Wind going in different directions at different heights.
Apparently some people were intrigued by the white mist they saw on the last picture in my last post (below).
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Lombardsbrücke.
First, let me tell you one thing: You clearly need to come visit Hamburg.
But now let’s solve the mystery. This is what is causing that mist:
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Fountain on Binnenalster. Surely by now you recognize Hamburg town hall in the background?
And while we are talking about that fountain, have a look at that picture below.
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Wind shear.
The top of the fountain blowing to the left while the bottom is blowing to the right. How awesome is that???
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One last picture for those of you wondering about the “behind the blog” of this blog. How do I find the time to take all the pictures? The answer is – I never go somewhere with the specific purpose of taking pictures for my blog. The pictures from the last two posts were taken on a Saturday trip with my parents and my granddad. We were happily sailing along, enjoying the views and the sunshine, and I took pictures of whatever caught my eye.
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Me in front of Hamburg town hall. Picture taken by my mom on the same trip as all the pictures in this and the last post.
And I think that’s the main reason why the massive project of writing a blog is surviving even though I am pretty busy with, you know, work and life: Because I just love seeing how maybe not every single day, but at least every week I am seeing something amazing (to me!) related to ocean sciences. It’s like other people might have their #100happydays projects or that kind of thing – a constant reminder of how much I enjoy ocean sciences and, more importantly, how much ocean science there is in my life still, even though I am not at sea nearly as much any more as I would like to be.