversely the awful weather has meant more time indoors – war gaming.

But there have been some interesting sights all the same.

The clouds and sky remain a fascination for colours and shapes

Yorkshire playing fields – cricket might be a case of no pitch rather just rain stopping play

Plenty of dark brooding skies even during the day!

There have also been very bright days – the Roman multi angular walls of York stand proudly

Cinema top view in 2024 was Oppenheimer – but what’s on the wall? A commemorative plaque to this free French hero of WW2 York – P/O Yves Mahe – 82 years on.

The odd Sahara warm front plume has given its signature vibrant sunsets

The demise of GCN plus pro cycling app means it’s Eurosport on discovery complete with amazing editing that chops the last 200m of the race (you could not make it up). Still you get the castle pictures during boring mid race bits

Very moody castle at Sandal near Wakefield.

Sky colour – blue pink contrasts are always impressive

I always like these skies when there is some fiery yellow gold of the sun still in play

I think Tony Blair was in power last time I stepped inside the walls of the national railway museum. Still it is a fantastic visit

I think I was last here when England won the World Cup (only joking). It was quite a while ago and now it’s got a roof of sorts. I seem to remember a lot of complaints about the proposal although that was probably the visitor centre that has not appeared. Clifford’s tower in York is erroneously called a castle (of which it was only part). It is vastly improved by the protection and access works that have been done. The 17th century garrison destruction of the tower interior turned the walls red.

Last of a sunset and the inspiring colour gradations of almost black through dark blues to a washed out grey then tepid orange. the black outlines of trees and buildings are important to provide contrast to the orange while without the orange the colour range of blues would be the poorer

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Intermission 23k

Not so many cloud formations caught my eye over summer and autumn.

Here are some I liked for their shapes, colour and of course contrast with sky blues and sun yellows……

Sunrise – sometimes like sunset!

Clouds – in an autumn sunset

Sunset with expansive skies

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life natural world

The other night, as we entered a concerted high pressure weather system, the moon rose through an interesting cloud fragmentation (which I missed capturing) only to reveal absolute clarity in the night sky. Stars in my eyes followed………..

The sky was very blue black and bright in the moonlight and the stars were very very bright and clear. So with a simple phone camera I caught some surprising images. Normally I struggle to replicate my naked eye views of the stars.

I think by the TV aerial just above is Aldebaran and Hyades? while centre is Orions belt and above is Betelgeuse and below Rigel? and just into the cloud at the top may be Castor and Pollux – Gemini?

Best I can offer for the above two is Hydra on the left edge?

It looks like Cassiopeia – the cluster towards top left by the cloud? and that bottom light is starlike but badly out of focus.

Orions belt centre and Aldebaran upper right?

is it possible these stars to centre and left are andromeda?

The sunset which made me look skywards to start with, had some isolated whispery shower clouds.

For the proper stargazers – All images taken in northern england at 19:25 in the evening on 7th March 2023 – you can tell I am no astronomer.

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life natural world

Intermission 23d

This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words, as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………

Sunrise-Sunset

2023 like 2022 seems to have been richer for its sunrise and sunsets.