nodepet » Misc http://www.nodepet.com electro acoustic expressionism Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:42:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Diamond dust and biting chill http://www.nodepet.com/diamond-dust-and-biting-chill/ http://www.nodepet.com/diamond-dust-and-biting-chill/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:54:11 +0000 olliver http://www.nodepet.com/?p=201 I could not take any pictures outside today, as the temperature did not cross the -16 °C mark. Especially in the shade the temperature is hard to bear for long, so I have to wait for moderate frost (-5 to -10 °C are ok). There was a rare phenomenom called diamond dust that could be observed today.

Diamond dust in contre jour   reduced visibility by diamond dust

On the left image you can see the diamond dust sparkling in contre jour (most notable in the right corner), whilst the second image gives an impression of the ice crystals’ density: The reduced visibility in the background is not caused by fog, it really is the result of diamond dust. As I’m writing this the temperature is around -20°C with freezing fog outside, should the sky clear up once more I expect the temperature to plummet. An impressive day and the second coldest I witnessed in my life (number one was -18°C in January 1987 with a very unpleasant strong wind).

]]> http://www.nodepet.com/diamond-dust-and-biting-chill/feed/ 0 Leipzig drowning in snow http://www.nodepet.com/leipzig-drowning-in-snow/ http://www.nodepet.com/leipzig-drowning-in-snow/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:02 +0000 olliver http://www.nodepet.com/?p=192 It’s quite a rare event to see so much snow here in the Leipzig area. Stunning 20-25 cm of snow and you have to go back decades to find a similar event in history. This is how it looks like from the building where I live:

snow covered Leipzig 2009, image one   snow covered Leipzig 2009, image two

Quite amazing :-). I’m looking forward to taking a lot of pictures during the next days.

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