Tag: wind

September 25, 2017 at 3:44 pm

Strandbeests: The Kinetic Beach Walkers Powered by the Wind

Strandbeests: The Kinetic Beach Walkers Powered by the Wind

Theo Jansen’s beach animals are incredible

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September 13, 2017 at 11:19 am

Mad Meteorologist Ventures Into Hurricane Irma’s Eyewall to Measure Its Wind Speed

Mad Meteorologist Ventures Into Hurricane Irma's Eyewall to Measure Its Wind Speed

This is what a 117 mph (188 km/h) wind looks like

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September 7, 2017 at 3:41 pm

Chilling Footage Shows Hurricane Irma Destroying St Maarten’s Famous Maho Beach

Chilling Footage Shows Hurricane Irma Destroying St Maarten's Famous Maho Beach

The beach is famous for watching incoming planes flying extremely low

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March 16, 2017 at 5:08 pm

Cruise Ship Passenger Casually Watches Giant Waves Crash Against His 3rd Floor Room

Cruise Ship Passenger Casually Watches Giant Waves Crash Against His 3rd Floor Room

The sea was angry that day my friends

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March 14, 2017 at 1:39 pm

Crashing Waves, Strong Winds and Freezing Temps Encase Home in Ice

Crashing Waves, Strong Winds and Freezing Temps Encase Home in Ice

Crashing waves, strong winds and freezing temperatures cover a house on Lake Ontario in ice

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March 8, 2017 at 3:26 am

Picture of the Day: Crashing Waves Over Sydney Harbour Ferry Railings

Picture of the Day: Crashing Waves Over Sydney Harbour Ferry Railings

Recent winds have been stirring up the waters of Sydney Harbour

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October 20, 2016 at 8:28 pm

Hurricane Windsurfing Looks As Crazy As It Sounds

Hurricane Windsurfing Looks As Crazy As It Sounds

Red Bull Storm Chase is restricted to neither time nor place. The contest only happens when the perfect storm develops

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June 21, 2016 at 4:41 pm

Sudden Microburst Wind Storm Causes Grounded Planes to Inadvertently Take Off

Sudden Microburst Wind Storm Causes Grounded Planes to Inadvertently Take Off

A ‘microburst’ is a strong and unpredictable downdraft that moves in a way opposite of a tornado

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December 22, 2014 at 6:50 pm

Picture of the Day: Wind Blown

Picture of the Day: Wind Blown

Photograph by NICK MATTLOCK Seen here is wind-blown rime ice found on a stretch of square wire fence running up the side of the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland, UK. According to the BBC, a spokesman said: “There has to be a strong wind, temperatures have to be between plus one Celsius and minus one…

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November 27, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Picture of the Day: The Star Dunes of Algeria

Picture of the Day: The Star Dunes of Algeria

Photograph by NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team In some areas, winds tend to blow in roughly the same general direction all year. The Grand Erg Oriental, a sprawling sea of sand dunes in the Saharan Desert, is not one of them. The winds in northeastern Algeria tend to be complex and changing.…

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