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Cloud activity

Perhaps it’s just a foreshortened view and what seem to be extensions spreading sideways are really parallel to one another.

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This cloud seems to be throwing itself out widely in all directions like a truly massive explosion. No doubt meteorologists have a name for something of this kind. Or perhaps it’s just a foreshortened view and what seem to be extensions spreading sideways are really parallel to one another.

Either way, it seemed to me to be equisitely beautiful and therefore well worth a photo and a post here on JHM.

When: 25th November 2024
Where: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

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Anemone, Cloud, Honeybee, Hydrangea, Kiftsgate1, Kiftsgate2, Large White, Mugshot, Nelson, Robin, Rose, Spilhaus, Sunset1, Weston beach

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Advent Market

Everything imaginable is on sale, delicious foods, jigsaws, Cotswold beers, British and French cheeses, hand-crafted items from socks to coasters, picture frames, baskets, and much, much more.

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Image 97 – What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye. I’m posting an image every day or so.

This is Cirencester’s annual Advent Market, when streets in the centre of the town are closed to traffic for two days and market stalls appear in place of the traffic. Everything imaginable is on sale, delicious foods, jigsaws, Cotswold beers, British and French cheeses, hand-crafted items from socks to coasters, picture frames, baskets, and much, much more. There’s live music and it’s the time of year when the town’s Christmas lights are turned on for the first time.

Donna and I walked into town to see what was happening, we had sausage sandwiches and coffees for lunch at Hugh’s first, then walked around to check out the market stalls.

People love events like this, clearly. It was heaving with far more people than we usually see in town. All ages were represented, people came in from the local villages as well and it was so packed that it was sometimes difficult to see what was on display.

Here’s a short video clip to give you a sense of the atmosphere at the Advent Market. I had to hunt out a less crowded area on the fringe to record this!

When: 30th November 2024
Where: Cirencester Market Place

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Cirencester

For convenience, here’s a list of all the Cirencester area images:

A417 roadworks, Advent Market, Bishops Walk, Baunton, Canal 1, 2, Castle Street, Christmas lights 1, 2, Church 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Churn flood, Countryside, Fallen tree, Fleece, Gasworks, Gloucester Street, Hare 1, 2, Hospital, Market Place 1, Phoenix Fest, Riverside Walk, Stone plaque, Stratton Meadow, Tank traps, View, Wonky 1, 2, Yellow Iris

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Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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Photos in Nature

Scientific images are always informative if you are a specialist in that particular discipline, but they are often very attractive in their own right too.

Here’s a fine selection of amazing images, beautifully presented by the journal Nature.

The photos were included in their latest alerts email, you can sign up for free if you want to (link near the top-right of their home page). You won’t always receive a collection of images like these, but you will see science news stories with interesting individual photos included.

Scientific images are always informative if you are a specialist in that particular discipline, but they are often very attractive in their own right too. I’m sure you’ll agree if you look through the selection presented here.

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A rose in the rain

Is a rose with raindrops on its petals any less beautiful than a rose with dry petals? No, in fact many would say it looks even better with a few raindrops on it.

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Image 96 – What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye. I’m posting an image every day or so.

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‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet‘

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Juliet spoke these words of Romeo, his surname was a practical issue between rival families, but she loved him regardless.

Is a rose with raindrops on its petals any less beautiful than a rose with dry petals? No, in fact many would say it looks even better with a few raindrops on it. They emphasise its freshness, and they highlight its apparent fragility while revealing an unexpected robustness.

A rose in the rain is a lovely thing! I hope you like this one; I just had to take a photo. The cultivar is ‘Queen of Sweden’ and it was released in 2004 by David Austin.

When: 8th September 2024
Where: Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England

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Favourites

For convenience, here’s a list of my favourite images:

Anemone, Cloud, Honeybee, Hydrangea, Kiftsgate1, Kiftsgate2, Large White, Mugshot, Nelson, Robin, Rose, Spilhaus, Sunset1, Weston beach

Themed image collections

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Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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Spilhaus projection

Quite beautiful in it’s own right, it provides a holistic view rather than focusing on one ocean at a time

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Image 95 – What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye. I’m posting an image every day or so.

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Sometimes, looking at things in a different way makes a world of difference (pun slightly intended).

This is a map projection much loved by oceanographers and other scientists researching related subjects such as marine life. It makes the world’s oceans the entire focus. Clever!

Athelstan Spilhaus invented this map projection; he was born in Cape Town in 1911 and worked at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, from 1936. In 1942 he began developing ways of mapping that would focus attention on the world’s oceans. This Spilhouse Projection is not the only result of his mapping work by any means, but it’s arguably the most impressive. Quite beautiful in it’s own right, it provides a holistic view rather than focusing on one ocean at a time.

When: 16th June 2023
From: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio

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Favourites

For convenience, here’s a list of my favourite images:

Anemone, Cloud, Honeybee, Hydrangea, Kiftsgate1, Kiftsgate2, Large White, Mugshot, Nelson, Robin, Rose, Spilhaus, Sunset1, Weston beach

Themed image collections

The links below will take you to the first post in each collection

Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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