Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Summer Solstice in Germany

This morning at 5:45 UTC was this year's summer solstice: On its annual apparent path across the celestial globe, the Sun has reached its northernmost point. In the northern hemisphere, today is the day of year with the longest period of daylight.

Unfortunately, here in Germany we cannot really enjoy it - it has been grey and rainy most of the time. Here is an interesting view of Germany today, an animation of the pattern of rainfall over three hours in the early evening:

Source: www.wetteronline.de.

Colours show precipitation from radar data, coded from light blue for a slight drizzle to magenta for heavy rain. There is a counter-clockwise rotating vortex of clouds, typical for a zone of slight low-pressure, sitting just over Germany. I hope it won't stay there for the rest of the summer.



Monday, May 25, 2009

Book: Jimmy Carter - The Liberal Left and World Chaos


Author Mike Evans highlights how U.S. President Jimmy Carter supported the overthrow of the late Shah of Iran, and gave his backing to the fanatical Islamo-Leftist revolutionaries, in his book "Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left & World Chaos"