24 November 2010
More Chimneys (See Magma Cum Laude) and a Diamond Dust Pilar
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Magma Cum Laude has a great post with a shot of the “chimneys” in Upstate New York.
Here is mine. This chimney is in Banff Nat. Park, just outside of Banff, Alberta.
Chimneys in Banff, NP Canada. Dan's photo Dec. 2004. Click for higher res.
A few days later I saw this. The photo was taken at 4,000 meters, on top of Telescope Mountain, above Banff.
A "diamond dust lower pillar" Dan's pic near Banff, Canada in 2004.
It was very cold (-25C) and the air was very dry. Tiny ice crystals in the air cause this. You can find out much more on the excellent Atmospheric Optics page by Les Cowley in the UK.
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
The chimneys photo makes a fantastic desktop wallpaper but sure you already know it. I just wanted to acknowledge it. Also sure do enjoy you on WHNT. I thought you were nuts when I first saw you. lol But figured out real quick, NO he LOVES his job.